"Unlike cynicism, hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, and can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on Earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position either. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. Each redemptive or loving act, as small as you like, such as reading to your little boy, or showing him a thing you love, or singing him a song, or putting on his shoes, keeps the devil down in the hole. It says the world and its inhabitants have value and are worth defending. It says the world is worth believing in - Nick Cave"
Free Software from an Indy Superstar Developer - Indy Developer Sindre Sorhus is a full-time open-source developer of many free Mac and iOS apps - linkage.lol/free-soft… #Blaugust2024
School Days - Seeing all the kids going back to school sparked good memories for me - louplummer.lol/school-da… #Blaugust2024
FlowVision - Image Viewer https://amerpie.lol/2024/08/16/flowvision-image-viewer.html
The Story Behind My 100 Strangers Project - Over 100 days I published a collection of street portraits taken in six different cities where I interviewed each subject. - louplummer.lol/100-stran… #Blaugust2024
"England is a cup of tea.
France, a wheel of ripened brie.
Greece, a short, squat olive tree.
America is a gun.
Brazil is football on the sand.
Argentina, Maradona’s hand.
Germany, an oompah band.
America is a gun.
Holland is a wooden shoe.
Hungary, a goulash stew.
Australia, a kangaroo.
America is a gun.
Japan is a thermal spring.
Scotland is a highland fling.
Oh, better to be anything
than America as a gun.
by Brian Bilston"
The Quest Guy, an IndyWeb MVP - The many web sites and adventures of an IndyWeb stalwart and all-around good guy, blogger and quester, R. Scott Jones - linkage.lol/the-quest… #Blaugust2024
Our Community - My surprised delight to find myself in the midst of creators and thinkers and being accepted and welcomed on the IndyWeb - louplummer.lol/our-commu… #Blaugust2024
From my 100 Strangers Project - for the last time. John, watching his friend lose to a Budweiser drinking chess hustler on the Raleigh sidewalk was the final subject in my project. I’ll be posting a link to a gallery of all 100 portraits later on today. Thanks for all your feedback.
Folder Peek FTW https://amerpie.lol/2024/08/15/folder-peek-ftw.html
Tomorrow is the day that I will post the 100th Stranger in my street portrait series. For the first time in almost 10 years I will have an online gallery where all the photos can be viewed together. I appreciate all the positive feedback I’ve gotten. It made me feel like a photographer again
You Died of Dysentery - The origins and surprising history of the Oregon Trail computer game - linkage.lol/you-died-… #Blaugust2024
Can anyone suggest a good Lemmy server? Trying to avoid right-wingers and crypto-bros. Looking for something tech oriented.
I Just Gotta Be Me - The reasons why having a wide-open autobiographical style of blogging works for me. - louplummer.lol/i-just-go… #Blaugust2024
From My 100 Strangers Project - Ricardo and his five-year old twins (yes, there are two of them in the photo) were downtown on a rainy winter afternoon looking for some hot chocolate at the local coffee shop. Sounded like a good idea to me, so I joined them.
App Tamer from St. Claire Software https://amerpie.lol/2024/08/14/app-tamer-from.html
"I think Apple can either take a commission on all commerce they want on the App Store or they can be the exclusive place to get software for you iPhone and iPad, but they cannot be both. - Matt Birchler on Bitchtree"
Mastodon Tools - Three tools for finding new people to follow on Mastodon and for analyzing your account activity. - linkage.lol/mastodon-… #Blaugust2024
Traveling Man - My past and future travel plans and all the reasons I’ve had to explore - louplummer.lol/traveling… #Blaugust2024
From my 100 Strangers project - Mike said he was on the way back to his downtown office after a 30-mile ride out in the country.
