I’m finding so many old things as I clean out boxes from the garage. WWDC 2001 bag was a nice find. I’ve donated most away. Here’s a sticker from WebEdge, a web conference I helped run in a former life.
Our old house hit the market today and the professional photos are kind of stunning. Looks like a nice place. Hope a new family enjoys it as much as we did. 🏡
Spotify will include 15 hours of audiobooks as part of paid subscriptions. This sounds great to switch over to listening when I get stalled reading a print book or e-book, if the audiobook isn’t available quickly on Libby. Not in the US yet, though.
It’s one of those mornings. Accidentally texted some Redis info and server logs to our realtor instead of @vincent. 🤪
We’ve had an hours-long outage at our hosting provider Linode, mostly affecting photos using the CDN. They have rolled out a fix and we’re hoping things get back to normal. You may want to disable the CDN for your blog under the Design page temporarily if you’re still seeing issues.
Dan Moren writes about a bizarre 12-hour iCloud meltdown on his account. Doesn’t seem like much has changed since 2016 when I blogged that iCloud is too opaque. I still prefer Dropbox for everything important.
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/10/bitten-by-the-black-box-of-icloud/ https://www.manton.org/2016/02/12/icloud-is-too.html
Not sure I’ve ever been this busy, simultaneously moving and getting our old house ready to sell. Dozens and dozens of little things to do. I fell behind in almost everything else, slowly crawling back to writing code, editing podcasts, email, etc. Thanks for your patience if you were waiting on me.
I get that Democrats wouldn’t be thrilled to save McCarthy after… well, everything he’s done. I’m sure they know what they’re doing. Yet, this is all a waste of everyone’s time. Matt Gaetz running amuck, sowing chaos. Felt like this was an enemy of my enemy is my friend moment. 🇺🇸
Dave Winer:
"“Open web” is redundant"
I like IndieWeb because it emphasizes smaller, more distributed sites run by people, not big companies. But Dave is right. The default for the web is openness.
http://scripting.com/2023/10/03/135806.html?title=openWebIsRedundant
Nice post by Remy Sharp about intercepting broken links and redirecting them to the Internet Archive. Reminds me of the Micro.blog Premium feature (see video on YouTube) where we archive a copy of any web page you link to. I’d love to do more with this.
https://remysharp.com/2023/09/26/no-more-404 https://youtu.be/1uevgQYsR9g?si=Ee99yvsO9F_qaRYd
This is a cool look at old icons from Rogue Amoeba. Fission probably needs an update but overall it’s a really nice set. That bottle for Audio Hijack is still one of my favorites.
https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2023/09/30/rogue-amoeba-icon-timeline/
Losing my mind trying to get fetch or axios or superagent or anything in React Native to not follow redirects. About to give up and write my own Obj-C or Swift networking bridge.
If anyone has doubts about Threads supporting ActivityPub, listen to Mark Zuckerberg on Decoder. Some of what Mark says is almost IndieWeb-esq at times! I still believe Facebook has done a lot of harm to society, but they are clearly hoping to be more open with Threads and that’s a good thing.
https://www.theverge.com/23889057/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-elon-musk-threads-quest-interview-decoder
Micro.blog 3.2.1 for iOS https://www.manton.org/2023/09/29/microblog-for-ios.html
A couple interesting bits in the letter about Epic Games layoffs: six months of severance pay, and Project Liberty continues:
"We’ve been taking steps to reduce our legal expenses, but are continuing the fight against Apple and Google distribution monopolies and taxes, so the metaverse can thrive and bring opportunity to Epic and all other developers."
It has now been two years since Fortnite was banned from the App Store. The legal fight didn’t pan out, but I still believe side-loading is inevitable. Maybe next year when the EU’s Digital Markets Act goes into affect.
Our sleepy dog kept me company today during podcast recording. Lots of dog snoring, which may or may not be picked up on the microphone. Preferable to the usual barking, though. A quiet day with no package deliveries.
Why am I watching another Republican debate? It’s chaotic, awkward… Just kind of a mess. Maybe this should be like the State of the Union format so Biden gets a few minutes to respond at the end. 🇺🇸
Looking forward to macOS Sonoma, but decided to hold off with the install until next week, after we’ve shipped Micro.blog 3.2.1 for iOS. Don’t want to risk any last-minute Xcode build problems.
Impressed with Olivia Rodrigo’s album GUTS. Good stuff. 🎶
For day 26 of the photo challenge: beverage. My go-to coffee when at home, cold brew with oat milk. Getting started for the day with Micro.blog timeline catch-up and code pull requests. ☕️
