I don’t enjoy flying. This 737 Max 9 news is actually reassuring, though, that the plane landed safely after a huge hole was made in the cabin at 16k feet. Kudos to the pilots for keeping their cool. Also, phones sucked out and found in working order after making the drop! Must be a nice phone case.
Trump lies so much it’s bonkers. Meanwhile, I kind of like it when Biden accidentally goes off script, starts to say a little too much, and then you can see him bite his tongue and pull himself back, smiling. He’s human and honest. Is he old? Yes. Is he perfect? No. Still, good guy, I think. 🇺🇸
Went on a short hike at Lake Whitney State Park. Windy day near the water.
I remain convinced that normal people don’t want the Vision Pro, but I’m not willing to go quite so far as predicting a flop. The fascinating question to me is whether it’s possible to take a mediocre idea and make it succeed through excellence in tech and design alone.
Ray Roberts Lake State Park. First state park of the new year as I attempt to visit all 88 parks in Texas over the next couple of years.
I get Apple’s stance on privacy and tracking, but clearing cookies and especially localStorage after 7 days inactivity is just too extreme. Hurts legitimate usage of these web APIs.
Kickstarter update with ePub https://www.manton.org/2024/01/06/kickstarter-update-with.html
Just published the first episode of Core Intuition for 2024. We talk about finally winding down the writing on my book, and another book Daniel is reading that is well-timed for the new year.
Going to roll out a slight layout change to Micro.blog on the web later this month, to better use the full browser width. I’m using it now and really like it. Might push it earlier if I get impatient.
At the restaurant for lunch they had the highlights from Spurs vs. Bucks on the TV. So good. I watched the 4th quarter last night… That final shot to tie it just didn’t go in. Some great moments from Wemby, including a late block on Giannis and then back the other way for a 3. 🏀
New Chuy’s going up in Mueller. 🌮
ePub testing on Kindle.
ePub testing on Kindle.
Added a footer on book.micro.blog to show that the book is Creative Commons (CC BY). This means you can do basically anything with it, even sell some version of it yourself. Also pushed more edits, including a new chapter in the conclusion.
https://book.micro.blog/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Fun fact about my book Indie Microblogging, it has about 300 quotes. This is partly why it’s so long. I wanted to capture lots of little important quotes that might otherwise be lost to time and link rot.
For his birthday, Matt Mullenweg just wants you to blog. I love it because it’s actually a gift to the web. “No wrapping paper or bows. Just blogs and blogs and blogs, each unique and beautiful in its own way.”
For his birthday, Matt Mullenweg just wants you to blog. I love it because it’s actually a gift to the web. “No wrapping paper or bows. Just blogs and blogs and blogs, each unique and beautiful in its own way.”
Finished reading: Age of Death by Michael J. Sullivan. Fifth book and I think the weakest in the series, felt like an unnecessary detour. Still a fairly quick read. 📚
ePub fiddling today. Still don’t have a great workflow. Ulysses export → ePub with CSS tweaks, then run a script to download inline images and rewrite the XHTML inside the container, then try to piece things back together with Calibre.
ePub fiddling today. Still don’t have a great workflow. Ulysses export → ePub with CSS tweaks, then run a script to download inline images and rewrite the XHTML inside the container, then try to piece things back together with Calibre.