Monday, February 11, 2019
Putting this here as a method of recording the fact that the concept of zettelkasten and leveraging software to create an effective collection of zettels is taking up an unreasonable portion of my brain space. The parallel problem is that there are too many intriguing options that offer possible solutions, and I can’t settle on one. Probably my wiki has been my most comprehensive effort, but I have also loved TheBrain.
A winning situation: the family down the street have a kid the same age as ours. The kids now go to the same school and are becoming friends. The Dad visits today, and we have a conversation about Star Wars v Star Trek. My kind of neighbours!
@twelvety Can you convince me that I don’t need to start investigating Tinderbox?
I’m in a quandry about the beard I have grown. I’m getting slightly annoyed by it, but it represents months of investment that I will probably never undertake again, should I shave it off.
It was an interesting thing to be doing some research, and then think, “Hmm, I’m sure @twelvety has written on that. Let me check his wiki.” And bang, there it is.
Working from my second public library in one day. I love community resources.
Office Space 20th anniversary: Behind the scenes of the cult classic
The oral history of Office Space: Behind the scenes of the cult classic
I have watched this movie more than any other in my life. ☕️
Adam Tinworth savages Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook anniversary post.
And what's important to us? Your data. Which we can monetize. Dumb fucks.
Many, many truthbombs.
A pathetic zero content post because I can’t think of anything to say but want to keep my streak alive. 🤔
@jack I’ve had pi-hole running on my network for about 6 months. I love it!
Let Year 2 begin. #firstdayofschool
Sunday, February 3, 2019
Roald Dahl’s books brought me hours of enjoyment when I was a child. There was little that could top the excitement of reading one of his books that would, of course, be illustrated by Quentin Blake. He created a world into which I could immerse myself, no matter how fantastical the setting might be. Now, via Jason Kottke, I’ve had an opportunity to see, in the video embedded below, the environment in which Dahl worked, and to him him speak of the mindset needed to create such amazing works of fiction.
When you go to the wrestling, it’s important to embrace the experience.
I bought Castro, but I think I’m going to be heading back to Overcast.
@twelvety If it’s a hobby that you enjoy, don’t beat yourself up about it.
I’m about two-thirds through the audiobook of Educated by Tara Westover. It is such an amazing, but heart-wrenching story. Incredible to think it is a memoir from our modern era.
Writing on a wiki seems easier than publishing a blog post. I feel a latent pressure for a blog post to be of a certain quality and style. A wiki is just continuous editing and improvement.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Social media is a vacuum, sucking up content by others and monetising it for themselves. We don’t have to play that game. This is what the IndieWeb is about — having our content remain ours, not making money for poorly behaved mega-corps. Phil Nunnally on Ben Norris on owning your content expresses this well: Phil: The experience of owning the content here is sprawling to other ways I can own, refactor, and share more stuff that I used to keep to myself or surrender to others.
For the millions (and millions!) of fans tracking development of my wiki… I present to you… an RSS feed! 🙏
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
In the first of what may — or may not — be a regular series, this is a review of my past month. What Went Well at Home? The first month of my self-anointed Year of Fun went well. I remembered the theme as I went about my days and it helped create a better attitude and a happier daily mood. Summer school holidays are almost done. Our family has survived intact which must be considered a win!