Feeling grateful for all the free and open source software out there that keeps civilization running.
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Microblog
What’s the easiest way to auto-publish Mastodon posts to Twitter?
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If everything worked correctly, this status should show up at https://blakewatson.com/microblog.
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Playing around with the statuslog webhook and API (this is a test lol).
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I just bought an omg.lol address so I could see how far off base the haters on Hacker News were. They all over there like: WhY DoN'T YoU JuSt gEt yOuR OwN DoMaIn??
*tap tap* is this thing on?
Cracks knuckles Chrome Manifest V3 here we go…
I started holiday vacation today and I have a plan drawn up to catch up on side projects. I’m calling it Holiday Sprint 2022.
I started with some quick updates to my DIY Pinboard replacement and managed to knock out the whole backlog!
I don’t mind holding and listening to silly music. I get it. Customer service is swamped. But I hate the recurring message telling me how important I am every 10 seconds.
I had to switch over to iA Writer for NaNoWriMo. I love Scrivener and Ulysses but if you give me unbridled font choices, I will never get any writing done.
Yesterday, instead of writing on my NaNoWriMo novel, I wrote an article about the font I was using. Inexplicably, it hit the #1 spot on Hacker News and stayed there for hours. This is the most traffic my dusty little corner of the web has seen in a while.
SMA Simulator you can use with no tech required!
First, find a comfortable place to sit down.
Next, reposition yourself so that you’re almost comfortable, but not.
Don’t move for 4-6 hours.
Repeat until you’re ready to exit the simulation.
(I jest, but like low key for real tho 😅)
If I could drive my wheelchair at an optimistic 7 mph directly toward the moon, I would arrive there in about 3.9 years. 🌕👨🦼
Mac app icons used to be dope before they made everyone use the same shape.
So this is a pretty cool app that can take a cloud folder and turn into a website. Publishing a post by dropping a file into a folder is just about as low-friction as it gets. https://blot.im
World War Z-Index #CSSMovies
This might be the most consistent thing I’ve ever done.
