I really need to get more of my feeds hooked up to micro.blog again…
I’ve seen a lot of people posting about reading achievements and goals lately, so I’d be remiss if I didn’t plug my partner’s YouTube channel where she talks about the books she’s read: https://www.youtube.com/@KapowskiReads. It’s all very low stakes and cosy, so if that’s your thing, check it out.
I’ve still got some work to do, but I’m super close to adding ~590 historical posts to my blog, stretching back to 2003. Just got some data clean up to finish, to get everything building properly. I think I’ll need to rethink how I present my archives, but that’s a job for later
Last week I posted that the vibe had changed on Threads lately. After thinking about it, and logging in for a few minutes today, I’ve just gone ahead and deleted my account. I gave it a try — despite all the reservations — and it turned out it wasn’t for me.
Day 2476 of December 2023: still living off of party food, with no end in sight.
5 minutes into the new Doctor Who, and I’m absolutely sold on the new cast.
I logged into Threads, this morning, for the first time in maybe a couple of weeks, and “the vibes” seem to have dropped off a cliff 🫤
My feed used to be pretty positive and varied, but right now it’s just regurgitated memes, copypasta, and a big spike in counter-productive dunk posts.
I’m currently sorting through an export of ~2900 posts from various old blogs of mine, with the goal of getting a lot of it back online in the next few days/months. The oldest recoverable post was from 2002. I was still a teenager at the time!
Finished reading: Rogal Dorn: The Emperor’s Crusader by Gav Thorpe 📚
Finished reading: Haven’t You Heard? by Marie Le Conte 📚
Shock, horror, that viral story about the 3 pose bridal picture isn’t quite as it was first presented.
There’s two days of thick frost in the garden that has started to form into a forest of crystals. It looks really pretty.
I registered a new domain today. Uh oh… 😅
I added over 200 blogs to my RSS feed reader today. It was wonderful!
Even craft communities like crochet are having to warn their members about AI-generated fakes and the risks. Madness. gorgeouscrafts.co.uk/how-to-sp…
A tale of bad UX, in 1 screenshot. I thought I’d try out Marvel Unlimited for the first time in ~10 years, and hot-damn it’s garbage software. Nothing consistently worked - not on my desktop, nor on iOS. I subscribed and then cancelled in just 8 minutes because it was so frustrating!
An hour and a half in the “Live Chat” to my phone provider this morning. I wanted to cancel the plan used by my Apple Watch, as I don’t really need it. Thanks to perseverance, I ended up saving the cost of that plan and more, coming out of it cutting the overall cost of my bill in more than half 🥳
My partner and I give each other the gift of not having to buy for each other at Christmas. If we want something, we buy it for ourselves. No stress about budgets or getting the “right” gift. It all gets wrapped and goes under the tree, so the experience is largely the same. We highly recommend it.
Anyway, I’ve been thinking about this year, and honestly, I’m thinking I might just “re-gift” myself something I already have but haven’t had time to enjoy yet.
Finished reading: Yndrasta: The Celestial Spear by Noah Van Nguyen 📚