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Chris M.
| September 5th, 2020

I'm going to try blogging over at Micro.blog for a while, to see if that fits what I want to do, or re-inspire me in any way. A new blog, with a fresh start, even though it will mean a completely new “workflow”. It might be a temporary change, or it might become my new place. I'll drop the links once everything settles down a bit.

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Chris M.
| September 3rd, 2020

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Chris M.
| September 2nd, 2020

I'm kinda intrigued by the PinePhone. I doubt it would ever be my daily driver, but nonetheless, there's something that's got me interested. Perhaps as more of a “portable computer” than a regular smartphone?

I'm also tempted by the PineBook Pro, as a lightweight means to tinker around in Linuxland, rather than switch OS on my main PC every 9 months, but I don't think I've ever seen the version with the UK keyboard in stock.

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Chris M.
| September 2nd, 2020

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“Sunlit 3.0 for iOS is now available in the App Store! It’s built on the foundation of Micro.blog, but just for photos, and it can also publish to WordPress or IndieWeb blogs. Kind of like Instagram except no ads, no algorithms, and no Facebook.”

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Chris M.
| September 2nd, 2020

Test post from Sunlit

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Chris M.
| September 2nd, 2020

I'm feeling like I need to overhaul my website again, but I don't know how. I just know I'm not overly satisfied with it.

It's currently running on WordPress, with the Autonomie theme, and a suite of Indieweb plugins. I honestly can't remember the last time I logged into the admin UI. I'm posting everything via Micropub these days (either from a custom setup on my phone, or via Quill). I think the only thing I use the UI for is to post a gallery, or tweak the data the Post Kinds plugin parsed from a like/bookmark post. Even WordPress updates are all automated these days.

Speaking of Post Kinds, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to export all that data in a way I could use elsewhere? That might make the choice of what to do more difficult.

Maybe a new theme will inspire me, or maybe I need to completely change the underlying system? I'm not sure, so it's something to ponder over, while I have some free time over the next few days.

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Chris M.
| September 2nd, 2020

In fairness, regarding my last post, I volunteered to dial in to the call. It's in my interests to influence the outcome of the discussion – and I can't do that if I'm not part of the conversation.

Normally I'm quite militant about being completely out of the office when I'm on leave. But this time I see being a little flexible as being in the interests of “the greater good” and to my long term gain.

But that doesn't mean I can't also be snarky about the whole thing, and thinking the situation is ass-backward 😅

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Chris M.
| September 2nd, 2020

First day of annual leave. Urgent project meeting to dial into at 9am. Standard.

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Chris M.
| September 1st, 2020

💖 Liked: Why I Actively Discourage Online Tooling like jwt.io and Online JSON Validators by an author

“Why you should be opting for local tooling when working with sensitive data, even Non-Production ones.”

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Chris M.
| September 1st, 2020

I’ve just got to make it through today, then I’m on annual leave for a week. Today’s going to go soooo slow 😆

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Chris M.
| September 1st, 2020

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Chris M.
| August 31st, 2020

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Chris M.
| August 31st, 2020

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Chris M.
| August 31st, 2020

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““How the Blog Broke the Web – Stacking the Bricks”
The web’s homogeneity is even greater today than back in the early days of blogging.
Also, the conventions of blogging, as well as the label, are simply a bad fit for most sites, personal or professional.”

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Chris M.
| August 31st, 2020

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Chris M.
| August 31st, 2020

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As a Scot, I rolled my eyes at that article far more than the author would have liked, I think 😂

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Chris M.
| August 30th, 2020

💬 Replied to: Countdown to Sunlit 3.0: timeline

“Sunlit 3.0 will ship in 2 days, on Tuesday. Today I’m going to highlight how Sunlit’s timeline can be used to browse and reply to photos.
Sunlit’s timeline is built on the Micro.blog timeline. When you follow someone in either Micro.blog or Sunlit, their photo posts are added to the Sunlit tim…”

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I’m looking forward to trying the new version of Sunlit! A nice to use and convenient photo sharing app is something the IndieWeb needs. I’ve kind of filled the hole for myself with an iOS Shortcut, but it’s only 1 photo at a time, and the UI isn’t the best. If Sunlit proves better, I’ll happily switch over!

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Chris M.
| August 30th, 2020

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Chris M.
| August 29th, 2020

I've been feeling a bit depressed and – honestly – burned out over the last week or so. Work feels like a treadmill of frustrating and draining 10-14 hour days at the moment, and it's left me with no energy or motivation to do anything with the little time I'm not working.

This evening, after we watched Black Panther (Mrs K. hadn't seen it yet), I retired to my office with a book and put on a “Relaxing Classical” playlist. I don't quite feel fixed, but I feel better.

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Chris M.
| August 28th, 2020

I love1 finding out about requirements that it was assumed you knew about, and never explicitly communicated, at 4:30pm on the Friday before the delivery deadline.

  1. Do not love. ↩︎
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Chris M.
| August 28th, 2020

💖 Liked: Facebook apologizes to users, businesses for Apple’s monstrous efforts to protect its customers' privacy by Kieren McCarthy

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Chris M.
| August 28th, 2020

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Chris M.
| August 27th, 2020

Priced up the parts to update my PC, out of interest. If I stick with the same case and GPU, it's around £500 for something that'll last me another 4-5 years, at least. If I stretch to 600ish I can get a bigger case/mobo, which will give me more expansion options (and probably better cooling).

Graphics would get upgraded next year if necessary. WoW isn't particularly demanding, even at 4K.

I'm tempted, but it's all low priority right now.

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Chris M.
| August 25th, 2020

Once again I appear to have been most productive on a work problem after working hours…

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Chris M.
| August 23rd, 2020

I’ve waited 11 or so years, but I finally sat down and completed the Ulduar meta-achievement in World of Warcraft, and got my favourite mount in the game 😁

Screenshot of the Ironbound Proto-Drake mount, on the battlements of Stormwind.

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