Pro-Tip
I could not get OwnYourGram to work until I created an account on GitHub that pointed back to my Micro.Blog URL, then added that GitHub username to my account in the account settings on Micro.Blog.
After that it was like butter.
I’m not a developer, but okay…
Picking which idea gets written first is a tricky proposition. I close my eyes and listen to them recite themselves over and over. Some lead to more ideas. Others stand alone starkly or awkwardly. Some seem ridiculously and unnecessarily revealing. Or mundane. Or grandiose. Vain. A trope. My internal editor red-lines most everything, anymore.
However, I still crave writing and returning to the habit.
Baby steps.
“I know that when we listen, deeply, to the experiences of other people, we often actually find ourselves standing in front of our own mirror, and we can see ourselves."
—Esther Perel
Bacon cannot be rushed.
It will not be rushed.
Was gifted a new Apple TV for Father’s Day. First I watched Tron, then 808.
In other project news, I’m keeping an older EliteBook pc notebook alive via Ubuntu. I made the leap to Mesa 18.1.1 for video.
I don’t think it’s the placebo effect—video and rendering seem better, artifacts seem fewer.
In the past several weeks I have been working on long-dormant web projects, including changing my registrar, changing service with my host, adding SSL finally, then adding Micro.blog. Feels like home.
Very grateful to @manton for a new vision of networking and for rapid assistance on a technical issue.
A question I had not thought to ask before:
Why is today different from all other days?
Taken from an email in my work inbox this morning:
“…It is biased data, not machine learning alone that should be feared.”
That is certainly much more broadly applicable than in the field of AI. I see this at the crux of many of the socio-political issues we face as a culture.
Hello, World!
“Odin will not save you but he will give you inspiration and courage to save yourself…” I don’t remember where I first read, but I like it. #selfie #bearded #dramamuch
My first! I’m excited! #unimitsubishipencil #kurutoga
In the business parlance of our times, I have some “deltas” or “do-betters”
Brand new journal #leuchtturm1917 #startatthebeginning
Current Status
Learning more every day
Oh look, it it’s finally at the log in screen. But, wait, no! No it is not …
Currently #mnwx #blizzardwarning #ramseycounty #snow
It’s not #snowmagedon, but we planned ahead with provisions and are cocooning this weekend. #mnwx
Morning cuppa. Thank you, @joelgroethe #apisupply #apisupplylifts
Springtime. More than eight inches of snow today, because Minnesota. #mnwx #stpaul #bearded #beardstagram #theboldnorth
I would never have guessed anywhere near this number of detonations, ever.
What is the longterm legacy in our environment?
A big question I have is whether there is a correlation between the number of these devices set off and the heat in our atmosphere. If a single volcano can change global temperatures for years, what is the net effect of the waste heat and radiation generated by more than two thousand of these?
The news can keep happening. That’s just fine.
I love the counterpoint between the refrain saying “Half of the time we’re gone, but we don’t know where…” and the backup singers singing “Here I am.”
The album Bridge Over Troubled Water, featuring the title track, came out in 1970, before I was two. I started listening to it in earnest when I was a teenager about ten years later. It’s still one of my favorite albums.
I’ve always enjoyed The Only Living Boy in New York, it stands out to me even as much as the more famous tracks.