Traces by Mike Caulfield #16: If the Future of the Web Is TV, What Is the Future of Misinformation? https://tinyletter.com/michaelcaulfield/letters/traces-by-mike-caulfield-16-if-the-future-of-the-web-is-tv-what-is-the-future-of-misinformation
New repository: aquilax/showtime - Small command line tv show tracker
Indistinct at first but everywhere, TV static grows over the windows of the world like mold, softly hissing, blocking out the outside
the gods of forest and city meet, sleek fur contrasts concrete arches, magnificent antlers face off a tangle of antennae, eyes of TV static
glitch catalog by media: analog radio, satellite TV, VHS, audio cassettes, JPG corruption&overcompression, acid, dreams, analog photography
OpenWebPodcast.TV ?~L~X https://notiz.blog/a/16d
FOSDEM talk about NixOS
Sander van der\
Burg gave a talk about NixOS at the CrossDistro\
track of FOSDEM
( video, [slides](https://web.archive.org/web/20160829182544/http://www.st.ewi.tude … ⌘ Read more
Avoid Bright House if you can
I live in Central Florida. In my area, if I want cable TV and Internet, I have no choice but to use Bright House services. The competition is satellite TV/Internet and/or DSL (for Internet). Why am I recommending to avoid Bright House, if you can? It is simple: their service is far from being of a good quality and/or reliable. I will elaborate a little.
On cable TV, you get black screens (no video or audio), or “ Please wait” screens, constantly and randomly. You call, the … ⌘ Read more
The truth is useless
On Digg, someone submitted, Jeb Bush, the truth is useless, to which a reader commented:
Digg - Jeb Bush: ‘The truth is useless’
[…] This is not just the Bushes, though. This is human nature. This sort of thing develops when you elevate yourself to stratospheric heights and start to believe your own hype. It happens to Ho … ⌘ Read more
The never-ending story
I am living the never-ending story with this website. It all comes down to lack of time. It could be also that the little time I have free I am dedicating to my family, but then again, that’s also lack of time.
Just a recount of the things that had occurred since the last time: we got cable for the first time (mainly for the enjoyment of Kent Martin and mother); our TV is kind of failing, so we go another; Kim got her first job interview, which she graciously flunked (hey, job sear … ⌘ Read more