On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 07/17 to 07/21 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/21/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 07/10 to 07/14 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/14/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 07/03 to 07/07 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/07/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
what.
Cactus Comments has now seen over 1.2 million unique users - only counting guest users on our free public instance.
Guest users on instances not hosted by us and signed in users on any server don’t even count in this statistic.
cactus.chat has to be the Matrix server with most guest users at this point…
I keep spotting implementations in the wild as well. Last week I saw someone using it for the comment section of a livestream! So cool.
🌵 #cactuscomments [#m … ⌘ Read more
“The Great Myths of Computer History”, BASIC Week, & Amiga Week
July is gonna be friggin’ awesome. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 06/26 to 06/30 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/30/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 06/19 to 06/23 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/23/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
Are Australian consumers ready for imported ‘Manila mangoes’?
Australia’s first consignments of famously sweet carabao mangoes imported from the Philippines are reportedly due within weeks. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 06/12 to 06/16 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/16/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 06/05 to 06/09 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/09/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 05/29 to 06/02 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/02/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
** week notes **
Last year I set out to rekindle my reading habit. That went well. This year’s reading has been enjoyable, but I’m not cozy with the ratio of non-fiction to fiction I’ve read this year…non-fiction (especially of the computing persuasion) far out balances the fiction I’ve read. I think this is mostly because I’ve been mired amidst a fiction book that I’ve found to be a slog…but enjoyable, too. I’d have abandoned it and moved on, elsewise. Onward!
Spring is quickly making way to summer h … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 05/22 to 05/26 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/26/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 05/15 to 05/19 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/19/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 05/08 to 05/12 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/12/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
Serenity OS Week Begins at The Lunduke Journal!
Listen now (9 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast – May 10, 2023 ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 05/01 to 05/05 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/05/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
An early bird & night owl swap lives for a week ⌘ Read more
More than meets the pull request: maintainers talk contributions
Creating an open source project can feel a bit like sending out an open invite to a party—will it be a roaring good time, or will you unbegrudginly dine on leftover junk food for the following week after nobody shows? When the first guest arrives, you breathe a sigh of relief. The party’s a success, […] ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 04/24 to 04/28 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/28/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
I miss running
I’ve talked about this a few times and posted some of the pictures OneDrive shows me every day. Photos taken on the same day, week or month in previous years. It always gives me a “throwback” and I think about the situation at the time I took the photo. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 04/17 to 04/21 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/21/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
** of array programming, lightsabers and some thoughts on permacomputing **
A bit of this and that, some kind of mishmosh.
Over the last few weeks I’ve been reading a lot about array programming systems like J, K, Q, APL, and BQN. I’ve been intending to add a page to the wiki about them, but havent gotten to that yet. Consider this a little promise that I’ll do that sometime soon. I’m interested in array programming less because I think it’s particularl … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 04/10 to 04/14 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/14/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
I finished my first “Hell Week” and with it the first “Training Journey” in Freeletics. 48 training sessions. On to the next one! 💪 ⌘ Read more
Too lazy or too ambitious?
Today was the second day of my “Hell Week”. Not because my week is so bad, it is after all holidays and time off, no, because I have arrived in the last week of the “Training Journey” at Freeletics. At the end of the Journey, the “coach” requires training every day, usually a so-called “god workout” in addition to warm-up and cool-down. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 04/03 to 04/07 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/07/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
Building GitHub with Ruby and Rails
Since the beginning, GitHub.com has been a Ruby on Rails monolith. Today, the application is nearly two million lines of code and more than 1,000 engineers collaborate on it daily. We deploy as often as 20 times a day, and nearly every week one of those deploys is a Rails upgrade. Upgrading Rails weekly Every […] ⌘ Read more
** week notes **
Some things of note, links mostly:
First and foremost, I found a suitable pinboard replacement in link hut! Shout outs to my buddy Bruno for the tip.
Here’s a bookmarklet I wrote to make it a bit more ergonomic for how I like to roll,
javascript
javascript:(<span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> (<span class="hljs-params"></span>) </span>{
<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> tags = prompt(<span class="hljs-string">'A space separated list of tags.' ... ⌘ [Read more](https://eli.li/2023/03/31/week-notes)On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 03/27 to 03/31 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/31/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
“Linux Games Week” begins!
March 29th - April 5th ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 03/20 to 03/24 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/24/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 03/13 to 03/17 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/17/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
RT by @mind_booster: We are defending the Public Domain at @WIPO #SCCR43 this week.
Read our statement on the protection of broadcasting organisations delivered by @tenobre on our blog:
https://communia-association.org/2023/03/13/sccr-43-communia-statement-on-the-protection-of-broadcasting-organisations/
We are defending the Public Domain at @WIPO #SCCR43 this week.
Read our statement on th … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 03/06 to 03/10 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/10/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 02/27 to 03/03 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/03/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
Lunduke’s BSD Thoughts (as BSD Week ends)
Listen now (24 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Mar 1, 2023 ⌘ Read more
** week notes **
I’ve been experimenting. I’ve been concocting a recipe for vegan kugel, and rediscovering little features and edges of my website I’d forgotten I baked in. Like chocolate chips hidden in an oatmeal raisin cookie.
One chip most recently re-discovered: support for per-page custom styles?! All I gotta do is include an optional bit of meta data, bespoke-css, that points to a style sheet. I may play with this feature more. I do love myself some css. I can tell exactly when in my life I added this feature because th … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 02/20 to 02/24 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/24/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
BSD Week Extended by an Extra Week!
Listen now (16 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Feb 20, 2023 ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 02/13 to 02/17 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/17/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
**RT by @mind_booster: The @podcastubuntupt was recorded today at #MiniDCPT @istecnico and it will air next week. With José Calhariz, Bernelle Verster @indiebio, Miguel, and Diogo Constantino @DMConstantino.
Check their website & subscribe:
https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/
#FreeSoftware #Ubuntu #Debian**
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BSD Week begins at The Lunduke Journal of Technology!
Listen now (13 min) | An entire week devoted to everything BSD – both old and new! ⌘ Read more
** Accessibility updates **
I’m feeling pretty chuffed! Last week I wrote about my intention to make this website more accessible. My motivations were many-fold, but, primarily, mostly shame. I’ve worked as an accessibility specialist in the past, and now spend a bunch of my days at work looking for ways to make public infrastructure online more accessible. It seemed fitting to at least make sure the little bit I contribute to the web here is also accessible.
I thought it was going t … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 02/06 to 02/10 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/10/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
Announcing dates for “Linux Sucks 2023”, “macOS Sucks”, & other events
There’s a lot coming in the weeks ahead! ⌘ Read more
In reply to: Oatmeal - week notes
The worst kind of blogging is blogging about blogging, so, I’ll keep this blogging about blogging short!
I’ve made some minor updates to the design of the website that have improved it’s usability a wee bit, and are a step in the right direction toward upping my accessibility game. The major remaining accessibility issues are around color contrast and some structura … ⌘ Read more
** week notes **
It got a wee bit cold here in Maine this weekend. It was thankfully uneventful for us. We hung around inside and watched it get real cold outside. Our home faired pretty well, too. Honestly pleasantly surprised about that!
We picked this weekend to go all in on potty training — pantsless days, treats, rousing bouts of encouragement sung, and a lot of spot cleaning. Fueled by hubris, I thought we had this potty trainin … ⌘ Read more