I’ve been weighing the options of sticking with Micro.blog, running my own WordPress server or going the 100% free route of a Hugo site published on GitHub pages. Cost and effort wise, Micro.blog is the front runner, plus (I’ve said it before) there’s the community. Con is I’m not 100% in control.
Something I do like about Reeder… When opening a toot from the feed, it gives the full Mastodon thread in context.
I’m going to throw these knee-jerk observations about Reeder out as I evaluate it… A big thing I’m seeing: If you follow someone/something in multiple places (Micro.blog, Mastodon, RSS), you’re going to see the same post multiple times. That makes for a lot of duplicate noise in the home feed.
I’m giving Raycast Pro a spin to see if it’s worth what they’re charging. ~$100/year seems a tad steep for the pro features, so we’ll see in a couple of weeks if my mind has been changed. I do like the custom window management feature however…
@numericcitizen I'm having a hard time with this myself. I've added all my feeds and already feel overwhelmed -- and I don't follow that many really. Just like @canion, I don't think Reeder (or Tapestry) going to end up being for me. I'm too set in my ways of consuming content.
Okay… So I may roll back what I said about Reeder the other day. The new release looks intriguing. I’m going to subscribe for a month or two just to see what it can do. I’m still not 100% sure I want to consume all my content in one place though. 🤔
@vincent Agreed. The Apple of Steve had a whole different vibe than the Apple of Tim does now. I miss those days too.
@manton Thanks. This aligns with what I’ve seen. cc @moonmehta
I got lost in thought and managed to put too much water in my oatmeal this morning, ending up with the consistency of clam chowder wallpaper paste. I’m a chunky oatmeal guy…
@canion I relate to this statement...
@pratik Under the "Moving from a different account" area of your Mastodon account, you create an alias of your Micro.blog Fediverse username. Then in your Micro.blog account under "ActivityPub," clicking the "View Fediverse Details" button, you will have an option to "move away" where you can enter your Mastodon user name.
@moonmehta I should clarify this statement... Every time I've set up Micro.blog to Mastodon aliasing, I have seen users begin following on Mastodon. However, those who subsequently follow on Micro.blog may not (and probably don't) automatically start following.
@mroutley Thanks. As coincidence would have it, I received an email from my cell provider yesterday offering Apple Music Family for $10/mo. vs. the regular $16.99 - which I of course jumped on immediately.
@pratik No. You continue to use your Mastodon username on your instance. Anyone who follows you from Micro.blog will become a follower on the Mastodon instance automatically.
@vincent Totally get it. Though I'm a life-long Apple guy, I've often considered making the switch to Linux. If I did more web development, I probably would. Maybe when my MacBook Air gets too long in the tooth I will, so that's looking like five to seven years at least as well.
@pratik I'd recommend aliasing your micro.blog Fediverse username to your Mastodon username. That way if anyone is following you on Micro.blog, they will be automatically moved. This is what I've done. Works a charm.
I’m considering changing my Apple Music subscription from single-user annual to family monthly to allow my wife and son to play their music on various devices (HomePod) and not interrupt what I’m already playing elsewhere. Anyone else using the Apple Music family plan? Is it worth it to you?
@vincent 💔
@vincent what browser did you move to?
I added a books page to my Micro.blog site today. It’s still a little bare, but I hope to up my reading game going forward. I used to be a voracious reader, but lost the mojo for it over the last decade.
A Tuesday (Monday) morning work rant: If I’ve ignored your unsolicited business email the first three times you’ve sent it, don’t send it a fourth and then fifth time demanding a response from me to take a meeting. You won’t get it, and now you’ve been relegated to the domain block list. Bye.
I’ve started using Omnivore as my read it later app. I’m not sure how I’ve missed this one, but it’s pretty impressive, and open source no less.
@kalikambo welcome aboard. Micro.blog is a great community of users.
I took time this weekend to refresh my Micro.blog theme for about the hundredth time after discovering a nice webfont. As usual, one tweak led to the next and suddenly hours have passed by. I’m happy where it’s at for now, so it’s time to step away.
@manton seems to be better now but did take a few rebuilds as I updated domain on images for remaining posts and pages. Will keep an eye out and report further issues if I see them.
@manton Having issues with broken images. Some are okay and served from the CDN, but others are not. I updated my Mb domain earlier this week, but even after updating posts to use new domain on images, some are still 404-ing while others are not. Suggestions? I've toggled the CDN setting & rebuilt.
Scrolling through the macOS desktops from years gone by over at 512 Pixels, I still think 10.4 Tiger is the best looking of all of them…and is the one I’m using today.
@vincent hey man… could you reduce the clutter on that desk? 🤣
My son and I built his new gaming PC today. I’ve never done this before, but I’ll be damned, the thing booted right away. The only thing I had to do was update Wifi drivers for the new motherboard. As a Mac fanboy, I feel pretty darned accomplished.
I renewed my lapsed Apple Developer membership last night, giving myself one year to get a useful macOS app out in the wild again. I have some ideas that could ultimately lead to a refresh of my old app.
Since I see a high enough number of visitors looking for my Yasu page in Tinylytics, I’ve decided to republish the page. We’ll see what comes of it… I’ll probably add some history to it later.
Updated goal weight met and surpassed. Let’s go for another five, which is really four since I surpassed by a pound without realizing it. This puts me back at my wedding day weight. It’s crazy what cutting refined sugar, controlling portions, moderate exercise, and balancing my thyroid has done.
I’ve let my coffee consumption get away from me again, drinking four to six 12-ounce cups per day. Even though it’s mostly decaf, I need to get back to limiting it to just two. It’s so easy to fall back into old habits if I don’t keep an eye on it.
Writing today’s post about my internet journey has made me wonder if I’d be able to resurrect Yasu in some way. I think I’m going to give it a shot…
@manton Cool. Of course this is a user chosen image, just like for podcasts.
@manton I think I get what you’re going for here, but my take is rendering an image of a post for OpenGraph might look worse than a favicon itself when displayed on smaller screens. Maybe an option is to set a default OG image in a Mb site to be used if a post doesn’t already have a leading image, which is what I see in practice on other platforms. Of course if I’m missing it completely, tell me so.
@jean Great shot!
@gluon 🫡 At least I have my Gluon t-shirt to remember the good old days with. Thanks for your great work.
@canion I endorse this choice…
@vincent Thanks for the Tinylytics logo shout out. Contrary to what you think, it was a piece of cake to work with you compared to others I've done spec work for in the past. 😂 Glad to know you're happy with the results.
@amerpie Tact is not something that comes naturally to me. I have to watch my words carefully in these situations. I’m known for being blunt as a rock when it comes others’ shortcomings, whether they’re on my team or another coworker. I can’t stand idly by. It’s a disease.