I frequently hear people saying that the Fediverse is a lonely place to be. Help might be on the way. Flipboard is about to inject new life into the platform with a wave of new users. Learn how to easily follow them and interact with this growing community.
Every time Gemini answers my questions, I type “Thank you” 😊
If you are a Patreon or YouTube supporter, there’s a new video for you in which I share my thoughts on how I am trying to make the combined use of Evernote and Obsidian work for me.
I’m down to 5 plugins on Obsidian now, and I’m happy with that. However, there is still work to be done regarding the organization of information between Obsidian and Evernote. 🤔 Maybe there is an opportunity for a video on this.
vladcampos.comIt’s great to see more and more people turning on the #Fediverse feature on Threads. It is wonderful to be able to follow and interact with them on Mastodon or any other #ActivityPub space with no algorithm or ads.
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vladcampos.comLooks like #Gmail just invented a time machine. I wrote “…ready for review around the 20th…” and it suggests “of July” 🤣. Jokes aside, it almost got me. For a second, I thought I was wrong about the month.
When #AI cannot even get the mouth right, why do people trust it so much?
“The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum”
—Rudolf Clausius
So does the entropy of your notes. It’s okay to not obsess over a perfect system, as it may be a waste of your time. Remember that you cannot predict everything, and variables are forever changing.
If you are an Evernote user, and you are finding yourself lost in the multitude of information you created, try AI-Powered Search. It might surprise you 😉
🔨 It’s official, I disassembled my first pallet last Saturday! Now, I need to buy some circular discs to sand all these wood. 80 grits, according to Google 😊
@bobreturns Sorry for not answering before. I was working on a video which, I believe, will be a much better way to answer your question. I hope you like: youtu.be/046RP8VcX...
@Daojoan I'm enjoying it. Can I ask a favor? Sometimes you post just a link and some of us use apps that do not show previews. My case. Would it be possible to also include the title on those posts?
@manton Now that we have seen that Meta is actually bringing ActivityPub to Threads, I wonder why you still think this integration with Micro.blog makes sense. I'm sure you'll be investing a lot of time and energy into this, and when Threads fully joins the Fediverse, it will become a redundant feature. Is there something else I am not seeing?
@Daojoan Not sure whether it was simply a coincidence or if Google is tracking what I'm reading 😵💫. Anyway, YouTbe just suggested this: youtu.be/vpZEtc8VQ...
@manton Count on me if you need any help to beta test it.
@manton this is very specific, and I have no idea how hard it is to implement. Micro.blog icon is the only one on my home page that doesn't work with Android Themed icons. #OCD 😭: www.androidpolice.com/android-1...
@Gina Ikea has some wooden trays (https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/cat/trays-16048/) and bowls (https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/search/?q=Serving%20bowls) that might be a good cozy space for your cat.
@coachtony I completely agree. Last week, I experienced three exceptionally productive mornings in a hotel lobby.
@RogueAmoeba That would certainly be inconvenient, but what a beautiful label you have there ♥️. I definitely need to up my game 🫣 vladcampos.com/2023/06/0...
@jon Interesting. Have you tried it before? I'm curious about how many t-shirts one can dry with a single towel.
@jon what is "burrito technique"?
@film_girl Don't know what surprised me the most: ICQ still running or you knowing your number.
Fun fact: I used ICQ on the dial-up Internet.
@manton I see. I guess this goes right into that rabbit hole we were talking about on my podcast.
On that subject, does Micro.blog support signing in to other services with a Micro.blog account? I'm seeing more and more Fediverse services adding the sign in with Mastodon option.
@otaviocc Wow! I had the same one. When I got older, I disassembled it and was impressed on how basic it actually was 😆. The whole body is empty, with only a couple of wires to light the eyes. As for the electric motor and wheels in the feet, they were only capable of super-simple motion. Do you remember how it would only move straight when going forward? The only other option was the "reverse gear". By pressing a trigger on the remote, it would move back as a semi-arch. Remember? Nevertheless, before knowing all that, it felt so magical when I was a kid ♥️
@manton As far as I could understand from your explanation video, replying using Mastodon, doesn't add the reply to the person's account. Would it be technically possible to create something similar to the "Reply on Mastodon" plugin, but without the need to have cross-posting enabled?
@Techaltar I love the "pure" Android on Pixel phones, and don't see myself choosing anything with a modified OS. However, because of the usual bugs, I'm always using a phone one or two generations behind the current one.
@Mtt Thank you so much. I have a question, though 🫣. I'm not sure whether this is a Micro.blog or TinyTheme thing, but is there a way to keep the replies listed on the blog below the comment we are replying to?
@thomasrost PS.: That's another reason I wanted to have a single identity. Cross-posting to different ActivityPub accounts was creating confusion.
@thomasrost I did the same a while ago. You can easily move your followers, but that's no way to use a Mastodon-compatible app with your Micro.blog account. Your choices are the official app and the alternatives created by the community.
You have to also keep in mind that there are many features @manton choose not to add to Micro.blog, like re-posts, likes, visible number of followers and others.
I still miss some of these engagement features and metrics, and I hope Manton rethinks his approach to them in the future. That said, I do like the fact that I have a single identity.
@lewism A long time ago, I went on a similar trip, and it was great. We caught trains from Lisbon to Madrid, then Barcelona, Marcelle, Nice, Florence, and Rome, staying a few days in each city. Unforgettable moments.
@otaviocc Trains are always my first choice. Unfortunately, the majority of lines to European cities outside Portugal depart from Lisbon, and I live in Porto.
@otavio.cc It's not that faithful to the book (short story), but I like the moral dilemma—maybe a dichotomy—they've put the human and the android into.
@joshsam My mom had boxes, then she moved to albums with plastic pockets. My father, however, was obsessed with slide projecting. He had a carousel for each trip, and looking at pictures was always fun, similar to going to the movies. It would be wonderful to buy a vintage projector and revisit those moments, but no one knows what happened to the carousels.
I also had experience with printed photography for a good number of years and kept everything in albums with plastic pockets, like my mom. But similar to what happened to my father's slides, I don't know where most of my albums are. How is it that these physical things seem to simply despair and nobody notices it happening? Anyway, maybe that's why I'm so obsessed with backing up my digital pictures.
@news Thank you! Love it!