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  • You’re just two tents

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    There’s an old joke about a guy who goes to see a psychiatrist and he’s complaining about the wild nightmares he’s having. “One night I dreamt I was a teepee!” He said. “The next night I dreamt I was a wigwam! What’s wrong with me doc?” The Dr. paused for a moment, and then said…

  • How Did You Digitize Your Journals?

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    Editor’s note: I also posted this on my other blog at RecordingThoughts.com, but my reboot of that blog is a bit further behind so I’m posting here as well. My apologies to those who follow both. I’ve got about 35 volumes of journals I’ve kept over the years, and I’d like to digitize them. The…

  • The fear of accomplishment

    The fear of accomplishment

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    I was listening to The Walk by Father Roderick, a podcast that I never thought I’d be listening to but is actually really good, and the episode was May 19, ’23, What Needs Pruning In Your Life? The episode talks about balancing the things others want you to do with the things you want to…

  • Which way forward? Fediverse integration with WordPress.com

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    Several days ago WordPress.com announced that blogs on their platform could now be integrated to the Fediverse via an ActivityPub plugin. Great news! After a few bumps it was fairly easy to get things connected, and sure enough posts end up in the Fediverse. Comments made in the Fediverse find their way back to the…

  • A third Mastodon test…

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    I disconnected the marketing connection to Mastodon, and am using just the fediverse connection to see how this works. I’m trying to figure out if I still need to have WordPress.com send posts to my original Mastodon user @SteveDuncan or just let them come out as swduncan.com@swduncan.com. Not a very graceful username, and no post-by-post…

  • Another fediverse test post…

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    Ok, another test post to see if this is working correctly. Boy, this takes me back to 2004 when I had my first blog, and things weren’t so easy!

  • Connected to the Fediverse

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    Ok, so I learned from Noelleification that WordPress.com has added a feature to “Enter the fediverse.” It’s a single switch on the Discussion Settings page. But now I’m wondering, do I still need to have my wordpress blog connected to my Mastodon account? Is there some particular way to ensure tags in WordPress become hashtags…

  • What I would do if I lost all my possessions

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    Wow – how apropos! Back in August our neighbor’s house burnt down. Everyone got out ok, and no one was hurt, but their house was mostly if not totally gone, and what was left was damaged either by smoke or water. Watching that happen threw me into a strong fit of minimalism as I pondered…

  • Red Wing Blacksmith Boots

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    There’s something about the idea of very persistent objects that is attractive, and good shoes are absolutely a great embodiment of that idea. After several years of buying cheap shoes I’ve decided to invest in quality footwear once again. Not just quality footwear, but very old-school quality footwear. Red Wing still offers boots made the…

  • My life without a computer: What it looks like

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    Your life without a computer: what does it look like?