I don't expect to be productive in a pandemic, so while I don't feel GUILTY about all the projects I'm not doing, I do feel sad.
I sometimes remember I wrote 365 blog posts about internet history in 2019 & think, "Wow, I barely remember being that guy."
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You mean people still buy t-shirts?
"stick with me, kid and you'll never buy your own t-shirts again"
- the tech industry
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Shorter: “It’s the racism, stupid”
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Trying to learn variable fonts. Getting closer. My goal is to get to a point of having no media queries for typography.
Plus the CSS animation is fun
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I feel like I am still a mystery to the Goodreads algorithm
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In a professional development training we were asked to diagram social media.
This is my rendition. #Indieweb
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Trying a slightly different method for cross posting from my website to Mastodon. If it works properly I’ll also see my website name as the posting client!
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Trying a slightly different method for cross posting from my website to Mastodon. If it works properly I'll also see my website name as the posting client!
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The nice part is that this applies even if you're not a designer. Reminds me of the most important IndieWeb principle: have fun: indieweb.org/principles#fun
via @colly
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I struggle
to hold
G7
and drop a
pinkie
to
G
just off
key
or screech
of a scratching
fret
regrets in
rebounding
sounds
you know
what’s
right
but holding
on to truth
always so hard.
#smallpoems
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"from the comfort of your own home" just doesn't have quite the same appeal to it anymore does it
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"from the comfort of your own home" just doesn't have quite the same appeal to it anymore does it
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Starting to wonder if the term “Jamstack” is on the verge of becoming utterly unhelpful in any web dev discussions not directly benefiting a handful of VC-fueled React frontend frameworks and two hosting companies.
Really disappointed right now with the direction this is heading
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Now that I've watched all 4 seasons of the Crown, I'll have to find another way to entertain myself.
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I struggle
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G7
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pinkie
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G
just off
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or screech
of a scratching
fret
regrets in
rebounding
sounds
you know
what’s
right
but holding
on to truth
always so hard.
#smallpoems (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/1JLmS4)
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How out of touch and disingenuous are Facebook? I hope whoever reads this physical plea from them thinks “thank god for Apple exposing shitty data collection and harves...
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Miami signed a stellar recruiting class today in spite of getting absolutely destroyed by UNC. Not happy with that loss, but wrapping the regular season at 8-2 after going 6-7 the prior year, and then signing the QB of the future and a great supporting cast is pretty good.
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Some ignorant white trash just tweeted some shit thst shows what a dumbshit she is.
twitter.com/anncoulter/sta…
Some nut foreigner was just on MSNBC demanding that Biden appoint a "Food Czar" to solve the "national hunger crisis."
A dozen federal food programs is not enough!
ncsl...
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"text": "Some nut foreigner was just on MSNBC demanding that Biden appoint a \"Food Czar\" to solve the \"national hunger crisis.\"\n\nA dozen federal food programs is not enough!\n\nncsl.org/research/human\u2026",
"html": "Some nut foreigner was just on MSNBC demanding that Biden appoint a \"Food Czar\" to solve the \"national hunger crisis.\"\n\nA dozen federal food programs is not enough!\n\n<a href=\"https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/federal-nutrition-programs-chart.aspx\">ncsl.org/research/human\u2026</a>"
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"author": {
"type": "card",
"name": "Ann Coulter",
"url": "https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter",
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"type": "entry",
"published": "2020-12-16T23:32:18+00:00",
"url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic/status/1339352683971366912",
"content": {
"text": "Oh, this is useful nytimes.com/interactive/20\u2026",
"html": "Oh, this is useful <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-hospitals-near-you.html?referringSource=articleShare\">nytimes.com/interactive/20\u2026</a>"
},
"author": {
"type": "card",
"name": "jk",
"url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic",
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