gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2023-06-28 13:46-0700",
    "url": "https://gregorlove.com/2023/06/to-read-the-book-of-delights/",
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        "text": "Want to read: The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay (ISBN 9781616207922)\n\nvia https://www.thisamericanlife.org/692/the-show-of-delights",
        "html": "<p>Want to read: <span class=\"p-read-of h-cite\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://gregorlove.com/isbn/9781616207922\">The Book of Delights: Essays</a> by <span class=\"p-author\">Ross Gay</span> (ISBN <span class=\"p-uid\">9781616207922</span>)</span></p>\n\n<p>via <a href=\"https://www.thisamericanlife.org/692/the-show-of-delights\">https://www.thisamericanlife.org/692/the-show-of-delights</a></p>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "gRegor Morrill",
        "url": "https://gregorlove.com/",
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Tantek Çelik tantek.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2023-06-27 22:10-0700",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2023/178/t1/june-trailrunner-ultrarunner",
    "category": [
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        "ultraRunner",
        "MUC50k",
        "RodeoBeach",
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        "ultraMarathon",
        "trailRace",
        "DipseaRace",
        "MuirWoods",
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        "RingDasBell",
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        "WS100",
        "runner",
        "running",
        "trailRunning"
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    "content": {
        "text": "June #trailRunner #ultraRunner weekends\n3 finished #MUC50k @InsideTrail #RodeoBeach 9:38:28, my 3rd #50k #ultraMarathon #trailRace\n11 volunteered @TheDipsea #DipseaRace at #MuirWoods\n18 finished @BrokenArrowCA #BA23k 5:22:54 #RingDasBell, my 1st #skyRace\n24-25 crewed pal @davidtlam @wser.org 100mi to a successful #WS100 finish!\n\n#runner #running #trailRunning\n\nHeart & mind full, body pushed to its limits, capturing my experiences in a few write-ups.",
        "html": "June #<span class=\"p-category\">trailRunner</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">ultraRunner</span> weekends<br />3 finished #<span class=\"p-category\">MUC50k</span> <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/InsideTrail\">@InsideTrail</a> #<span class=\"p-category\">RodeoBeach</span> 9:38:28, my 3rd #<span class=\"p-category\">50k</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">ultraMarathon</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">trailRace</span><br />11 volunteered <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/TheDipsea\">@TheDipsea</a> #<span class=\"p-category\">DipseaRace</span> at #<span class=\"p-category\">MuirWoods</span><br />18 finished <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/BrokenArrowCA\">@BrokenArrowCA</a> #<span class=\"p-category\">BA23k</span> 5:22:54 #<span class=\"p-category\">RingDasBell</span>, my 1st #<span class=\"p-category\">skyRace</span><br />24-25 crewed pal <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/davidtlam\">@davidtlam</a> <a href=\"https://wser.org\">@wser.org</a> 100mi to a successful #<span class=\"p-category\">WS100</span> finish!<br /><br />#<span class=\"p-category\">runner</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">running</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">trailRunning</span><br /><br />Heart &amp; mind full, body pushed to its limits, capturing my experiences in a few write-ups."
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "https://tantek.com/",
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

Minor site updates

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    "published": "2023-06-27T14:33:31-0400",
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        "text": "I've got a bunch of IndieWeb-related projects I'd like to work on. What I don't have is a good setup for working on bigger projects incrementally as I have time. The general pattern is that nothing happens for a very long time, then I become obsessed with a particular project and it fills my free time until it is \"done\" or I run out of steam.\nAll that to say, I recently had some lovely time on vacation and instead of working on big projects I did a bunch of little fixes to my site.\nProbably the biggest is that my photos page now includes my daily-ish Caturday images. Previously it only pulled in still photos which, in the last couple of years, has only been from the very occasional check-in.\n\n    Marty's Photos page screenshot showing the top of a grid of square photos. The top three images are of a seated fluffy cat looking off-camera, two seated fluffy cats looking at an empty food dispenser, and a fluffy cat chewing on some twine. Each of the visible photos has a triangular \"play\" icon in the upper-right corner indicating that the linked post contains a video.\n    \nThis was made pretty easy because I rely on Cloudinary to reformat my iPhone's \"bounce\" photos into a consistent mp4 format for the web and it's simple enough to change a Cloudinary URL for an mp4 video to\u00a0 a still thumbnail image instead.\nOther updates:\nAfter my recent struggles with Hugo (or Go templates) turning parsing invalid times into a fatal error rather than something I can work around, I finally removed my now non-functional workaround.\n  I toyed around with a \"fast build\" step by copying my site's Hugo setup and removing all content and layouts except those related to one or two new or updated posts. It seems like I could reasonably set this up to run immediately when I make a site update via Micropub so that new and updated posts are up immediately, while feeds and tag pages get updated when a full site build finishes.\n  I upgraded my little Digital Ocean droplet to try and reduce that \"when a full site build finished\" time. Looks like I doubled my monthly from $6 to $12 for an inconsistent time savings of 5-15 seconds on a ~1 minute build. \ud83d\ude05\n  I realized that my link preview meta crap for Slack / Discord / hellsites has been broken for a while. I kind-of fixed it for posts with titles, like this one, but it's still rubbish for my usual short posts, like Caturday. Caturday posts deserve to have image previews when shared on social media!\n\n  Always more to be done. These weren't the biggest or most important projects but it felt nice to be tidying up the place.",
        "html": "<p>I've got a <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/User:Martymcgui.re\">bunch of IndieWeb-related projects I'd like to work on</a>. What I don't have is a good setup for working on bigger projects incrementally as I have time. The general pattern is that nothing happens for a very long time, then I become obsessed with a particular project and it fills my free time until it is \"done\" or I run out of steam.</p>\n<p>All that to say, I recently had some lovely time on vacation and instead of working on big projects I did a bunch of little fixes to my site.</p>\n<p>Probably the biggest is that my <a href=\"https://martymcgui.re/photos/\">photos page</a> now includes my daily-ish Caturday images. Previously it only pulled in still photos which, in the last couple of years, has only been from the very occasional check-in.</p>\n<img src=\"https://media.martymcgui.re/54/15/0c/53/c2694b00402e35a2039f7c2ebd686b389e7c55b1c68158e906d03127.png\" alt=\"\" />\n    Marty's Photos page screenshot showing the top of a grid of square photos. The top three images are of a seated fluffy cat looking off-camera, two seated fluffy cats looking at an empty food dispenser, and a fluffy cat chewing on some twine. Each of the visible photos has a triangular \"play\" icon in the upper-right corner indicating that the linked post contains a video.\n    <br /><p>This was made pretty easy because I rely on Cloudinary to reformat my iPhone's \"bounce\" photos into a consistent mp4 format for the web and it's simple enough to change a Cloudinary URL for an mp4 video to\u00a0 a still thumbnail image instead.</p>\n<p>Other updates:</p>\n<ul><li>After my <a href=\"https://martymcgui.re/2023/03/19/go-time/\">recent struggles with Hugo (or Go templates) turning parsing invalid times into a fatal error</a> rather than something I can work around, I finally removed my now non-functional workaround.</li>\n  <li>I toyed around with a \"fast build\" step by copying my site's Hugo setup and removing all content and layouts except those related to one or two new or updated posts. It seems like I could reasonably set this up to run immediately when I make a site update via Micropub so that new and updated posts are up immediately, while feeds and tag pages get updated when a full site build finishes.</li>\n  <li>I upgraded my little Digital Ocean droplet to try and reduce that \"when a full site build finished\" time. Looks like I doubled my monthly from $6 to $12 for an inconsistent time savings of 5-15 seconds on a ~1 minute build. \ud83d\ude05</li>\n  <li>I realized that my link preview meta crap for Slack / Discord / hellsites has been broken for a while. I kind-of fixed it for posts with titles, like this one, but it's still rubbish for my usual short posts, like Caturday. Caturday posts deserve to have image previews when shared on social media!</li>\n</ul><p>\n  Always more to be done. These weren't the biggest or most important projects but it felt nice to be tidying up the place.\n  <br /></p>"
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Marty McGuire",
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    "_id": "38108691",
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2023-06-27T12:57:03-0400",
    "url": "https://martymcgui.re/2023/06/27/125703/",
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        "Caturday"
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    "video": [
        "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmarty/video/upload/vc_h264/mmmgre/ee/0a/93/89/284e3283b0da1d589ce322032697338292943d3ef598af02cfc20f5b.mov"
    ],
    "content": {
        "text": "Who am I to yuck your yum during eternal Caturday?",
        "html": "<p>Who am I to yuck your yum during eternal Caturday?</p>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Marty McGuire",
        "url": "https://martymcgui.re/",
        "photo": "https://martymcgui.re/images/logo.jpg"
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    "_id": "38104913",
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2023-06-27T12:55:10-0400",
    "url": "https://martymcgui.re/2023/06/27/125510/",
    "category": [
        "Caturday"
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    "video": [
        "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmarty/video/upload/vc_h264/mmmgre/39/86/aa/eb/f26f024bec213a7c300f43801ea64c10bb0b5d861523c1da3e6138d1.mov"
    ],
    "content": {
        "text": "Are you seeking new flavor experiences during eternal Caturday?",
        "html": "<p>Are you seeking new flavor experiences during eternal Caturday?</p>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Marty McGuire",
        "url": "https://martymcgui.re/",
        "photo": "https://martymcgui.re/images/logo.jpg"
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    "post-type": "video",
    "_id": "38104914",
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

Hello humankindness

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    "published": "2023-06-26T21:49:52-07:00",
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    "name": "Hello humankindness",
    "author": {
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

title goes here

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    "url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/13921-title-goes-here",
    "name": "title goes here",
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "fluffy",
        "url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/",
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Jonathan LaCour cleverdevil.io/profile/cleverdevil

Happy Spouse, Happy House - Six Remotes and One Annoyed Wife

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    "published": "2023-06-24T20:27:56+00:00",
    "url": "https://cleverdevil.io/2023/happy-spouse-happy-house---six-remotes-and-one-annoyed",
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    "name": "Happy Spouse, Happy House - Six Remotes and One Annoyed Wife",
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        "text": "This post originally appeared in my Techish newsletter on LinkedIn.This year, the LaCour family embarked upon a major home renovation, updating the main bedroom and creating an amazing home theater. While I was happy about the improvements to the bedroom, I'll be honest, the home theater was definitely the most exciting to me.Fast forward to the end of our renovation, and we have an awesome place for the family to snuggle up and watch movies, or to catch a F1 race (Forza Ferrari!) with thundering sound on a big screen. Yet, the very first time my wife sat down to use the theater on her own, I got an annoyed text message: \"Ugh, Jonathan, WHY do we have SO MANY remote controls?!\"Happy Spouse, Happy HouseIn my experience, there is no greater spark for innovation than an annoyed spouse. To her credit, my wife was absolutely right \u2013 we had way too many remote controls. Six, to be precise. Yes, I know, I have a problem.My first instinct was to find a \"universal remote,\" but the market is filled with ugly, difficult to use, under-featured options that wouldn't really make life any easier. So, I asked my wife: what is the best remote control you've ever used? She didn't hesitate: \"our old TiVo remote control.\"The Legendary TiVo Peanut RemoteWhen TiVo was first introduced nearly 25 years ago, it was a revolutionary concept. I remember the delightful experience of creating a \"season pass\" to my favorite show, LOST, and knowing that every week, I'd be able to sit down and enjoy an episode, zipping through the commercials.While TiVo has faded into history with the rise of streaming services and pervasive \"DVR\" capabilities, its remote control, affectionately called \"the peanut,\" is still a thing of legend. With its distinctive shape and smart button layout, it won awards for its ergonomic design.Now, I was presented with a challenge. How could I replace six modern remotes and replicate my wife's experience with a non-programmable remote that has been out of production for ten years?Thinking Like an EngineerMy first order of business was acquiring an old TiVo Peanut. Over the years, TiVo produced many different versions, but their \"last hurrah\" was the TiVo Slide Pro, released back in 2013. The Slide Pro slides open to reveal a full qwerty keyboard for text entry. More importantly, though, the TiVo Slide communicates to TiVo devices via RF (radio frequency), not IR (infrared).RF is significantly more reliable than IR as it doesn't require a \"line of sight\" between the transmitter and the receiver. Late-generation TiVos featured built-in RF support, but older versions only supported IR. As a result, TiVo offered a dongle that plugged into the back of old TiVos via USB so they could use the Slide Pro.Let's Go Down to DongletownI was able to score an unopened TiVo Slide Pro remote with a USB dongle for around $40. Once in hand, I made a discovery \u2013 in 2012, an enterprising developer added support for the TiVo RF dongle to the Linux kernel! So, I grabbed a spare Raspberry Pi 4, installed the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS, and plugged in the dongle.After some tinkering, I was able to communicate with the dongle via the HID (Human Interface Device) API, capturing button presses, releases, and even the action of sliding the TiVo Slide Pro open and closed.Six Devices, One RemoteNext up, I needed to figure out how to communicate with all six devices in the theater:Apple TV\nZidoo Z9X Android Box\nPioneer Elite Receiver\nAWOL Vision Projector\nCeiling Fan\nLutron Caseta Lighting\nFor the Apple TV, there is an outstanding Apple TV Python library that offers complete control over the network. The Zidoo Z9X, Pioneer receiver, and Lutron lighting are all able to be controlled over the network using Home Assistant. To control the projector and ceiling fan, I purchased a Broadlink RM4 Pro device, which can transmit arbitrary RF/IR signals, and trained it with their existing remote controls.Introducing PNutWith all of the tools I needed in hand, I set to work writing some code to put it all together into a usable solution, which I call PNut. I made it general purpose so that anyone can use it, but I also included my own PNut configuration for reference.I've been using PNut now for a few weeks, and it's pretty wonderful to be able to pick up a single remote and use it to dim the lights, turn on my ceiling fan, power up the projector and receiver, and control my Apple TV to watch the latest episode of The Righteous Gemstones.Oh, and I'm pleased to report that my wife isn't annoyed anymore. Well, at least not about the remote controls...",
        "html": "<p><em>This post originally appeared in my <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/techish-7011768448502349825/\">Techish newsletter on LinkedIn</a>.</em></p><p>This year, the LaCour family embarked upon a major home renovation, updating the main bedroom and creating an amazing home theater. While I was happy about the improvements to the bedroom, I'll be honest, the home theater was definitely the most exciting to me.</p><p>Fast forward to the end of our renovation, and we have an awesome place for the family to snuggle up and watch movies, or to catch a F1 race <em>(Forza Ferrari!)</em> with thundering sound on a big screen. Yet, the very first time my wife sat down to use the theater on her own, I got an annoyed text message: \"Ugh, Jonathan, WHY do we have SO MANY remote controls?!\"</p><h2>Happy Spouse, Happy House</h2><p>In my experience, there is no greater spark for innovation than an annoyed spouse. To her credit, my wife was absolutely right \u2013 we had way too many remote controls. Six, to be precise. Yes, I know, I have a problem.</p><p>My first instinct was to find a \"universal remote,\" but the market is filled with ugly, difficult to use, under-featured options that wouldn't really make life any easier. So, I asked my wife: what is the best remote control you've ever used? She didn't hesitate: \"our old TiVo remote control.\"</p><h2>The Legendary TiVo Peanut Remote</h2><p><img src=\"https://cleverdevil.io/file/39c09ab3655342e283d40e2e2a32fb0a/thumb.jpg\" alt=\"TiVo Slide Remote\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiVo#History_and_development\">When TiVo was first introduced nearly 25 years ago</a>, it was a revolutionary concept. I remember the delightful experience of creating a \"season pass\" to my favorite show, <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008/\">LOST</a>, and knowing that every week, I'd be able to sit down and enjoy an episode, zipping through the commercials.</p><p>While TiVo has faded into history with the rise of streaming services and pervasive \"DVR\" capabilities, <a href=\"https://gizmodo.com/story-of-a-peanut-the-tivo-remotes-untold-past-presen-5017972\">its remote control, affectionately called \"the peanut,\" is still a thing of legend</a>. With its distinctive shape and smart button layout, it won awards for its ergonomic design.</p><p>Now, I was presented with a challenge. How could I replace six modern remotes and replicate my wife's experience with a non-programmable remote that has been out of production for ten years?</p><h2>Thinking Like an Engineer</h2><p>My first order of business was acquiring an old TiVo Peanut. Over the years, TiVo produced many different versions, but their \"last hurrah\" was the <a href=\"https://www.engadget.com/2013-11-14-tivo-slide-pro-remote.html\">TiVo Slide Pro, released back in 2013</a>. The Slide Pro slides open to reveal a full qwerty keyboard for text entry. More importantly, though, the TiVo Slide communicates to TiVo devices via RF (radio frequency), not IR (infrared).</p><p>RF is significantly more reliable than IR as it doesn't require a \"line of sight\" between the transmitter and the receiver. Late-generation TiVos featured built-in RF support, but older versions only supported IR. As a result, TiVo offered a dongle that plugged into the back of old TiVos via USB so they could use the Slide Pro.</p><h2>Let's Go Down to Dongletown</h2><p><img src=\"https://cleverdevil.io/file/bab837278e452813769a3ca93a9af4d5/thumb.jpg\" alt=\"TiVo RF Dongle\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" /></p><p>I was able to score an unopened TiVo Slide Pro remote with a USB dongle for around $40. Once in hand, I made a discovery \u2013 <a href=\"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/44ea35c138d400b3aeeb2a5317edd4634e6823e3\">in 2012, an enterprising developer added support for the TiVo RF dongle to the Linux kernel</a>! So, I grabbed a spare Raspberry Pi 4, installed the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS, and plugged in the dongle.</p><p>After some tinkering, I was able to communicate with the dongle via the HID (Human Interface Device) API, capturing button presses, releases, and even the action of sliding the TiVo Slide Pro open and closed.</p><h2>Six Devices, One Remote</h2><p>Next up, I needed to figure out how to communicate with all six devices in the theater:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.apple.com/tv-home/\">Apple TV</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.zidoo.tv/Product/index/model/Z9X/target/VEMg6VRC2%2B9KKmVViAFMcQ%3D%3D.html\">Zidoo Z9X Android Box</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.pioneerhomeusa.com/product/vsx-lx305-av-receiver/\">Pioneer Elite Receiver</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://awolvision.com/products/awol-vision-4k-tri-chroma-laser-projector-ltv-3500\">AWOL Vision Projector</a></li>\n<li>Ceiling Fan</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.casetawireless.com/us/en\">Lutron Caseta Lighting</a></li>\n</ul><p>For the Apple TV, there is <a href=\"https://pyatv.dev\">an outstanding Apple TV Python library</a> that offers complete control over the network. The Zidoo Z9X, Pioneer receiver, and Lutron lighting are all able to be controlled over the network using <a href=\"https://www.home-assistant.io/\">Home Assistant</a>. To control the projector and ceiling fan, I purchased a <a href=\"https://ebroadlink.com/products/universal-remote-rm4-pro\">Broadlink RM4 Pro</a> device, which can transmit arbitrary RF/IR signals, and trained it with their existing remote controls.</p><h2>Introducing PNut</h2><p>With all of the tools I needed in hand, I set to work writing some code to put it all together into a usable solution, <a href=\"https://github.com/cleverdevil/pnut\">which I call PNut</a>. I made it general purpose so that anyone can use it, but I also <a href=\"https://github.com/cleverdevil/pnut/blob/main/myremote.py.sample\">included my own PNut configuration for reference</a>.</p><p>I've been using PNut now for a few weeks, and it's pretty wonderful to be able to pick up a single remote and use it to dim the lights, turn on my ceiling fan, power up the projector and receiver, and control my Apple TV to watch the latest episode of <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8634332/\">The Righteous Gemstones</a>.</p><p>Oh, and I'm pleased to report that my wife isn't annoyed anymore. Well, at least not about the remote controls...</p>"
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        "name": "Jonathan LaCour",
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Support Structures for the Extremely Online

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        "name": "Jared White",
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    "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/20230626/support-structures-for-the-extremely-online",
    "published": "2023-06-26T08:37:28-07:00",
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        "html": "<p>I am what some folks might call <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_online\">Extremely Online</a>. I\u2019ve certainly wrestled with this at times, and there have been moments when I feel the need to pull back from incessantly scrolling through whatever timeline is in vogue (for me these days that\u2019s Mastodon) and commenting with meme GIFs.</p>\n\n<p>But I\u2019ve come to accept my fate. Furthermore, <strong>this is something I\u2019m good at</strong>. Yes that right, I\u2019m good at internetting (for better or worse). What I\u2019m <em>not</em> so good at is occasionally dipping my toe into the water of being <strong>Extremely Offline</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>Intentionally going offline is <em>vital</em> to my mental health (and yours too). For some people that might not prove such a huge issue as they have family ties or other social commitments IRL to attend to. For me though\u2014except for the times I\u2019m actively involved in playing with/supervising/teaching/going on adventures with my kids\u2014I\u2019m basically a single (divorced) dude who remote works, <a href=\"https://simplepraxis.life/2019/leaving-it-all-behind-my-exvangelical-story\">quit attending church years ago</a>, and whose extended family all live out-of-state.</p>\n\n<p>If I\u2019m going to have a social life apart from opening up yet another chat window, I need to <strong>wrangle my own support structure out of thin air</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>And so that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019ve been doing this spring and summer. I\u2019ve had to push myself\u2014<em>force</em> myself some days\u2014to get out there and Meet Real People. It doesn\u2019t always come naturally to me, but I\u2019m <em>always</em> glad when I do it.</p>\n\n<p>Shout out to <a href=\"https://meetup.com/\">Meetup</a> which\u2014despite a rocky road these past few years first being acquired by WeWork and then being let go among all the zaniness there\u2014still seems to be going strong and providing <strong>an excellent way of discovering groups of people IRL doing interesting things</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>I\u2019ve gone on hikes, focused on writing alongside fellow artists and creatives, laughed it up playing a wacky party game at a dinner event, and, yes, hung out with some local techies too. I\u2019ve also been keeping an eye out for festivals or other fun community activities I might participate in. What will I be up to next? Who knows!</p>\n\n<p>Having the sense of a local support structure apart from pixels on a screen, being able to look fellow humans in the eye and make a genuine emotional and intellectual connection, is something <strong>I simply don\u2019t take for granted</strong>. Having lived through a pandemic and been Extremely-Extremely Online for weeks or even months at a time (most of 2020 is simply a blur to me, I can\u2019t remember WTF I was even doing), a couple of hours of levity over a beer or walking along a forest path pointing out a grand vista or a word of encouragement from another creator in the room\u2026<strong>these are moments I treasure</strong>. And I can\u2019t wait for more.</p>\n\n<p>If you feel like you need more of a support structure where you live, <strong>what\u2019s that single first step you might be able to take today?</strong></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/lifehacks\">#lifehacks</a></p>",
        "text": "I am what some folks might call Extremely Online. I\u2019ve certainly wrestled with this at times, and there have been moments when I feel the need to pull back from incessantly scrolling through whatever timeline is in vogue (for me these days that\u2019s Mastodon) and commenting with meme GIFs.\n\nBut I\u2019ve come to accept my fate. Furthermore, this is something I\u2019m good at. Yes that right, I\u2019m good at internetting (for better or worse). What I\u2019m not so good at is occasionally dipping my toe into the water of being Extremely Offline.\n\nIntentionally going offline is vital to my mental health (and yours too). For some people that might not prove such a huge issue as they have family ties or other social commitments IRL to attend to. For me though\u2014except for the times I\u2019m actively involved in playing with/supervising/teaching/going on adventures with my kids\u2014I\u2019m basically a single (divorced) dude who remote works, quit attending church years ago, and whose extended family all live out-of-state.\n\nIf I\u2019m going to have a social life apart from opening up yet another chat window, I need to wrangle my own support structure out of thin air.\n\nAnd so that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019ve been doing this spring and summer. I\u2019ve had to push myself\u2014force myself some days\u2014to get out there and Meet Real People. It doesn\u2019t always come naturally to me, but I\u2019m always glad when I do it.\n\nShout out to Meetup which\u2014despite a rocky road these past few years first being acquired by WeWork and then being let go among all the zaniness there\u2014still seems to be going strong and providing an excellent way of discovering groups of people IRL doing interesting things.\n\nI\u2019ve gone on hikes, focused on writing alongside fellow artists and creatives, laughed it up playing a wacky party game at a dinner event, and, yes, hung out with some local techies too. I\u2019ve also been keeping an eye out for festivals or other fun community activities I might participate in. What will I be up to next? Who knows!\n\nHaving the sense of a local support structure apart from pixels on a screen, being able to look fellow humans in the eye and make a genuine emotional and intellectual connection, is something I simply don\u2019t take for granted. Having lived through a pandemic and been Extremely-Extremely Online for weeks or even months at a time (most of 2020 is simply a blur to me, I can\u2019t remember WTF I was even doing), a couple of hours of levity over a beer or walking along a forest path pointing out a grand vista or a word of encouragement from another creator in the room\u2026these are moments I treasure. And I can\u2019t wait for more.\n\nIf you feel like you need more of a support structure where you live, what\u2019s that single first step you might be able to take today?\n\n#lifehacks"
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    "summary": "\ud83d\udcd7 Want to read How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu ISBN: 9780063072657",
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    "summary": "\ud83d\udcd7 Want to read Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky ISBN: 9781447273288",
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{
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        "text": "Are you in the belly of the beast during eternal Caturday?",
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    "content": {
        "text": "Are you waiting on the machine during eternal Caturday?",
        "html": "<p>Are you waiting on the machine during eternal Caturday?</p>"
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{
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        "text": "Redditors leaving for Lemmy, and Google Domains is dying. It\u2019s your < 10min update on the #IndieWeb community!\nThis Week in the IndieWeb audio edition for June 17th - 23rd, 2023.\nhttps://martymcgui.re/2023/06/24/this-week-in-the-indieweb-audio-edition--june-17th---23rd-2023/",
        "html": "<p>Redditors leaving for Lemmy, and Google Domains is dying. It\u2019s your &lt; 10min update on the #IndieWeb community!</p>\n<p>This Week in the IndieWeb audio edition for June 17th - 23rd, 2023.\n<a href=\"https://martymcgui.re/2023/06/24/this-week-in-the-indieweb-audio-edition--june-17th---23rd-2023/\">https://martymcgui.re/2023/06/24/this-week-in-the-indieweb-audio-edition--june-17th---23rd-2023/</a></p>"
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition • June 17th - 23rd, 2023

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        "text": "Show/Hide Transcript\n    \n  Redditors leaving for Lemmy, and Google Domains is dying. It\u2019s the audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for June 17th - 23rd, 2023.\nYou can find all of my audio editions and subscribe with your favorite podcast app here: martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/.\nMusic from Aaron Parecki\u2019s 100DaysOfMusic project: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11\nThanks to everyone in the IndieWeb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you\u2019d like to see for this audio edition!",
        "html": "Show/Hide Transcript\n    \n  <p>Redditors leaving for Lemmy, and Google Domains is dying. It\u2019s the audio edition for <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/this-week/2023-06-23.html\">This Week in the IndieWeb for June 17th - 23rd, 2023</a>.</p>\n<p>You can find all of my audio editions and subscribe with your favorite podcast app here: <a href=\"https://martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/\">martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/</a>.</p>\n<p>Music from <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/\">Aaron Parecki</a>\u2019s <a href=\"https://100.aaronparecki.com/\">100DaysOfMusic project</a>: <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/03/15/14/day85\">Day 85 - Suit</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/02/06/7/day48\">Day 48 - Glitch</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/02/07/4/day49\">Day 49 - Floating</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2016/12/29/21/day-9\">Day 9</a>, and <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2016/12/31/15/\">Day 11</a></p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone in the <a href=\"https://chat.indieweb.org/\">IndieWeb chat</a> for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you\u2019d like to see for this audio edition!</p>"
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

Ah, yes, sick again

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2023-06-24T07:36:31-07:00",
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        "text": "A couple weeks ago I traveled to Albuquerque to visit my family, and now I\u2019m sick with some fun respiratory gunk. It may or may not be COVID (again). Hard to tell at this point. So far it\u2019s at least not as bad as when I got it a year ago. But I\u2019d still rather not be having it at all, y'know?Anyway I think air travel is Bad, Actually.Annoyingly this got in the way of all of my pride plans; I was meant to perform with the choir at Trans Pride Seattle last night, and today I was going to go to brunch with friends, and even if I didn\u2019t feel like complete ass I also wouldn\u2019t want to spread this crud to anyone else.Come to think of it, I can\u2019t recall any time in recent history that I traveled by airplane and didn\u2019t end up getting sick shortly after. Like, even pre-COVID, it was pretty much a given that any time I traveled for work or whatever I\u2019d end up with some awful crud.I guess in more positive health news, there\u2019s some promising research into new fibromyalgia meds, and also some pretty interesting advances in understanding what fibromyalgia even is and what treatments might help with the underlying issues. So that\u2019s hopeful, at least. Solving fibro pain wouldn\u2019t fix all of my problems but it\u2019d at least make it easier for me to do the things I want to be doing.",
        "html": "<p>A couple weeks ago I traveled to Albuquerque to visit my family, and now I\u2019m sick with some fun respiratory gunk. It may or may not be COVID (again). Hard to tell at this point. So far it\u2019s at least not as bad as when I got it a year ago. But I\u2019d still rather not be having it at all, y'know?</p><p>Anyway I think air travel is Bad, Actually.</p><p>Annoyingly this got in the way of all of my pride plans; I was meant to perform with the choir at Trans Pride Seattle last night, and today I was going to go to brunch with friends, and even if I didn\u2019t feel like complete <em>ass</em> I also wouldn\u2019t want to spread this crud to anyone else.</p><p>Come to think of it, I can\u2019t recall any time in recent history that I traveled by airplane and <em>didn\u2019t</em> end up getting sick shortly after. Like, even pre-COVID, it was pretty much a given that any time I traveled for work or whatever I\u2019d end up with some awful crud.</p><p>I guess in more positive health news, there\u2019s some <a href=\"https://fibromyalgiapodcast.com/podcast/new-medications-for-fibromyalgia-w-dr-seth-lederman-ask-the-coach/\">promising research into new fibromyalgia meds</a>, and also some pretty interesting advances in understanding what fibromyalgia even is and what treatments might help with the underlying issues. So that\u2019s hopeful, at least. Solving fibro pain wouldn\u2019t fix all of my problems but it\u2019d at least make it easier for me to do the things I want to be doing.</p>"
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{
    "type": "entry",
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        "text": "Are you remembering to floss during eternal Caturday?",
        "html": "<p>Are you remembering to floss during eternal Caturday?</p>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2023-06-22T05:34:12-0400",
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    "content": {
        "text": "Are you the first mover during eternal Caturday?",
        "html": "<p>Are you the first mover during eternal Caturday?</p>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Marty McGuire",
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        "photo": "https://martymcgui.re/images/logo.jpg"
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{
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    "content": {
        "text": "Do you have everyone on the scene during eternal Caturday?",
        "html": "<p>Do you have everyone on the scene during eternal Caturday?</p>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Marty McGuire",
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        "photo": "https://martymcgui.re/images/logo.jpg"
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    "post-type": "video",
    "_id": "38033715",
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

STANCE Beginnings

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    "type": "entry",
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