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"text": "Hey y'all, it is Bandcamp Friday, a good time to buy independent music while Bandcamp opts to release their share of the purchase price.\n\nAs always, I have my latest released album, and the share also applies to preorders of Transitions. Or you might consider checking out some of my other many albums that you might not already be familiar with, such as:\nAlt-rock songs about cats and feelings and mental health\nElectropop songs about feelings and cats and mental health\n\nEDM songs about feelings and mental health (no cats on this one sorry)\nA variety show in which Radiohead takes turns with comedy showtunes\nChill lo-fi music inspired by various coffee grinders\nAn audio diary from the month when I almost died of a pulmonary embolism\nBut also this isn\u2019t just me shamelessly self-promoting. I\u2019m shamelessly other-promoting, too! Here\u2019s a list of some of the albums I\u2019ll be buying myself:\n\nBeatober \u201823, You Know, and Preserves '23 - Vol I by err:rawr\n\n\nA New Beat by Ulysses Owens Jr.\n\n\nDemo by Comfort Object\n\n\nCity Slicker by Ginger Root\n\n\nConstellation of Souls and Turning the Tables by lowercase t\n\n\n\u2026 on reflection and September 23 by William Basinski\n\nAnd, on the last one I preordered when air collapsed within by our dear friend, the medic, which was also released very recently.\n\nAnyway. Support independent musicians by buying their music! It\u2019s good for you, and even better for them.",
"html": "<p>Hey y'all, <a href=\"https://isitbandcampfriday.com\">it is Bandcamp Friday</a>, a good time to buy <a href=\"https://sockpuppet.us/\">independent music</a> while Bandcamp opts to release their share of the purchase price.</p><p>As always, I have <a href=\"https://sockpuppet.us/album/notions\">my latest released album</a>, and the share also applies to <a href=\"https://sockpuppet.us/transitions\">preorders of Transitions</a>. Or you might consider checking out some of my other many albums that you might not already be familiar with, such as:</p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://sockpuppet.us/album/radio-ready\">Alt-rock songs about cats and feelings and mental health</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://sockpuppet.us/album/foodsexsleep\">Electropop songs about feelings and cats and mental health</a></li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://sockpuppet.us/album/refactor\">EDM songs about feelings and mental health</a> (no cats on this one sorry)</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://sockpuppet.us/album/songs-of-substance\">A variety show in which Radiohead takes turns with comedy showtunes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://sockpuppet.us/album/novembeat-2021-lo-fi-beats-to-grind-coffee-to\">Chill lo-fi music inspired by various coffee grinders</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://sockpuppet.us/album/novembeat-2017\">An audio diary from the month when I almost died of a pulmonary embolism</a></li>\n</ul><p>But also this isn\u2019t just me shamelessly self-promoting. I\u2019m shamelessly other-promoting, too! Here\u2019s a list of some of the albums I\u2019ll be buying myself:</p>\n<ul><li>\n<a href=\"https://err-rawr.bandcamp.com/album/beatober-23\">Beatober \u201823</a>, <a href=\"https://err-rawr.bandcamp.com/track/you-know\">You Know</a>, and <a href=\"https://err-rawr.bandcamp.com/album/preserves-23-vol-i\">Preserves '23 - Vol I</a> by <a href=\"https://err-rawr.bandcamp.com/\">err:rawr</a>\n</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://ulyssesowensjr.bandcamp.com/album/a-new-beat\">A New Beat</a> by <a href=\"https://ulyssesowensjr.bandcamp.com/\">Ulysses Owens Jr.</a>\n</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://comfortobject.bandcamp.com/album/demo\">Demo</a> by <a href=\"https://comfortobject.bandcamp.com/\">Comfort Object</a>\n</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://gingerroot.bandcamp.com/album/city-slicker\">City Slicker</a> by <a href=\"https://gingerroot.bandcamp.com/\">Ginger Root</a>\n</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://lowercaset.bandcamp.com/track/constellation-of-souls\">Constellation of Souls</a> and <a href=\"https://lowercaset.bandcamp.com/album/turning-the-tables\">Turning the Tables</a> by <a href=\"https://lowercaset.bandcamp.com/\">lowercase t</a>\n</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://williambasinski.bandcamp.com/album/on-reflection\">\u2026 on reflection</a> and <a href=\"https://williambasinski.bandcamp.com/album/september-23rd\">September 23</a> by <a href=\"https://williambasinski.bandcamp.com/\">William Basinski</a>\n</li>\n</ul><p>And, on the last one I preordered <a href=\"https://ourdearfriendthemedic.bandcamp.com/album/when-air-collapsed-within\">when air collapsed within</a> by <a href=\"https://ourdearfriendthemedic.bandcamp.com/\">our dear friend, the medic</a>, which was also released very recently.</p><p>Anyway. Support independent musicians by buying their music! It\u2019s good for you, and even better for them.</p>"
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Having found so many for the month I created an “October” page on the #IndieWeb wiki to document them all (and in case folks find others to add): * https://indieweb.org/October
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"text": "Happy October!\n\nFor some reason this month has a plethora of daily blogging or other creativity prompts. Here\u2019s a list of the ones I found so far:\n\n* #Blogtober (consider this post my first for this, retroactively day 1)\n* Inktober \u2014 https://inktober.com/\n* LOLtober - https://weblog.anniegreens.lol/2024/10/loltober-2024\n* Looptober \u2014 https://looptober.com/\n* Mathober - https://mathober.com/\n* Viztober \u2014 https://www.instagram.com/evalottchen/p/DAiNm3ZtuTj/\n\nHaving found so many for the month I created an \u201cOctober\u201d page on the #IndieWeb wiki to document them all (and in case folks find others to add):\n* https://indieweb.org/October\n\nOctober is also a very popular month for seasonal blog styling:\n* https://indieweb.org/Halloween\n\nDo you have a custom Halloween theme for your personal site? Add it to the wiki!\n\nThis is post 23 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts\n\n\u2190 https://tantek.com/2024/247/t4/w3c-link-checker-before-federating\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e",
"html": "Happy October!<br /><br />For some reason this month has a plethora of daily blogging or other creativity prompts. Here\u2019s a list of the ones I found so far:<br /><br />* #<span class=\"p-category\">Blogtober</span> (consider this post my first for this, retroactively day 1)<br />* Inktober \u2014 <a href=\"https://inktober.com/\">https://inktober.com/</a><br />* LOLtober - <a href=\"https://weblog.anniegreens.lol/2024/10/loltober-2024\">https://weblog.anniegreens.lol/2024/10/loltober-2024</a><br />* Looptober \u2014 <a href=\"https://looptober.com/\">https://looptober.com/</a><br />* Mathober - <a href=\"https://mathober.com/\">https://mathober.com/</a><br />* Viztober \u2014 <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/evalottchen/p/DAiNm3ZtuTj/\">https://www.instagram.com/evalottchen/p/DAiNm3ZtuTj/</a><br /><br />Having found so many for the month I created an \u201cOctober\u201d page on the #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span> wiki to document them all (and in case folks find others to add):<br />* <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/October\">https://indieweb.org/October</a><br /><br />October is also a very popular month for seasonal blog styling:<br />* <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Halloween\">https://indieweb.org/Halloween</a><br /><br />Do you have a custom Halloween theme for your personal site? Add it to the wiki!<br /><br />This is post 23 of #<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span>. #<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/247/t4/w3c-link-checker-before-federating\">https://tantek.com/2024/247/t4/w3c-link-checker-before-federating</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e"
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Last week I participated in #w3cTPAC 2024¹ in Anaheim, California. It was quite packed, and often started early, from 8am informal breakfast meetings at a nearby IHOP, to Working Group, Community Group, and other small group meetings every day (but Wednesday) til 18:00.
Midweek at TPAC was the usual Breakouts Day where a record 87 breakouts² were proposed³ and run by members of the community, deftly organized into rooms, timeslots, and a handful of themes⁴ by the W3C Team. In the evening there was an open Plenary Session⁵ open to all instead of an Advisory Committee (AC) meeting, where the result of the recent W3C Board Election⁶ was announced. Congratulations to the newly elected W3C Board of Directors!
I’m still compiling my own notes and observations. For now, the minutes of (nearly?) all the meetings and breakouts are available if you know how to find them.
Hint: W3C minutes URLs have the form (without spaces):
https:// www . w3 . org / YYYY / MM / DD-IRCNAME-minutes . html
E.g. to find the second day (2024-09-24) of CSS Working Group (which just uses "css", all lower case, as their IRC channel name) minutes, you would go to: * https://www.w3.org/2024/09/24-css-minutes.html
Every Working Group and Community Group links to its IRC Channel (all lowercase), and breakout proposals link to the channel used for each breakout. Thus the minutes links to specific groups on specific days are left as a web discovery exercise for the reader.
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"text": "Last week I participated in #w3cTPAC 2024\u00b9 in Anaheim, California. It was quite packed, and often started early, from 8am informal breakfast meetings at a nearby IHOP, to Working Group, Community Group, and other small group meetings every day (but Wednesday) til 18:00.\n\nMidweek at TPAC was the usual Breakouts Day where a record 87 breakouts\u00b2 were proposed\u00b3 and run by members of the community, deftly organized into rooms, timeslots, and a handful of themes\u2074 by the W3C Team. In the evening there was an open Plenary Session\u2075 open to all instead of an Advisory Committee (AC) meeting, where the result of the recent W3C Board Election\u2076 was announced. Congratulations to the newly elected W3C Board of Directors!\n\nI\u2019m still compiling my own notes and observations. For now, the minutes of (nearly?) all the meetings and breakouts are available if you know how to find them.\n\nHint: W3C minutes URLs have the form (without spaces):\n\nhttps:// www . w3 . org / YYYY / MM / DD-IRCNAME-minutes . html\n\nE.g. to find the second day (2024-09-24) of CSS Working Group (which just uses \"css\", all lower case, as their IRC channel name) minutes, you would go to:\n* https://www.w3.org/2024/09/24-css-minutes.html\n\nEvery Working Group and Community Group links to its IRC Channel (all lowercase), and breakout proposals link to the channel used for each breakout. Thus the minutes links to specific groups on specific days are left as a web discovery exercise for the reader.\n\nLast year: https://tantek.com/2023/262/b1/w3c-technical-plenary-tpac\n\n\u00b9 https://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC/2024\n\u00b2 https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/breakouts.html#grid\n\u00b3 https://github.com/w3c/tpac2024-breakouts/\n\u2074 https://github.com/orgs/w3c/projects/57/views/1\n\u2075 https://www.w3.org/2024/09/26-tpac-minutes.html\n\u2076 https://www.w3.org/2024/09/26-tpac-minutes.html#x215",
"html": "Last week I participated in #<span class=\"p-category\">w3cTPAC</span> 2024<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZK1_note-1\">\u00b9</a> in Anaheim, California. It was quite packed, and often started early, from 8am informal breakfast meetings at a nearby IHOP, to Working Group, Community Group, and other small group meetings every day (but Wednesday) til 18:00.<br /><br />Midweek at TPAC was the usual Breakouts Day where a record 87 breakouts<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZK1_note-2\">\u00b2</a> were proposed<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZK1_note-3\">\u00b3</a> and run by members of the community, deftly organized into rooms, timeslots, and a handful of themes<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZK1_note-4\">\u2074</a> by the W3C Team. In the evening there was an open Plenary Session<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZK1_note-5\">\u2075</a> open to all instead of an Advisory Committee (AC) meeting, where the result of the recent W3C Board Election<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZK1_note-6\">\u2076</a> was announced. Congratulations to the newly elected W3C Board of Directors!<br /><br />I\u2019m still compiling my own notes and observations. For now, the minutes of (nearly?) all the meetings and breakouts are available if you know how to find them.<br /><br />Hint: W3C minutes URLs have the form (without spaces):<br /><br />https:// www . w3 . org / YYYY / MM / DD-IRCNAME-minutes . html<br /><br />E.g. to find the second day (2024-09-24) of CSS Working Group (which just uses \"css\", all lower case, as their IRC channel name) minutes, you would go to:<br />* <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/2024/09/24-css-minutes.html\">https://www.w3.org/2024/09/24-css-minutes.html</a><br /><br />Every Working Group and Community Group links to its IRC Channel (all lowercase), and breakout proposals link to the channel used for each breakout. Thus the minutes links to specific groups on specific days are left as a web discovery exercise for the reader.<br /><br />Last year: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/262/b1/w3c-technical-plenary-tpac\">https://tantek.com/2023/262/b1/w3c-technical-plenary-tpac</a><br /><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZK1_ref-1\">\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC/2024\">https://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC/2024</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZK1_ref-2\">\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/breakouts.html#grid\">https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/breakouts.html#grid</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZK1_ref-3\">\u00b3</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/w3c/tpac2024-breakouts/\">https://github.com/w3c/tpac2024-breakouts/</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZK1_ref-4\">\u2074</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/orgs/w3c/projects/57/views/1\">https://github.com/orgs/w3c/projects/57/views/1</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZK1_ref-5\">\u2075</a> <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/2024/09/26-tpac-minutes.html\">https://www.w3.org/2024/09/26-tpac-minutes.html</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5ZK1_ref-6\">\u2076</a> <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/2024/09/26-tpac-minutes.html#x215\">https://www.w3.org/2024/09/26-tpac-minutes.html#x215</a>"
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"published": "2024-09-29T22:45:00-07:00",
"url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/11993-Rock-on-Stream-on",
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"text": "If all went well, my concert is now underway. In theory, here is the VRChat instance (but if nobody\u2019s there check the VRC group). And in theory, the stream should be live.\n\nIn practice, I am probably currently scrambling to get everything working at this very moment.",
"html": "<p>If all went well, my concert is now underway. In theory, <a href=\"https://vrch.at/0pq4z3ay\">here is the VRChat instance</a> (but if nobody\u2019s there check <a href=\"https://vrc.group/MUSIC.1138\">the VRC group</a>). And in theory, <a href=\"https://live.sockpuppet.us/\">the stream</a> should be live.</p><p>In practice, I am probably currently scrambling to get everything working at this very moment.</p>"
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"text": "I\u2019ll be performing in VRChat tonight at 9 PM PDT. Join my VRChat music group for the instance link.\n\nIf you can\u2019t join via VRChat, I\u2019ll also be streaming on my Owncast instance, and I\u2019ll try to engage with the stream chat although historically that hasn\u2019t worked out so well.\n\nAnd if the time doesn\u2019t work, the stream recording will eventually go on my YouTube channel.\n\nFor this concert I\u2019ll be trying out a new performance setup for improved sound, hand tracking, and audience engagement, and also a different venue than last time for better environmental factors.",
"html": "<p>I\u2019ll be performing in VRChat <a href=\"https://time.is/compare/2100_29_Sep_2024_in_Seattle?Sockpuppet_@_VRChat\">tonight at 9 PM PDT</a>. Join <a href=\"https://vrc.group/MUSIC.1138\">my VRChat music group</a> for the instance link.</p><p>If you can\u2019t join via VRChat, I\u2019ll also be streaming on <a href=\"https://live.sockpuppet.us/\">my Owncast instance</a>, and I\u2019ll try to engage with the stream chat although historically that hasn\u2019t worked out so well.</p><p>And if the time doesn\u2019t work, the stream recording will eventually go on <a href=\"https://youtube.com/@realfakesockpuppet\">my YouTube channel</a>.</p><p>For this concert I\u2019ll be trying out a new performance setup for improved sound, hand tracking, and audience engagement, and also a different venue than last time for better environmental factors.</p>"
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