I’m trying out the Pomodoro Technique for the first time in a while. I’m using tomatoi.st for the timers. It works pretty well, though doesn’t seem to keep track of which break length you should take next. That’s minor, though.
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"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/demi-moore-golden-globes-speech-popcorn-actress-1235082475/\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>For the first time in her 45-year career, Demi Moore won a major film or TV award, taking home the Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for her work in \u201cThe Substance.\u201d Despite roles in films like \u201cGhost,\u201d \u201cG.I. Jane,\u201d and \u201cIndecent Proposal,\u201d the star had never won, despite two prior Globe nominations and one Primetime Emmy nod.</p>\n\n<p>Finally that streak is over. And in an inspiring speech that was one of the highlights of the awards ceremony, Moore said that this win was validation that she\u2019s no longer just a \u201cpopcorn actress\u201d and deserves every minute of her laurels.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I\u2019m so incredibly happy that Demi Moore won the Golden Globe for Best Female Actor (one of two winners, the Globes has two different movie categories: comedy & drama). <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SvW3XJP5Ic\">Watch her speech here</a>.</p>\n\n<p>I must admit I\u2019m not too familiar with Demi Moore\u2019s past work, and before <em>The Substance</em> if you\u2019d asked me if her career was basically over\u2014if she was \u201cwashed up\u201d\u2014I would have replied in the affirmative. And then I saw this film, and everything about it\u2014including Moore\u2019s performance\u2014was mind-altering. <strong>I\u2019ll have a lot more to say</strong> about <em>The Substance</em> in my upcoming \u201cTop 5 Violent <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/movies\">#Movies</a> of 2024\u201d list (which I meant to get out before New Year\u2019s\u2026I promise it\u2019s still in the works!), but suffice it to say, Demi Moore <em>absolutely deserves</em> this award, and I\u2019m rooting for her at the Academy Awards later this year as well (at least to get a nomination).</p>\n\n<p>Another great win I liked seeing at the Golden Globes: <em>Challengers</em> for best original movie score. Composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, <strong>I\u2019ve had this one on repeat</strong> ever since seeing the film last month. Badass music for a badass production.</p>",
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“So in the same way, the coming and going of things in the world is marvelous. They go. Where do they go? Don’t answer, because that would spoil the mystery.”
I have to disagree with Watts here.
Do ask and DO answer. Again and again. Embrace curiosity, explanation, understanding.
Any mystery you can explain will reveal another mystery underneath.
There is no spoiling the mystery, there is only the journey of one mystery after another.
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Time to export your Twitter, and migrate your Mastodon handle to your own home on the web.
Of course you can bring your own domain name. Additionally: * blog posts, naturally, both articles and microblogging notes * photos * podcasting * custom themes * web-clients and native mobile posting clients * WordPress, Tumblr, Mastodon, Medium import More details (and alternatives) at https://micro.one/about/pricing
And yes, it interoperates with the open #socialWeb, including: * #ActivityPub support, #Mastodon and #fediverse compatibility * #IndieAuth to sign-in to third-party apps * #microformats support in all built-in themes * #Webmention for sending and receiving replies across websites * #Micropub standard posting API, supporting dozens of clients * #Microsub standard timeline API, supporting social readers More #indieweb support details at https://micro.one/about/indieweb
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"html": "<p>Well kids, I did it. I\u2019ve concluded my first four weeks\u2014a month essentially\u2014of daily blogging. <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/20241207/daily-blogging-in-2025\">I announced back on December 7</a> this would be a major goal for me in 2025, and I actually started on it right then and there. So even though we\u2019re only on Day 4 of 2025, I\u2019ve already gotten this <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/writing\">#writing</a> habit well underway.</p>\n\n<p>In publishing regularly on this <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/website\">#website</a> and elsewhere, I\u2019ve come to a couple of conclusions thus far:</p>\n\n<ul><li><strong>It\u2019s easier than I expected.</strong> For such a \u201clofty\u201d goal that I\u2019d spent so long fantasizing about without hunkering down and just doing it, I\u2019m rather amazed it\u2019s been\u2014to put it plainly\u2014a nothingburger. <em>OMG OMG OMG I\u2019m going to become a daily blogger!</em> \ud83e\udd79 And then suddenly you are and\u2026OK? So where are the fireworks? Where are the balloons? It\u2019s so, it\u2019s so\u2026ordinary? Huh. (And that, my friends, is the dark underbelly of content creation. There are no parades. \u201cNobody\u201d cares. So you <em>really</em> need to get your head on straight and find your <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/articles/3-vital-landmarks-on-road-to-success\">intrinsic motivation</a>. \u201cYou HAVE to create\u2014because you CAN\u2019T NOT create\u201d\u2014that\u2019s all there is to it.)</li>\n <li><strong>It\u2019s harder than I expected.</strong> And by \u201charder\u201d I mean\u2026damn, I don\u2019t get to be lazy anymore. Do you think I <em>want</em> to be writing this blog post right now on a rainy Saturday afternoon in January? <em>Hmm?!?!</em> Seriously though, that relentless need to switch on your brain and come up with \u201cthe thing\u201d that\u2019s worthy of being published that day is a lot. And writing isn\u2019t even a hard medium comparatively speaking\u2014I have absolutely <strong>no idea</strong> how people like Casey Neistat did <em>daily vlogging</em> for all that time. Real quote: <a href=\"https://mashable.com/article/youtube-casey-neistat-ends-vlog\">\u201che had uploaded videos to his channel for 534 consecutive days\u201d</a>. Sheer insanity! And yet\u2026I wish I could do that!!</li>\n</ul><p>So there you have it. A handful of thoughts after daily blogging for 29 consecutive days. <strong>Here\u2019s to at least 361 more days!</strong> \ud83e\udd79</p>",
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The page title calls it your #YearInMusic, and the URL your #ListeningReport.
It has many interesting elements, from various top listened lists (artist, album, track), to what percent of 2024 listens (which they call scrobbles) were new artists, albums, and tracks.
Their “Top Tags” time chart is quite cool. Fascinating to see the differences in music listening over the seasons and the whole year.
The report has many interactive features, so it will take me some time to figure out how to save, export, and/or republish my listening report on my personal #indieweb site.
For now I used Firefox to save the page as an .html page to my laptop, and was quite impressed with how much of the information was available in that one file. Much more than #Spotify’s #Wrapped.
That’s step 1. Step 2 is figuring out a good way to blog at least some of it.
This is post 5 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #LastFM #YearInReview
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I finally finished replacing all my Hue lights with Caseta switches.
While I will miss the color temperature control, I am excited that I can attach a switch anywhere that works and looks just like a normal switch, no wires needed!
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The #indieweb is more than #independence. It’s also a web, of both personal sites and “third place” sites like aggregators, bridges, proxies, directories, indexes, and other community sites.
Broadly speaking, such “third place” sites include places we collectively contribute to, and which license our contributions for free use by others. While open source projects come to mind, perhaps a more obvious example is Wikipedia.
All these services respect your data and your ownership of it. #ownYourData
All these services are swappable. Many (most?) are open source and self-hostable in case you want to run your own personal instance or another shared instance.
The web part of the indieweb complements, connects, and strengthens the indie part.
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New year, new personal website? (Or update your existing site?) Join us for a virtual IndieWeb meetup, Homebrew Website Club, January 8th at 6PM Pacific!
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Just made eight weeks of waffles, going into the freezer now. Took almost 2 hours to cook the 8 batches. I should really get a second waffle iron cause it would literally halve the amount of time this takes.
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