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        "html": "<p>Redid the CSS for my personal site by basically throwing away everything and only adding back some global styles.</p><p>You might find it ugly, but it's mine. \u2764\ufe0f  </p><p><a href=\"https://www.dannyvankooten.com/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>dannyvankooten.com/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://toot.re/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Redid the CSS for my personal site by basically throwing away everything and only adding back some global styles.You might find it ugly, but it's mine. \u2764\ufe0f  https://www.dannyvankooten.com/#indieweb"
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    "url": "https://mammut.gogreenit.net/@chewie/111685716880583415",
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.online/@berniethewordsmith\">@<span>berniethewordsmith</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://me.dm/@anildash\">@<span>anildash</span></a></span> <br />Thanks to that article I down a bit of a rabbit hole, and found that there's a remote meetup of an <a href=\"https://mammut.gogreenit.net/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> group tomorrow: <a href=\"https://events.indieweb.org/2024/01/homebrew-website-club-europe-london-2024-look-ahead-Zhot8vw81XuX\"><span>https://</span><span>events.indieweb.org/2024/01/ho</span><span>mebrew-website-club-europe-london-2024-look-ahead-Zhot8vw81XuX</span></a><br />I'm not much of a developer, but I like to <a href=\"https://mammut.gogreenit.net/tags/selfhost\">#<span>selfhost</span></a>, so I will join and see what's going on \ud83d\ude42</p>",
        "text": "@berniethewordsmith @anildash \nThanks to that article I down a bit of a rabbit hole, and found that there's a remote meetup of an #indieweb group tomorrow: https://events.indieweb.org/2024/01/homebrew-website-club-europe-london-2024-look-ahead-Zhot8vw81XuX\nI'm not much of a developer, but I like to #selfhost, so I will join and see what's going on \ud83d\ude42"
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@person72443/111685649291499520",
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        "html": "<p>When you read a 2023 \"state of the <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a>\" type post from your favorite writers, what do you want to hear about? Which posts were most popular? What the author has changed their mind on? Other things?</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indiewebsocial\">#<span>indiewebsocial</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/stateoftheblog\">#<span>stateoftheblog</span></a></p>",
        "text": "When you read a 2023 \"state of the #blog\" type post from your favorite writers, what do you want to hear about? Which posts were most popular? What the author has changed their mind on? Other things?#indiewebsocial #indieweb #blogging #stateoftheblog"
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Tantek Çelik tantek.com

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    "url": "http://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar",
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        "text": "Time to begin again: restarting my #100Days of #IndieWeb project for 2024, as a #100Posts of IndieWeb project, and congrats to the IndieWeb community on a fully completed 2023 IndieWeb Gift Calendar!\n\nLast year I completed 48 out of a planned 100 posts in my #100DaysOfIndieWeb project, for nearly 48 days (some days had multiple posts). Instead of resetting my goals accordingly, say down to 50, I\u2019m going for 100 again, however, this time for 100 posts rather than 100 days, having learned that some days I find the time for multiple posts, and other days none at all.\n\nLooking back to the start of last year\u2019s 100 Days project, it\u2019s been one year since I encouraged everyone to own their own notes\u00b9. Since then many have started, restarted, or expanded their personal sites to do so. Some have switched from a #Twitter account to a #Mastodon (or other #fediverse) account as a stopgap for short-form status posts. A step in the right direction, yet also an opportunity to take the leap this year to fully own their identity and posts on the web.\n\nIn 2023 Twitter also broke all existing API clients (including my website). I did not feel it was worth my time to re-apply for an API key and rebuild/retest any necessary code for my semi-automatic #POSSE publishing, not knowing when they might break things again (since there was no rational reason for them to have broken things in the first place).\n\nI manually POSSEd a few posts after that, yet from the lack of interactions, either Twitter\u2019s feed algorithm\u00b2 isn\u2019t showing my posts, or people have largely left or stopped using Twitter. \n\nEither way, when your friends stop seeing your posts on a silo, there\u2019s no need to spend any time POSSEing to it.\n\nOn the positive side, the IndieWeb community really came together in 2023, shining brightly even through the darker days of December.\n\nWe, the IndieWeb community (and some beyond!) provided a gift (or often multiple) to the rest of community for every single day of December 2023\u00b3, the first time we successfully filled out the whole month since the 2018 IndieWeb Challenge\u2074, and only the second time ever in the seven years of the IndieWeb Challenge-turned-Gift-Calendar.\n\nBy going through the various gifts (more than 2 per day on average!), there are many interesting numbers and patterns we could surface. That deserves its own post however, as does a summary of the 48 posts\u2075 of my 2023 100 Days of IndieWeb attempt, so I\u2019ll end this post here.\n\nHappy New Year to all, with an especially well deserved congratulations to the IndieWeb community and everyone who contributed to the 2023 Gift Calendar. Well done! \n\nLet\u2019s see what else we can create & share on our personal sites in 2024 and continue setting a higher bar for the independent web by showing instead of telling. #ShowDontTell\n\nThis is post 1 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts\n\n\u2190 \u2728\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e\n\n\nPost glossary:\n\nAPI\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/API\nPOSSE\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/POSSE\nsilo\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/silo\n\n\n\u00b9 https://tantek.com/2023/001/t1/own-your-notes\n\u00b2 https://indieweb.org/algorithmic_feed\n\u00b3 https://indieweb.org/2023-12-indieweb-gift-calendar\n\u2074 https://indieweb.org/2018-12-indieweb-challenge\n\u2075 https://tantek.com/2023/365/t2/no-large-language-model-llm-used",
        "html": "Time to begin again: restarting my #<span class=\"p-category\">100Days</span> of #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span> project for 2024, as a #<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span> of IndieWeb project, and congrats to the IndieWeb community on a fully completed 2023 IndieWeb Gift Calendar!<br /><br />Last year I completed 48 out of a planned 100 posts in my #<span class=\"p-category\">100DaysOfIndieWeb</span> project, for nearly 48 days (some days had multiple posts). Instead of resetting my goals accordingly, say down to 50, I\u2019m going for 100 again, however, this time for 100 posts rather than 100 days, having learned that some days I find the time for multiple posts, and other days none at all.<br /><br />Looking back to the start of last year\u2019s 100 Days project, it\u2019s been one year since I encouraged everyone to own their own notes<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5Ui1_note-1\">\u00b9</a>. Since then many have started, restarted, or expanded their personal sites to do so. Some have switched from a #<span class=\"p-category\">Twitter</span> account to a #<span class=\"p-category\">Mastodon</span> (or other #<span class=\"p-category\">fediverse</span>) account as a stopgap for short-form status posts. A step in the right direction, yet also an opportunity to take the leap this year to fully own their identity and posts on the web.<br /><br />In 2023 Twitter also broke all existing API clients (including my website). I did not feel it was worth my time to re-apply for an API key and rebuild/retest any necessary code for my semi-automatic #<span class=\"p-category\">POSSE</span> publishing, not knowing when they might break things again (since there was no rational reason for them to have broken things in the first place).<br /><br />I manually POSSEd a few posts after that, yet from the lack of interactions, either Twitter\u2019s feed algorithm<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5Ui1_note-2\">\u00b2</a> isn\u2019t showing my posts, or people have largely left or stopped using Twitter. <br /><br />Either way, when your friends stop seeing your posts on a silo, there\u2019s no need to spend any time POSSEing to it.<br /><br />On the positive side, the IndieWeb community really came together in 2023, shining brightly even through the darker days of December.<br /><br />We, the IndieWeb community (and some beyond!) provided a gift (or often multiple) to the rest of community for every single day of December 2023<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5Ui1_note-3\">\u00b3</a>, the first time we successfully filled out the whole month since the 2018 IndieWeb Challenge<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5Ui1_note-4\">\u2074</a>, and only the second time ever in the seven years of the IndieWeb Challenge-turned-Gift-Calendar.<br /><br />By going through the various gifts (more than 2 per day on average!), there are many interesting numbers and patterns we could surface. That deserves its own post however, as does a summary of the 48 posts<a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5Ui1_note-5\">\u2075</a> of my 2023 100 Days of IndieWeb attempt, so I\u2019ll end this post here.<br /><br />Happy New Year to all, with an especially well deserved congratulations to the IndieWeb community and everyone who contributed to the 2023 Gift Calendar. Well done! <br /><br />Let\u2019s see what else we can create &amp; share on our personal sites in 2024 and continue setting a higher bar for the independent web by showing instead of telling. #<span class=\"p-category\">ShowDontTell</span><br /><br />This is post 1 of #<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span>. #<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span><br /><br />\u2190 \u2728<br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e<br /><br /><br />Post glossary:<br /><br />API<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/API\">https://indieweb.org/API</a><br />POSSE<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/POSSE\">https://indieweb.org/POSSE</a><br />silo<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/silo\">https://indieweb.org/silo</a><br /><br /><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5Ui1_ref-1\">\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/001/t1/own-your-notes\">https://tantek.com/2023/001/t1/own-your-notes</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5Ui1_ref-2\">\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/algorithmic_feed\">https://indieweb.org/algorithmic_feed</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5Ui1_ref-3\">\u00b3</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/2023-12-indieweb-gift-calendar\">https://indieweb.org/2023-12-indieweb-gift-calendar</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5Ui1_ref-4\">\u2074</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/2018-12-indieweb-challenge\">https://indieweb.org/2018-12-indieweb-challenge</a><br /><a href=\"http://tantek.com/#t5Ui1_ref-5\">\u2075</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/365/t2/no-large-language-model-llm-used\">https://tantek.com/2023/365/t2/no-large-language-model-llm-used</a>"
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        "html": "Time to begin again: restarting my #100Days of #IndieWeb project for 2024, as a #100Posts of IndieWeb project, and congrats to the IndieWeb community on a fully completed 2023 IndieWeb Gift Calendar!Last year I completed 48 out of a planned 100 posts in my #100DaysOfIndieWeb project, for nearly 48 days (so... <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar\">tantek.com</a>",
        "text": "Time to begin again: restarting my #100Days of #IndieWeb project for 2024, as a #100Posts of IndieWeb project, and congrats to the IndieWeb community on a fully completed 2023 IndieWeb Gift Calendar!Last year I completed 48 out of a planned 100 posts in my #100DaysOfIndieWeb project, for nearly 48 days (so... tantek.com"
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        "html": "Time to begin again: restarting my <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100Days\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100Days</span></a> of <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span></a> project for 2024, as a <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100Posts\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span></a> of IndieWeb project, and congrats to the IndieWeb community on a fully completed 2023 IndieWeb Gift Calendar!<br /><br />Last year I completed 48 out of a planned 100 posts in my <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100DaysOfIndieWeb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100DaysOfIndieWeb</span></a> project, for nearly 48 days (some days had multiple posts). Instead of resetting my goals accordingly, say down to 50, I\u2019m going for 100 again, however, this time for 100 posts rather than 100 days, having learned that some days I find the time for multiple posts, and other days none at all.<br /><br />Looking back to the start of last year\u2019s 100 Days project, it\u2019s been one year since I encouraged everyone to own their own notes<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar#t5Ui1_note-1\">\u00b9</a>. Since then many have started, restarted, or expanded their personal sites to do so. Some have switched from a <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Twitter\">#<span class=\"p-category\">Twitter</span></a> account to a <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Mastodon\">#<span class=\"p-category\">Mastodon</span></a> (or other <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span class=\"p-category\">fediverse</span></a>) account as a stopgap for short-form status posts. A step in the right direction, yet also an opportunity to take the leap this year to fully own their identity and posts on the web.<br /><br />In 2023 Twitter also broke all existing API clients (including my website). I did not feel it was worth my time to re-apply for an API key and rebuild/retest any necessary code for my semi-automatic <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/POSSE\">#<span class=\"p-category\">POSSE</span></a> publishing, not knowing when they might break things again (since there was no rational reason for them to have broken things in the first place).<br /><br />I manually POSSEd a few posts after that, yet from the lack of interactions, either Twitter\u2019s feed algorithm<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar#t5Ui1_note-2\">\u00b2</a> isn\u2019t showing my posts, or people have largely left or stopped using Twitter. <br /><br />Either way, when your friends stop seeing your posts on a silo, there\u2019s no need to spend any time POSSEing to it.<br /><br />On the positive side, the IndieWeb community really came together in 2023, shining brightly even through the darker days of December.<br /><br />We, the IndieWeb community (and some beyond!) provided a gift (or often multiple) to the rest of community for every single day of December 2023<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar#t5Ui1_note-3\">\u00b3</a>, the first time we successfully filled out the whole month since the 2018 IndieWeb Challenge<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar#t5Ui1_note-4\">\u2074</a>, and only the second time ever in the seven years of the IndieWeb Challenge-turned-Gift-Calendar.<br /><br />By going through the various gifts (more than 2 per day on average!), there are many interesting numbers and patterns we could surface. That deserves its own post however, as does a summary of the 48 posts<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar#t5Ui1_note-5\">\u2075</a> of my 2023 100 Days of IndieWeb attempt, so I\u2019ll end this post here.<br /><br />Happy New Year to all, with an especially well deserved congratulations to the IndieWeb community and everyone who contributed to the 2023 Gift Calendar. Well done! <br /><br />Let\u2019s see what else we can create &amp; share on our personal sites in 2024 and continue setting a higher bar for the independent web by showing instead of telling. <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/ShowDontTell\">#<span class=\"p-category\">ShowDontTell</span></a><br /><br />This is post 1 of <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100PostsOfIndieWeb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span></a>. <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100Posts\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span></a><br /><br />\u2190 \u2728<br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e<br /><br /><br />Post glossary:<br /><br />API<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/API\">https://indieweb.org/API</a><br />POSSE<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/POSSE\">https://indieweb.org/POSSE</a><br />silo<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/silo\">https://indieweb.org/silo</a><br /><br /><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar#t5Ui1_ref-1\">\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/001/t1/own-your-notes\">https://tantek.com/2023/001/t1/own-your-notes</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar#t5Ui1_ref-2\">\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/algorithmic_feed\">https://indieweb.org/algorithmic_feed</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar#t5Ui1_ref-3\">\u00b3</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/2023-12-indieweb-gift-calendar\">https://indieweb.org/2023-12-indieweb-gift-calendar</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar#t5Ui1_ref-4\">\u2074</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/2018-12-indieweb-challenge\">https://indieweb.org/2018-12-indieweb-challenge</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/001/t1/restarting-100days-indieweb-gift-calendar#t5Ui1_ref-5\">\u2075</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/365/t2/no-large-language-model-llm-used\">https://tantek.com/2023/365/t2/no-large-language-model-llm-used</a>",
        "text": "Time to begin again: restarting my #100Days of #IndieWeb project for 2024, as a #100Posts of IndieWeb project, and congrats to the IndieWeb community on a fully completed 2023 IndieWeb Gift Calendar!\n\nLast year I completed 48 out of a planned 100 posts in my #100DaysOfIndieWeb project, for nearly 48 days (some days had multiple posts). Instead of resetting my goals accordingly, say down to 50, I\u2019m going for 100 again, however, this time for 100 posts rather than 100 days, having learned that some days I find the time for multiple posts, and other days none at all.\n\nLooking back to the start of last year\u2019s 100 Days project, it\u2019s been one year since I encouraged everyone to own their own notes\u00b9. Since then many have started, restarted, or expanded their personal sites to do so. Some have switched from a #Twitter account to a #Mastodon (or other #fediverse) account as a stopgap for short-form status posts. A step in the right direction, yet also an opportunity to take the leap this year to fully own their identity and posts on the web.\n\nIn 2023 Twitter also broke all existing API clients (including my website). I did not feel it was worth my time to re-apply for an API key and rebuild/retest any necessary code for my semi-automatic #POSSE publishing, not knowing when they might break things again (since there was no rational reason for them to have broken things in the first place).\n\nI manually POSSEd a few posts after that, yet from the lack of interactions, either Twitter\u2019s feed algorithm\u00b2 isn\u2019t showing my posts, or people have largely left or stopped using Twitter. \n\nEither way, when your friends stop seeing your posts on a silo, there\u2019s no need to spend any time POSSEing to it.\n\nOn the positive side, the IndieWeb community really came together in 2023, shining brightly even through the darker days of December.\n\nWe, the IndieWeb community (and some beyond!) provided a gift (or often multiple) to the rest of community for every single day of December 2023\u00b3, the first time we successfully filled out the whole month since the 2018 IndieWeb Challenge\u2074, and only the second time ever in the seven years of the IndieWeb Challenge-turned-Gift-Calendar.\n\nBy going through the various gifts (more than 2 per day on average!), there are many interesting numbers and patterns we could surface. That deserves its own post however, as does a summary of the 48 posts\u2075 of my 2023 100 Days of IndieWeb attempt, so I\u2019ll end this post here.\n\nHappy New Year to all, with an especially well deserved congratulations to the IndieWeb community and everyone who contributed to the 2023 Gift Calendar. Well done! \n\nLet\u2019s see what else we can create & share on our personal sites in 2024 and continue setting a higher bar for the independent web by showing instead of telling. #ShowDontTell\n\nThis is post 1 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts\n\n\u2190 \u2728\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e\n\n\nPost glossary:\n\nAPI\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/API\nPOSSE\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/POSSE\nsilo\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/silo\n\n\n\u00b9 https://tantek.com/2023/001/t1/own-your-notes\n\u00b2 https://indieweb.org/algorithmic_feed\n\u00b3 https://indieweb.org/2023-12-indieweb-gift-calendar\n\u2074 https://indieweb.org/2018-12-indieweb-challenge\n\u2075 https://tantek.com/2023/365/t2/no-large-language-model-llm-used"
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fluffy rambles: 2023 goal checkup, 2024 aspirations

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        "html": "<p>I forgot to check up on <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/12819-2022-in-review-2023-aspirations\">my previous annual goals post</a>, but better late than never, right?</p>\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/1017-2023-goal-checkup-2024-aspirations#1017_h3_1_2023-goals\"></a>2023 goals</h3>\n<ul><li>Work on VRChat stuff: YES, I made <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/vrchat/critter/\">my own avatar from scratch</a></li>\n<li>Work on games: NO, not really</li>\n<li>Work on music: SORTA, I did some game jam music and started <a href=\"https://anchor.fm/transformative-meditation\">a meditation podcast</a> but I didn\u2019t do nearly as much as usual</li>\n<li>Get paid for music: SORTA, I got hired as the staff composer for the Trans Academy on VRChat although that\u2019s an unpaid volunteer position but it gives me a lot more visibility</li>\n<li>Join a choir: <a href=\"https://stanceseattle.org/\">YES</a>, and it\u2019s been amazing</li>\n<li>Get better at cooking regularly: YES, I\u2019ve gotten a pretty good cadence with meal prep and found a nice balance between experimenting with new things and making my usual stand-bys</li>\n<li>Start streaming gaming again: NO, fuck that noise tbh</li>\n<li>Do more gardening: SORTA, I\u2019ve kept my garden going but haven\u2019t really improved it in any meaningful way</li>\n<li>Start drawing again, <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/comics/\">comics</a> especially: NO, and I still miss it</li>\n<li>Work more on IndieWeb stuff: NO, but I worked more on <a href=\"https://fluffy.itch.io/bandcrash\">Bandcrash</a> which was a lot more important</li>\n<li>Finally sell or donate excess stuff: YES, I finally got rid of my extra couch, sold all of my unneeded coffee grinders, and made a pretty big dent in my extraneous music gear</li>\n<li>Get my basement and home organized: YEAH PRETTY MUCH, there\u2019s still some work to be done but it\u2019s actually comfortable to work in my studio now</li>\n<li>Travel more and be less isolated: NOPE</li>\n</ul><p>Also having <a href=\"https://fluffybusybee.etsy.com/\">launched my Etsy store</a> was a nice bonus that I wasn\u2019t planning for.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/1017-2023-goal-checkup-2024-aspirations#1017_h3_2_2024-goals\"></a>2024 goals</h3><p>I\u2019m going to keep things a bit less ambitious.</p>\n<ul><li>Successfully get on disability benefits</li>\n<li>Find a reasonable level of sustainable productivity on things that I care about, without languishing but also without burning the hell out</li>\n<li>Finally finish at least one of my three backburnered albums</li>\n<li>Finish organizing my basement</li>\n<li>Get back into making pottery, and produce a line of items to sell on Etsy</li>\n</ul><p><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/1017-2023-goal-checkup-2024-aspirations#comments\">comments</a></p>\n\n        \n        <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/?id=1017&amp;tag=stuff\">#stuff</a>\n        \n        <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/?id=1017&amp;tag=time\">#time</a>\n        \n        <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/?id=1017&amp;tag=meta\">#meta</a>\n        \n        <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/?id=1017&amp;tag=reflection\">#reflection</a>",
        "text": "I forgot to check up on my previous annual goals post, but better late than never, right?\n\n\n2023 goals\nWork on VRChat stuff: YES, I made my own avatar from scratch\nWork on games: NO, not really\nWork on music: SORTA, I did some game jam music and started a meditation podcast but I didn\u2019t do nearly as much as usual\nGet paid for music: SORTA, I got hired as the staff composer for the Trans Academy on VRChat although that\u2019s an unpaid volunteer position but it gives me a lot more visibility\nJoin a choir: YES, and it\u2019s been amazing\nGet better at cooking regularly: YES, I\u2019ve gotten a pretty good cadence with meal prep and found a nice balance between experimenting with new things and making my usual stand-bys\nStart streaming gaming again: NO, fuck that noise tbh\nDo more gardening: SORTA, I\u2019ve kept my garden going but haven\u2019t really improved it in any meaningful way\nStart drawing again, comics especially: NO, and I still miss it\nWork more on IndieWeb stuff: NO, but I worked more on Bandcrash which was a lot more important\nFinally sell or donate excess stuff: YES, I finally got rid of my extra couch, sold all of my unneeded coffee grinders, and made a pretty big dent in my extraneous music gear\nGet my basement and home organized: YEAH PRETTY MUCH, there\u2019s still some work to be done but it\u2019s actually comfortable to work in my studio now\nTravel more and be less isolated: NOPE\nAlso having launched my Etsy store was a nice bonus that I wasn\u2019t planning for.2024 goalsI\u2019m going to keep things a bit less ambitious.\nSuccessfully get on disability benefits\nFind a reasonable level of sustainable productivity on things that I care about, without languishing but also without burning the hell out\nFinally finish at least one of my three backburnered albums\nFinish organizing my basement\nGet back into making pottery, and produce a line of items to sell on Etsy\ncomments\n\n        \n        #stuff\n        \n        #time\n        \n        #meta\n        \n        #reflection"
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    "name": "fluffy rambles: 2023 goal checkup, 2024 aspirations",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@flamed",
        "url": "https://social.lol/@flamed",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@flamed/111684116370987287",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\ud83d\udcdd New Post: Monthly Recap December 2023</p><p>Amazing at how long these posts end up being \ud83d\udd25 </p><p><a href=\"https://flamedfury.com/posts/monthly-recap-december-2023/\"><span>https://</span><span>flamedfury.com/posts/monthly-r</span><span>ecap-december-2023/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/web\">#<span>web</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\ud83d\udcdd New Post: Monthly Recap December 2023Amazing at how long these posts end up being \ud83d\udd25 https://flamedfury.com/posts/monthly-recap-december-2023/#blog #web #indieweb #SmallWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-01-02T02:59:33+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39869816",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

Manton Reece www.manton.org

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Manton Reece",
        "url": "https://www.manton.org/",
        "photo": "https://micro.blog/manton/avatar.jpg"
    },
    "url": "https://www.manton.org/2024/01/01/the-draft-of.html",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>The draft of the book is in Ulysses, each of the 70+ chapters as sheets, and <a href=\"https://book.micro.blog\">the web site</a> is hosted on Micro.blog with a couple theme tweaks for the contents sidebar. <a href=\"https://gist.github.com/manton/f4470f28ea50d649bbf08d9e43097f29\">I wrote a little Ruby script</a> that will push all my changes from Markdown files back up to Micro.blog, via Micropub\u2019s \u201cupdate\u201d JSON.</p>",
        "text": "The draft of the book is in Ulysses, each of the 70+ chapters as sheets, and the web site is hosted on Micro.blog with a couple theme tweaks for the contents sidebar. I wrote a little Ruby script that will push all my changes from Markdown files back up to Micro.blog, via Micropub\u2019s \u201cupdate\u201d JSON."
    },
    "published": "2024-01-01T20:16:16-06:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39869720",
    "_source": "12",
    "_is_read": false
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@artlung",
        "url": "https://xoxo.zone/@artlung",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://xoxo.zone/@artlung/111683021784937850",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>These images were all originally posted to my Instagram which are then backed up to my personal website, followable via RSS because my trust level in websites I don't control is low. <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "These images were all originally posted to my Instagram which are then backed up to my personal website, followable via RSS because my trust level in websites I don't control is low. #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2024-01-01T22:21:11+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39868191",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@hamatti",
        "url": "https://mastodon.world/@hamatti",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.world/@hamatti/111682841712706501",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I'm planning to participate in Indie Web Carnival (<a href=\"https://indieweb.org/indieweb-carnival\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/indieweb-carnival</span><span></span></a>) this year.</p><p>In short, each month a different person chooses a topic and people write blog posts about that topic and send them to the month's host who then collects all the participating posts in a roundup post.</p><p>This month is hosted by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@accordionpolar\">@<span>accordionpolar</span></a></span> and the theme is positive internalization.</p><p><a href=\"https://foreverliketh.is/blog/indieweb-carnival-january-2024-positive-internalization/\"><span>https://</span><span>foreverliketh.is/blog/indieweb</span><span>-carnival-january-2024-positive-internalization/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I'm planning to participate in Indie Web Carnival (https://indieweb.org/indieweb-carnival) this year.In short, each month a different person chooses a topic and people write blog posts about that topic and send them to the month's host who then collects all the participating posts in a roundup post.This month is hosted by @accordionpolar and the theme is positive internalization.https://foreverliketh.is/blog/indieweb-carnival-january-2024-positive-internalization/#Blogging #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-01-01T21:35:23+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39867876",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://starrwulfe.xyz/likes/2024/01/34a593168f/",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><i>Likes <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://matthiasott.com/notes/2024-the-year-of-the-personal-website\">https://matthiasott.com/notes/2024-the-year-of-the-personal-website</a>.</i></p>   <p><a href=\"https://starrwulfe.xyz/likes/2024/01/34a593168f/\">https://starrwulfe.xyz/likes/2024/01/34a593168f/</a></p><p><a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://starrwulfe.xyz/tag/indieweb/\">#Indieweb</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://starrwulfe.xyz/tag/ownyourweb/\">#OwnYourWeb</a></p>",
        "text": "Likes https://matthiasott.com/notes/2024-the-year-of-the-personal-website.   https://starrwulfe.xyz/likes/2024/01/34a593168f/#Indieweb #OwnYourWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-01-01T19:41:48+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39867209",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@cassey",
        "url": "https://urbanists.social/@cassey",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://urbanists.social/@cassey/111681809722596514",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>There was a post on here that I saw a week or more ago, and meant to come back to but had to put my phone down and now it's lost.</p><p>It was about adding a page on your personal site of your favorite web links, to make a personal yahoo homepage kind of thing to prepare for the (ongoing) fall of usable Google search. </p><p>Anyone have the link handy?<br /><a href=\"https://urbanists.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "There was a post on here that I saw a week or more ago, and meant to come back to but had to put my phone down and now it's lost.It was about adding a page on your personal site of your favorite web links, to make a personal yahoo homepage kind of thing to prepare for the (ongoing) fall of usable Google search. Anyone have the link handy?\n#IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-01-01T17:12:56+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39866108",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@SeasonsChange",
        "url": "https://retro.pizza/@SeasonsChange",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://retro.pizza/@SeasonsChange/111681430051478504",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Hi everyone, I finally published my personal site. There's not a ton of content, but it _is_ finally online. It works on mobile but the Director's Cut experience is on desktop.</p><p>It would mean a lot to me if someone took some time to look at it <img alt=\":blobcat_coffee:\" height=\"16\" src=\"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/custom_emojis/images/000/563/954/original/49fc8a551ad82adb.png\" title=\":blobcat_coffee:\" width=\"16\" /></p><p><a href=\"https://seasonschange.me\"><span>https://</span><span>seasonschange.me</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://retro.pizza/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://retro.pizza/tags/SmolInternet\">#<span>SmolInternet</span></a> <a href=\"https://retro.pizza/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Hi everyone, I finally published my personal site. There's not a ton of content, but it _is_ finally online. It works on mobile but the Director's Cut experience is on desktop.It would mean a lot to me if someone took some time to look at it https://seasonschange.me#SmallWeb #SmolInternet #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-01-01T15:36:23+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "39865672",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

Tantek Çelik tantek.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2023-12-31 14:56-0800",
    "url": "http://tantek.com/2023/365/t2/no-large-language-model-llm-used",
    "category": [
        "metaverse",
        "blockchain",
        "LLMs",
        "ChatGPT",
        "IndieWeb",
        "largeLanguageModel",
        "LLM",
        "generativeAI",
        "AI",
        "distributed",
        "100DaysOfIndieWeb",
        "100Days"
    ],
    "content": {
        "text": "No large language models (LLM) were used in the production of this post.\n\nInspired by a subtle but clear sign-of-the-times one-line disclaimer at the end of RFC9518\u2019s Acknowledgments (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9518.html#appendix-A-4)\n\n\u00a0 \u201cNo large language models were used in the production of this document.\u201d\n\u00a0\nI have added a similar disclaimer to the footer of my homepage:\n\n\u00a0 \u201cNo large language models were used in the production of this site.\u201d\n\u00a0 \n2023 was certainly a year that LLMs took off and stole the hypecycle from #metaverse and #blockchain before that.\n\nYet unlike those previous two, #LLMs are already having real impacts on the way people create (from emails to art), communicate (LLM chat apps), and work (2023 Writer\u2019s Strike), fueling growing concerns about the authenticity of content, especially content from human authors.\n\nI expect we will see more such disclaimers in the future.\n\nFor now, if you blog on your own site with words written by you not #ChatGPT or a similar tool, I encourage you to add a similar disclaimer, and then add your site as an example to the #IndieWeb wiki: \n* https://indieweb.org/LLM#IndieWeb_Examples\n\n#largeLanguageModel #LLM #generativeAI #AI\n\nThere is the related problem of, when you discover what seems to be an independent site written by a human, how do you know that human actually exists?\n\nFor now I\u2019ll mention that XFN rel=met links, published (e.g. metrolls / met-rolls), aggregated, indexed, and queried, can solve that problem. This will be similar to how XFN rel=me links solved #distributed verification on the web (see https://tantek.com/2023/234/t1/threads-supports-indieweb-rel-me and posts it links to).\n\n\nThis is day 48 of #100DaysOfIndieWeb. #100Days\n\n\u2190 Day 47: https://tantek.com/2023/365/t1/capture-first-edit-publish-later\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e\n\n\nPost glossary:\n\nblockchain\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/blockchain\nlarge language model / LLM\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/large_language_model\nmetaverse\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/metaverse\nrel=me\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/rel-me\nrel=met\n\u00a0 http://gmpg.org/xfn/11#met\nXFN\n\u00a0 https://gmpg.org/xfn/",
        "html": "No large language models (LLM) were used in the production of this post.<br /><br />Inspired by a subtle but clear sign-of-the-times one-line disclaimer at the end of RFC9518\u2019s Acknowledgments (<a href=\"https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9518.html#appendix-A-4\">https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9518.html#appendix-A-4</a>)<br /><br />\u00a0 \u201cNo large language models were used in the production of this document.\u201d<br />\u00a0<br />I have added a similar disclaimer to the footer of my homepage:<br /><br />\u00a0 \u201cNo large language models were used in the production of this site.\u201d<br />\u00a0 <br />2023 was certainly a year that LLMs took off and stole the hypecycle from #<span class=\"p-category\">metaverse</span> and #<span class=\"p-category\">blockchain</span> before that.<br /><br />Yet unlike those previous two, #<span class=\"p-category\">LLMs</span> are already having real impacts on the way people create (from emails to art), communicate (LLM chat apps), and work (2023 Writer\u2019s Strike), fueling growing concerns about the authenticity of content, especially content from human authors.<br /><br />I expect we will see more such disclaimers in the future.<br /><br />For now, if you blog on your own site with words written by you not #<span class=\"p-category\">ChatGPT</span> or a similar tool, I encourage you to add a similar disclaimer, and then add your site as an example to the #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span> wiki: <br />* <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/LLM#IndieWeb_Examples\">https://indieweb.org/LLM#IndieWeb_Examples</a><br /><br />#<span class=\"p-category\">largeLanguageModel</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">LLM</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">generativeAI</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">AI</span><br /><br />There is the related problem of, when you discover what seems to be an independent site written by a human, how do you know that human actually exists?<br /><br />For now I\u2019ll mention that XFN rel=met links, published (e.g. metrolls / met-rolls), aggregated, indexed, and queried, can solve that problem. This will be similar to how XFN rel=me links solved #<span class=\"p-category\">distributed</span> verification on the web (see <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/234/t1/threads-supports-indieweb-rel-me\">https://tantek.com/2023/234/t1/threads-supports-indieweb-rel-me</a> and posts it links to).<br /><br /><br />This is day 48 of #<span class=\"p-category\">100DaysOfIndieWeb</span>. #<span class=\"p-category\">100Days</span><br /><br />\u2190 Day 47: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/365/t1/capture-first-edit-publish-later\">https://tantek.com/2023/365/t1/capture-first-edit-publish-later</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e<br /><br /><br />Post glossary:<br /><br />blockchain<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/blockchain\">https://indieweb.org/blockchain</a><br />large language model / LLM<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/large_language_model\">https://indieweb.org/large_language_model</a><br />metaverse<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/metaverse\">https://indieweb.org/metaverse</a><br />rel=me<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/rel-me\">https://indieweb.org/rel-me</a><br />rel=met<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"http://gmpg.org/xfn/11#met\">http://gmpg.org/xfn/11#met</a><br />XFN<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://gmpg.org/xfn/\">https://gmpg.org/xfn/</a>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "http://tantek.com/",
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Tantek Çelik tantek.com

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2023-12-31 14:04-0800",
    "url": "http://tantek.com/2023/365/t1/capture-first-edit-publish-later",
    "category": [
        "indieweb",
        "socialMedia",
        "Mastodon",
        "fediverse",
        "writingAboutWriting",
        "100DaysOfIndieWeb",
        "100Days"
    ],
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        "text": "Writing about writing: capture first, edit & publish later.\n\nBraindump timely thoughts & experiences into as many draft notes as it takes, while ideas & memories are fresh.\n\nCollecting higher fidelity memories seems more important than editing past writings or finishing/polishing a post for publishing, which can be done at a later time.\n\nSometimes the passage of time helps provide insights and broader understandings that can help with writing more effective posts, from better summaries to narratives that help sense-making.\n\nBits of even this minor post sat for weeks, and only today did I add a summary and related thoughts.\n\nSimilarly, it makes sense to edit and publish small notes on a subject, without feeling compelled to turn them into a larger blog post, or a longer list of points.\n\nThis is a key advantage to publishing on your own #indieweb site, you decide on the granularity of your posts, small, medium or large, instead of being constrained, burdened, or pressured by any particular #socialMedia user interface, character count limitation, or audience expectation. \n\nLike Twitter before it, even the default #Mastodon user interface has limitations, and the #fediverse itself as a whole has audience/cultural expectations (certainly quite a few articles have been written about that).\n\nOn your own site you decide if you want to publish a post to make one point, or mention a related point or two, or collect things into a list or longer article, or eventually all of the above.\n\nOn your own site you feel more free to prioritize and share what is on your mind, instead of feeling compelled to first respond to whatever topics are trending, or to whatever you happen to read in your algorithmic feed.\n\n#writingAboutWriting\n\nThis is day 47 of #100DaysOfIndieWeb. #100Days\n\n\u2190 Day 46: https://tantek.com/2023/296/t1/posse-syndicate-link-reply\n\u2192 Day 48: https://tantek.com/2023/365/t2/no-large-language-model-llm-used\n\n\nRelated: \n* \u201cMore Thoughtful Reading & Writing on the Web\u201d (https://tantek.com/2023/277/b1/thoughtful-reading-writing-web)\n\n\nPost glossary:\n\nalgorithmic feed\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/algorithmic_feed\narticle\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/article\nnote\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/note\npost\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/post\nsense-making\n\u00a0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemaking_(information_science)\nsocial media\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/social_media",
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fluffy rambles: Year in review: 2023

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        "html": "<p>Everyone else is doing one so I\u2019d might as well too.</p>\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_1_January\"></a>January</h3><p>This year started out with health concerns, which ended up setting the stage for the rest of the year.</p><p>I started out with an anxiety attack that felt like a heart attack, and while it was just an anxiety attack, it still led to a bunch of \u201coh by the way\u201d diagnostic concerns which ultimately turned out to be nothing major, heart-wise. But general health issues would continue to affect my entire year.</p><p>I also started hyperfixating on:</p>\n<ul><li>upcoming electric vehicles</li>\n<li>optimizing my espresso</li>\n<li>finding a better way to be employed and/or creative (i.e. feeling the full force of burnout)</li>\n</ul><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_2_February\"></a>February</h3><p>Lots of annoying frustrations with the heart-related diagnosis stuff, and the usual medical gaslighting involved in being overweight.</p><p>I made a bunch of music, and started a meditation/hypnosis podcast.</p><p>I went through the motions of trying to find a job. Nothing stuck.</p><p>And I got solar panels installed on my house.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_3_March\"></a>March</h3><p>I had a panic attack while driving, which led me to suddenly have way more anxiety every time I drove. I\u2019m still recovering from that.</p><p>I continued to feel totally burned out.</p><p>I had a good time with the choir.</p><p>I upgraded my VR rig.</p><p>I had a really good job lead which ended up not panning out.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_4_April\"></a>April</h3><p>Twitter imploded so my main source of SSO logins stopped working. The world failed to end.</p><p>I finally got a heart diagnosis: I am fine. I started on Repatha anyway, because lowering my cholesterol numbers keeps doctors happy.</p><p>More burnout. More anxiety. More panic attacks while driving.</p><p>I participated in some IndieWeb stuff but my (non-congested) heart wasn\u2019t really in it.</p><p>I started to finally build my own body for VRChat.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_5_May\"></a>May</h3><p>I continued my electric vehicle hyperfocus.</p><p>I decided to renew my relationship with music (as a listener).</p><p>I had things to show for my VRChat avatar, and started writing up tutorials for others to hopefully make it easier for other people to learn how to do the stuff I had to figure out!</p><p>I redid (most of) my website templates. They\u2019re (mostly) much cleaner now. (I still need to touch the <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/comics/\">comics section</a> though.)</p><p>The brief surge of elation from VRChat-related productivity soon gave way to a fibromyalgia flareup that took me a while to recover from.</p><p>And, I finally applied for disability benefits. (That process is still ongoing.)</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_6_June\"></a>June</h3><p>I turned 45.</p><p>I finally lost my battle with the Washington State Employment Security Department and never saw any of the money I was due from my unemployment that started in 2022.</p><p>I attended Furality, which was fun, but not the life-changing event that it was for some.</p><p>Lots of gender- and choir-related things.</p><p>I visited my family, and got what was probably COVID<a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#d_e10222_fn1\">1</a>, again, just like the last time. Fuck air travel.</p><p>COVID complications sent me briefly to the hospital, where they gaslit me and made no attempts to actually diagnose or treat me.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_7_July\"></a>July</h3><p>I redoubled my efforts to be an avid consumer of music again. It didn\u2019t really last, but at least I had something to blog about for a while.</p><p>I researched one of the uglier truths about electric vehicles. (They\u2019re still a net benefit, by the way, it\u2019s just there\u2019s a few manufacturers and charging providers you should avoid if you care about the ecological impact.)</p><p>Chronic pain and chronic anxiety continued to affect my life profoundly.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_8_August\"></a>August</h3><p>After having a frustrating time recording a small \u201clive\u201d set in my basement I decided it was time to finally organize down there, and that made a huge improvement to my workflow and quality of life and so on. There\u2019s still a bunch of stuff to be done but I\u2019m very glad I did as much as I did.</p><p>But my chronic pain hit a new high and I was extremely depressed.</p><p>I briefly got more active on <a href=\"https://cohost.org/fluffy\">Cohost</a>, but that didn\u2019t last. I have very mixed feelings about that place.</p><p>I had a blood glucose scare. Turned out my meter was bad and/or there\u2019s a reason test strips have an expiration date on them.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_9_September\"></a>September</h3><p>I decided to refresh my Mastodon profile a bit and actually did some drawing as part of it.</p><p>I also did a deep-dive on some hand-wavey data science to determine the rough age demographics of Mastodon.</p><p>I hit a threshold with my concerns over the current capitalist hellscape dystopia.</p><p>I got a brief surge of interest in working on comics again, and specifically wanted to work with someone else as the artist, but nothing came of it.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_10_October\"></a>October</h3><p>More good stuff with the choir!</p><p>Bandcamp imploded! Again! So I finally dusted off Bandcrash and made it actually usable for people who aren\u2019t me! I think I\u2019m still the only user! Why do I bother!!!</p><p>The first of two major delayed-onset catastrophes with my bathroom remodel from hell happened! This one was at least easy and cheap to fix.</p><p>More health-related crap, this time involving dental care as well. Also got a new glasses prescription.</p><p>I started roasting my own coffee.</p><p>I also discovered that my house\u2019s roof, while supposedly only a bit over 10 years old, was so shoddily-installed that I needed a new one, because it was about to collapse. Wish I\u2019d known this <em>before</em> I\u2019d gotten solar panels installed.</p><p>Oh, and I got hired as the staff composer for the VRC Trans Academy. (This is an unpaid volunteer position but hopefully it will lead me to even better things.)</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_11_November\"></a>November</h3><p>I only made a little music, for game jams, instead of my usual Novembeat hyper-output. I needed a break this year, I guess.</p><p>My house got a new roof.</p><p>I explored with some CDN options for Bandcrash users. While itch.io is still the best option for it, if you just want to host your player somwhere, B2 isn\u2019t too bad.</p><p>I hit a pain wall and decided Bandcrash is at a good stopping point for now.</p><p>The choir had an amazing show for Trans Day of Remembrance and I was very glad to be a part of it.</p><p>I started to ramp up using my 3D printer for making actual art that I could sell for money.</p><p>The disability application process continued to be terrible.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_12_December\"></a>December</h3><p>Having close to a year of solar power gave me a good idea of how good of an investment it was. (It was, indeed, a good investment.)</p><p>I started to sell a bunch of stuff I don\u2019t need anymore, especially music gear and coffee grinders (having upgraded to an amazing grinder). I was mostly successful; all the extraneous grinders are gone, at least. I still have <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10864-Music-stuff-for-sale\">music gear</a> available though.</p><p>I also simplified my recording studio setup, and it feels good.</p><p>I launched <a href=\"https://fluffybusybee.etsy.com/\">my Etsy shop</a>. I haven\u2019t had many sales, but at least now I have somewhere to put all my 3D printing stuff in case someone wants to buy it. My main printer also broke down but I was able to fix it.</p><p>The other major delayed-onset bathroom catastrophe happened. It\u2019s been mostly fixed. Most plumbers suck, but I finally found a good one.</p><p>I also started working on pottery again, this time focusing on slip casting.</p><p>Oh and I finally have a working fireplace in my house, and my living room is finally nicely-arranged and cozy.</p><h3><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#10222_h3_13_Hopes-for-next-year\"></a>Hopes for next year</h3><p>I want to get busy with music again; my output this year was a lot less than usual, and I have so many backburnered projects. Fortunately between VRC Trans Academy and a couple of other potential composition roles, this might finally become a source of sustainable exposure and income.</p><p>I\u2019m also hoping to finally get my disability benefits.</p><p>If I could find someone to work with on comics, that\u2019d be amazing.</p><p>I also want to do more 3D modeling for VRChat and 3D printing for selling art and functional parts.</p><p>Basically I want to find more ways to both express my creativity and be rewarded for it (via both attention and income).</p><p>I\u2019d also like to make peace with my chronic pain. It\u2019s clear that it\u2019s not going away and I\u2019m not going to stop being disabled, and I need to be okay with that.</p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><p>At the time the tests came back negative and it was treated as \u201cjust\u201d bronchitis, but I had lasting effects that are very much COVID-specific, and COVID testing is bullshit especially when new variants emerge. <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#r_e10222_fn1\">\u21a9</a></p></li></ol><p><a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/10222-Year-in-review-2023#comments\">comments</a></p>\n\n        \n        <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/?id=10222&amp;tag=new-years\">#new years</a>\n        \n        <a href=\"http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/?id=10222&amp;tag=reflections\">#reflections</a>",
        "text": "Everyone else is doing one so I\u2019d might as well too.\n\n\nJanuaryThis year started out with health concerns, which ended up setting the stage for the rest of the year.I started out with an anxiety attack that felt like a heart attack, and while it was just an anxiety attack, it still led to a bunch of \u201coh by the way\u201d diagnostic concerns which ultimately turned out to be nothing major, heart-wise. But general health issues would continue to affect my entire year.I also started hyperfixating on:\nupcoming electric vehicles\noptimizing my espresso\nfinding a better way to be employed and/or creative (i.e. feeling the full force of burnout)\nFebruaryLots of annoying frustrations with the heart-related diagnosis stuff, and the usual medical gaslighting involved in being overweight.I made a bunch of music, and started a meditation/hypnosis podcast.I went through the motions of trying to find a job. Nothing stuck.And I got solar panels installed on my house.MarchI had a panic attack while driving, which led me to suddenly have way more anxiety every time I drove. I\u2019m still recovering from that.I continued to feel totally burned out.I had a good time with the choir.I upgraded my VR rig.I had a really good job lead which ended up not panning out.AprilTwitter imploded so my main source of SSO logins stopped working. The world failed to end.I finally got a heart diagnosis: I am fine. I started on Repatha anyway, because lowering my cholesterol numbers keeps doctors happy.More burnout. More anxiety. More panic attacks while driving.I participated in some IndieWeb stuff but my (non-congested) heart wasn\u2019t really in it.I started to finally build my own body for VRChat.MayI continued my electric vehicle hyperfocus.I decided to renew my relationship with music (as a listener).I had things to show for my VRChat avatar, and started writing up tutorials for others to hopefully make it easier for other people to learn how to do the stuff I had to figure out!I redid (most of) my website templates. They\u2019re (mostly) much cleaner now. (I still need to touch the comics section though.)The brief surge of elation from VRChat-related productivity soon gave way to a fibromyalgia flareup that took me a while to recover from.And, I finally applied for disability benefits. (That process is still ongoing.)JuneI turned 45.I finally lost my battle with the Washington State Employment Security Department and never saw any of the money I was due from my unemployment that started in 2022.I attended Furality, which was fun, but not the life-changing event that it was for some.Lots of gender- and choir-related things.I visited my family, and got what was probably COVID1, again, just like the last time. Fuck air travel.COVID complications sent me briefly to the hospital, where they gaslit me and made no attempts to actually diagnose or treat me.JulyI redoubled my efforts to be an avid consumer of music again. It didn\u2019t really last, but at least I had something to blog about for a while.I researched one of the uglier truths about electric vehicles. (They\u2019re still a net benefit, by the way, it\u2019s just there\u2019s a few manufacturers and charging providers you should avoid if you care about the ecological impact.)Chronic pain and chronic anxiety continued to affect my life profoundly.AugustAfter having a frustrating time recording a small \u201clive\u201d set in my basement I decided it was time to finally organize down there, and that made a huge improvement to my workflow and quality of life and so on. There\u2019s still a bunch of stuff to be done but I\u2019m very glad I did as much as I did.But my chronic pain hit a new high and I was extremely depressed.I briefly got more active on Cohost, but that didn\u2019t last. I have very mixed feelings about that place.I had a blood glucose scare. Turned out my meter was bad and/or there\u2019s a reason test strips have an expiration date on them.SeptemberI decided to refresh my Mastodon profile a bit and actually did some drawing as part of it.I also did a deep-dive on some hand-wavey data science to determine the rough age demographics of Mastodon.I hit a threshold with my concerns over the current capitalist hellscape dystopia.I got a brief surge of interest in working on comics again, and specifically wanted to work with someone else as the artist, but nothing came of it.OctoberMore good stuff with the choir!Bandcamp imploded! Again! So I finally dusted off Bandcrash and made it actually usable for people who aren\u2019t me! I think I\u2019m still the only user! Why do I bother!!!The first of two major delayed-onset catastrophes with my bathroom remodel from hell happened! This one was at least easy and cheap to fix.More health-related crap, this time involving dental care as well. Also got a new glasses prescription.I started roasting my own coffee.I also discovered that my house\u2019s roof, while supposedly only a bit over 10 years old, was so shoddily-installed that I needed a new one, because it was about to collapse. Wish I\u2019d known this before I\u2019d gotten solar panels installed.Oh, and I got hired as the staff composer for the VRC Trans Academy. (This is an unpaid volunteer position but hopefully it will lead me to even better things.)NovemberI only made a little music, for game jams, instead of my usual Novembeat hyper-output. I needed a break this year, I guess.My house got a new roof.I explored with some CDN options for Bandcrash users. While itch.io is still the best option for it, if you just want to host your player somwhere, B2 isn\u2019t too bad.I hit a pain wall and decided Bandcrash is at a good stopping point for now.The choir had an amazing show for Trans Day of Remembrance and I was very glad to be a part of it.I started to ramp up using my 3D printer for making actual art that I could sell for money.The disability application process continued to be terrible.DecemberHaving close to a year of solar power gave me a good idea of how good of an investment it was. (It was, indeed, a good investment.)I started to sell a bunch of stuff I don\u2019t need anymore, especially music gear and coffee grinders (having upgraded to an amazing grinder). I was mostly successful; all the extraneous grinders are gone, at least. I still have music gear available though.I also simplified my recording studio setup, and it feels good.I launched my Etsy shop. I haven\u2019t had many sales, but at least now I have somewhere to put all my 3D printing stuff in case someone wants to buy it. My main printer also broke down but I was able to fix it.The other major delayed-onset bathroom catastrophe happened. It\u2019s been mostly fixed. Most plumbers suck, but I finally found a good one.I also started working on pottery again, this time focusing on slip casting.Oh and I finally have a working fireplace in my house, and my living room is finally nicely-arranged and cozy.Hopes for next yearI want to get busy with music again; my output this year was a lot less than usual, and I have so many backburnered projects. Fortunately between VRC Trans Academy and a couple of other potential composition roles, this might finally become a source of sustainable exposure and income.I\u2019m also hoping to finally get my disability benefits.If I could find someone to work with on comics, that\u2019d be amazing.I also want to do more 3D modeling for VRChat and 3D printing for selling art and functional parts.Basically I want to find more ways to both express my creativity and be rewarded for it (via both attention and income).I\u2019d also like to make peace with my chronic pain. It\u2019s clear that it\u2019s not going away and I\u2019m not going to stop being disabled, and I need to be okay with that.\n\n\n\nAt the time the tests came back negative and it was treated as \u201cjust\u201d bronchitis, but I had lasting effects that are very much COVID-specific, and COVID testing is bullshit especially when new variants emerge. \u21a9comments\n\n        \n        #new years\n        \n        #reflections"
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        "html": "<p>Guess I'll join in on <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/newyear\">#<span>newyear</span></a> ...</p><p>One thing I'm thankful for this year: Steve Huffman screwing up at Reddit. The 3rd-party debacle shut down the app I used, and I emerged from the dark hole in which I'd dwelt for ten years.</p><p>Blinking in the sudden light of the <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> I joined <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mastodon\">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> (and found y'all awesome people at Hachyderm in particular), picked my languishing blog out of the trashpile, and even wrote a couple of new bits.</p><p>It's been wild; let's hope for less online upheaval in 2024.</p>",
        "text": "Guess I'll join in on #newyear ...One thing I'm thankful for this year: Steve Huffman screwing up at Reddit. The 3rd-party debacle shut down the app I used, and I emerged from the dark hole in which I'd dwelt for ten years.Blinking in the sudden light of the #indieweb I joined #Mastodon (and found y'all awesome people at Hachyderm in particular), picked my languishing blog out of the trashpile, and even wrote a couple of new bits.It's been wild; let's hope for less online upheaval in 2024."
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