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Seasons

My first thought was the field of pink petals. Day by day, petals fall from the tree as green leaves grow from the blossom. I wonder for how long the petals will keep falling. There seem to be a million dots of pink in spring, from which there is a new perspective to see ever...

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#CSS song of the day:
Flexorcist by The Voidz

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Day; night

The day holds onto the light for as long as it can. The warm glow of the horizon reminds me of all of the bright adventures of the day, and makes me wonder “what will I do tomorrow?”. I can see the first star, which means that night will soon be here; the time for rest, processing, and preparing to imagine tomorrow. (Written a few days ago, and published on a rainy evening where the memories of the sunset on a clear evening warm my heart.)

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My words, not my content

Every so often I think about the word “content.” It’s not my favourite word. Content feels relatively flat compared to the things to which it can refer. I have been meaning to write about my preference for something else for a while: I prefer to say “my words” or “my stories...

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Walking

I don’t think I will need my jacket. The weather is warm enough that I can go outside without one. It always feels both special and jarring on the first days of the year when the world is so warm that you can go out without a jacket – the anticipation for the warmth clashes w...

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Log in, sign in

Log in, sign in I recently experimented with writing a new 401 page for the IndieWeb wiki to replace the default nginx page we have. My experiment is not live yet, but I wanted to document a few of the decisions I made while writing the page. First, I chose the title “You ne...

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Joyful web design

I think about joy when I make web pages. If you hover over the mascot on my blog, its eyes will open. The typeface of my blog title on my home page is the same one Taylor Swift used for her evermore album. If you explore my website for long enough, you will find an Easter egg...

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Sunset, Düsseldorf

The moment when the sun crosses the horizon feels like it should last longer than it does. Within a few minutes, the sun has moved out of view; the red glow — a moment of transition (is all of life a moment, or moments, of transition?) — tells us where the sun once was. The g...

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Of the night; a note

The joy of exploring a city with friends — of getting lost and finding your sense of place again, of laughing under the moon and discussing the rainbows we see when we look at light; of discussing the cuisine of Germany in a warmly lit bakery, a treat as the day came to an end; of looking forward to the next day — conversations and talks and futures.

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Designing software with travel in mind

While I was away in Düsseldorf, and when I got back, I received a notification in Artemis asking whether I wanted to change the time zone in which the reader was set. It is important that the user’s timezone is correct so that Artemis can continue to update at midnight in the...

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Reorganising the Artemis settings page

Since the release of Artemis, the settings page has been growing steadily in size. What was a few options has grown into over a dozen. With every added option, it was harder to find each individual option. The new settings page With that in mind, over the last few weeks I hav...

Dan’s Polaroids

30.04.2026

A white building with pillars, illuminated by the evening sun.
Walking around Düsseldorf.

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🔗 NetNewsWire Now Getting Feed Images from RSS

netnewswire.blog/2026/04/28/netnewswire-now-getting-feed-images.html

Makes sense. In fact, FeedCity only uses the images and/or icons specified directly with the feed.

Eventually I should probably fetch the icons from the website as a fallback. But c’mon: just include the icons directly in the feeds, please.

In NetNewsWire 7.0.5 we made a change to get the feed image from RSS via the image element.

Next event: Forkalyst Live on May 2, 2026, 19:00 at Haus Spilles, Düsseldorf.

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🔗 btconf 2026 speakers

feed.city/c/dan/l/btconf+2026+speakers

In case anyone else likes to follow updates from the speakers at Beyond Tellerrand conference 2026, I made my list on FeedCity public.

Unfortunately, only a few speakers have a feed. But better few than no one.

Feeds by speakers at Beyond Tellerrand conference Düsseldorf 2026

Next event: Forkalyst Live on May 2, 2026, 19:00 at Haus Spilles, Düsseldorf.

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Weather

Last week, I had a call with someone for an upcoming project. I naturally asked how the weather was. Shortly after I asked, I realised that I don’t like to ask about the weather just because British people like talking about the weather. I realised that I wanted to see a sliv...

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IndieWebCamp Düsseldorf 2026

A row of people waving with smiles on their faces, the attendees of IndieWebCamp Düsseldorf. I am positioned third from the left, in my favourite jacket, blue denim. ALTA row of people waving with smiles on their faces, the attendees of IndieWebCamp Düsseldorf. I am positione...

Dan’s Polaroids

29.04.2026

It’s the three men of Forkalyst again, photographed in front of a white wall with a thick window.
The obligatory weekly Forkalyst band Polaroid.

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RE: https://social.lol/@tylersticka/116488807956279129

The Sloppelganger – love it! 😁👏

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Touchdown in Benztown ✅

Touchdown in Benztown ✅

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Next Saturday: Forkalyst live at Haus Spilles, Düsseldorf!


Next event: Forkalyst Live on May 2, 2026, 19:00 at Haus Spilles, Düsseldorf.