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with words, wonder
01 Jun 12:09 • James' Coffee Blog

Distinguishing user and system content

When I was designing the inline message to indicate a link in a user’s Artemis reader has been flagged as malicious, I intentionally designed the system message and state to be distinguished from the user-set author name. Here is what the final design looked like: The Artem...

with words, wonder
01 Jun 11:09 • James' Coffee Blog

Flagging suspicious websites in Artemis

Artemis now has a feature to flag websites that you have subscribed to as suspicious. This feature appears in two places: In the “Report spam or domain takeover: Report website as suspicious” link that appears on the page where you edit an author you are following, and;On th...

with words, wonder
01 Jun 09:21 • James' Coffee Blog

JUnited 2026

In recent weeks, I have been talking with a lot of people about personal websites. In so many of my discussions, I mention that one of the reasons I love coming back to my personal website is the community around the indie web: people all over the world sharing what interest...

with words, wonder
01 Jun 09:21 • James' Coffee Blog

Creative spaces

In her love letter to creative spaces, Britt appreciates “anywhere that is welcoming to the big table full of slightly chaotic artists who might make a mess of their carpet from time to time.” Reading through the article brought to mind memories of a table in my school that ...

with words, wonder
31 May 20:45 • James' Coffee Blog

Waiting; writing

I love to write while I am walking around in the world. I keep a digital notebook in which I write down what I observe: sights, sounds, scents; emotions, hopes, dreams. The smile I see as two friends embrace each other in a hug as the person who has been waiting patiently at...

with words, wonder
31 May 19:42 • James' Coffee Blog

Home

I remember I was on a trip a few years ago to a place I had wanted to visit for years. Toward the end of the trip, I said to someone that I “missed the poetry” of home. I had come all this way to a place I had dreamed of, had the best of times, and heard the most wonderful o...

with words, wonder
31 May 18:57 • James' Coffee Blog

Milk chews

Since I am thinking about delicious Scottish treats this evening, I thought this would be an apt time to write about another of my favourite Scottish sweets: milk chews. A packet of milk chews. The left side of the tube of milk chews has a blue background with the label "Mil...

with words, wonder
31 May 18:27 • James' Coffee Blog

The caramel log

I have been a long-time lover of Tunnocks Caramel Wafers, made in Uddingston (near Glasgow), Scotland. Made with alternating thin layers of caramel and wafer and chocolate, Caramel Wafers are among my favourite biscuits. But today I learned of a Tunnocks product I had not ye...

Dan’s Polaroids
31 May 16:00

30.05.2026

A stage with a band and a dancing crowd in front of it. — At the Folkerdey festival.

with words, wonder
30 May 14:24 • James' Coffee Blog

Mitigating floods of posts in Artemis

Note: The logic described in this post may be a stepping stone to a more robust system in the future. Please keep that in mind as you read and know that my solution may not be optimal, rather a start toward solving a problem. This morning I opened Artemis and found a websit...

Daniel Pietzsch
29 May 08:38

🎬 Stromberg - Wieder alles wie immer

letterboxd.com/danielpietzsch/film/stromberg-wieder-alles-wie-immer/

Ja, war voll ok. Hatte ein paar gute Sprüche, Situationen und Gags in guter alter Stromberg-Manier im Programm. Nicht mehr und nicht weniger.

Next event: Deine Freunde on June 6, 2026, 17:00 at Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen.

Daniel Pietzsch’s Photo Journal
28 May 16:15

February 2026

A museum visit, playing a concert, Kunstakademie Rundgang, and Karneval. (50 photos)

Daniel Pietzsch
28 May 15:48

🎬 The Big Lebowski

letterboxd.com/danielpietzsch/film/the-big-lebowski/

Have rewatched this after a looong while. And the first time not dubbed. Still so so good and so funny. Every scene is perfect. The cast and their performances, the dialogue… One of my favourite movies of all time.

👍 Recommended!

Next event: Deine Freunde on June 6, 2026, 17:00 at Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen.

with words, wonder
27 May 10:51 • James' Coffee Blog

Views; between

There is beauty in the moments between arriving and reaching your destination. I felt this yesterday in the moments before attending an event in Edinburgh last night. I had an hour before I needed to arrive and, the day being so warm, I decided to slow down and listen to the...

with words, wonder
27 May 10:21 • James' Coffee Blog

First year

I am half-way through my first year of university. I am studying toward an art history degree (although part of me wants to do art history and creative writing, which I would have the option to do starting next year!). The first year of my degree is an introduction to stud...

with words, wonder
26 May 07:51 • James' Coffee Blog

Wonders of Web Weaving, Episode 3

The third episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out:
In Episode 3, I chat with Herman, the creator of bearblog.dev. We talk about, among other things, the history and design of Bear Blog, moderation systems, and building communities around blogging.
I hope you enjoy the episode!

Wonders of Web Weaving has an RSS feed you can use to follow along from wherever you get your podcasts.

Matthias Ott
25 May 18:06

👀
[Turns off mobile phone]

with words, wonder
25 May 11:21 • James' Coffee Blog

Slack preferences I have set

In “How I use my phone”, and in two prior blog posts about greyscale and night shift mode, I spoke about how I customise some of the software I use. I was inspired to write my phone in large part by discussions with friends. I then realised that such blog posts are a means t...

with words, wonder
25 May 10:51 • James' Coffee Blog

Writing a regex for adding links to time stamps

Every episode of the Wonders of Web Weaving podcast has a transcript. The first episode was transcribed by me; future episodes are being transcribed by Zachary from Lunaseeker Press. The transcript has links to the time at which each speaker starts speaking. For example, 0:19...

Dan’s Polaroids
25 May 09:54