Feeds from people participating in the IndieWebCamp Düsseldorf, April 2026.
I was thinking about a design for a web page yesterday that I wanted to build with a few illustrations. I remembered that there was a site with old-timey illustrations that were available in the public domain. I thought I have no idea how to find this website! Today,, I was both surprised and delighted that the search query “old timey illustrations” allowed me to find the site, which I now know is called Old Book Illustrations. It is amazing that I can type in a query like “old timey illustrations” into a web search engine and find the page for which I am looking. The speed with which I found the website for which I was looking – and how a search engine found the page with my description "old timey" – brought a smile to my face. Addendum: It looks like not all illustrations are public domain according to the Terms of Use, but this doesn't detract from the story :)
Jeremy Cherfas
• Jeremy Cherfas
I just added “Polaroid” to the list of film formats to my focal length equivalents site.
Jeremy Cherfas
• Jeremy Cherfas
Jeremy Cherfas
• Jeremy Cherfas
The irony of someone on Shitstack telling us that the real internet is somewhere else is not lost on me.
BurgeonLab: Weeknotes
• Naty S
Learning more about the IndieWeb led me to setting up IRC, joining webrings, getting my first webmentions, and connecting with amiable fellow bloggers.
BurgeonLab: Full-text
• Naty S
Read how I moved from third‑party free tools (like OG Image Maker) to D2, a text‑to‑diagram language, for local, customizable OG image generation. Combining D2 with a Bash script helped automate the process and produce ready‑to‑use OG images. The workflow uses CLI image tools (pngquant, cwebp, ImageMagick) and I talk about the benefits of text‑based templates, offline generation, and automation.
Jeremy Cherfas
• Jeremy Cherfas
ETN 288: Adverse
Those Lancet UPF papers, the cost of lying about beef, and the much misunderstood tonka bean. It isn't often that the US is more cautious on food safety than the EU, but the tonka bean's coumarin is one exception.
https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-288-adverse/
Jeremy Cherfas
• Jeremy Cherfas
Reply to Help me map the internet! by Tiffany
Also posted to Indienews, maybe more people will draw maps before the end of November.
I saw Sara submit something for this! I think it's a cool prompt and since I'm done with my huge project (for now) I can finally draw stuff for fun again without feeling bad and thinking "I should be creating something else". So I also made it kinda silly.
Here's my map:
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