FeedCity

This week I received a lot of submissions to airportpianos.org, the index of pianos in airports that I maintain. Submissions come through a Google Form. The form is intentionally brief 1, asking for two pieces of information: the airport name and the location of the piano. W...

The article “Secret to stronger pour-over coffee with no extra beans unlocked by scientists“ recently appeared on the front page of the Guardian. The article notes: Dr Arnold Mathijssen, a co-author of the study from the University of Pennsylvania, said pouring the hot water...

I’m happy to announce that something I and others have worked on very hard for the past few years has been published by the W3C Advisory Board (AB) and sent to the W3C Advisory Committee (AC) for a vote to make it official:Vision for W3C: https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/NOTE-w3c-vision-20250402/Official announcement: https://www.w3.org/news/2025/proposal-to-endorse-vision-for-w3c-as-a-w3c-statement/If your company is a W3C Member¹, please ask your Advisory Committee Representative² to vote to support publication of the Vision for W3C as an official W3C Statement:https://www.w3.org/wbs/33280/Vision2025/ (W3C Member-only link)Thank you for your support.#W3CVision #Vision #VisionForW3C #W3C (@w3c@w3c.social) #W3CAB (@ab@w3c.social)¹ https://www.w3.org/membership/list/² https://www.w3.org/Member/ACList (W3C Member-only link)

Bohren & der Club of Gore @ Z-Bau, 2025-04-07

A (command line) utility I’ve been using a lot lately is GitUI. It makes all my day-to-day git-related work easy and enjoyable.

Harden your Android phone by replacing Google apps with FOSS alternatives, minimizing Big Tech and optimizing privacy settings for better security.

The joy of looking up to the sky after sunset and seeing the moon. — Equipped with Stellarium, I could start to identify patterns in the stars. The patterns had names, like Orion and Taurus. I saw Sirius and Rigel and Betelgeuse. I saw Mars — a planet! I saw a planet! I gazed in the direction of Jupiter. The moon was my anchor as I learned the names of more stars and found patterns. — There is frost on the fields as the sun cuts through the fog on a spring morning. The chill of winter recedes by the day. — The joy of thinking through an idea over my first cup of coffee. — I walked past someone who was wearing a jumper that said “My cat is a rockstar.” I love this message! — Some places are so beautiful that you stop every time you are there. — Overheard: “Dan, you’re just an old soul” — one friend says endearingly to another.

The Barbican complex in London. In the foreground, there is a body of water and many planters in which plants are growing. There are trees on which the light is shining brightly. In the background, there are several storeys of houses with tall glass windows and made of concrete.

This week I have been taking notes about the changes in seasons. Daylight savings time knocked my internal clock a little bit, but the additional hours of daylight more than make up for it. I am grateful to wake up to sunlight, and for the sun to set later in the night – on m...

I was mesmerised by the moon on my train ride home. It’s the early afternoon, but I can still see the moon! I thought to myself. I was on a train going through the country – the rolling hills passed by as my eyes occasionally closed. I could use a nap. Toward the end of the journey, as more buildings would soon enter into view as I reached my destination, I saw two young women sitting on the grass by a river with a dog by their side. One of them waved delicately at the train I was on. I smiled. Maybe they knew someone on the train. I’ll never know, but the wave brought me joy.

On my way to the State of the Browser conference last weekend, I stumbled upon an open space in which many trees were in full blossom. Pink petals fell from the tree branches as the gentle spring wind blew. The trees were outside a church courtyard. I stopped, taking in the b...