Man, Tompa died. So let’s listen to some At the Gates. Listened to this a lot as a teenager. And it’s still so good. RIP.
🎧 Slaughter of the Soul – At The Gates
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• Joe Crawford
The waves were inconsistent but in the best way. They made space for me to take some photos. And I joined the coffee Zoom of a friend. Yes, I joined a Zoom call from the water. It was nice. Camaraderie is worth seeking out, even digitally, even in the water. Loneliness, disaffection, dislocation, disconnection are everywhere. And we need each other—human connection—more than ever. It’s a time of great misery and injustice and there’s much work to do. Let’s get to it, in kindness.
Björn Stierand
• Björn Stierand
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Immer wenn Du denkst "Schlimmer kann die User Experience jetzt wirklich nicht werden" findet Ticketmaster einen Weg, es doch noch schlimmer zu machen.
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• Joe Crawford
The Demand of Grief
I will mourn those who I feel grief over. You can’t demand I mourn. You may request basic respect for the dead. You can’t demand I respect a legacy I find invidious. You can’t demand I ignore the words of the dead. If you can demand my feelings and thoughts be “correct,” you are authoritarian.
Happy #8bitday yesterday! It was the 256th day of the year.See last year’s post for why the 256th day is 8-Bit Day: https://tantek.com/2024/256/t1/happy-8bitday-binary-byteSince last year, the related Wikipedia article on “Programmer’s Day” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prog...
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• Joe Crawford
Latest Scam/Spam (Coinbase)
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A 255 byte web page
Tantek, in celebration of 8-Bit Day (the 265th day of the year), published a blog post with the following challenge:
[…] build an entire website where each resource fits into at most 8-bits worth of bytes. 255 bytes maximum size HTML, and maximum size of any linked external ...
2025-09-13
2025-09-13
Second person birds
I remember the feeling of the light shining around and through the curtains. Then there was music: melodies in chirp. I wanted to close my eyes and go back to sleep for just a while longer, enjoying the warmth of my bed, but I didn’t want to forget the light and the music – there was a moment so wonderful just behind the curtain.
Bird song plays the role that so many people do and have done in my life: the bird song is the music that starts my day.
I wonder if the birds know how far their songs carry, how we notice the patterns and changes in their tone, how we find both wonder and joy in figuring out from where the song calls, how their song starts and adds life to the day.
This is my entry for the September 2025 IndieWeb Carnival, hosted by Sophia at toground.link. The topic is "second person birds".
Rain
I don’t think it’s going to rain that much I thought to myself before going out yesterday. I took my summer jacket: a light blue denim coat that brings me a lot of joy. My jacket keeps me warm.
However, my jacket doesn’t have a hood.
Later in the day, when I got to my dest...
Björn Stierand
• Björn Stierand
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@jkphl Alles Gute zum Geburstag, Joschi! 🎂
2025-09-13
2025-09-13
Walking
When did I stop walking as much? I realised this week after having found the motivation to go out for a few walks. I knew that I didn’t want to spend the whole day inside. I want to see the world. With each passing day, I felt more confidence in going out. My usual walk seem...
Raindrop
The autumn rains are here. I have been looking forward to a bit of rain. There is something delightfully cosy about sitting inside reading or writing or watching television while the rain falls outside. And, rain means the opportunity for rainbows. This week, I have seen at ...
Creating a searchable archive page
One of the pages I use most on my website is the page that lists the titles of all of my blog posts. I made this page for two reasons: (i) for quick reference to all of my recent posts beyond those on my home page, and (ii) so that I can search the page by post title. I ofte...
2025-09-10
2025-09-10
