Alan Watts wrote in the “The World As Emptiness”:“So in the same way, the coming and going of things in the world is marvelous. They go. Where do they go? Don’t answer, because that would spoil the mystery.”I have to disagree with Watts here.Do ask and DO answer. Again and again. Embrace curiosity, explanation, understanding.Any mystery you can explain will reveal another mystery underneath.There is no spoiling the mystery, there is only the journey of one mystery after another.#meditationThoughts #Kula #meditation #liveMeditation #groupMeditation #AlanWatts #mystery
People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
BTW, in defense of Matt Mullenweg and the culture of the developer community he built over the last 20 years, for better or worse, they don't do what Bluesky did. They look for prior art and implement it and they don't deprecate, btw. They're still running the APIs we invent...
The crazy thing about Bluesky's API is they took already standardized things like links and enclosures, and after 20+ years came up with new definitions. Makes our apps more expensive to maintain, and we waste time and human wear and tear on stupid bullshit make-work. Develo...
The team @micro.blog have done it again.They soft-launched https://micro.one yesterday¹.This may be the most accessible onramp to the open social web ever.Cost: $1 a month. Yes you read correctly.This is the simplest and cheapest (where you are the customer, not the product) ...
BTW, as promised, last night's Knicks game was great. Up until the end, when the other guys took over and sadly the Knicks lost. We need a stronger bench. The starting five are great but they're not totally super-human.
Just taking it easy. Thinking about stuff. Will resume blogging soon. 😄
What would Steve Jobs do?
My last blog post title partially inspired by walking by this sign today.
The long goodbye for Tim Cook
Tim Cook gives $1 million to Trump’s inauguration committee. I think this event will be a turning point in how we view the Apple CEO.
Let’s start with John Gruber writing at Daring Fireball:
It seems pretty obvious that it was Apple/Cook that leaked this to Axios, not Trump...
2024 in review
Before the new year gets into full swing, time to recap the year gone by.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
Things we learned about LLMs in 2024
[Things we learned about LLMs in 2024]
Simon's overview of what happened in the LLM space during 2024 is genuinely excellent. For example, on the environmental impact:
"Companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon are all spending billions of dollars r...
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
How a Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias
[Joshua Kaplan at ProPublica]
This ought to be a movie:
"Posing as an ideological compatriot, Williams had penetrated the top ranks of two of the most prominent right-wing militias in the country. He’d slept in the home of the man who claims to be the new he...
Yesterday https://last.fm/ (@lastfm) emailed their year in review reports, which they called #Playback24 and Last.Year.Kudos to them for waiting until the new year to do so, and breaking with the pattern of services prematurely posting year in review summaries.¹They’re also a...
Gambling, sports, kids
Krugman writes about social media is poisoning children's minds.
I like that Krugman has resumed his blogging.
This means that sometimes I agree or disagree, or have mixed opinions, but I always learn something. That's what makes a blogger good imho.
I don't know if I agre...
Knicks on Friday night: A big offline day here in the mountains, the show will resume tomorrow bright and early, Murphy-willing. Enjoy tonight's Knicks game in OKC. Should be a great game. 😄
My parks page has been stuck at 20 out of 88 for over a month. Making some plans to knock off a couple more soon. 🏕️
Chris Aldrich
• Chris Aldrich
“It doesn’t make any sense. That’s why I trust it.” — Rose 🍿
Your App Should Have Been A Website (And Probably Your Game Too) - Rogue Engine
Remember when every company rushed to make an app? Airlines, restaurants, even your local coffee shop. Back then, it made some sense. Browsers weren’t as powerful, and apps had unique features like notifications and offline access. But fast-forward to today, and browsers can do all that. Yet businesses still push native apps as if it’s 2010, and we’re left downloading apps for things that should just work on the web.
This is all factually correct, but alas as Cory Doctorow points out, you can’t install an ad-blocker in a native app. To you and me, that’s a bug. To short-sighted businesses, it’s a feature.
(When I say “ad-blocker”, I mean “tracking-blocker”.)
2024
There goes 2024.
It was a year dominated by Ukraine and Gaza. Utterly horrific and unnecessary death courtesy of Putin and Netanyahu.
For me personally, 2024 was just fine. I was relatively healthy all year. The people I love were relatively healthy too. I don’t take that ...