Next FeedLand release, has the option of keeping items around for a certain number of days. Running on two servers for burn-in. I don't recommend turning this on now unless you're helping test.
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Post WordCamp note re BloggerCon
This week I had lunch with a developer who had been at WordCamp Canada last month. He apologized for not being at my session, but I waved it off. I didn't go to many sessions myself, too many great discussions in the hallway, out on the patio or in the coffee room.
I rememb...
ChatGPT makes a pretty fantastic feed validator.
Matt Mullenweg
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Vogelstein on AI
Fred Vogelstein writes on Crazy Stupid Tech: Boom, bubble, bust, boom. Why should AI be different? “To us what’s happening is obvious. We both covered the internet bubble 25 years ago. We’ve been writing about – and in Om’s case investing in – technology since then. We can both say unequivocally that the conversations we … Continue reading Vogelstein on AI →
ArtLung
• Joe Crawford
Winter is bringing new wave opportunities. Incremental improvements continue.
View as a reel. or on Instagram or TikTok
Watched: Wicked: For Good. In the first hour I almost started to doubt, thinking maybe it needed another pass at editing, but they won me over with No Good Deed. Cynthia Erivo is fantastic. 🍿
Machine knitting: front panel / looking forward
This post is part of a series, as I play catch-up on KnitFactoryImpl's knitalong of a set in sleeve crew neck sweater for channel members.
At the dawn of the final day of the knitalong, I was determined to finish the machine-knit portions of the build. That means making the ...
Icebreakers
This evening I hosted an online event about writing and writing on the web. “Writing” is a broad topic, so I wanted a way to help get the discussion going. A few weeks ago, I tried an ice breaker question in an event which went well, so I decided I’d try one again this evenin...
Bookmarks
My copy of Stephen King’s On Writing has been sitting on the shelf for a while. Why I stopped reading the book is one of those things lost to time. But about two weeks ago, I went to my bookshelves and picked out the two books that I had started but not finished yet. I could ...
A child’s Halloween in Ireland
As part of their on-stage banter, The Dubliners used to quip that “All the books that are banned in Ireland should be published in Irish, to encourage more people to learn their native tongue.”
There was no shortage of banned books back in the day. I’m reading one of them now. The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien.
About halfway through the book, I read this passage:
The parcels for the Halloween party were coming every day. I couldn’t ask my father for one because a man is not able to do these things, so I wrote to him for money instead and a day girl brought me a barmbrack, apples, and monkey-nuts.
Emphasis mine, because that little list sounded so familiar to me.
Back in 2011, I wrote a candygram for Jason. It was called Monkey nuts, barmbrack and apples.
It’s not exactly Edna O’Brien, but looking back at it fifteen years on, I think it turned out okay.
Went camping last night, then home early but a late start getting coffee. Drove by three coffee shops before finding one that wasn’t completely overrun with people. Don’t all these happy people enjoying coffee outside and talking with friends know that I’d like to sit here by myself and work? 🤪
Updated my state parks page. 27 down, a whole bunch to go. Glad to resume this challenge after several months that were too busy and too hot. 🏕️
The new FeedLand release is ready. It's installed on feedland.org, not on feedland.com yet.
I don't eat dog food thank you
Loving a series I just heard about -- it's on Netflix, entitled This Is Going To Hurt.
I discovered it the usual tedious way, scrolling through newly available shows on one of the streaming services with my iPad handy and when I see one that looks interesting, I look it up ...
I've got a new version of FeedLand, going to release it in a few minutes. It has all the new stuff I've done to make recognizing updated posts more reliable. Thanks to Brent Simmons for his help from his experience with NetNewsWire. I love it when we work together to make our software work better together. That's the way we help to support the web. That's what the web is about. Making software connections that work, and last.
Matt Mullenweg
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Friday Links
Machine knitting: back panel / backlog
This post is part of a series, as I play catch-up on KnitFactoryImpl's knitalong of a set in sleeve crew neck sweater for channel members.
In the first installment of this series, I made some sleeves, putting me well on time for the knitalong. Since then, however, I spe...
Inks Lake State Park.
Chris Aldrich
• Chris Aldrich
Zettel of the Year Awards
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November 14-21, 2025
Recent Events
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Homebrew Website Club - Düsseldorf/Germany
Thursday, November 20 at 6:00pm
DÜSSELDORF, Nordrhein-Westfalen: Xafé im KAP1 Bibliothekscafé
Homebrew Website Club (HWC) Düsseldorf is an in-person meeting for ...