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I look at waves sidelong and sometimes after they break there’s a rainfall, complete with rainbow. It lasts for a second or so. It’s an excellent consolation prize for failing to ride the wave.
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Waveride
This morning, at Ocean Beach My wave-riding is improving. I try to ride the leading edge of breaking waves. Most waves break so fast there’s little leading edge to ride. It feels good that I am made to feel welcome in the water by “surfers.” You will likely know what I mean by the term...
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The world continues to be a mess. Bad leaders in America doing bad and illegal things. Beach is a respite.
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Life and death at the ocean
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New Year; New Site; New Finger
One never steps into the same river twice. The natural world is dynamic. The molecules in our human bodies–presumably you’re a human being if you are reading this–get replaced. I suppose that’s a “Ship of Theseus” thing. Anyway, this website you’re reading this on, or the feed you’re reading it on, is continually changing. And...
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Flat but fun
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I got in the ocean today after several day drought. I caught some waves and I found a plastic Christmas ornament in the gutter. Of course I saved it. I am a scavenger and a survivor.
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A new kind of scam spam: let me use your US Upwork account and take a cut
I hope this message finds you well. I’m a senior full-stack freelance developer with 10+ years of experience building and scaling production-grade software for businesses. I specialize in LAMP, MEAN, MERN, Python-based frameworks, and AI-first solutions. I have successfully delivered many projects across different industries, focusing on performance, clean architecture, and user experience. I’m currently...
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Memories of Blogger Getting Bought
Richard MacManus mentions Ev Williams posting about when Google bought Pyra/Blogger in The Blogosphere Blossoms in 2003 As RSS Readers Catch On. I mentioned it in my post/page Blogosphere Part 2: Musings/Blogosphere: 22 years ago: …so I’ve not had a net connection in about 16 hours. The HUGE news from last night announced was that...
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Feckless and Useless and Totalitarian and Liars
“What a terrible thing it is,” said Donald Trump, “And all we can do right now is pray for the victims, and for those that were very badly hurt.” Such was the president’s reaction to the mass shooting at Brown University. We are inured to these clichéd formulations. But they are an essential element of...
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This year it’s been all about OB. Home sweet home.
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Happy Chanukah from the IndieWeb Camp San Diego 2025, which I’ve been a co-organizer of for 3 years now. It was a great weekend of camaraderie, code, and ideas.
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LIFE HAPPENS (an incredible talk on open source maintaining
For the last year I’ve been pointing people to click through to a talk by Juliette Reinders Folmer called “Resurrecting the Dead.” It was via this Mastodon Post from @lauchgott. The talk is online, and starts at 3:59:23, on YouTube, at the Neos Conference 2025. I’ve listened to it a few times and what’s wonderful...
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IndieWeb Camp San Diego 2025: Typewritten Checkin!
Thanks Chris Aldrich for this typewritten checkin to IndieWeb Camp at San Diego Public library Mission Valley!
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Magic
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Notability spam of the day
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Anaphylacticin’
The paramedic thinks I’m clever ’cause I play guitar– I think she’s clever ’cause she stops people dying One of my favorite songs. That’s Avant Gardener by Courtney Barnett, which is on my mixtape 2021 faux pho foe. I first heard on Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (1976). Anaphylactictin’ and super hypochondriac– Should’ve stayed in...
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Good News / Bad News. Small waves and sunny day. Seagulls are hilarious.
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It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas
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“That guy still owes me money.”
My aunties have told time and again of what my grandfather said in the 70s, visiting Hawaii, pointing at 1 name among the 2,403 at the Pearl Harbor memorial. “That guy still owes me money.” They say they told him to shush. My grandmother was aghast. They relate the story with deep affection. He also...
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Announcement: San Diego IndieWeb Camp 2025
On December 13th and 14th of 2025 the third San Diego IndieWeb Camp will occur! The information is on the events.indieweb.org website. The last two: 2023 and 2024 have been great fun. It’s a two-day affair: Day 1 is about brainstorming and Day 2 is more about creation. The nature of what gets made depends...
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Ocean Beach, 9am Wednesday.
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Christmas Tree / Create Day / Chatbots
I was out in the water yesterday while they were putting up and decorating the Christmas tree in funky Ocean Beach and as usual it leans a bit; in the background, waves crash into the (retired, long story) pier. Thanks Ocean Beach Community Foundation for arboreal joy! it leans a bit decorating with a cherry...
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Today’s Right
To be honest, I’m really enjoying the waves in the past week. I said the other day: Many sessions result in rides that are better than any wave I’ve ever ridden. I’m not using the word “best.” I had a person ask me if I meant “best” with that awkward phrase. I don’t. “Best” has...
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I caught a few waves on the other side of the OB Pier. I didn’t shoot it but maybe could have.
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Even small days can be good.
Things quite hard right now. The sea remains a balm. Good things are afoot. And afield? Onward.
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Thanksgiving started with party waves at OB
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Nearly dawn patrol. Many sessions result in rides that are better than any wave I’ve ever ridden. Winter is good.
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Writing, Context, Cleverness
I participated in an event this weekend about writing. It was a great conversation with a terrific set of people. The notes taken during the event are available on the IndieWeb wiki. It had me thinking about posts where maybe I describe a distance in miles and feel compelled to share it also in kilometers....