Sort These
- do I use one of my existing domain names or do I buy a new domain?
- if I use an existing domain, do I go the subdomain route?
- do I make it public or do I keep it private?
🔗 Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder’s transformation
After seven long years, Julian Assange was dragged from Ecuadorean embassy looking a very different man to the one that went in.
It’s called getting old…deal with it
Sad, but true. Football is struggling in this country, without a major shakeup, it’ll be a dead sport in Australia. ⚽️
Pearl Jam, Newcastle, November 2006
I was fortunate enough to get to photograph one of my all time favourite bands, Pearl Jam, when they were in Newcastle, in November 2006. I never got around to posting most of the images due to signing a waiver, however, that’s well expired by now so I can finally post these photos to my blog.
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Is anyone posting multi-image galleries on micro.blog currently?
It’s the very last pain point I have with using micro.blog versus spinning up a WordPress install, or similar. I thought I might be able to drag 10 images into MarsEdit, unfortunately, that didn’t work…
I need to set a recurring task for when I arrive at work; Put your glassses on Mathew!
🔗 NZ shooting video ‘not gruesome enough’ for Facebook to block
Facebook’s policy director for counter-terrorism, allegedly told US Congress during a closed-door briefing the video was not gruesome enough for its complex algorithm to detect.
Algorithms can’t do everything.
🔗 Israel Folau contract terminated: Reaction, slammed for anti-gay comments, Qantas responds
Rugby Australia is planning to drop the hammer on Israel Folau and terminate his contract following anti-gay posts by the player on social media on Tuesday night.
🔗 Support for ILCE-7RM3 - Downloads, Manuals, Tutorials and FAQs - Sony AU
I’m always scared when I update the firmware on my cameras, never ever have I thought twice about updating my phone though… 🤔
🔗 Sydney school bans kids from handing out birthday invitations
I really wonder about the kid’s parents who originally complained to the school about their kid not getting invited to a party. We’re just making our kids softer and softer. How on earth will they deal with the real world when they don’t get the job they wanted, are they going to dob the company in to their parents for some stern words… What a load of BS.
I still haven’t settled on an NBA team to support, but I’ve got to say, I love watching James Harden play.
🔗 New Zealand privacy commissioner says Facebook can’t be trusted - The Verge
New Zealand is becoming a more and more attractive place to live.
I got to give my new Sony A7r III a good workout on the weekend. The focusing is so smooth and fast, in particular the active tracking focus, it’s like a dream.
For some reason I thought that I should go back on Facebook over the weekend, and then I did…what a shit show that place is, and for the most part, it’s a shit show because of what friends of mine are posting/re-posting
Hopefully, a good game…
Stop giving away your work to people who don't care about it. Host it yourself. Distribute it via methods you control.
It’s easier to do than most people think!
Back at the cinema, seeing Captain Marvel again, with @travispacker this time. 🦹♀️
Today I started being able to work from home twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday.
It’s been an interesting morning, I’ve done most of my weekend chores already, as well as answering all my work emails.
I’ve been very productive, all potential distractions considered…
Rooting around on DreamHost VPS
So I’m finally making progress towards installing TiddlyWiki on my DreamHost VPS.
I’ve got shell access to my DreamHost VPS, I am able to install node.js, I can check the version installed, along with listing the other nvm modules that are installed…. And then I try to install install TiddlyWiki and just get slapped around with a bunch of npm errors, basically saying I need to be the root user.
Unfortunately, DreamHost doesn’t allow root access to the VPS product, I need to upgrade to a Dedicated Server, or move to their DreamCompute product, which are completely unmanaged, hence the allowance for root access.
Now I need to find a work around, which may involve having DreamHost run the installer for me, assuming they will, or I’ll need to look at relocating my server to Digital Ocean or somewhere similar.
Today is the day I work my way through DreamHost’s CLI documentation and join the ranks of those who TiddlyWiki.
This should be a good workout for my brain, I’ve very rarely used Terminal.app before, and when I have it’s usually been cut n paste scripting.
Quite a crappy performance tonight by the Jets, losing 2-3 to the Mariners. ⚽️
Curious, does anyone have any experience with Piwigo? I’m thinking of using it to host my own photos, as opposed to Flickr, SmugMug, etc. as I would like to maintain full control of the viewing and sharing of them for privacy reasons.
All Aboard the Wiki Train
Today’s tinker project is to setup TiddlyWiki.
I’ve decided that a wiki is a good place to locate all those little snippets of information I collect, which currently end up spread between plain text files in Dropbox, some marked up notes in Notes.app, and an assortment of PDFs spread across Dropbox, Files.app, and a myriad of other locations.
A wiki is a good place to store this sort of information, I can get to it anywhere I have an Internet connection, using the Quine iOS app I can take files offline with me, along with being able create new files offline and sync them later.
Now for the real challenge;
Decisions, decisions!
Despite watching 2 or 3 NBA games a week for the last couple of months, I still don’t support a particular team. The last time I did it was the Seattle Supersonics in about ‘92, with Shaun Kemp and Gary Payton, with the Charlotte Hornets and Alonzo Mourning a close second. 🏀
Eye test time! 👁
🔗 Facebook, Instagram And WhatsApp Are Down
Hahaha 😂