Author: richard
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On Using Facebook Again
Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently I reverted to Facebook due to the death of Twitter, but also because of the political bias I see on Mastodon instances. That political bias has encouraged me to take a break from that social network until the conflict is over. Critical Mass Yesterday I saw that two people on Facebook…
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NaNoWriMo and Blogging
Reading Time: 3 minutesNovember is the month when a group of people try to write 1667 words per day for a month. they have write-in events, word sprints and many other gimmicks to encourage them to break the challenge into less daunting challenges. I didn’t even consider participating this year for a simple reason. This…
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Facebook and Photo Archives
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I have spent more time on Facebook and I have joined a few photo groups. One of them is for the Canton De Vaud, where people are sharing photos they have taken of the region. These photographs are well framed, well lit, and pleasant to look at. It feels like a…
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The Facebook Three Billion
Reading Time: 3 minutesOver the last two or three days I have played with the idea of returning to Facebook. There are several reasons for this. The first reason is that Facebook has three billion people and you can find people local to you, which is a huge plus. The second reason is that with…
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Trail Glove 7 in Autumn
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis Autumn is different because I have worn running, shoes, normal shoes, and Trail Glove 7 in the rain. I was very happy with the Trail Glove 7 during the entirety of the heat wave. I had no issues with them but now that we’re moving into winter I feel the need…
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The Absurdity of Social Media and the Fediverse
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s Ten Fourty Eight on a Monday and i have barely touched social media. I have barely touched social media for two reasons. People don’t see it as socialising anymore. They take a utilitarian approach to social media, which makes it absurd. The second reason is that we see how ignorant the…
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Blogging to the Fediverse via WordPress without Tags
Reading Time: 2 minutesI noticed a drop in traffic to the blog which I would attribute to three things. The main reason is that I went from main-vision.com/richard/blog to blog.main-vision.com. This screwed up all the search engine results, despite adding the redirection order in the htaccess file. As if that wasn’t silly enough I then…
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Riding a Foot Scooter Along My Ordinary Walk
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Old Scooter and Winter Winter is coming, and with the arrival of winter comes the need to swap the tyres from summer to winter. In the process of getting the snow tyres out of the cave I pulled out my old scooter. The one that I used when I had a…
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Thoughts on Masto.host
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor up to three months I was running my own instance via Masto.host and the experience was good. Setting up an instance is easy. Within a few minutes you can set up your own instance, post and perform administrative tasks such as accept trending hashtags and more. No DevOps and No Code…
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The iPhone Keynote – Apple Being Cheap
Reading Time: 4 minutesRecently Apple shot its entire keynote on their most expensive mobile phone. Whilst this sounds fantastic and empowering, it isn’t. In my eyes this is a marketing gimmick and a sad commentary on the state of video production today. Video as Art Video is an art. Video is a creative pursuit. If…