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  • Slowed by the Wind

    Slowed by the Wind

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I walked into the wind for two to three kilometres. The wind was so strong that the Apple watch gave me "high noise level" warnings more than once. The wind was around 30-40km/h. It was so strong that I stopped listening to an Audiobook because I couldn’t hear it. I then…

  • Quick Image Test

    Quick Image Test

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTesting to see if image loads.

  • Jumping On and Off Twitter

    Jumping On and Off Twitter

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThere are two types of Twitter users. Those that are still using it daily, and angry with what Musk is doing, and those that quit weeks ago, and come back every now and then to see how things have changed, or stayed the same. I am surprised that to some degree the…

  • ClassicPress and the Fediverse part deux

    ClassicPress and the Fediverse part deux

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter my first post about playing with ClassicPress and the Fediverse it was suggested that I try the nightly build of ClassicPress so I did. The result can be seen here. Mastodon and Firefish I have tested integration with the fediverse via Mastodon.social but also firefish.social and mastodon.social is faster, but mastodon.social…

  • More Experimenting with ClassicPress

    More Experimenting with ClassicPress

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough I didn’t achieve what I set out to achieve I have been experimenting with ClassicPress and the Fediverse, but rather than do it from my main blog I have decided to experiment within a subdomain and so far I have achieved much. I see that activitypub and webfinger can be installed…

  • ClassicPress and the Fediverse – Not Quite Ready

    ClassicPress and the Fediverse – Not Quite Ready

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I experimented with migrating my blog from WordPress to ClassicPress to see whether ClassicPress plays nicely with the fediverse. It does but there is room for improvement. If you want instructions on how to migrate from wordpress you can find the instructions here. Summarised, you download the switch to ClassicPress plugin,…

  • A Markdown test

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI want to see how well **markdown** works so I am writing a few lines This is a subheading * and one item not another item and a third item and a fourth A sub heading Hello Goodbye I say hello and you say goodbye

  • This blog has been migrated to Classic Press

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    Reading Time: < 1 minutePlaying with ClassicPress now, in production, because I am silly.

  • Fearless Netflix Documentary

    Fearless Netflix Documentary

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesFearless is a documentary produced by Netflix, exploring the life of bull riders that come from Brazil, to the US to compete in 26 competitions to see who is the best bull rider. This documentary is interesting because, for the most part it is in Portuguese with English subtitles. Big in Brazil…

  • AI, Film, and Social Media

    AI, Film, and Social Media

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesI like to experiment with Bard and chatGPT. I like to see what their limits are, but with time and effort I like to get beyond their limits and get them to do what I want, without failing too often. DJI and other brands have had self-editing options for years now, so…