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  • The Article in comments Fad

    The Article in comments Fad

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesContinuing on from yesterday’s theme of publishers harming themselves through their behaviour today I want to comment on the fad of adding hyperlinks to comments rather than directly into a post. The idea is that you can use the image you want, and by clicking to see comments facebooks counts this as…

  • The Culture of Hashtags

    The Culture of Hashtags

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesYesterday I noticed that the blog posts I write in Hugo via Vim are uglified on Mastodon and Calckey. By uglified I mean that the neat and tidy key words that I use as tags are converted into hashtags on Mastodon and Calckey and this makes me both sad and angry. It…

  • Day 63 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A 15 Kilometre Loop

    Day 63 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A 15 Kilometre Loop

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I walked a 15-kilometre loop because I saw people walking two abreast and decided to retrace my steps a short distance before trying a new bifurcation. By the end of this walk, my legs were starting to get tired. I walked non stop for over two hours before a quick stop…