AnthonyBaker

AnthonyBaker, 6 months ago to random

Okay, plan is to create a personal blog during December. Based on recent follows, I need to include a Now page, a Defaults page, a Blogroll, and maybe one that indicates what topics/subjects I'm interested in. Any other key pieces of content?

cc @Luke @Brilliantcrank @scottboms @mako

AnthonyBaker, 6 months ago to random

@Luke Hey what's your preferred web host for personal sites?

AnthonyBaker, 6 months ago to pnw

Fall in the #PNW isn’t always sunny, but when it is — especially sunny and cold (which I love), it’s time to soak in the rays like a damn dog or cat, lying around and feeling the warmth on the face. So nice. #grateful

AnthonyBaker, 1 month ago to random

I never envisioned becoming a keyboard nerd, but somewhere along the way I started down the path. To wit, I didn't need to buy the NuPhy Air75 v2 low profile mechanical keyboard, but OMG I'm so glad I did.

Is buttery-goodness a phrase applied to keyboards? If not, I take credit. Such a delight to use. Works brilliantly for the Mac. Can't rave enough.

https://nuphy.com/products/air75-v2

AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to random

@Brilliantcrank @Luke @scottboms @Mako So, I’ve been thinking. As we continue to re-wild the Internet and move back to RSS and blogs and whatnot — does there exist a collective site that promotes/categorizes good follows/reads? With RSS links?

If not, might be a good side project for 2024. And no, I’m not talking about building Yahoo again. 😁

AnthonyBaker, 9 months ago to random

Need to remind myself to go back to sleep when I wake up at 3:50 AM.

AnthonyBaker, 7 months ago to random

Am in Missouri for the week visiting family and saw a DAMNED ROBOT at a grocery store. A ROBOT. I live in the Seattle area — all high tech as hell — and have never seen anything like this. Sucker makes its way down isles scanning shelves and calculating inventory needs.

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AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to mastodon

Just wanted to pop in and say how much I love #mastodon, the #fediverse, #activitypub and all the great things arising out of the social media dumpster fire of late.

Love seeing the re-wilding of the internet, the rise of blogging and RSS again, people posting things they’re interested in versus trying to take advantage of some algorithm…

Looking forward to seeing where this is all going in 2024 and doing my best to help along the way.

AnthonyBaker, 2 months ago to random

Apple Podcasts downloads the most recent FIVE episodes of a podcast when you subscribe. I subscribe to a lot, and this ends up chewing through a huge amount of my phones HD. I now set to none every time. Wonder how many “downloads” shows get stem from this default…

AnthonyBaker, 8 months ago to random

@Luke how goes the Affinity usage?

AnthonyBaker, 3 months ago to Fonts

OMG — Did not know this was possible either until I read it on Kottke:

HOW TO INSTALL YOUR OWN CUSTOM FONTS ON THE KINDLE

#fonts #kindle #geekery

https://www.howtogeek.com/734645/how-to-install-custom-fonts-on-your-kindle/

AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to environment

“Oh Good, Hurricanes Are Now Made of Microplastics”

When Hurricane Larry made landfall two years ago, it dropped over 100,000 microplastics per sq m of land per day.

Larry had picked up the microplastics at sea, lofted them into the air, and dumped them on Newfoundland. A Newfoundland study notes that Larry happened to pass over the garbage patch of the North Atlantic Gyre, where currents accumulate floating plastic.

https://www.wired.com/story/oh-good-hurricanes-are-now-made-of-microplastics/

#microplastics #environment

AnthonyBaker, 11 months ago to random

For those using @ivory do you ever have issues when being of Mastodon for a few days where it takes a lot of refreshes to get to the current posts on the Home timeline? Happens most on iOS — iPadOS has been fine.

AnthonyBaker, 6 months ago to random

@Brilliantcrank Hey — when you went to the U2 show, any issues with motion sickness? Asking for the wife. Did some searches on Twitter on the subject, but limited responses and no one who was actually there.

Thanks in advance!

AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to apple

Anyone know why, when I delete a text from my Mac, that same text isn’t deleted from Apple Watch or iOS devices? Is there some setting I’m missing to do so? Thanks in advance. #apple

AnthonyBaker, 6 months ago to random

There are two kinds of people in the world:

1. Those who were taken aback (aghast maybe) by seeing Christmas decorations and signage at Starbucks today

2. Those who saw the same and were delighted.

I am very clearly a member of Tribe #1. TOO EARLY, Starbucks.

AnthonyBaker, 10 months ago to random

Okay, I REALLY need to start a blog this year. And was just thinking, while chatting with @Luke that one of my first posts should be “Software I Have Loved”. Will very likely date me, but there has been so much software I’ve loved that isn’t around anymore… Some aged out, some pulled an Icarus and fell to the earth…

AnthonyBaker, 6 months ago to random

Okay, I really need to get one. 😁

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars

https://www.fastcompany.com/90984684/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars

AnthonyBaker, 6 months ago to random

Oh snap.

AnthonyBaker, 6 months ago to random

Truth.

AnthonyBaker, 7 months ago to fediverse

@Brilliantcrank @Luke @scottboms You guys know if Kirby has any integration to the #Fediverse yet in the way that #WordPress just released? Been checking into the WP version and have to say, the integration is pretty nifty.

Here's a sample WP post — the website is an actual account now. Full text works, as well as associated images. This isn't my site, but one I came across from someone testing it out.

https://dramatea88.wordpress.com/2023/10/14/destined-with-you-review/

It's as if RSS and social media had a baby. 😜

AnthonyBaker, 8 months ago to greece

In all the talk of Burning Man and the Moroccan earthquake, not seeing a lot of reports on the super flooding in #Greece that occurred. They got 31.5 inches of rain in a single 24-hour period of time, supposedly three years’ worth of rain in two days, flooding flatlands and potentially spinning up permanent lakes in populated and agricultural areas.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66751510

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AnthonyBaker, 10 months ago to random

Okay, I want one of these after having been inspired by designer Chris Ashworth's post on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CumVHkYrzxc/

The board itself — Flight Message Board from Airportag — can be found here: https://airportag.com/products/flight-message-board

AnthonyBaker, 1 month ago to apple

@chris @mako Speaking of Apple and privacy — you may have seen this from yesterday:

“Apple makes it really hard for users to completely stop it from collecting data"

> Apple's default apps are collecting user data even if users try disabling them, research from Aalto University claims, with it being an almost impossible task to properly accomplish.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/04/10/apple-makes-it-really-hard-for-users-to-completely-stop-it-from-collecting-data?utm_medium=rss

#apple #privacy

AnthonyBaker, 27 days ago to design

👋 For those interested, the brilliant and lovely @cameronmoll did a talk at the 2024 Front-End Design Conference. Wasn't there, but looks like it was wonderful. Here's a link to a PDF of his slides. Worth checking out. He also created a colophon, which is an idea I might steal…

And he quoted our own @scottboms!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_2Lcpy7uZ85cuLQdHaWueYYE5-dOCI3f/view

#design #FrontEndDesignConf

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