thisisaaronland

thisisaaronland, 14 days ago to random

"It is hard to overstate how completely out of touch the #museum sector seems to be with what contemporary technologies make possible, how those possibilities are changing people's expectations and where those expectations now intersect with the museum sector itself. More and more, I find myself asking: What is the functional equivalent of ordering cat litter on the beach for museums?" – https://aaronland.info/weblog/2024/04/26/matrix/#usf

thisisaaronland, 14 days ago to random

I have finally written up the notes from the talk I gave to a #museum studies class at usf recently / this one is long even by standards and covers a lot of ground / it is titled "talking about the pen without talking about the pen" – https://www.aaronland.info/weblog/2024/04/26/matrix/#usf

thisisaaronland, 21 days ago to random

I have a question for activitypub peoples: When writing and delivering posts by “hand” and not using a client what is the syntax for ensuring clients receiving those posts recognize and treat inline AP addresses as such. For an example, see the image in this post - https://orthis.social/@thisisaaronland/112300613398209589

Edent, 1 month ago to fediverse

🆕 blog! “The Fediverse of Things”

One of the most frustrating things in modern technology is the effort spent trying to artificially restrict abundance. Take, for example, this tale from museum-worker Aaron Cope: I was out with a friend who worked for Twitter and I asked them whether it would be possible for the museum to “create 200,000 Twitter accounts, one […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/04/the-fediverse-of-things/
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#ActivityPub #fediverse #IoT #SocialNetworks

skinnylatte, 1 month ago to random

My wife @sabcatsilver asked me to go on a date.

I got 2 kilograms of dates (we highly recommend these two specific types of dates. Any middle eastern store should have lots of options now for Ramadan)

#lesbiandadjoke #food

Edent, 1 month ago to random

🆕 blog! “Thoughts on building an NFC reader for the Framework laptop”

The Framework laptop has several little slots which can be used be used to expand the functionality of the laptop. They convert the internal USB-C ports into a different sort of port. For example, Framework sells an official HDMI card and Ethernet card: But the community have bu…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/03/thoughts-on-building-an-nfc-reader-for-the-framework-laptop/
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#FrameWork #nfc #USB #usb-c

thisisaaronland, 1 month ago to random

"Importantly, these means (ActvityPub) can serve as a kind of vehicle by which we are able to guarantee that the objects in our collection, which by virtue of their inclusion we argue means they are worthy of repeated consideration, can enjoy a kind of repeat visitation. Even if that revisitation is virtual it fosters the practice of seeing, and re-seeing, the objects in our collections more than once." – https://millsfield.sfomuseum.org/blog/2024/03/12/activitypub/

thisisaaronland, 1 month ago to random

"If you are starting to wonder whether we are going to create individual ActivityPub accounts for each and every object in the SFO Museum Aviation Collection the answer is quite simply: Yes, but we’ve started with aircraft tail numbers to [get a feel for things]. If you are starting to wonder whether there is anything we won’t create an ActivityPub account for (galleries, individual exhibitions, gates at the airport…) the answer is: Probably not." – https://millsfield.sfomuseum.org/blog/2024/03/12/activitypub/

thisisaaronland, 2 months ago to random

work in progress / I hate this printer

evan, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

One place we lost our way was naming places on this continent "New Something". This is another England, another France, another Spain, another Sweden, we thought. We should bring the same animals and crops from there to here; peel off the surface of home and lay it over this new place, crushing what was underneath.

thisisaaronland, 4 months ago to random

did you know that in 2011 sfo museum mounted an exhibtion / of little airplane liquor bottles and swizzle sticks and other beverage service related objects from its collection / now you do – https://collection.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/1159160315/

ricmac, 4 months ago to random

Man, you don’t see production values like this anymore in tech media. Can I get Retool to sponsor my internet history articles? ;) (seriously!) https://retool.com/pipes

peterme, 5 months ago to fuckcars

Any recommendations for #urbanplanning books for smart, interested 15-year-old? / @notjustbikes @fuckcars

thisisaaronland, 5 months ago to random

I have a commute these days / which really has nothing to recommend it / except for the occasional flock of pelicans flying up from the south bay and crossing the highway at brisbane

fraying, 11 months ago to random

This is the saddest, most dystopian shit I have ever fucking seen.
https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/