Good post on ditching the algorithms of social media for RSS feeds.
I had no idea that Reddit allowed parameters in its RSS feeds so that you can filter the feed.
It was a disappointing end to the season for my Packers, but I’m hopeful that we’ll come back better next year. Still, there’s enough playoff football to keep me entertained over the next few weeks. š
I’m going to start building out my photo collections into pages. I’ve started with photos after the ice storm in Toronto in 2013. I’ll also gradually build a collections index, but this is a good start.
I finished reading Wool by Hugh Howey last night. The first book finished for this year’s reading goal and the first time in a while that I’d finished a book in just under a week.
It is not a million miles from the television series but a bit faster-paced. š
I’ve managed to walk during my lunch hour three days in a row.
I have a meeting tomorrow at lunchtime though, so I may need to reschedule my walk for the morning instead.
This is going to be amazing. I love the games and the soundtracks, and the first season of the television series was great. An absolute must-watch.
Walking the local trails with Jennifer this afternoon. Even on this grey and cold day, it’s still a great place to walk.
First Paragraph - Wool
The children were playing while Holston climbed to his death; he could hear them squealing as only happy children do. While they thundered about frantically above, Holston took his time, each step methodical and ponderous, as he wound his way around and around the spiral staircase, old boots ringing out on metal treads.
ā Wool by Hugh Howey
My track record of reading books has been woeful over the last few years. I thought I would try something different this year. I’ll be posting the first paragraph of each book I’m starting, and I’m using Micro.blog’s Epilogue app to track what I’m reading through the year.
I enjoyed the first season of Apple TV’s Silo, and I’ve just started watching the second season. It seemed like a good fit to start reading something I was familiar with.
Itās been a pain having to work past the good sunsets this week, so today, I finished early and captured some of the blue hour tonight.
It’s not quite as blue as I hoped. If the skies are clear, I might try again over the next few days.
Giving Ghostty a spin
A couple of months ago, I started to give Hyper, the terminal emulator a spin. Fed up with iTerm2, I wanted to try out a couple of other terminal emulators. Hyper was the only one that I thought I could really use, so I decided to use it as my go-to terminal emulator, but the trial didnāt pan out, so I switched back to my default one.
Just before Christmas, though, I read that Ghostty has reached 1.0. Intrigued, I downloaded the terminal emulator and got a minimal configuration setup.
So far, I really like what I see. Itās still short of iTerm2 regarding features and customisation, but Ghostty is noticeably fast. I donāt have any benchmarks to verify this, but the speed is noticeable. While I donāt know that itās quicker than iTerm2, it is fast enough for me to use daily. But best of all, Ghostty is free and open source.
This could pan out to be my new default terminal emulator.
Planning for the month ahead is enough for me
It is that time of year when many are drawing up changes and plans for the year ahead. A new year brings the opportunity to start over and improve again.
Individually, Iām just planning for the month ahead. Planning to work towards goals for the year is too big a step for me and one I usually fail on. Sure, Iāll list what I would like to do in the new year, but these are not resolutions that I must complete. Theyāre more like things I would like to do, and thatās enough for me.
Planning a month at a time means I can adapt over the year and change tracks if needed. If things arenāt working out, I can switch up my plan for the month ahead. No big commitment means that I can stay flexible.
Is anyone else on Micro.blog not getting notifications for mentions? I canāt remember the last time I got a notification for a mention. Very frustrating.
Wee yin has started building his A-Frame Cabin set from Lego. Iām just a smidge jealous that heāll get to do this one all by himself.
This is a reminder from Nicholas Bate that sometimes is not forever, and there is always time.
There are plenty of things I wish I had done in 2024, and I can still do them in 2025.
Did earlier versions of the Unread app for macOS and iOS allow users to change the font? I’m sure I remember earlier versions of this app being able to do this, but I don’t see the setting anywhere.
Living the high life with a turkey and cranberry sandwich, coffee, fur-lined crocs and some Netflix.