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Joe Crawford
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I saw an engraved bit.ly URL today.
Digital permanence and me Conceptually a URL shortener is a useful idea. A shorter url is simpler to speak aloud, to paste into an email without it breaking, to add to social media and not use too many characters. In practice, URL shorteners are not permanent. They’re a single…
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windy and fun
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New Bot Day! Robot No.3991 is a “push puppet” (Wakouwa). Wakouwas were invented by Swiss toymaker Walter Kourt Walss in the 1940s. Push the button, dance around! No. 3991 originates from the mid-1960s made by The Kohner Brothers Company of East Paterson, New Jersey. I acquired this artifact a few…
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a fine way to occupy a Saturday morn’
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Patrick Stewart RIP
Patrick Stewart was a giant across television and movie franchises I enjoyed. In June, 1988 my friend Chris and I attended the Star Trek Creation Convention in Los Angeles. Star Trek: The Next Generation had released 22 episodes to that point. One season. It was a successful…
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Novelty Wave
The panorama today Dawn Patrol data visualization from today The base of the pier and the seawall is normally sand. Today I was able to ride waves in that area, some of them were waves going out to sea, some were cross waves headed perpendicular to the beach. It’s a bit freaky,…
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King Tide today. Some surfers and bodyboarders at OB were taking off on a unique novelty wave. The waves were coming all the way into the beach, hitting the sea wall, and bouncing back with a new wave, a backwave. The unusual nature of that made surfers and bodyboarders, including me, a bit giddy.…
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Asynchronous communication is beautiful and humane
I sent a brief note to a friend via a major chat platform a few days ago. More than a day ago, less than a week ago. I have their email address. I have their postal address. At least I think I do.. I have their Bluesky handle. Mastodon too. Might have a Twitter too...
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I dove under a wave to get out of the way of a surfer’s ride today. She made her way back to the lineup. As she passed she said “the water’s so clear I saw you under my board as I went by.” “It’s beautiful”—I replied—“but worrisome too.” “The plankton, right?” she said. And yes, the water is…
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Programming and Dog Walking
(not in that order) I took the trolley with Gwen (the Goblin) this morning. Dogs are amazing. We co-evolve with them. They would not exist in the way they do without human ingenuity and intervention. And I suspect we would not exist in the same way without them. And when I think…
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Learn to value shade on a sunny day like a dog. #sploot #corgi @GwenTheGoblin
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Friday Miscellany
I got an email and text message nearly simultaneously today. Hello JOSEPH CRAWFORD, This is a message from the California Secretary of State on behalf of San Diego Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the November 3, 2026, General Election was received and will be counted. Thank…
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Gwen @gwenthegoblin helped me pick out a pumpkin today.
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New Bot Day! Johnny 5 hails from Short Circuit (1986). In the 80s we had high hopes for sentient A.I. and movie producers were unaware of the damage of whitewashing in casting, but we knew putting A.I in weapons were a bad idea. Many folks remember the film and its Syd Mead-designed robot fondly.…
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2027 Web Platform Feature Ranking
When I was first creating for the web, “The Web Platform” was made up of “whatever Microsoft and Netscape thought would help them obliterate the other.” A lot of what that meant? Write two sets of code to do the same thing. I can probably still write the Flash and off the top...
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Rain coming
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The sunset from home
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BE INDIEWEB ENOUGH
Ten years ago I articulated my understanding of “indie web.” The following section is an excerpt from That’s what the web is to me (2016-09-22). My words still apply and explain the reason I consider myself indie web. The Excerpt I’m still a believer in the web. The “indie web”…
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From Senator Sanders
Ironically, via Twitter/X: This is what billionaire ownership of the media means: Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta shut down the No Kings account for hours during the height of their protests. Meta suppressed accounts supporting Brazil President Lula da Silva in the recent election. Larry…
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PB DRIVE (this morning)
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