Micro.blog and Improving the Duckduckgo Powered Site Search
I love Micro.blog and I love the Duckduckgo (DDG) search engine. If you have a Micro.blog hosted blog, some of the theme...7/8/2018
The carpenter finished rescreening the screened porch yesterday, so today I need to paint while the weather holds. Git e...Like: IndieWeb Summit 2018 Recap
Last week was the 8th annual IndieWeb Summit held in Portland, Oregon. It was a roaring success. Source: IndieWeb Summit 2018 Recap7-7-2018
Favorite Single Malt Scotch: The MacAllen, 12 year, sherry cask. A near religious experience. Favorite Blended: Dimple P...Bookmarked: phinde, my self-hosted search engine
This is an Indieweb conforming site search script. Very interesting. Very powerful. Site search is so important. Source:...Bookmarked: Robolinux Lets You Easily Run Linux and Windows Without Dual Booting
The number of Linux distributions available just keeps getting bigger. In fact, in the time it took me to write this sen...Bookmarked: Search Engine History.com
A comprehensive overview of the history of search engine technology companies. Read about search’s origin in 1945 ...Replying to: Kicks Condor
Replying to: Kicks Condor. Horror directory: This was really a faux directory. Every category was really a search with t...3 Count'em 3 IndieWeb Webrings
I’m geeking out! There really is a webring revival. Who would have thunk it? If you are doing Indieweb, you should...Launched: IndieWeb Writers Web Ring
Grand Opening: IndieWeb Writers Ring. Check out the requirements and feel free to join. This is an old school (Web 1.0) ...More Thoughts on Webrings.
This is a continuation of my earlier post on webrings. Start there for context. I used the analogy of a webring being a ...Replying to Kicks Condor
Replying to Kicks Condor. Thanks for replying. If the Web is our social network, then the question of finding stuff on t...The IndieWeb, Discovery and Web Search
First, let me say, I understand that the IndieWeb movement already has a lot on their plate and that they have already a...Human Edited Directories vs Google
I am looking at Curlie.org, which is the continuation of the human edited Open Directory Project (dmoz.org), and my conc...7/4/2018
Ice cream! 😜What the IndieWeb on Wordpress needs
What the IndieWeb on Wordpress needs is to be much more robust. Or it just needs to be more robust in general even witho...Bookmarked: Why ActivityPub is the future
Bookmarked: Why ActivityPub is the future. This reminds me that - many roads lead to Rome. “Different drummers.&rd...Another Web Ring Host Still Operating: Webringo
After posting my previous post, I dug a little deeper and found a webring host still functioning Webringo.com. So if you...Thoughts on Webrings Past and Webrings Future
There may be a webring revival afoot. Webrings had their heyday back in the 1990’s. Good search engines, like Goog...In Reply to: Chris Aldrich - Webrings have come back to the web.
In Reply to: Chris Aldrich - Webrings have come back to the web. Gah! This brings back half forgotten memories. I was a ...On Eco-Friendly Plastic Tall Kitchen Garbage/Waste Bags
What is the purpose of a “tall kitchen garbage/waste bag?“ In my household, it is to keep all the non-recycl...Reading: Shadows Over Baker Street
Shadows Over Baker Street, is a crossover of Sherlock Holmes and the Lovecraft Mythos. The collected short stories are b...America Future Navy: Drones and Submarines
Since World War II, the naval aircraft carrier has proven itself to be the supreme surface combat vessel. Nothing can pr...Art Deco
We need more Art Deco. In general and particularly in architecture. If you are building a new retail building Art Deco i...China has cracked down on what waste they import for recycling. They want better quality waste, less contamination. American waste companies are howling. But if it leads us to recycle our own waste here in the US, China will have done us a favor in the long term.