Brad Enslen

I think this might be my “old and cranky” day.

I like phones with an audio jack. Wired ear buds are simple and cheap. If I forget them I can get some in any dollar store. I don’t have to charge them or wonder if they are charged.

I hate Wordpress widgets. And I don’t think they are keen on me either.

What the #retroweb #yesterweb #indieweb revival needs is a modern webring host. One with the tools on the backend for ringmasters to manage the webrings and minimalist ring codes. Cos when you get 200+ members in a ring management becomes a lot of work.

Dang. Long form blogging requires all this typing, spelling, grammar and shit.

If Mars type aliens invade in their saucers to steal our women we can discuss it. But if they come to steal our coffee we will fight.

Surfing the Web Files: Over the last couple of days I’ve surfed on a couple of webrings and had great fun. #retroweb #yesterweb

It’s amazing how much of the Web 1.0 infrastructure has fallen into ruin or disappeared. Directories, webring hosts, remotely hosted things like guestbooks for static websites, free static web hosts, almost all gone.

Bread with lots of seeds in it seems to be the new “big thing.” I am officially neutral on this but I’m waiting to see when the GOP and the DNC will pick sides and completely polarise seedy bread. As they do.

In 100 days Russia’s reputation has decended from being the 2nd most powerful military power on the globe, to being just another dangerous delusional wacko crackpot nation like North Korea.

I checked website traffic stats and was pleased to see my first referrer of the day came from privacy search engine Mojeek.com. I actually get quite a bit of traffic from them so it’s not unusual.

I just had Sweet Potato chips for the first time ever and they were really good. Will buy again. These were “Simply Nature” which is an Aldi house brand. I hope Aldi keeps them in stock.

Traffic Circles (in America) are a conspiracy against our freedom to run stop signs. Just sayin.

Subscription Fatigue: Every damn software program, app, service, newsletter, news site and streaming thingy, wants a monthly subscription instead of one time payment. Sorry but there are limits and I think users are hitting those limits. I am.

I watched the RAF flypast for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on Big Jet TV. It was a grand good job. Impressive. I enjoyed every minute. Brit’s sure know how to put on a good show. The actual flypast starts at about 47 min.

Random: Mexican re-fried beans are far better than any crypto-currency.

I miss Eudora

It’s not even 6:00 AM and I’m hearing lots of emergency sirens in the distance. This can’t be a good start for the day.

I never want to hear or read the names Johnny Depp or Amber Heard ever again.

Notice how Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been real quiet and not in the news since he insulted Israel and Putin had to apologize?

Supply Chain and Offshoring File. I heard this on the radio. HIBT Lab! Armbrust American: Lloyd Armbrust Podcast Guy built mask mfg in USA during pandemic. He found USA has lost basic knowledge of mfg techniques. Interesting.

So how is that supply chain where everything is made anyplace but North America and only by one or two factories for the entire globe, working for us?

Yeah I thought so.

This might make me rethink my commitment to stay on Twitter. Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of Donald Trump Is there a way that I can block seeing Trump or any mention of Trump on Twitter? That would help.

Advertising: three things that we should have never allowed to advertise in America.

1. Lawyers

2. Doctors

3. Prescription Drugs