My 2019 Bucket List for Ramblinggit.com
Despite Gutenberg, it looks like this blog will remain on Wordpress for awhile. There is nothing else that has all the f...Bidding Prayer: Nine Lessons and Carols, King's College, Cambridge
“And let us at this time remember in his name the poor and the helpless, the cold, the hungry and the oppressed; t...Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Solstice, Peace of the Season to everyone!
Best Wordpress Free Countdown Clock Plugin?
Has anybody tried any of the free countdown clock plugins for Wordpress and If so, which ones are best?Bookmark: href.cool: a curated indieweb directory
href.cool: Bookmark: href.cool: No review yet, that will come later. Just getting the word out about this cool new curat...On Leaving Facebook
I’m finally laying the groundwork to either quit Facebook althogether or make my account inactive. But first I hav...Wordpress, SEO and Micro.blog
There is a lot of discussion about adding categories and/or tags for posts on hosted blogs on Micro.blog and I just thou...A Christmas Carol: My 2 Favorite Movie Adaptations
I think the movie “A Christmas Carol” aka “Scrooge” at times, may be the most remade film in his...Bookmark: Google Shut Out Privacy and Security Teams From Secret China Project
Google executives ignored internal warnings about their censored China search plan and threatened that employees would b...Christmas, Chicago Television and Childhood Movie Reflections
Around Thanksgiving, I started seeing a fair amount of traffic to my WGN-TV Family Classics Movie List page and it conti...Like: How can I remove Google from my life? | The Guardian
Geoffrey writes from his Gmail address to ask how he can stop Google from intruding into almost everything Like: How can...Unbubble.eu Search Engine (US ver.), a Review
I thought I should post a quick review of the US version of Unbubble.eu a neutral and privacy based search engine. I use...Like: For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain | Smithsonian
A beloved Robert Frost poem is among the many creations that are (finally) losing their protections in 2019 Like: For th...Like: Manton Reece - More movement away from Facebook
One of the reasons I remain so confident in Micro.blog is that it was built for moments like this, when public opinion s...Like: Doc Searls Weblog · Google vs. Bing
The difference between Google and Bing in this case is consistent with something I’ve noticed lately, which is that Goog...I’m thinking it’s better to know you don’t know what’s going on, rather than think you know what’s going on but in reality you don’t. And sometimes I think too much.
My Micro Monday recommendation is @vasta .
Very weird things happening to my MB timeline. Posts disappearing, others moving around. Strange.
In case you missed it: Noir, Hard Boiled Detectives and OTR The half hour format makes these really good as podcasts.
Noir, Hard Boiled Detectives and OTR
I’m a big fan of Old Time Radio (OTR) and hard boiled detective shows. If you want to hear all sorts of Noir type ...Web Browser Collecting
I used to collect browsers way back when, I don’t anymore although I do check out different browsers on occasion. ...My favorite corned beef hash quote:
“Wolfe scowled at her. I could see he was torn with conflicting emotions. A female in his kitchen was an outrage. A woman criticizing his or Fritz’s cooking was an insult. But corned beef hash was one of life’s toughest problems, never yet solved by anyone.” ~ Rex Stout
The Correspondent Makes Their Kickstart Goal
I was heartened to see The Correspondent has made their starter goal. I donated a coouple of weeks ago only because I&rs...Tour of Known, Withknown.com
As I got to the sidewalk a black limo glided up and a couple of educator types got out, armed with rulers, grabbed me by...“It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.” ~ Raymond Chandler