Doug Jones

January 17, 2025 1:14pm

Hacker News thread on RSS and social algorithms: news.ycombinator.com

I’m interested in this space. Like the OP, I’ve moved more of my reading over to RSS. The catch, I’ve subscribed to so many blogs and websites it’s overwhelming. I’ve been brainstorming how I might use algorithms and AI to help pare it down but haven’t found something that’s great yet.

H/T to @dave (Scripting.com) who linked this HN thread and is active in the comments there. I need to check out some of his blogroll work!

January 17, 2025 12:38pm

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A snowy landscape featuring a large, arching tree branch covered in snow. The ground is blanketed with snow, and small plants protrude through it. Bare trees are visible in the background.

January 16, 2025 12:39pm

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A snowy forest scene with a path winding through leafless trees and scattered underbrush.

January 15, 2025 10:15pm

Added @amit’s awesome Post Stats plugin and now I have a 2024 year in micro blogging recap to share. Check out the full stats page for more!

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January 15, 2025 7:18pm

My favorite internet weather dude, Ryan Hall Y’all is forecasting that it’s possible for snow to return to the southeast, even in Atlanta. Would be wild to happen twice in one winter here!

January 15, 2025 7:14pm

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January 15, 2025 8:47am

Finished reading: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 📚

I really enjoyed this book. It feels remarkably relevant (even down to the years this story is set in!) to our current political and climate situation. Despite how tough and awful the world described here is, there’s a message of hope.

I’m excited to immediately move on to Parable of the Talents.

January 13, 2025 10:52am

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January 13, 2025 9:16am

📺 Finished the season of Shōgun last night and wow did I enjoy it! I know I’m late to this show, but got reminded of it due to the Golden Globes.

Now feeling a little sad there’s no more to watch until whenever season 2 comes out.

January 12, 2025 12:06pm

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January 11, 2025 11:02pm

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A black and white photograph of a snow-covered road flanked by leafless trees. The road leads to a residential area with houses in the distance. The branches are dusted with snow, creating a serene winter scene.

January 10, 2025 3:55pm

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Today it snowed in Atlanta!

Ok, so snow is not at all an everyday occurrence here. But other than being a rare event, these fit the series theme!

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January 10, 2025 12:50pm

Snow day in Atlanta! ❄️❄️❄️

A serene winter scene featuring a small, winding creek surrounded by snow-covered banks and bare trees. The water is clear, with a few rocks visible beneath the surface. Green leaves hang from some branches, contrasting with the snow.

January 9, 2025 4:22pm

I Live My Life a Quarter Century at a Time – Three Letter Acronym

Towards the end of the presentation, he showed off the Dock. You all know the Dock, it’s been at the bottom of your Mac screen for what feels like forever (if you keep it in the correct location, anyway). I should know – I had spent the previous 18 months or so as the main engineer working away on it. At that very moment, I was watching from a cubicle in Apple Cork, in Ireland. For the second time in my short Apple career, I said a quiet prayer to the gods of demos, hoping that things didn’t break. For context, I was in my twenties at this point and scared witless.

Here’s the development story of the first version of the Dock!

January 9, 2025 8:18am

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A cemetery scene in a wooded area. A headstone is visible with a flower arrangement in front. The ground is covered with fallen leaves, and there are trees and shrubs around the gravesite. Sunlight filters through the trees.

January 8, 2025 11:52am

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A black and white image of a graveyard with a tombstone in the foreground. The tombstone is inscribed with the name “Samuel Anthony Scott,” showing birth and death dates as December 2, 1838, and October 16, 1891.

January 7, 2025 12:43pm

Speaking of HTML, if you are interested in starting your own blog, or just looking for something new in this space, you should check out Micro.one! It’s Micro.blog’s (where this site is hosted) little sibling and at $1/month it’s a great deal.

January 7, 2025 12:41pm

HTML Is Actually a Programming Language. Fight Me | WIRED

Great essay about HTML. Brought a big smile to my face when I followed the link to the Embroidery Trouble Shooting Guide.

Via kottke.org.

January 7, 2025 11:16am

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January 6, 2025 11:29am

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A black and white photo of a dog looking up. The dog is wearing a bandana and is on a leash. The ground is covered with a few fallen leaves.