{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1", "title": "Jason R Briggs microblog", "home_page_url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com", "feed_url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/feed.json", "authors": [ { "name": "Jason R Briggs", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com", "avatar": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/gravatar2.png" } ], "items": [ { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/07/06/202458.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 06 Jul 2023 19:24:58", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/07/06/202458.html", "content_text": "Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [semafor.com/article/07/06/2023/twitter-is-threatening-to-sue-meta...](https://www.semafor.com/article/07/06/2023/twitter-is-threatening-to-sue-meta-over-threads) :popcorn:", "content_html": "
Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads semafor.com/article/07/06/2023/twitter-is-threatening-to-sue-meta... 🍿
", "date_published": "2023-07-06T19:24:58+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/08/183350.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 08 May 2023 17:33:50", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/08/183350.html", "content_text": "ActivityPub on a (mostly) static site: [jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2023/05/08/activitypub-on-a-static-site.html](https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2023/05/08/activitypub-on-a-static-site.html)", "content_html": "ActivityPub on a (mostly) static site: jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2023/05/08/activitypub-on-a-static-site.html
", "date_published": "2023-05-08T17:33:50+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/08/083033.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 08 May 2023 07:30:33", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/08/083033.html", "content_text": "@billbennett@mastodon.nz Goldfish. Are they nutritious...? :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: (replyto: https://mastodon.social/@billbennett@mastodon.nz/110330536796892248)", "content_html": "@billbennett Goldfish. Are they nutritious...? 😄 (replyto: mastodon.social/@billbennett@mastodon.nz/110330536796892248)
", "date_published": "2023-05-08T07:30:33+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/07/092021.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 07 May 2023 08:20:21", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/07/092021.html", "content_text": "Interesting change in my own behaviour, when I see [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/) posts which link to twitter, I've stopped bothering to click... in fact, I now find them annoying. I wonder how many other folk feel the same level of apathy...", "content_html": "Interesting change in my own behaviour, when I see Hacker News posts which link to twitter, I've stopped bothering to click... in fact, I now find them annoying. I wonder how many other folk feel the same level of apathy...
", "date_published": "2023-05-07T08:20:21+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/03/213631.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 03 May 2023 20:36:31", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/03/213631.html", "content_text": "The second edition of Python for Kids is a part of the [Python Humble Bundle](https://www.humblebundle.com/books/python-no-starch-books) - along with a bunch of other No Starch Python books. Pay what you want... but it's for charity (supporting the Python Software Foundation), so why not pay more than you want? ツ", "content_html": "The second edition of Python for Kids is a part of the Python Humble Bundle - along with a bunch of other No Starch Python books. Pay what you want... but it's for charity (supporting the Python Software Foundation), so why not pay more than you want? ツ
", "date_published": "2023-05-03T20:36:31+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/02/214439.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 02 May 2023 20:44:39", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/02/214439.html", "content_text": "@andOlga@mastodon.social Thx. Good to know it's not just me then... (replyto: https://mastodon.social/@andOlga/110300644796824360)", "content_html": "@andOlga Thx. Good to know it's not just me then... (replyto: mastodon.social/@andOlga/110300644796824360)
", "date_published": "2023-05-02T20:44:39+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/02/213908.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 02 May 2023 20:39:08", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/02/213908.html", "content_text": "Trying to answer my own question, (replyto: https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/02/195233.html) I've added language attributes to my json in the hope the Translate link goes away...", "content_html": "Trying to answer my own question, (replyto: jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/02/195233.html) I've added language attributes to my json in the hope the Translate link goes away...
", "date_published": "2023-05-02T20:39:08+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/02/195233.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 02 May 2023 18:52:33", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/02/195233.html", "content_text": "Another oddity about the Mastodon integration with my (mostly) static site - why am I seeing a translate link with every post? Assume I'm missing something in my metadata...?", "content_html": "Another oddity about the Mastodon integration with my (mostly) static site - why am I seeing a translate link with every post? Assume I'm missing something in my metadata...?
", "date_published": "2023-05-02T18:52:33+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/01/094809.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 01 May 2023 08:48:09", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/01/094809.html", "content_text": "@billbennett@mastodon.nz If anything like me, procrastinate until just about the week before it's due... and ignore months of reminders from HMRC... (replyto: https://mastodon.social/@billbennett@mastodon.nz/110292469955548357)", "content_html": "@billbennett If anything like me, procrastinate until just about the week before it's due... and ignore months of reminders from HMRC... (replyto: mastodon.social/@billbennett@mastodon.nz/110292469955548357)
", "date_published": "2023-05-01T08:48:09+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/01/082331.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 01 May 2023 07:23:31", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/05/01/082331.html", "content_text": "Some annoyances with my Mastodon integration thus far: no green tick on my profile for my site, Mastodon doesn't seem to be updated with the latest info from my actor file, I've yet to setup any notifications for inbox deliveries (so a very manual process), I need to figure out a good way to handle replies... I'm sure there are others.", "content_html": "Some annoyances with my Mastodon integration thus far: no green tick on my profile for my site, Mastodon doesn't seem to be updated with the latest info from my actor file, I've yet to setup any notifications for inbox deliveries (so a very manual process), I need to figure out a good way to handle replies... I'm sure there are others.
", "date_published": "2023-05-01T07:23:31+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/04/30/222820.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 30 Apr 2023 21:28:20", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/04/30/222820.html", "content_text": "So I **think** I've managed to get microposts on my site federating to Mastodon. This post will prove it though... :-D", "content_html": "So I think I've managed to get microposts on my site federating to Mastodon. This post will prove it though... :-D
", "date_published": "2023-04-30T21:28:20+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/04/30/094254.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 30 Apr 2023 08:42:54", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/04/30/094254.html", "content_text": "[Mastodon and http sig](https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2023/04/30/mastodon-and-http-sig.html) (a post about trying to submit an Accept response to a Follow activity on Mastodon, with a static site)", "content_html": "Mastodon and http sig (a post about trying to submit an Accept response to a Follow activity on Mastodon, with a static site)
", "date_published": "2023-04-30T08:42:54+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/03/28/215052.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 28 Mar 2023 20:50:52", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/03/28/215052.html", "content_text": "Dear Interwebs. Please don't put articles like this ([https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2023/02/22/21/35/Getting-Good-Sleep-Could-Add-Years-to-Your-Life](https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2023/02/22/21/35/Getting-Good-Sleep-Could-Add-Years-to-Your-Life)) in my news feed after 2 days of crappy sleeping due to the daylight saving change, and an entirely too early wake up call to drop my wife off at work...", "content_html": "Dear Interwebs. Please don't put articles like this (https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2023/02/22/21/35/Getting-Good-Sleep-Could-Add-Years-to-Your-Life) in my news feed after 2 days of crappy sleeping due to the daylight saving change, and an entirely too early wake up call to drop my wife off at work...
", "date_published": "2023-03-28T20:50:52+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/02/12/151719.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 12 Feb 2023 15:17:19", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/02/12/151719.html", "content_text": "Hoo boy yeah:\n\n[workchronicles.com/nohellodotcom/](https://workchronicles.com/nohellodotcom/)", "content_html": "Hoo boy yeah:
\nworkchronicles.com/nohellodotcom/
", "date_published": "2023-02-12T15:17:19+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/01/21/201720.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 21 Jan 2023 20:17:20", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2023/01/21/201720.html", "content_text": "[An update on duckduckgo search](https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2023/01/21/an-update-on-duckduckgo-search.html)", "content_html": "An update on duckduckgo search
", "date_published": "2023-01-21T20:17:20+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/12/18/155301.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 18 Dec 2022 15:53:01", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/12/18/155301.html", "content_text": "[Salting with Spark](https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2022/12/17/salting-with-spark.html) (spark, pyspark, window functions and salting)", "content_html": "Salting with Spark (spark, pyspark, window functions and salting)
", "date_published": "2022-12-18T15:53:01+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/11/21/232313.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 21 Nov 2022 23:23:13", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/11/21/232313.html", "content_text": "Bing hasn't indexed my site for 6 months or so now, which means that DuckDuckGo doesn't show results from my site either. From what I've been able to tell, there's absolutely no way to fix it short of a response from Microsoft (there's certainly not enough information to figure it out from their web developer tools) - of course I never received a response. Google, for all their faults, at least works. DDG need to fix their data sourcing because Bing really is the worst search engine...", "content_html": "Bing hasn't indexed my site for 6 months or so now, which means that DuckDuckGo doesn't show results from my site either. From what I've been able to tell, there's absolutely no way to fix it short of a response from Microsoft (there's certainly not enough information to figure it out from their web developer tools) - of course I never received a response. Google, for all their faults, at least works. DDG need to fix their data sourcing because Bing really is the worst search engine...
", "date_published": "2022-11-21T23:23:13+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/11/10/194918.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 10 Nov 2022 19:49:18", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/11/10/194918.html", "content_text": "It would be brilliant if there was a REST-type service which supported the interactive parts of ActivityPub for static websites - my static generator could then interact with that to pull any new follower requests and update my inbox accordingly... the other option is I make my site slightly less static and build something myself... somewhat less enthusiastic about that idea though. [2/2]", "content_html": "It would be brilliant if there was a REST-type service which supported the interactive parts of ActivityPub for static websites - my static generator could then interact with that to pull any new follower requests and update my inbox accordingly... the other option is I make my site slightly less static and build something myself... somewhat less enthusiastic about that idea though. [2/2]
", "date_published": "2022-11-10T19:49:18+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/11/10/194150.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 10 Nov 2022 19:41:50", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/11/10/194150.html", "content_text": "I've managed to get my personal site searchable in Mastodon ([mastodon.social/@jasonrbriggs@jasonrbriggs.com](https://mastodon.social/@jasonrbriggs@jasonrbriggs.com)) but, annoyingly, posts are not viewable (\"*Older posts from other servers are not displayed*\"). Haven't figured out how to get that working - my guess is it will only work for a follower, but unfortunately because it's a static site, there's no way for potential followers to be added to my inbox. [1/2]", "content_html": "I've managed to get my personal site searchable in Mastodon (mastodon.social/@jasonrbriggs@jasonrbriggs.com) but, annoyingly, posts are not viewable (\"Older posts from other servers are not displayed\"). Haven't figured out how to get that working - my guess is it will only work for a follower, but unfortunately because it's a static site, there's no way for potential followers to be added to my inbox. [1/2]
", "date_published": "2022-11-10T19:41:50+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/11/09/225614.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 09 Nov 2022 22:56:14", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/11/09/225614.html", "content_text": "This is mind blowing: [My full statement regarding DOOM Eternal](https://medium.com/@mickgordon/my-full-statement-regarding-doom-eternal-5f98266b27ce)", "content_html": "This is mind blowing: My full statement regarding DOOM Eternal
", "date_published": "2022-11-09T22:56:14+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/08/06/103832.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 06 Aug 2022 09:38:32", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/08/06/103832.html", "content_text": "[Leaving DuckDuckGo... sort of](https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2022/08/06/leaving-duckduckgo-sort-of.html)", "content_html": "", "date_published": "2022-08-06T09:38:32+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/07/30/095858.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 30 Jul 2022 08:58:58", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/07/30/095858.html", "content_text": "For those who are interested, Python for Kids 2 has been completely rewritten as LaTeX... [Python for Kids 2 and LaTeX](https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2022/07/30/python-for-kids-2-and-latex.html)", "content_html": "For those who are interested, Python for Kids 2 has been completely rewritten as LaTeX... Python for Kids 2 and LaTeX
", "date_published": "2022-07-30T08:58:58+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/07/30/092256.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 30 Jul 2022 08:22:56", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/07/30/092256.html", "content_text": "[RSS-IMAP](https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2022/07/29/rss-imap.html)", "content_html": "", "date_published": "2022-07-30T08:22:56+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/04/29/194256.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 29 Apr 2022 18:42:56", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/04/29/194256.html", "content_text": "[Announcing: Python for Kids 2nd Edition](https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2022/04/29/announcing-python-for-kids-2nd-edition.html)", "content_html": "Announcing: Python for Kids 2nd Edition
", "date_published": "2022-04-29T18:42:56+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/04/22/223104.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 22 Apr 2022 21:31:04", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2022/04/22/223104.html", "content_text": "[BBC micro:bit with Python for Kids](https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2022/04/18/bbc-microbit-with-python-for-kids.html)", "content_html": "BBC micro:bit with Python for Kids
", "date_published": "2022-04-22T21:31:04+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2021/11/16/223237.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 16 Nov 2021 22:32:37", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2021/11/16/223237.html", "content_text": "[Em Học Python](https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2021/11/16/em-hoc-python.html)", "content_html": "", "date_published": "2021-11-16T22:32:37+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2021/07/04/090213.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 04 Jul 2021 09:02:13", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2021/07/04/090213.html", "content_text": "[A Remarkable Silence: Media Blackout After Key Witness Against Assange Admits Lying](https://www.medialens.org/2021/a-remarkable-silence-media-blackout-after-key-witness-against-assange-admits-lying/)", "content_html": "A Remarkable Silence: Media Blackout After Key Witness Against Assange Admits Lying
", "date_published": "2021-07-04T09:02:13+01:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2021/03/19/231054.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 19 Mar 2021 23:10:54", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2021/03/19/231054.html", "content_text": "[Spark-on-Pi](https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2021/03/19/spark-on-pi.html)", "content_html": "", "date_published": "2021-03-19T23:10:54+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2021/02/20/102001.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 20 Feb 2021 10:20:01", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2021/02/20/102001.html", "content_text": "[The Bizarre Reaction To Facebook's Decision To Get Out Of The News Business In Australia](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210217/22383446265/bizarre-reaction-to-facebooks-decision-to-get-out-news-business-australia.shtml) (via [DaringFireball](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/02/18/masnick-facebook-australia)). Watched Ch4 News' biased coverage & BBC interviews with some idiotic UK politician, which just proved folk either don't get it, or have vested interests. I neither like nor use FB, but in this case they are right.", "content_html": "The Bizarre Reaction To Facebook's Decision To Get Out Of The News Business In Australia (via DaringFireball). Watched Ch4 News' biased coverage & BBC interviews with some idiotic UK politician, which just proved folk either don't get it, or have vested interests. I neither like nor use FB, but in this case they are right.
", "date_published": "2021-02-20T10:20:01+00:00" }, { "id": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2021/02/06/123137.html", "title": "Microblog posted at 06 Feb 2021 12:31:37", "url": "https://jasonrbriggs.com/micro/2021/02/06/123137.html", "content_text": "[Booting Raspberry Pi from External USB](https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2021/02/05/booting-raspberry-pi-from-external-usb.html)", "content_html": "", "date_published": "2021-02-06T12:31:37+00:00" } ] }