Dave Winer about running Feedland on your own:
It’s not for poets, though I do know one who got it running.
Could be me. I have Feedland running on my webhost and you can see my News Product (the feeds I read, categorized across a bunch of tabs), here.
At Cat’s Cradle with my eldest daughter to hear Vincent Lima, who gives a brief retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice that threads through his new album.
A perfect morning for pick-up soccer, with the time change everyone seemed to show up. An hour into play, I surprised even myself when I took a pass and, even with a defender in the net, I squared up and perfectly fizzed the ball into the corner for a goal. That got me three double high fives.
A friend who hunts our land each deer season (bow and arrow, from up in an oak tree) has had a trail cam out there for the last couple of months. He came by the house today and showed me images he’s gotten. Said up to 7 coyote have been there at once. This image of coyote watching deer is cool.
Just registered again for the Uwharrie Mountain Run next February. I’ll do the 8 miles along with some work colleagues (hoping they got up early to snag a spot in this perennially popular but limited race).
I’m three episodes into Jad Abumrad’s latest podcast, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man and loving it. It’s got history, personality, music, meditation, and layers of meaning. So good.
Long-time subscriber to the New Yorker, and I’ve keep the auto-renew option turned off, which meant my subscription lapsed this month. I just went to renew and got the introductory rate for one year (then renewal goes to $195/year). I’ll take it. This magazine is golden.
Record store purchase today included Fleetwood Mac 1975 album. Now I’m sitting in theater waiting for new Springsteen biopic to start: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 🍿
Back now from a great outing in the beautifully warm NC autum day - first the No Kings protest in Hillsborough, then down the road to the Salt & Smoke & Sound festival at Blackwood Farm: democracy + free expression + assembly + sun + music + bbq + beer = gratitude for U.S.A.
The Peace Corps has very nice Brand Guidelines. Also, tips on writing a blog post.
Feeling tired and happy after mid-day pick-up soccer in Cary; an insightful session with my career coach about many of the brands I developed; looking up to see an American kestrel; Solsbury Hill from Peter Gabriel Plays Live record, on my headphones (my song for every Friday in the 5pm hour).
Erin and I needed a way to wind down last night, so we re-watched The Bear S2E7, Forks, one of my favorite episodes of this show. I’ve given Unreasonable Hospitality, the yellow book Richie is reading as he tidies his apartment, to a bunch of friends. 🍿
Finished reading The Poisoner’s Handbook just in time for the meeting of our science writers book club last night. Deborah Blum - the author of this fascinating book about the forensic medicine, the chemistry of poisons, the Jazz Age and Prohibition, and more - actually joined us. So cool.
Making the season’s last batch of hot sauce, in the garage, listening to the Belair Lip Bombs. Advil earlier soothed some of the aches from a long, wet game of pick-up soccer this morning. Hope to be able to walk the forest to look for turtles.
There are many ways to post to Micro.blog. Usually I use the Mac app or MarsEdit. Not sure if Drummer still allows me to send a post over to the blog. Let’s test it.
Watched: A Few Good Men a couple of times this week. Just seemed to fit the mood of the country. 🍿
Last night, after I returned from the Science Communicators of North Carolina annual SONCIES awards ceremony, this year at the NC Botanical Garden (winners will be listed here soon), I joined the family upstairs for a viewing of the always sweet Far From the Madding Crowd. 🍿
Micro.blog is throwing an error for my Wan Smol Blog and photos are showing correctly. Maybe I need to update the mnml theme or a plugin.
Also in the ginger lily was this anchor stink bug.
Hiding in the stalk
of the white ginger lily,
tiny gray treefrog.
