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The Hayao Miyazaki art catalogue looks beautiful. Too bad it seems to be only available in the US now.
https://academymuseumstore.org/products/hayao-miyazaki-catalogueJan 11, 2025
An analogy:
I join a social network with the goal of building a space that I like, out of lego pieces.
The fediverse slowly gives me a few pieces at a time, and I choose what I want. I slowly build out a nice lego structure.
Networks with algorithmic feeds dump me in a room full of legos, and say I have my pick. Most pieces aren't what I want, and a good number are even broken. I spend most of my time sifting through pieces, looking for something I can work with.Jan 9, 2025
I've been really enjoying the slow pace of joining the fediverse. Find a few interesting people to follow, see who they interact with and slowly branch out connections from there.
In networks with algorithmic feeds, you're presented first with EVERYTHING, and are tasked with filtering out what you don't want until you have a nice curated space. It's stimulating by design, but a little overwhelming. Conversely on the fediverse, you start with NOTHING and slowly add content you like.
Everything is a preference for sure, this just feels so refreshing to me.Jan 9, 2025
Squirrel - Archive webpages so I can find them again
I created a thing that lets me save webpage contents in a smart way. I know, there are a million bookmark managers and web archivers out there, but this one is for me.
The Motivation
From Pinboard:
Do you half-remember interesting things you saw online six months ago, but struggle to find them in a search engine?
Yes, yes, a hundred times yes. This happens to me all the time. Searching my history doesn’t work because usually the keywords I remember are not in the title. Google et al. aren’t much help either.
I want a way to have the contents of the pages I visit be searchable, in a smart way.
Tontie is the reason I can still type numbers very quickly on a 10-key keypad. Anybody else play this?
https://www.eyezmaze.com/game/tontie.html