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Want to reduce the noice and just focus on things with a little more meat - the this category is for you. Like so much on this site we have a ‘WIP’ as i take some out - and put some in - but safe for at least starting in 2026.
Who Is The REAL Taron Egerton - And Why Is He Welsh?
I had cause to look up Taron Egerton on Wikipedia (do you need to know why) ⌠where I read …
âTaron David Egerton (born 10 November 1989) is an English-born Welsh actor.
… which to me at least doesnât make sense - so I checked out some more ⌠my bold
âHe was born in northern England but raised Welsh. Egertonâs parents, who are both British, moved from Cheshire, England to Wales when he was a baby. âAll my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh,â he said.
So if I âfeel' European … do I have to worry about Brexit? Assuming I speak German or French or one of the other âEuro' languages?
Seperate fact - at one point he did live in LlanfairÂpwllgwyngyllÂgogeryÂchwyrnÂdrobwllÂllanÂtysilioÂgogoÂgoch - take note @derekpeden :-)
His grandmother was born in Wales - so I guess he is at least 25%.
More On Brian Warren's New Page.
Daniel Jalkut talking about Brian Warren’s Mac Open Web and if you want to see what he is talking about go here
I agree with Daniel - it’s a nice list. It might not have everything you think should be on the list, but that’s ok - because all you need to do is email Brian with what is missing - and if it ‘fits’ - the product gets added. And added to it has been … almost twice as many things listed now than when I first saw the list a week ago.
I just counted. I have 16 of those apps running somewhere on my machines/devices … and I can now quickly spot ‘indie compliant’ alternatives for things I have that arenât there.
I thought Feedly should be listed, but Brian explained why he thought it shouldn’t be there …
“I don’t think Feedly would fit. Sure, it’s a web-focused service, no real proprietary formats, but it does require you use their app on their server.”
Meanwhile, Flickr is on the list. I wasn’t aware that you could use different apps to talk to the Flickr servers … you see how much you can learn?
I also think it would be useful for a link to be added at Indieweb.org - another great resource if you are thinking of dipping your feet into this burgeoning movement.
Bottom line - great idea and nicely done.
My Exchange With Stowe Boyd and A Postscript.
How It All Started
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A Stowe Announcement Last October (ish)
âI am working to move all the old newsletter issues posted at Substack and even earlier tools over to here, at workfutures.org on Tumblr. I am dating them as they were published, so you can access them using the Tumblr archives feature or the Tumblr tag: workfutures.org/tagged/daily.â
JohnPhilpin To Stowe:
âTumblr … Owned by Yahoo … Owned by Verizon … Have you a back up plan if Verizon decides to close Tumblr down? I hope / presume / assume that all of your IP in Tumblr is already stored on places that you control and own …. And if it is … how about moving it there now … and then cross posting it from there to Tumblr, Twitter, Medium as and when you feel like it?
Think what Medium just did to their self hosted model.
From someone who does not see RSS as old school. More ‘retro’ … And very much ânowâ. đâ
<If all thought through - then who am I? ⌠but to me, basing your entire IP in a platform that may or may not survive ⌠you need a plan B. Or maybe it does survive âŚ. but decommissions support for personal domains like Medium did recently. Then what?
Stowe To John
âI can export from Tumblr if that happens.
Postscript
Today’s Newsletter From Stowe
Beacon NY - 2019-05-16 â Yesterday evening, without any prior notice or previous discussions, Tumblr ‘terminated’ my stoweboyd.com account. So, if you browse to that URL you’ll see Tumblr’s landing page, and none of my 13,000+ posts.
Strangely enough some of the blogs associated with the account can still be viewed, like workfutures.org. I was working on that blog yesterday just prior to the ‘termination’, so maybe it’s related.
At any rate, this brings back into high relief the question of whether I should abandon Tumblr. One of the issues is that I have so many posts there most import tools don’t work. And Tumblr offers no export, any longer.
More to follow on that front.
… and ‘Tumblr offers no export, any longer.â
My Conclusion is no surprise ... but you can only go there so many times.
Move To Micro.Blog
Smear To Sneer ... Itâs A Well Practiced Tactic.
And a counter balance from our friend @Gruber quoting the BBC Julian Assange, Houseguest From Hell
Kind of like the politics we see from the current Whitehouse … donât bother with policy, the principals, the main story … instead smear to sneer at the individual.
Why now? What is the backstory? Whoâs putting in the pressure? What was Ecuador threatened with?
That all said … if all of the smears are true … I fully expect an insanity defence.
People First Now Available On Apple News
I just wanted to let readers of this blog know that if you are an Apple News user, I have set up a channel on Apple News specifically focussed on People First.
Right now there are some historical posts from a while back that I am flushing out, whilst making sure I retain anything relevant and pertaining to People First.
Going forward any and all posts to this blog will be routed to here - Aswell as other relevant writings that appear on other platforms such as BizCatalyst.
Well She Loss By Less Than Last Time ... But Still One For The Record Books
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Theresa May has suffered another shattering loss in parliament after lawmakers voted against her Brexit deal by 391 to 242.
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Lawmakers have been promised another vote on Wednesday, in which they can decide whether the UK should crash out of the EU without a deal.
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If that, too, is rejected, parliament could then vote on whether to request a Brexit extension.
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The United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union in 17 days.
Get the extension … go back to the people … this is the deal …. up or down.
People: Benjamin
Stood to the side of the road, walking stick supporting him. Well kept. Elegant even. Just standing. The traffic constantly passing him by. No slowing down, but then no attempt by him to get them to either.
I slowed down to let him cross. No movement.
I opened the window.
âWould you like a lift?â
“Thankyou.” he said. “Thankyou very much.”
Slowly walking towards the car, he gets in.
“Much appreciated.” he said. “Iâm going to 4th street … is that ok?”
"No problem. Which cross street?"
“It doesnât matter. Anywhere on 4th. Iâm going to the bank.”
Words and Pictures ... There's Room For Both
In my world, there is even a space for both!
Pictures - they say - are worth a thousand words.
Words however are very specific and in many ways less open to interpretation (lawyers aside!!)
So, I am going for both.
Here on my muttering stream - i have oftâ referenced the closing down of my different social spaces, so might I welcome you to :
Words - now Archives - the lead content on this space are words - sometimes supported by pictures ⌠but not always. (UPDATED LINK)
and
Pictures - now Archives- the lead content on this space are pictures - sometimes supported by words ⌠but not always.
Both are based on Blot.IM
I will also publish a picture of how it all connects on ⌠where else ⌠Archives !
Also to come soon … Sounds.
UPDATE 2024 04 22
More broken links identified in the archives.
Consolidating Yesterday To Tell A More Connected Story Today.
I attended this yesterday …. a 1 day (actually closer to two days squeezed into one day ) event feauturing Tim Berners Lee, Vince Cerf, Professor Wendy Hall and a veritable host of others.
During the day I posted a series of images and comments in separate posts, today I am consolidating them into a single post to bring more of a story together.
In chroniclogical order »
Kick Off
… with Ray Wang, Mei Lin Fung
… and Vint Cerf
Later In The Morning
Vint Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee … who didnât invent the internet or the www (respectively) … at least according to them.
TShirt Proof
Dame Wendy Hall …, with Sir Tim listening quietly in the background.
Sponsors For The Day
Vint and Ray Wang
World Economic Forum
Hashtag for it all : #OurDigitalFuture
Who put the âConâ in Content?
Thereâs that word popping up again. As WP launches G and the world at large talks about how they hate it and they want a simple editor to use for their; post, article, photography, journal, chronicle ….
No of course they donât they say content.
Eleven, Eleven, Eleven, Eleven
The First World War officially ended 100 years ago today ⌠November 11, 1918. More than 16 million people were killed, 8 million of them âciviliansâ.
And then just 21 years later ⌠WW2 broke out. But that is a different story.
100 years ago today is a fascinating site that gives you a day by day summary of The Great War.
Meanwhile, Yo Yo Ma performing at WWI Armistice Ceremonies:
and The Guardian writing about âThey Shall Not Grow Oldâ
WW2 broke out just 21 years after the end of WW1. Thatâs like a major war ending in 1997 and a second one starting this year.
Hereâs hoping (though we probably need to do more than âhopeâ) that WW3 is not just around the corner - because sometimes I wonder. And I think senior world leaders also ask âŚ
âPatriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism,â the French president said, according to a translation of his remarks. âNationalism is a betrayal of patriotism. By saying our interests first, who cares about the others, we erase what a nation holds dearest, what gives it life, what makes it great and what is essential: its moral values.â
President Emmanuel Macron
Trump continues to be a global disgrace, and increasingly a major threat to world peace and stability.
1 Password Subscriptions - A Gouge?
Asking myself why I hadn’t upgraded to 1Password7.
Because subscription I reminded myself.
36 dollars per year IF billed annually.
I have used since v 3 … I have had v 6 since Jan 2016 ( I upgrade asap for good valuable products).
Under subscription that would have cost me $90 to date … minimum - round about double what I paid.
That is a price increase that I see as gouging.
I am not anti subscription … I am for fairness. I mean - I pay that for Bear, more for Ulysses … so it isnât that ⌠under the old system existing customers got rewarded for loyalty.
Have I missed something?
Teething Problems at Starbucks, or âŚ.
Super Dooper new one opens, you know the kind - with the beer, wine and couches. BUT a few teething problems âŚ
Used the phone to redeem my free drink - which they managed to take off and charge me for … I know that because they wanted more money than I had stored … took the manager to resolve that one.
As they gave me the drink, the barista sneezed all over the cup. No âsorryâ. No âexcuse meâ. No, âlet me get you a fresh oneâ. They did after I asked.
Which I returned after I sat down, since it was a Mocha, not a Latte.
Meanwhile - the locals are settling in … looks like a table to me … but it is obviously confused with a foot stool.
Note to self - donât eat off this table ⌠If I come back.
People: Jan
Jan knows the UK and lives in Texas now, but the journey from one to the other allowed her to see the rest of the world.
She lived in Mildenhall. Iâd heard of it. Used to live near there myself.
She joined the USAF to get trained, qualified and see a world âoutside of the 50â. She left after just three years because she met and fell in love with the man who became her husband (best-laid plans and all that!). Training and Qualifications put on hold, but still traveled and saw the world. After all - her husband was still in the forces.
Now she is an antique dealer and her husband works at the nearby USAF facility. Well not just the USAF, turns out it is the only joint USAF and NATO training facility in the world.
Who knew?
People: Alex
“I spent the day with my dog.”
"What kind of dog is it?" "A Boston Terrier."
"Oh wow, do you have pictures?"
"I did, but I lost my camera and so all my pictures.""Oh no, you know these days itâs so easy to keep your photos backed up in the cloud, so youâll never lose them."
"I know. I have Google storage and Verizon cloud, but I just never get round to doing it, because it isn't important.""Well maybe you will now."
"Maybe. But now thereâs an opportunity to create a set of new memories."The differences in people are revealed by the smallest truths. I live in a world of online back ups, local back ups - duplicated and a system that allows me to recover files lost just a minute ago. Anything less would make me nervous.
There are also those people that never back up because they simply donât know. Or they have never lost their phone, and with it their only copy of photos, phone numbers and notes.
And then there are people like Alex. He knows all about that. He just doesn’t care. He is not driven by the same triggers that drive me. He lives in the moment. For the moment.
âWhat day is it?â asked Pooh. âItâs today,â squeaked Piglet. âMy favorite day,â said Pooh.â
A.A. Milne
Thinking Allowed
This is a People First post that was originally on the People First domain. It has been moved here as part of my domain consolidation program. Itâs a steady and slow WIP as I check each entry, so do please bear with me.- More about People First
- Other People First Posts
(not just from the âother domainâ ⌠all of them.)
Winner Of The The Nobel Peace Prize
Unless you track it, this kind of news can scoot past you before you even realize what is going on.
The 2018 winner was just announced.
"The Nobel Peace Prize 2018 was awarded jointly to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."
It’s extraordinary how people contribute to society for the better good, and you think - what can I do to be more like them?
Which reminded me of last year.
And Another One Bites The Dust
For the past two months, I have been running blottings.philpin.com in parallel with a free wordpress site. All has been working fine, so this morning I moved the prior three months of that site to john.philpin.com - perfect.
Doubtless some odd css cleanup as I find them - but random testing says no point in going through it all.
SO .... about that Wordpress site ... well the newest relevant post in there is now 2015 - and the oldest May 2012 ... time to wander through and [see if these posts do in fact provide context](https://blottings.philpin.com/who-are-you-just-in-time-advice) ... or is just garbage.
Wish me luck!
Two Years Ago Today and Nothing Has Really Changed
I wondered back then if some people were above the law (spoiler alert - they seem to be)
According to Wikipedia âŚ. about three weeks later he resigned.
âStumpf stepped down as CEO and Chairman of the board on October 12, 2016.[19] In February 2018, Janet Yellen, on her last day as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (2014-2018), approved a strongly worded critical letter to Stumpf to emphasize his failures as Chair of Wells Fargo board of directors. The letter, signed by Michael Gibson, Director of the Division of Supervision and Regulation, cited Stumpf’s complicity in ignoring the bank’s poor risk management programs, and failure to initiate any serious investigation into its sales practices.
And since then donuts.
I guess he’s safe now - or does anyone know any different?
