I really hope the author of this blog indeed does come back to chronicle the changing landscapes of Atlanta’s Beltline.
While I don’t have any “before” pictures to pull, I may consider doing this sort of series myself to at least give feedback from my memories as an on/off/on/off/on again resident here. I remember the Atlanta of the mid 1980’s in my childhood, then again starting 10 years later in my early adult years until 2000– then again for 3 years starting in 2005, and finally the present.
ICYMI:
There’s a way for you to crosspost to BlueSky from your own #indieweb enabled website thanks to Joel’s (@joel@otter.garden) additions to Bridgy (created by Ryan (@snarfed.org@snarfed.org).
Also, I’m actually doing it right now and have been for about a week or so. So you’ll notice likes/reposts and comments coming from over there on my site and can interact from there, as I craft my one-man SNS outpost on the innanetz.
I want to jump into the world of ortho keyboards and start trying to learn a more ergonomic key layout. I happen to have a small foldable bluetooth keyboard that is around a 40% size, is regular QWERTY layout but only has 60 keys so there's a Fn later that puts some of the symbols, all the F keys and media scroll keys on a different layer. I'm kind of used to using it after 6 years and realized "
In the spirit of POSSE, I just spent 3 hours trying to get some backfeeds from silos like Instagram and Facebook going… I made it work before, but I can’t remember what I did with my last website that made it work.
It's a real head scratcher. I guess I'll need to ensure crossposting is turned on here at StarrWulfe HQ then I won't have to deal with this foolishness again.
If anyone has some experience with Brid.gy and how to do this effectively, please give me a shout. 🙇🏾♀️
Yesterday was NYCMTA’s Subway Day– On October 27, 1904 the New York City Subway started running it’s then total length between City Hall downtown and 145th Street uptown past Harlem (which was literally countryside back in those days)
Here’s a video they posted on their Threads/Instagram account showing all the different trains they’ve run throughout their 119 years. My personal fav, the R33 Redbird is shown with the ⑦ train mark, just as I used to ride it 35 years ago when I was a kid heading to Corona and Shea Stadium with my dad.
I really hope Chris doesn’t mind me borrowing literally 90% of his layout, formatting and general overall aesthetic from Boffo Socko when I’m ready to smooth out the edges of my site here. They way it looks and how information is presented is just what you’d expect of a person who is rather efficient at capturing and categorizing information.
My whole presence in the #fediverse is predicated on POSSE (and PESO) principles along with federated posting and SNS. I'm a semi-active part of the Indieweb community where this grassroots methodology sprang forth. It's one of "build your own website and have others comment on it -- that's the network right there" simplicity.
Just like email is still the most universal messaging app, websites are still the least silo'd SNS app.
I usually go and buy a new computing device once every 6 years or so. This year my trusty Late 2017 Apple MacBook Pro i5 8GB/500GB is officially sunsetted. While I’ve been eyeing a new Macbook to take its place, it would be one of the newer Apple Silicon M2 joints. But I really want to jump back into doing all my computing in Linux full time and also game more so… I’m taking a chance here.
I’ve always dreamed of a modular laptop since it’s kind of the only way I can get the specs and ports I want. Framework makes it possible by having this form factor that should never be obsolete; all the parts are user serviceable and replaceable including the motherboard, ports, screen, keyboard, and so on.
My config is the 16 inch Ryzen™ 9 7940HS - Radeon™ RX 7700S - 180W. That’s right, there’s a kick-ass discreet graphics card in there and it’s user swappable! Whenever the new hotness comes along, or other modules like an extra battery or whatever is needed, its a simple 10 minute swap out needing only a screwdriver (which is also included).
The bad news: I gotta wait until Spring 2024. The good news, I can save up the rest of the money by Spring 2024– this thing IS NOT cheap; about $1000 more than my current Mac was when I bought it new in 2017. BUT it will basically become the workhorse PC as I plan on using it for work, home-labbing, and gaming. Any tool you use to make your livelihood off of should have no expense spared (within reason.)
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The whole reason the Beltline even exists is because it was meant to be a transit corridor. A multiuse trail was also part of the design, so both need to be constructed.
But also, since the land developers jumped into the fray and built their car-oriented buildings off the trail, OF COURSE they want to keep it this way.
I’m sick and tired of the false notion that transit BRINGS IN undesirable effects when the exact opposite has always been true.
Well that does it for me tonight. I got a lot done on this here ol' site.
I’ll continue to kick the tires and fill in the gaps but so far so good.
Indieweb stuff seems to be working as seen at micro.blog and tested with some good friends. Will run thru the tests tomorrow to make sure. ActivityPub stuff is 70% there; @starrwulfe@starrwulfe.xyz is using plugin and @starrwulfe.
In reply to Steve Herman: "Warning for #tsunami as high as one meter issued …" - Journa.host by Steve Herman.
Looks like it isn't going to do any damage... Always a bit vigilant every time I see anything about seismic activity around the Izu Trough.
I too also had a crazy meltdown involving my lack of skill at writing Go code and paying attention to changes at my VM provider. So here I am back with a Wordpress version of my digs here.
I remember someone once stole the REFLECTORS off my second (third?)-hand mama-chari 3 speed bike somewhere in L5P back in the day. All in the span of the 15 minutes it took me to get a milkshake from Zestos.
