: Stream-of-consciousness: retirement, writing, food truck, AI Stream-of-consciousness blogging. I have a committed audience of one. (Hi, Son!) I retired April 1st …
: Dictionary of Fine Distinctions Table of Contents Burnstein, Eli. Dictionary of Fine Distinctions Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning. …
: Commemorating Juneteenth with YouVersion app Verse of the Day Some of you were locked in a dark cell, cruelly confined behind bars, Punished for defying God’s …
: Regarding Now pages, Dave Winer is unlisted.
: Updated my Now page I want to keep this as a snapshot. 2dbbd607d5b43021a2e6b3dcdb45208a302410fbdcaec9dbb4770e3cf5680b49 …
: The evolution of writing onto the internet Part 2 of 2 Read Part 1 I first published this twelve years ago. I have lightly edited it. Take a journey back …
: The evolution of writing onto the internet Part 1 of 2 I first published this twelve years ago. [1]. I have lightly edited it. Take a journey back in time …
: Feels good to exercise my dev chops to complete a couple of simple tasks: GitHub repos …
: Heartfelt Words to Pray Before Reading Holy Scripture My friend Mike prays as follows to begin his time with his Bible each morning. (An original.) Grant …
: A fun question. Perfect intellectual conversation starter. What is the next number in this sequence? …
: I am still trying to figure out how to syndicate from Micro.blog across all my connected networks. I …
: Please join me in an hour (2pm U.S. Eastern time) and meet the community building the encyclosphere …
: My first native post meant for the Fediverse. Never had a problem with my Twitter syndication, so …
: Hey @burndive@mstdn.social I was rummaging through my old tweets and saw one of our old convos and …
: The Art of Digital Letter Writing (AoDLW) I love the art of digital letter writing (AoDLW)! It’s not the same as ephemeral email. (You …
: The gehjak flicked her jomces kelj I am, of course, indebted to Lewis Carroll. The gehjak flicked her jomces kelj To the sprytlsm …
: LIFE IS CHALLENGING / TIMING IS CRUCIAL / BE NEITHER EARLY NOR LATE / BE MINDFUL / PACE YOURSELF …
: I am obsessed with the necktie knots in Midsomer Murders weddings. Most recently I watched Blood …
: Happy Olympic Day. Get moving. Start by watching this 30-second video. WDYT? bit.ly/3u1oHRt Via …
: Maybe @brave is anonymous, but it is still learning what I search for and using it to serve ads. I …
: God—Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost—bless this world that you have saved. #prayer via …
: True relationship requires real presence. Cyber / digital / Meta is weak and inferior. via …
: Scribbles TIL americanlifeinpoetry.org, and what strikes me is the scribbles they publish. Different color …
: Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. …
: #Cycling is my day-job passion. I heard about People for Bikes through my employer. Watch this …
: Announcing tbc0.com: On prayer Syndicating my first “real” content from my “Minifeed” — a project of the …
: Beware Walled Gardens—Own Your Words™ Think hard about how much knowledge you give away! At the least, save copies of what you write in …
: Well-played, Dumbass: My first chat with a GPT-3 bot The following is a conversation with an AI assistant. The assistant is helpful, creative, clever, …
: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reclassified the humpback chub, a rare Colorado River Basin …
: $80M super yacht. Story @CNN. HT @join1440. …
: I took the @bing Hispanic Heritage Quiz. Clearly I fail at Latinx heritage. I only got 4 out ot 10. …
: The Facebook outage makes its own case against centralization A decentralized network consists of multiple domains working peer to peer. Ideally, there is one …
: TIL leading crop producers of the USA. Format is state crop, percentage of US production. CA grapes, …
: Aim high, time flies. Or? Aim high! Time flies.
: Another way of thinking about the @SpaceX mission sending four “amateurs” into orbit is …
: How to add a person to a Microsoft Exchange public distribution list (PDL) from Outlook Here are the twelve-step text instructions. I couldn’t find good instructions on the …
: BBC News asks, “Do Abba’s new songs live up to their hits?” I am looking forward to hearing …
: Accusers will be dismissed as liars (Isaiah 54:17) This prophet lived about 2700 years ago. How much longer must we wait for this to come to pass? …
: TIL Yieldstreet via 1440join.com
: Life is a challenge. Either too many chips and not enough salsa, or too much salsa and not enough …
: 189 Numeronyms a10n = abbreviation A11l = American Idol A31e = A goal is a dream with a deadline a7d = abandoned …
: A brief introduction to the four levels of computing power and decentralization with mention of creativity tbch0409a I’m sitting at my kitchen table in my southeast-facing nook, enjoying the view of Pikes Peak …
: Mike at St. George’s Anglican Church COS Men’s Breakfast: Forgive them and fix yourself …
: Relieved my Google Mini of its music-playing duties #fired ¶ I have a Bose SoundLink Revolve. Puts …
: Paralympics I remember when POTUS41 George Herbert Walker Bush (RIP) signed the Americans with Disabilities Act …
: Happy Pluto Demotion Day! (Twittered first. Experimenting with publishing styles that downplay Twitter.) I’m thinking of …
: Another milestone toward civil war As I said earlier this year, I fear civil war. Today, another milestone. @lsanger Twittered links to …
: I love Makoto Fujimura’s art. I once saw a few of his pieces. He was invited to speak in …
: I am concerned about another American civil war My friend Paul Hsieh Twittered, “One of my friends is a Trump supporter and they just posted this. I …
: On Chinese clocks, Roman numerals, and Twitter engagement This is the end of a journey I started on Twitter last year: “Would you please share a picture …
: Bought a Google Mini for $9.99 (discount code). Plugged it in today and set it up. It’s called …
: I see too much effort put into inflating an interpretation of America’s situation beyond …
: Puzzle muzzle nuzzle Razzle dazzle hassle Mass hole black hole Magnetar 300 million false prophecy …
: We have a President who stoops to dog-whistling his base with unfounded suspicions of election …
: The Kingdom of God is near. #mbnov
: Prayers for the U.S. election Good politics begin with good theology. Prayers are essential. I was struck by Listener prayers for …
: This microblog post is not written to astonish you. I am phoning in the third day of #mbnov just to …
: I choose to concentrate on the positive. Salvation will not fly in on Air Force One. #mbnov
: I suppose the #mbnov challenge will make Pandemic November less dreary. I am not signing up for a …
: Highlights of Dan Carlin Common Sense 320 Steering Into the Iceberg I listened to Common Sense 320 Steering Into the Iceberg by Dan Carlin aka DC. He grates on me. He …
: Regarding chatmail A few people I need to work with—and a few friends—use email as their go-to communication tool. One …
: We are being given a gift we do not deserve to flourish as human beings during this pandemic. …
: Neither a maskhole nor a racehole be. Whether PC or not, woke or not. There are —holes with all …
: I'm a Salesforce Trailblazer I had a unique interaction with a cold-caller today. (His LinkedIn profile shows 51 endorsements!) I …
: Did you know you can tell the sex of an ant if you drop it in water? If it sinks: girl ant. If it …
: Talking about #prayer in my Bible reading group. Ancient: The Jesus Prayer 12 words. 5 seconds. Lord …
: Interesting mentions of generic words of encouragement on Twitter. Micro.blog is hard to search, …
: TIL Alison Balsom j.mp/329OKZQ Because sometimes nothing will do except a genuine #baroque #trumpet. …
: Results may vary depending on my mood and your attitude.
: OH: “In what sense does the free market recognize and promote #freedom?” #kmmhaj Friday Feature …
: Makes me proud to be an American I am not happy with Google search results for mmptbaa. Googling “what does mmptbaa mean” is no …
: Faroe Islands TIL the Faroe Islands. HT Windows Spotlight. I also discovered this fun website where-is-this.com. …
: Clouds Over Ilulissat Icefjord Johnathan Ampersand Esper Click the thumbnails to view full-size screenshots in a new tab. I love art. I love Windows …
: On the Avengers movies and life in the Universe Nobody has an adequate concept of how large the Universe is, so the plot of the Avengers movies was …
: From Crystal Cathedral to Christ Cathedral How providential is it that Notre Dame burned during Holy Week? Then how providential that in the …
: On yen, pennies, and wafers A yen is worth less than a U.S. penny. I got to wondering why the Japanese would count in yen. …
: Signal is only 2 to 3 bars, yet wifi speed is excellent. Thank you @Xfinity! View @testmynet results …
: TIL @root9B. A local cybersecurity company; root—as in once you have root access you own the …
: I ducksearched for myself and am a little shocked right now. “@tbc has been reported. Thank …
: Why You Should Never Cold Call a Millennial^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Baby Boomer I haven’t figured out how to optimize replies on other sites with Micro.blog. And maybe this …
: tbc0: the 0 is silent Boy, do I have egg on my face. A big goose egg. 0. Zero. Twenty days ago I got it in my head that …
: Shame on me for not making this blog a priority since I upgraded to premium. I’ve been …
: For the Love of God: On Luck and Quantum Mechanics I don’t believe in luck. Studying quantum mechanics ruined it for me. (Not that I understand …
: I Twittered a lot today. twitter.com/tbc0
: This ad worked! Lovely and talented wife and I worked late. Missed Shrove Tuesday at church. Settled …
: Kyle Forti R.I.P. I’m mourning the death of a man I met through church some years ago. Kyle Forti was in a …
: More meta writing. Promoted POSSE on Twitter. Extended my μblog trial. Earned my custom domain pin. …
: On hashtags On hashtags, cf. conversation with Manton et al. Just wanted to note that I understand where …
: My ninth image is a photo I took at Monument Lake in Colorado. Kudos Google Assistant for the color …
: 2017 Mega Trends & Technologies map As envisioned and visualized in subway-map style by Richard Watson. Much to study in this …
: Earth Temperature Timeline, Explained XKCD #1732: Earth Temperature Timeline. And a hat tip to the explain xkcd wiki. This is a big chart, …
: The Conversation Prism The Conversation Prism 5.0 by Brian Solis and JESS3. Colorful. Dense. Social Media brands in the …
: Sizing up space ships Dan Carlson maintains a page comparing sizes of starships and other objects from many science …
: I’m not feeling it tonight. Third check in the box for my Photo Challenge pin. My feelings …
: Infographic: American political parties between 1820 and 1860 This infographic shows American political parties between 1820 and 1860. Now I have to admit my poor …
: History of Science Fiction and a lot of meta content Rats! Didn’t even have a single streak after writing a flurry of posts on my first day here …
: I want to earn my Photo Challenge pin. 7 days of “photos.” I hope the photos don’t …
: Following @nathanrhale after finding A prayer before meditation.
: “In the end, our stories is all we is.” — Jake in Kee Sloan’s novel Jabbok. God, …
: HT @ayjay I though I’d heard of micro.blog before. Now I remember! I first heard about it from @ayjay. I …
: Found @Burk via @tchambers. Following because his avatar is a caricature. I’m partial to caricature …
: Ok, @tchambers, it didn’t take much for you to convince me to try this platform. Kudos! My …