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A Bit Of Resistance Does Wonders

I came across an interesting tale about Biosphere 2, a massive scientific experiment in Arizona designed to mimic Earth’s ecosystems. Inside this controlled bubble, trees shot up at a rate that surprised everyone. Initially, this seemed like a win for the scientists—creating perfect conditions for growth. But then,

Solve For X

Have you ever looked at someone else's problem and immediately thought you knew the answer? It’s like being an armchair detective during a movie, confident in predicting the next turn of events and sure about what each character should do to avoid pitfalls. From the outside, everything

Twitter Should Have Been A Blog

As I rummaged through my old blog posts recently, I couldn't help but notice a recurring theme: Twitter. Surprisingly, amid the clutter of musings and reflections, Twitter stood out as a significant part of my online presence. This got me thinking: What if Twitter had been designed as

Controlling Your Online Stuff

Cory Dransfeldt writing about Data ownership and agency: > I control that data, it sits on infrastructure I manage, it's in a format I understand and I get the responsibility (or fun — let's go with that) of presenting it. I get agency and that agency is

Wild Horses

A couple of days after completing the London Marathon, I've had only a little time to process the experience. Not only is it an assault on your body, but also on your mind and senses for hours on end. I'm very thankful to those who have

One Focus At A Time

Over the last few months, it has been challenging to balance my interests and focus. Indeed, I have wasted a lot of time moving things around and messing with my websites, but along with this I have found it difficult to do more than one ‘thing’ at a time. There’

Statuslog Micro.blog Plugin

Display your omg.lol Statuslog on a micro.blog page. Set Up Install the plugin from the official plugin page, or from Github by clicking design, edit theme, and then add new plugin. This will be available as an official plugin, but the submit page is currently broken. Call the

New Plugin: Reply Count

This plugin allows you to display how many replies your micro.blog posts have - it's a vanity metric, nothing more. SetUp You can install the plugin from the plugins page, or feel free to get it from Github by clicking design, edit theme, and then add new

New Plugin: Search Partial

In my work to recreate my 11ty blog on micro.blog I wanted a better search experience for readers, and also myself when searching for posts to link to. Manton did a great job with his search page plugin, so I adapted this to be able to appear on any

Feeling Myself

It was a mere few weeks ago when returning from a run that I thought I’d recovered myself. I felt renewed, full of energy and positivity, as I did before all these issues started. I couldn’t help but smile at the thought that all the stress and strain