Interesting blog post about analytics. I think surveillance is too strong a word for simple referrer logging, but I do agree that most personal blogs don’t need this:
The other reason you might put analytics on your site is to know when someone links to your writing. Again, if the linker doesn’t intend to tell you, then you’re surveilling. You do not need to know every time your writing is mentioned.
Stephanie Booth, an old school blogger, wanted to hook up my RSS feed to a new service that supports inbound RSS, which we appreciate. Apparently they can't handle HTTP, which of course we don't. #
Win of the week: sharpened my big chef’s knife — took an hour and a half with the 400 grit to get the chips out, and another 45 minutes to put an edge on it with the 1000 grit — now I want to carry this knife around on a pillow so I never have to do this again lol
Looking forward to: long weekend!
“Our lives are a series of choices — about what we do, and don’t do. Over time we decide what to let go of, what must die, and what we will fight to keep alive. Sometimes these are big, deliberate decisions, other times change happens in a thousand thoughtless little moments.”
— James Rebanks, The Place of Tides
cool music video (via Benji)
Bought $20 of music — still going strong without a streaming subscription! I’ve spent an average of $16 a month on music this year (though that’s weighted by buying some back catalog and a $30 CD preorder in January) — probably didn’t need to buy 3-5 of the ~50 individual tracks in retrospect, but at a buck a pop that’s probably less money than I waste on aspirational produce a week 🍅🍆🍄🟫🤦♀️
Plugin update broke the site but disabling and reactivating fixed it 🤷♀️
Quoting myself from two years ago:
Two ecosystem services provided by humans: gratitude and awareness.
What more needs to be said about assault weapons? They need to be banned. Most of the worst mass shootings — including this latest at the church in Minnesota — would’ve been less terrible if the shooters could not fire off 100+ rounds quickly. I’ve blogged about this many times, including last year.
Rolling out a few improvements to Micro.blog today, including a new “trash” for deleted posts, an “x” button to hide the publish pane, Typepad import, and other tweaks. More to come!
