{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Shrutarshi Basu","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/basus","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"810","username":"basus","bio":"Computer Scientist. Programmer. Reader. Writer. 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Which worked great, until the collapse of the Soviet Union. In fact, they probably would have been fine after that, if people hadn’t looted them for copper and anything else that looked like it wasn’t nailed down too hard. Including, apparently, reactor shielding.\n\nIt’s wild to me that the Soviets built a network of nuclear-powered lighthouses, and that they got looted by scavengers leading to radioactive deadzones. 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It’s an issue I’m facing right now too. One of HTML’s original sins was not having an abstraction mechanism. In an ideal world, we’d be using something like Pollen to build our own lay... <a href=\"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/07/12/sara-soueidan-talks.html\">basus.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/07/12/sara-soueidan-talks.html","date_published":"2024-07-12T06:36:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-07-12 06:36","date_timestamp":1720766178,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"41306309","content_html":"<p>Happy POPL Till You Dropl day to all who celebrate! May the odds be ever in your favor.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/07/11/happy-popl-till.html","date_published":"2024-07-11T14:10:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-07-11 14:10","date_timestamp":1720707038,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@basus/112768264791802091","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/post/3kwz7hq52r32w"]}},{"id":"40734153","content_html":"<p>I sent my Beats earbuds through the wash (case and all) and they still work. I’m pleasantly surprised.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/07/02/i-sent-my.html","date_published":"2024-07-02T15:53:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-07-02 15:53","date_timestamp":1719935600,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@basus/112717699699840261","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/post/3kwcqvf6yww2t"]}},{"id":"40151043","content_html":"<p>I’ve been going down the “make a programming language” rabbit hole the last few weeks, but I also think I should really write more Rust first:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://without.boats/blog/ownership/\">without.boats/blog/owne…</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/06/23/ive-been-going.html","date_published":"2024-06-23T20:37:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-06-23 20:37","date_timestamp":1719175059,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@basus/112667856756409237","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/post/3kvmmlgxjs22h"]}},{"id":"39660667","content_html":"<p>Recovered 17GB of space by clearing out my Trash folder. 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The trailers made it seem like she’d have a pretty major role in the show.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/06/05/the-acolyte-seems.html","date_published":"2024-06-06T00:32:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-06-06 00:32","date_timestamp":1717633972,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@basus/112566860097105294","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/post/3ku7rdhynb225"]}},{"id":"37972635","content_html":"<p>For most of my adult life I’ve struggled with purpose, what I want to die with my life, and how to go about it. 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I just wish I’d figured this out 10 years ago.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/05/21/for-most-of.html","date_published":"2024-05-22T01:54:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-22 01:54","date_timestamp":1716342899,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@basus/112482249279935610","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/post/3kt26wwkx7i2d"]}},{"id":"37608443","content_html":"<p>Some days, like today, I really hate that we don’t have a standardized instant messaging protocol. 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Yes, it was completely crazy and went totally flying off the rails half way through, but it did so in the best way possible.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/03/27/man-agents-of.html","date_published":"2024-03-27T13:40:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-03-27 13:40","date_timestamp":1711546834,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@basus/112167933428584372","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/post/3koomangvxv2b"]}},{"id":"34186746","content_html":"<p>There’s something particularly depressing about coming back from Spring Break to “we’ve had two winters yes, but what about third winter”.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/03/25/theres-something-particularly.html","date_published":"2024-03-25T14:37:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-03-25 14:37","date_timestamp":1711377458,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@basus/112156833227186485","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/post/3kojoiu6hec2j"]}},{"id":"33751658","content_html":"<p>Finally upgrading to macOS Sonoma. 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Could be terrible, but I hope it’ll be great.</p>\n\n<div>\n  <p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPG4I2jPSRE\">youtube.com/...</a></p>\n</div>\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/03/13/really-curious-to.html","date_published":"2024-03-14T00:44:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-03-14 00:44","date_timestamp":1710377044,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@basus/112091270098241341","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/post/3knmks77tts2i"]}},{"id":"33460025","content_html":"<p>Time for some spring cleaning, starting with cleaning out my open tabs across various devices.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/03/13/time-for-some.html","date_published":"2024-03-13T22:37:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-03-13 22:37","date_timestamp":1710369422,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@basus/112090770672528656","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/post/3knmdp3crxc2a"]}},{"id":"33401273","content_html":"<p>Programming in <a href=\"https://racket-lang.org\">Racket</a> feels like what I imagine waterbending is like.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/03/12/programming-in-racket.html","date_published":"2024-03-13T02:15:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-03-13 02:15","date_timestamp":1710296158,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@basus/112085969160337501","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/post/3knk7hlybps2a"]}},{"id":"33293805","content_html":"<p>In addition to Daylight Savings Time-induced tiredness, and having to teach an 8:15am class, today I also had to deal with Vermont shifting into “we’ve had one winter yes, but what about second winter” mode.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://basus.micro.blog/2024/03/11/in-addition-to.html","date_published":"2024-03-11T13:39:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-03-11 13:39","date_timestamp":1710164351,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@basus/112077331173369758","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7disd7qtpqvyfbq324hvcqu/post/3kngepium6622"]}},{"id":"33258517","content_html":"<p>I added a <a>stream</a> to the website for short posts, status updates, single links, pictures and so forth. 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I've become skeptical of most \"self-help\" books over the last few years, but this sounds like a good book.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/8153934","date_published":"2020-02-04T18:32:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-02-04 18:32","date_timestamp":1580841172,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"8025124","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/cygnoir\">@cygnoir</a> I went to a reading by William Gibson last night. Pleasantly surprised at how funny, sharp and intelligent he is in person.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/8025124","date_published":"2020-01-28T17:14:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-28 17:14","date_timestamp":1580231643,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7883271","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/colinwalker\">@colinwalker</a> @bix I think that pulling out a part of the first sentence and using it as a title is the wrong thing to do. In most cases it looks ugly, and it ignores the author's intention to not have a title. But I guess this is inevitable if you have a spec and no canonical implementation.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/7883271","date_published":"2020-01-20T21:22:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-20 21:22","date_timestamp":1579555371,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7879638","content_html":"<p>@bix I thought about this some more, and read Mr. Winer's RSS-rethink post today. Now I'm wondering, if he thinks newsletter-style is the best way to read his blog, could he set up his RSS feed to only update once a day, and collect all his posts into a single entry?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/7879638","date_published":"2020-01-20T16:06:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-20 16:06","date_timestamp":1579536389,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7876969","content_html":"<p>@bix that's fair. I think part of the problem is that RSS readers still don't properly display headline-less posts. Also it would be great if RSS was not just append-only, i.e. there should be a way to say that a post has been updated, rather than showing it again in the feed as if it were new.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/7876969","date_published":"2020-01-20T13:19:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-20 13:19","date_timestamp":1579526380,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7861543","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/MitchWagner\">@MitchWagner</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/pratik\">@pratik</a> I think Dave Winer's blog is an edge case and should be treated as such. RSS works best for blogs that put out a small number of self-contained posts. Winer's current blog is more like a continuous brain-dump, that has more in common with a Twitter account than what we call blogs today.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/7861543","date_published":"2020-01-19T15:42:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-19 15:42","date_timestamp":1579448546,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7364484","content_html":"<p>@dominikhoecht Oh Maki looks interesting. I'll have to give it a try. Do you use either of them?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/7364484","date_published":"2019-12-22T17:51:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-12-22 17:51","date_timestamp":1577037068,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7314632","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/brentsimmons\">@brentsimmons</a> I loved that post, though I disagree with some parts of it. But gives me thought fodder for a similar article I've been meaning to write.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/7314632","date_published":"2019-12-19T20:21:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-12-19 20:21","date_timestamp":1576786885,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7293397","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/pratik\">@pratik</a> @macgenie I think this would be a lot of work, developer-side, but it might be useful to have different categories of posts, and ways to filter them. If you're mostly interested in short blog posts, you probably want a different experience than if you're interested in status updates.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/7293397","date_published":"2019-12-18T17:52:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-12-18 17:52","date_timestamp":1576691550,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"6926380","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/pratik\">@pratik</a> interesting. I have it pinned to (Brave on macOS) but links still open in the same tab. What browser/platform are you using?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/6926380","date_published":"2019-12-04T17:59:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-12-04 17:59","date_timestamp":1575482375,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"6876868","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/pratik\">@pratik</a> how do you get the comments on your posts?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/6876868","date_published":"2019-12-02T00:41:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-12-02 00:41","date_timestamp":1575247298,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"5841566","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/becky\">@becky</a> that is just about perfect</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/5841566","date_published":"2019-10-03T20:41:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-10-03 20:41","date_timestamp":1570135312,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"5677867","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> I think the speed and lack of ads are the best features IMO. WordPress etc. will still be required if you need full-blown \"content management\", but micro.blog could easily be the go-to platform for smaller, personal blogs.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/5677867","date_published":"2019-09-24T00:00:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-09-24 00:00","date_timestamp":1569283227,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"5520731","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/brentsimmons\">@brentsimmons</a> haven't you ever heard of thunderbolts of Zeus?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/5520731","date_published":"2019-09-14T02:01:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-09-14 02:01","date_timestamp":1568426513,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"5519298","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/brentsimmons\">@brentsimmons</a> a thunderbolt is a combination of the flash of a bolt of lightning with the simultaneous crash of thunder</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/basus/5519298","date_published":"2019-09-14T00:52:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Shrutarshi Basu","url":"http://basus.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F510d5d157424b0b82b4cbab17ad4d62d%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"basus"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-09-14 00:52","date_timestamp":1568422351,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}