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Unbreaking the Broken Blog \"Small : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"You might not be able to read this. Apparantly ye old CogDogBlog has been crashing much this past week with Error Establishing Database Connection errors. Oh no, Mr Bill! One or two folks notified me (thanks Brian B and JR), but it hardly seems to have created havoc on the internet. I was on a […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/07/broken-blog/","date_published":"2026-07-25T20:13:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-25 20:13","date_timestamp":1785010381,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93964180","content_html":"

Hey Thingvellir, That’s a Mighty Big Atlas You Were Published In \"Path\"Gigapan\"Curious : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"Way out here on the marginal reaches of the withering web, the connections that weave together are of statistical aberration, where no language model of any size would draw a path. As thus it was following the adventures of Stephen Downes as he bicycles around Iceland that got me thinking of places ...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/07/thingvellir-big-atlas/","date_published":"2026-07-13T05:36:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-13 05:36","date_timestamp":1783921004,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93035811","content_html":"

This Should Be Easy[ier]: Count Number of Posts in any WordPress Site with Javascript \"Web\"\"\"\" : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"As often, what begins as a simple question or small need spins out a series of digging, experimenting, and ultimately spending more time remixing a featured image (by hand) and writing a blog post that 4 people may read. Ahhh, 2026. That’s another grumbly post. But here it is, I was rather taken by ...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/06/count-posts-wordpress-api/","date_published":"2026-06-27T18:30:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 18:30","date_timestamp":1782585056,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92674520","content_html":"

Down the Web Rabbit Hole With a Hammerhand \"An : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"My wandering down into Web Rabbit Holes of interest happend much more frequently than the rate of blog posts. It’s where I find the most sanity in the pile of poop much (but not all) of the web is piled with. It started with a Mastodon post by Bonni Stachowiak referencing her own post on […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/06/web-rabbit-hole-hammerhand/","date_published":"2026-06-22T15:39:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-22 15:39","date_timestamp":1782142787,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":true,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92634031","content_html":"

A “Deep Dive” (!) into Statements of GenAI Transparency for Open Education Awards \"\"\"Old : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"Amongst the many blog post drafts still bouncing around upstairs is one about being the last person ever to vibe code anything but of more interest is writing about what is my major project at the moment over at Open Education Global, the Open Education Awards for Excellence. Aince I end up doing wh...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/06/deep-dive-igenai-transparency-for-oe-awards/","date_published":"2026-06-21T20:17:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-21 20:17","date_timestamp":1782073036,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92320151","content_html":"

Ahhh, Retirement \"\"\"Detail : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"Indeed the golden dreamy soft gel focused ideal of the leisurely retirement lifestyle, you know, out there shopping for vinyl or sitting at cafes writing novels (hee hee, that pingback is for you, Martin). Nope not me, I am still at full time work at Open Education Global and the real work of bloggi...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/06/retirement/","date_published":"2026-06-16T19:16:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-16 19:16","date_timestamp":1781637410,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":true,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91631671","content_html":"

Web Domain Castles in the Sand \"A : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"I always did this as a kid on the beaches of Ocean City, Maryland. I would use my shovels and plastic containers to build some kind of sand castle with big walls and a deep moat. I would place them just out of reach of the water in low tide, and the game was to […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/06/web-domain-castles-sand/","date_published":"2026-06-05T22:11:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-05 22:11","date_timestamp":1780697504,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91116393","content_html":"

Catching up on Felix at the Dozen Mark \"Puppy\"Mr\"Happy : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"CogDogBlog awakes from a case of the techno-flu. It got into the server and the database requests were coughing for 2 weeks — no just the tired blog operator. The only way out of not blogging is picking the thing up (old story). In that flu fog many key dates were missed – the date […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/felix-dozen/","date_published":"2026-05-28T19:43:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 19:43","date_timestamp":1779997407,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90594570","content_html":"

Finally! Unlocked the Code to be on a Shareski Podcast \"Goofy\"Shadow : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"It’s easily taken the 20+ years I have known Dean Shareski to figure out the secret to be on his podcast — I had to be a Canadian, which is something I finally accomplished in September 2019. The big moment for my fame happened April 22, when we met at the Hive Coffee Shop on […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/funlocked-code-shareski-podcast/","date_published":"2026-05-20T20:15:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-20 20:15","date_timestamp":1779308123,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90457777","content_html":"

Cough Cough Cough Cough \"\"\"Graffiti : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"Cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough, cough cough cough cough, cough cough. Cough cough cough cough cough cough– cough cough cough — cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough! Cough cough cough cough cough: Cough, cough cough cough cough cough cough cou...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/cough-cough/","date_published":"2026-05-19T01:42:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-19 01:42","date_timestamp":1779154931,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90105615","content_html":"

Virtual Painting Tractors \"\"\"\"\"\" : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"In the fuzz of being laid horizontal on the couch with a flu that feels worse than covid, I glanced at the phone noticing an app I had not opened in maybe 8+ years (is there a name for these apps we just leave dusty on devices). It’s called “Virtual Painter” and is in a […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/virtual-painting-tractors/","date_published":"2026-05-13T19:04:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-13 19:04","date_timestamp":1778699068,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90054715","content_html":"

The Best Holes of Curiosity \"Landing\"\"\"#Business : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"… are the ones you dig yourself. After more years than I prefer to calculate, little matches the joy and super charge energy of a session of web rabbit holing, of hopping from one link to another, and finding something at the other end I might never have thought existed. That’s what the web, with […...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/the-best-holes-of-curiosity/","date_published":"2026-05-13T01:17:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-13 01:17","date_timestamp":1778635031,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90017271","content_html":"

The Blog Light Is On \"Large : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"Hey, it’s back on! Like as if anyone noticed. The week of no blogging has passed for the annual / well sort of annual Week of only Commenting on Other Blogs, so the posts can come flooding out. I posted Zero posts over the last week and (tried to) keep my Mastodon posting to just […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/the-blog-light-is-on/","date_published":"2026-05-12T02:18:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-12 02:18","date_timestamp":1778552302,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89575938","content_html":"

Blog Muzzled Again for a Week (more?) of Comment Blogging \"\"\"Dog : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"I accept being way out of sync with the current state of connected communications, holding stubbornly to ideas as old as a well chewed bone that no one else desired. An old bone, indeed. Hey, beyond bloggingaboutblogging I invent bloggingaboutnotblogging (newly minted tag)? A well worn topic here is...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/blog-muzzled-2026/","date_published":"2026-05-04T14:56:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-04 14:56","date_timestamp":1777906590,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89511903","content_html":"

This was yesterday’s post \"\" : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"It eeked out today. Why even mention? I have a reason, a plan. But it was meant to be this past week was old school blogging the way I wrote them in say 2004. Short bits of anything. Everything. Mostly text. Where the “blogiverse” as it was called poured attention, into their own blogs, and […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/this-was-yesterdays-post/","date_published":"2026-05-03T14:03:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-03 14:03","date_timestamp":1777817003,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89431127","content_html":"

There Will Be Even more North of the Fourth (month of daily photos in 2026) \"\"\"A : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"Howdy May day for all those dancing around the poles. My dance was for getting the last few photos uploaded tonight to for another perfect month of daily photo action seen in the album and blogged like the months south of April–  that’s 120 on the 120th day of the year, April 30, 2026. I spot a […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/tnorth-fourth-month-daily-photos/","date_published":"2026-05-02T03:19:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-02 03:19","date_timestamp":1777691974,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89395090","content_html":"

The Flickr Love Never Flickers \"\"\"Grid : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"On a psychoanalytical scale, it’s likely problematic to profess love to a web site. Eff that. In yesterday’s early morning Mastodon scroll I saw a link to Anil Dash’s post that seemed to be, if you judged on title alone, an inquiry about NASA Artemis II photos. I gave it the quick scan scroll, which...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/the-flickr-love-never-flickers/","date_published":"2026-05-01T14:55:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-01 14:55","date_timestamp":1777647303,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89299468","content_html":"

Memory Game Is \"An : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"Let’s play the game of quibbling about how memory works. In ever so epically and humanly and Audrey-ly written, in her recent post Foolin’ Audrey Watters says: I sometimes joke that my brain is full of all sorts of stuff like this — useless stuff, one could easily dismiss it as — which takes up the ...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/memory-game-is/","date_published":"2026-04-30T08:13:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 08:13","date_timestamp":1777536802,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89222150","content_html":"

ASU Atomic Rips a Page from the WebinarTV Playbook \"Splash : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"Way to go Sun Devils! 404 Media is sizzling with coverage these days, with today’s spotlight where I spent much time 1987-1992, Arizona State University (though I di not think the 404 folks are zeroing in on the Geology department or whatever they call it now). But holy chili peppers, ASU Atomic is ...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/asu-atomic/","date_published":"2026-04-29T05:45:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-29 05:45","date_timestamp":1777441548,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89151204","content_html":"

Revolution: cogdogblog.com

","summary":"I’m not here today to foment insurrection (maybe tomorrow), but this the time to mark another orbital round. A loop that is round, but not back to the original start. More spiral. My sister’s card came timed exactly right offering wishes of mailing Baltimore steamed crabs. And I missed the call with...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/revolution/","date_published":"2026-04-28T04:55:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-28 04:55","date_timestamp":1777352145,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89088500","content_html":"

Strapping on Snowshoes \"Snow,\"That's\"Atop : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"That’s a phrase I never expected to be using as a kid growing up in the Baltimore burbs. Sure we had snow there, sometimes a big amount. But snow activities were limited to shoveling it, making snowmen from it, and sledding down it on the “huge” hill across the street near Sudbrook school. And it […...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/strapping-on-snowshoes/","date_published":"2026-04-27T07:56:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-27 07:56","date_timestamp":1777276590,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89028405","content_html":"

Paining \"A\"Painting\"Painted : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"It’s back. Four months since the last shot, that was ever so more effective, I had forgotten the 2:30am wakeups. The throbbing in the elbow, the wrist. Numb fingers. No position of lying down could allow sleep. So I standup, go downstairs. Stretch. Drink an unfinished pop left on the counter. Pop Al...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/paining/","date_published":"2026-04-26T05:35:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 05:35","date_timestamp":1777181736,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88939418","content_html":"

Monkey Meme/Même \"\"\"Two : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"I’m giving away what is set up for a DS106 Daily Create scheduled for April 29 (the link will not work until then) “Monkey Prompt. Monkey Create. Monkey No Copyright.” This is a fascinating, legendary, and before it happened, likely improbable story. I leave it for the unfamiliar to revert that situ...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/monkey-meme-meme/","date_published":"2026-04-24T16:33:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-24 16:33","date_timestamp":1777048384,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88504555","content_html":"

A Friendly Pack of RSS Mutts: Be More Web Dog \"The\"\"\"\" : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"Oh, yes, I keep forgetting that the open web is dead or is ended or all the web is swirling down an AI slop river of grey sludge. Just don’t tell the frisky dogs, who still know how to romp freely, share their toys, and build bits of web stuff with toys like RSS. Just […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/pack-of-rss-mutts/","date_published":"2026-04-18T06:24:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-18 06:24","date_timestamp":1776493459,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88350937","content_html":"

Stealing Your Webinar as a Service: Enpoopification Poster Child \"\"\"Proof\"\" : cogdogblog.com

","summary":"Decades from now what kind of legacy stories will the “founders” of WebinarTV tell their grandchildren? “This was my contribution to the world, remember me for it.” I had read about this sleazy outfit from 404 Media in This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts (it’s listed...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/stealing-your-webinar-as-a-service/","date_published":"2026-04-16T02:16:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"cogdog"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 02:16","date_timestamp":1776305782,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":true,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}