{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Alan Levine","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/cogdog","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1511648","username":"cogdog","bio":"On the open web since 1993","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":4,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Alan Levine","url":"https://cogdog.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/876d6751f72fd4787ae953bb097af902?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fimages%2Fblank_avatar.png"},"items":[{"id":"91631671","content_html":"<p>Web Domain Castles in the Sand <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/domains-sand-25513922826_80e6e62a9a_k-1280x960.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"A large sand castle on a beach, with a moat around it. Superimposed on the side is muraludg.org and on the back theagoraonline.net\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/06/web-domain-castles-sand/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91116393","content_html":"<p>Catching up on Felix at the Dozen Mark <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://live.staticflickr.com/8763/28006382764_75810dbc89_b.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Puppy Felix\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://live.staticflickr.com/7449/26934426100_b8f399ac6d_b.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Mr Birthday Boy\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://live.staticflickr.com/4197/34015839174_26171555dd_b.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Happy Felix Day!\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/felix-dozen/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90594570","content_html":"<p>Finally! Unlocked the Code to be on a Shareski Podcast <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://live.staticflickr.com/6082/6048133165_42593049f0_b.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Goofy Young Me\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/25747612370_faec28d26f_k-1-1280x853.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Shadow of an open padlock hanging on a fence cast on a slap og sandstone.\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/funlocked-code-shareski-podcast/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90457777","content_html":"<p>Cough Cough Cough Cough <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1956507692_601b0babdf_o.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/32146252672_7cd4672308_k-1280x960.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Graffiti sign readin Yo Sock in alley. Cough cough cough.\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/cough-cough/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90105615","content_html":"<p>Virtual Painting Tractors <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0142-2-1280x960.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0210.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0210.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/virtual-painting-tractors/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90054715","content_html":"<p>The Best Holes of Curiosity <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-51-1280x647.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Landing page for the International Repositories Directory indicating 7549 records and a histogram of the number of repositories per continent.\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-53.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-54-1280x574.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"#Business #Mindsets\nNetizen · A reminder that the web wasn’t built around profit https://ilo.im/16cnhr\n\n_____\n#Profit #Monetization #Web #Publishing #Contributing #Connecting #Blog #Website #SmallWeb #IndieWeb\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/the-best-holes-of-curiosity/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90017271","content_html":"<p>The Blog Light Is On <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/7cogdogblog-on942807516_5e381720b8_k-1280x853.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Large electric utility switch in the On position, at thew top of the box is superimposed the header ofcogdogbllog,com\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/the-blog-light-is-on/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89575938","content_html":"<p>Blog Muzzled Again for a Week (more?) of Comment Blogging <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-42-1280x514.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/49766903607_baae887679_k-1280x853.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Dog with party hat and muzzle at a loud event looking scared, crazed and helpless\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/blog-muzzled-2026/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89511903","content_html":"<p>This was yesterday’s post <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/54871615823_65e207203e_k-1280x960.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/this-was-yesterdays-post/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89431127","content_html":"<p>There Will Be Even more North of the Fourth (month of daily photos in 2026) <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-38-1280x755.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/49099292158_37b417a019_k-1280x891.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"A giant N in front of a sunset.\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/tnorth-fourth-month-daily-photos/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89395090","content_html":"<p>The Flickr Love Never Flickers <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-37-1280x757.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-36-1280x898.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Grid of 20 various flickr photos with representations of the word or idea of love.\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/05/the-flickr-love-never-flickers/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89299468","content_html":"<p>Memory Game Is <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/34466508563_c36a7e7e53_k-1280x959.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"An old computer data tape loaded on a machine that once read their data.\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/memory-game-is/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89222150","content_html":"<p>ASU Atomic Rips a Page from the WebinarTV Playbook <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/asu-atomic-webinar-tv-1280x701.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Splash screen for ASU Atomic reading-- Level up YOUR professional potential-- Quickly craft personalized learning modules and gain sought-after business skills. It is overlain by a tattered ASU ball cap.\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/asu-atomic/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89151204","content_html":"<p>Revolution: <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/revolution/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89088500","content_html":"<p>Strapping on Snowshoes <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://live.staticflickr.com/7572/15512361804_aac080ce2d_b.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Snow, Yo\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://live.staticflickr.com/1590/24329258745_0b30404bf9_c.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"That's Where the Footprints End\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51935275134_0485b1d676_b.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Atop the Drift\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/strapping-on-snowshoes/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89028405","content_html":"<p>Paining <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_9986-1280x990.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"A quick drawn rendition of a comic of two people walking on the beach.\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://live.staticflickr.com/230/485773961_65d119d9f0_b.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Painting Day\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/7403717848_4b239ff204_k-1280x854.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Painted sign, curved text on a white scroll reading Pain.\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/paining/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88939418","content_html":"<p>Monkey Meme/Même <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/monkey-selfie-ai.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/monkey-meme-1280x721.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Two meme style images of a smiling black monkey face. On left text says What Me, Copytight and on the right the text reads Make Art Not Copyright. In the background is a screenshot of google image search results for monkey face, a wide variety of face types.\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/monkey-meme-meme/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88504555","content_html":"<p>A Friendly Pack of RSS Mutts: Be More Web Dog <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://live.staticflickr.com/3154/2355141081_331c919bcb_b.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"The Second-to Latest Gang of 6\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/poppy-byedoom3.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-476-1280x639.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/pack-of-rss-mutts/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88350937","content_html":"<p>Stealing Your Webinar as a Service: Enpoopification Poster Child <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-460-1280x771.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-468-1280x943.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Proof photos of a smailing graduate who is African America and shoes no resemblance to the  photo in Sarah Blair's email.\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-464-1280x760.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/stealing-your-webinar-as-a-service/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88217272","content_html":"<p>Johnson &amp; Jenkins Smashing the TV concept, SXSWi 2008: Breathing Life into a Dull Old Post <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://live.staticflickr.com/3066/2318183170_5f4936b34f_b.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Get Poked\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://live.staticflickr.com/3235/2322435203_dc1d2517b4_b.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Someone Knows Their Lego Chops\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/johnson-jenkins-smashing-tv/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","summary":"For another blog post in my head about non content course videos, I had a memory jaunt back to a pivotal experience amongst many when I got to attend South by Southwest Interactive in– gulp doing the time math– 2008. This was a keynote session featuring two media narrative giants- Steven Johnson and...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/johnson-jenkins-smashing-tv/","date_published":"2026-04-14T06:51:02+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":"2026-04-14 06:51","date_timestamp":1776149462,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88031801","content_html":"<p>Sweeping Out My Domains <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-443-1280x786.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"1990s style web site with links on left for dommy media, a logo of a dalmation dog staring at a screen, and intro text\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-444-1280x793.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-445-1280x728.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/sweeping-out-my-domains/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","summary":"This month in digital cleanup is taking a broom to a pile of domains that have accumulated a not so tidy pile. I can’t full explain why i needed a cogdog.casa domain some ____ years ago? I had some rationale. In today’s fast-paced world, it is important to note that I will delve into showcasing […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/sweeping-out-my-domains/","date_published":"2026-04-11T03:06:32+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":"2026-04-11 03:06","date_timestamp":1775876792,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87670540","content_html":"<p>T-Shirt Empire <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/all-shirts-get-federated.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/all-shirts-cogdog.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/all-shirts-html.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/t-shirt-empire/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","summary":"I never saw this one coming. And it’s not really going anywhere. But I have a shop. I have items for sale. I have a whopping seven t-shirts for sale at cogdog’s tees. And I do not make a bloody cent of profit. I am aiming to show I have zero business savvy, not a […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/t-shirt-empire/","date_published":"2026-04-05T23:52:11+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":"2026-04-05 23:52","date_timestamp":1775433131,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87440100","content_html":"<p>[Not Shaken but] Stirred for the Third (month of daily photos in 2026) <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-407-1280x754.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/5495740444_56c9c1aa61_k-1280x854.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Wood store sign hanging on a chain. In the middle is a green martini like cocktail glass, and te letters around are script like letters that might read Stir.\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/stirred-third-daily-photos/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","summary":"Nobody but me is tracking, and a delightful thing for my streak to keep on its Bond-like precision in going purrfect for daily photos in 2026 (on the heels of a purrfect 2025) as recorded in the album and blogged on the 90th day of the year March 31, 2026. And this month there was […]","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/04/stirred-third-daily-photos/","date_published":"2026-04-02T02:08:09+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":"2026-04-02 02:08","date_timestamp":1775095689,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87378150","content_html":"<p>Panning For Flecks of Gold <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot-402-1280x703.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot-403-1280x717.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot-404-1280x1115.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/03/flecks-of-gold/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","summary":"For an ever diminishing number of web heads, this phrase will generate a connotation with not even an explanation or link needed — “Bags of Gold.” Anyone? I for one was in that Robson Square conference room in Vancouver at the 2009 OpenEd Conference, for Gardner Campbell’s talk on No Digital Facelif...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/03/flecks-of-gold/","date_published":"2026-04-01T05:11:47+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":"2026-04-01 05:11","date_timestamp":1775020307,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87224735","content_html":"<p>Web End Gamed <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://live.staticflickr.com/3833/10502072285_485deaba79_b.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Anil Dash\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/open-web-3512029924_d78cbe7f75_k-1280x959.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Old grave leaning over in a forest, with superimposted text The Web End game, and the years 1989-2026 below, plus an icon of a knife with the intials SA on it\"> : <a href=\"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/03/web-end-gamed/\">cogdogblog.com</a></p>","summary":"I saw the link to Anil Dash’s End Game for the Open Web shared Friday, scanned it quickly. I’ve been a long fan of this man’s writing and staking a position. He sure outlined the ills of the game. The open web is something extraordinary: anybody can use whatever tools they have, to create content […...","url":"https://cogdogblog.com/2026/03/web-end-gamed/","date_published":"2026-03-30T00:56:29+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":"2026-03-30 00:56","date_timestamp":1774832189,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}