{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Dan J","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/danj","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1485","username":"danj","bio":"Author, software developer, and Indieweb fan. Vancouver, B.C.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":42,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2024/44/1485.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"88381619","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/chipotle@mstdn.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@chipotle</a></span> is it too pat to say “shitbirds of a feather flock together”?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/88381619","date_published":"2026-04-16T15:26:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 15:26","date_timestamp":1776353202,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82514897","content_html":"Every time my Mac tries to coerce me into upgrading to Tahoe, I get a little closer to selling it and buying a Linux laptop instead.\n\nDead serious. Linux distros have gotten really good. Meanwhile, Apple insists on turning macOS into Windows as hard and fast as it can.\n\nPour one out for the platform I used... <a href=\"https://feed.danj.ca/2026/01/20/every-time-my-mac-tries.html\">feed.danj.ca</a>","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2026/01/20/every-time-my-mac-tries.html","date_published":"2026-01-21T05:58:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-21 05:58","date_timestamp":1768975097,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78936293","content_html":"<p>Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow? and What do you get the man who has everything? seem like such similar questions, and yet. 🤔</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2025/11/28/whatever-happened-to-the-man.html","date_published":"2025-11-28T20:02:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-28 20:02","date_timestamp":1764360125,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78895854","content_html":"<p>Someday I’ll automate stuff like this, but…</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.danj.ca/now/\">Updated my Now page.</a></p>\n\n<p>And the quotes and subtitles that pop up in the header. I love my silly anachronistic website. 😌</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2025/11/27/someday-ill-automate-stuff-like.html","date_published":"2025-11-28T07:18:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-28 07:18","date_timestamp":1764314309,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76416857","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jsonbecker\">@jsonbecker</a> You must have been like, “Well played, Ars Technica. Well played.” Grudging respect.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/76416857","date_published":"2025-10-23T01:54:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-23 01:54","date_timestamp":1761184457,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"76416356","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jsonbecker\">@jsonbecker</a> I very much agree with you, but/and also both that Ars article and the thing it’s commenting on read like the clickiest, baitiest clickbait imaginable. 😛</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/76416356","date_published":"2025-10-23T01:39:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-23 01:39","date_timestamp":1761183586,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"76329924","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/gruber@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@gruber</a></span> Thanks for linking to this again, I missed it in your feed the first time. You love to see it. 😤</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/76329924","date_published":"2025-10-22T00:31:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-22 00:31","date_timestamp":1761093101,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"75133837","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> Yes! I love this app, it’s tiny and cute and does what it does really well. More software should be like this. 😌</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/75133837","date_published":"2025-10-06T14:05:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-06 14:05","date_timestamp":1759759509,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73454681","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://opennotes.blog/2025/09/12/books.html\">Books - Open Notes</a></p>\n\n<p>Co-signed. The web vanishes. Books endure.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2025/09/12/books-open-notes-cosigned-the.html","date_published":"2025-09-13T06:01:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-13 06:01","date_timestamp":1757743304,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"73204212","content_html":"<p>Slow-ow-ow-ly revamping <a href=\"https://www.danj.ca\">my IndieWeb site</a>. Not sure if it’s a web garden or what, but I think I want it to be more than a “blog” (a reverse-chronological list of posts). It’ll get there.</p>\n\n<p>On my todo list is hooking the site up properly to this…</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2025/09/09/slowowowly-revamping-my-indieweb-site.html","date_published":"2025-09-10T04:01:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-10 04:01","date_timestamp":1757476876,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"72258865","content_html":"<p>I love rediscovering an internet person I admired years ago: <a href=\"https://feed.danj.ca/2025/08/28/i-love-rediscovering-an-internet.html\">feed.danj.ca</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2025/08/28/i-love-rediscovering-an-internet.html","date_published":"2025-08-28T15:51:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-28 15:51","date_timestamp":1756396268,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"72258672","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Hmmm. As usual, Dave’s take is interesting. I keep running away from WordPress (for a variety of reasons, obsession with static site generation being the main one, tbh) but he makes good points about its longevity and openness.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/72258672","date_published":"2025-08-28T15:46:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-28 15:46","date_timestamp":1756395995,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72258635","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> If you’ll forgive me pointing out a funny malapropism… “differ to my doctor” means the opposite of “defer to my doctor”. 😂</p>\n<p>(I’m sorry, I’m a word nerd, and this made me giggle!)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/72258635","date_published":"2025-08-28T15:45:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-28 15:45","date_timestamp":1756395940,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"70865278","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jake4480@c.im\" class=\"u-url mention\">@jake4480</a></span> Oh wow, this reminds me I had a playset of this dude when I was a kid! I think he transformed into one of those two-level car carrier tractor trailers, so you could load smaller Transformers onto him.</p>\n<p>What a portal through time. 🤯😂</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/70865278","date_published":"2025-08-09T15:51:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-09 15:51","date_timestamp":1754754683,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"67251165","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/danj\">@danj</a> …also why aren’t I following Brent directly? 🤔</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/67251165","date_published":"2025-06-21T00:56:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-21 00:56","date_timestamp":1750467403,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"67251117","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Nice. Might steal that to create “noutilizing.com” 😆</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/67251117","date_published":"2025-06-21T00:55:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-21 00:55","date_timestamp":1750467350,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66780697","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/undead@masto.hackers.town\" class=\"u-url mention\">@undead</a></span> Ooh… thanks! Looks cool (and sort of like Cultist Simulator) 😋</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/66780697","date_published":"2025-06-14T21:05:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-14 21:05","date_timestamp":1749935144,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66780130","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/undead@masto.hackers.town\" class=\"u-url mention\">@undead</a></span> What is this game, and is it Cultist Simulator?</p>\n<p>…asking for… a friend. 👀😏</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/66780130","date_published":"2025-06-14T20:56:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-14 20:56","date_timestamp":1749934586,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66780069","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/hotdogsladies@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@hotdogsladies</a></span> it was weird how they were all for toaster ovens and refrigerators.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/66780069","date_published":"2025-06-14T20:55:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-14 20:55","date_timestamp":1749934516,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66731319","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/hotdogsladies@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@hotdogsladies</a></span> Ahhh, right. Trying to navigate the Blu-Ray menus had me exhausted by Disc 2. 😓</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/66731319","date_published":"2025-06-14T04:00:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-14 04:00","date_timestamp":1749873637,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66729662","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/marcoarment@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@marcoarment</a></span> I don’t remember this sex scene from the theatrical cut. 🤔</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/66729662","date_published":"2025-06-14T03:12:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-14 03:12","date_timestamp":1749870720,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66727209","content_html":"<p>Might be time to finally answer this question: how do I get micro posts back into my site, and how do I publish from my site to Micro.blog / the Fediverse?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2025/06/13/might-be-time-to-finally.html","date_published":"2025-06-14T02:07:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-14 02:07","date_timestamp":1749866843,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66237179","content_html":"<p>Just came across <a href=\"https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/06/07/bill-atkinson-rip\">this</a>, and learned Bill Atkinson was the creator of HyperCard. I’m glad he stayed at Apple to finish it, because you can trace a straight line from me playing with HyperCard at a computer summer camp to my 20-year career in software development. RIP, Mr. Atkinson. ❤️</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2025/06/07/just-came-across-this-and.html","date_published":"2025-06-08T01:18:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-08 01:18","date_timestamp":1749345508,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"64758467","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jsonbecker\">@jsonbecker</a> Hah! I also relate, though my gig is writing rather than music.</p>\n<p>Know what, though? The values encoded in that image are our culture’s idolization of youth and fame as the only things that could possibly make life and creativity fulfilling.</p>\n<p>And I say, the hell with that. 🤘</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/64758467","date_published":"2025-05-19T15:17:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-19 15:17","date_timestamp":1747667861,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"64140536","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jsonbecker\">@jsonbecker</a> hear, hear. Feels like such a missed opportunity—or something—when the only way a business or event connects with the world is through Facebook and co.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/64140536","date_published":"2025-05-11T03:44:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-11 03:44","date_timestamp":1746935060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"64140245","content_html":"<p>🎵Lana del Rey &amp; The Weeknd are two of my favourite purveyors of melancholy melodrama. 🖤\n<a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/track/1gZADNt16Oh23jWyMYRk4p?si=NNbwZUASREWY-lvGPji0Sg&amp;context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A30kTc6305r00h3B9IZDCkT\">open.spotify.com/track/1gZ…</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2025/05/10/lana-del-rey-the-weeknd.html","date_published":"2025-05-11T03:31:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-11 03:31","date_timestamp":1746934303,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"50775091","content_html":"<p>It’s that magical time of year: the leaves have fallen from the trees, you realize how many companies have your email address, you spend all day tapping Unsubscribe links. 😌🍂</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2024/11/29/its-that-magical.html","date_published":"2024-11-29T23:12:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-29 23:12","date_timestamp":1732921951,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"48799184","content_html":"<p>🎵 Hozier’s <a href=\"https://genius.com/Hozier-work-song-lyrics\"><em>Work Song</em></a> is both a sweet, slow love chant and also a terrifying premonition of undeath—it’s all there in the chorus. 🧟</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2024/11/02/hoziers-work-song.html","date_published":"2024-11-02T19:14:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-02 19:14","date_timestamp":1730574845,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"19391710","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jsonbecker\">@jsonbecker</a> Oh, I love this topic. 🤓 And I don’t think they’ve even “gotten” same-y, either (though I could be wrong!) — cover design definitely follows trends. Same with film posters. I love looking at, say, a dozen movies released in 2017 and compare their posters with each other than with movies released this year. I’d bet book covers, especially bestsellers from the big publishers, do likewise!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/19391710","date_published":"2023-05-25T17:18:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-25 17:18","date_timestamp":1685035117,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19388914","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Oh no! You’ve revealed your True Name and are now vulnerable to spells cast against you. 😬😂</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/19388914","date_published":"2023-05-25T15:27:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-25 15:27","date_timestamp":1685028476,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19385744","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/canion\">@canion</a> Nice shout-out to NNW! You also mentioned DEVONThink, and I’ve just started using that as my RSS reader. We’ll see how it goes, but DT is such a cool app I’m inclined to squeeze as much value from it as I can. 😋 If it can be a one-stop shop for all web reading — and perhaps the notes taken from such reading — that’d be the ultimate. (Right now, of course, it mostly contains 400 PDFs/bookmarks I <em>mean to</em> read…)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/19385744","date_published":"2023-05-25T13:27:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-25 13:27","date_timestamp":1685021261,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19385638","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Archimage\">@Archimage</a> Gotcha! Thanks for the elaboration. And I think that’s my preferred idea, too: Post things on my site, then be able to push them to both Micro and Masto.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/19385638","date_published":"2023-05-25T13:23:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-25 13:23","date_timestamp":1685020989,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19385558","content_html":"<p>Hey, IndieWeb. It’s been a minute.</p>\n\n<p>As they say.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2023/05/25/hey-indieweb-its.html","date_published":"2023-05-25T13:21:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-25 13:21","date_timestamp":1685020894,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"19385344","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Archimage\">@Archimage</a> Just saw you’re on <a href=\"https://writing.exchange\">writing.exchange</a>, as well as here. May I ask if there’s one you prefer, between M.b and Mastodon, or why you’ve decided to post on both?</p>\n<p>I’m trying to make up my mind whether to be here, or on Mastodon, or on both, or etc. 😊</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/19385344","date_published":"2023-05-25T13:17:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-25 13:17","date_timestamp":1685020622,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"17239048","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/devilgate\">@devilgate</a> Perhaps! It certainly sounds like it opened up <a href=\"https://www.theredhandfiles.com/give-interviews-again/\">new frontiers for him</a>:</p>\n<p>&gt; The process of answering your questions taught me how to write about certain things. Your questions became exercises in how to be and what to believe. I was able to construct a world view based on intimacy, vulnerability, uncertainty and commonality.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/17239048","date_published":"2023-02-24T05:06:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-02-24 05:06","date_timestamp":1677215198,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"17188886","content_html":"<p>When you pull out your phone like that, like a reflex</p>\n\n<p>What is it you’re hoping to see?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2023/02/21/when-you-pull.html","date_published":"2023-02-22T05:58:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-02-22 05:58","date_timestamp":1677045523,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"17183175","content_html":"<p>Man, I never really got into Nick Cave, but I love <a href=\"https://www.theredhandfiles.com/\">The Red Hand Files</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2023/02/21/man-i-never.html","date_published":"2023-02-21T23:37:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-02-21 23:37","date_timestamp":1677022621,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16684372","content_html":"<p>The trick to eating an ice cream cone is, you’ve gotta be a little undignified.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2023/02/10/the-trick-to.html","date_published":"2023-02-11T00:53:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-02-11 00:53","date_timestamp":1676076780,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16120377","content_html":"<p>I just heard the climax of Jurassic Park described as “Teus Rex Machina” and I’m so happy right now.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2023/01/20/i-just-heard.html","date_published":"2023-01-21T00:26:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-21 00:26","date_timestamp":1674260779,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16042790","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> The Micro.blog web interface is pretty great in mobile Safari — but any idea why post/reply composition text boxes don’t support autocorrect? Typing this out is forcing me to recognize how fat-fingered I am. 😜</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/16042790","date_published":"2023-01-17T23:59:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-17 23:59","date_timestamp":1673999971,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"16042739","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/hjalm\">@hjalm</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> Antony knows his tunes. And, in case the coincidence I’m pointing out isn’t obvious, he wrote the graphic novel The Coldest City, of which Atomic Blonde is an adaptation!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danj/16042739","date_published":"2023-01-17T23:57:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-17 23:57","date_timestamp":1673999851,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"16020539","content_html":"<p>Weird coincidences on the timeline. 👀🤔😁 <a href=\"https://micro.blog/antonyjohnston@mastodon.social\">@antonyjohnston@mastodon.social</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/cheribaker@writing.exchange\">@cheribaker@writing.exchange</a></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Ffeed.danj.ca%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F942c1acb7d.jpg\" width=\"579\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2023/01/16/weird-coincidences-on.html","date_published":"2023-01-17T02:41:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-17 02:41","date_timestamp":1673923319,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"15968249","content_html":"<p>When I play with blogging software, and find myself pondering taxonomies (tags and categories) real hard…</p>\n\n<p>I can’t help wondering if I’m misdirecting my energy to categorizing the work instead of <strong>making</strong> the work. 🧠</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2023/01/14/when-i-play.html","date_published":"2023-01-14T23:34:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-14 23:34","date_timestamp":1673739299,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"15779806","content_html":"<p>Sometimes, when you’re walking home from a grocery run in the last of the daylight, you’ve just got to put on Lana del Rey’s Born To Die (The Paradise Edition) album and imagine your life is a grim, glamorous soap opera. 🖤🎶</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2023/01/06/sometimes-when-youre.html","date_published":"2023-01-07T00:51:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-07 00:51","date_timestamp":1673052661,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"15585548","content_html":"<p>Hat tip to <a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> and whomever else I saw mention <a href=\"https://highlighted.app/\">Highlighted</a> the other day — this is a very cool app for taking digital notes on physical books, it’s made an indie dev, and I can definitely see cool ways to fit this into my workflow.</p>\n\n<p>Thanks, fellow book nerds! ❤️🛠️🤓📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2022/12/30/hat-tip-to.html","date_published":"2022-12-31T02:52:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-31 02:52","date_timestamp":1672455165,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"15094132","content_html":"<p>“Yeah, it’s efficient, but where are the unhinged Hunter S. Thompsons of the world?”</p>\n\n<p>is a good question for creators to keep in mind. 🔖💬</p>\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1545837211903528961\">David Perell</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2022/12/17/yeah-its-efficient.html","date_published":"2022-12-18T02:48:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-18 02:48","date_timestamp":1671331701,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"15085487","content_html":"<p>Bless this URL shortener. 😂❤️ <a href=\"https://spacekaren.sucks\">spacekaren.sucks</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2022/12/17/bless-this-url.html","date_published":"2022-12-17T21:55:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-17 21:55","date_timestamp":1671314118,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"15077497","content_html":"<p>Life still counts if you don’t record it: <a href=\"https://feed.danj.ca/2022/12/17/life-still-counts.html\">feed.danj.ca</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2022/12/17/life-still-counts.html","date_published":"2022-12-17T19:14:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-17 19:14","date_timestamp":1671304441,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"15027308","content_html":"<p>Another thing for which Micro.blog is giving me a renewed appreciation: my <a href=\"https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/\">Keyboard Maestro</a> shortcut for quickly turning a site’s title and URL into a Markdown link! ⌨️🤓</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2022/12/16/another-thing-for.html","date_published":"2022-12-16T17:59:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-16 17:59","date_timestamp":1671213571,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"15027119","content_html":"<p>My favourite thing about <a href=\"https://ooh.directory/\">ooh.directory</a> thus far is it cheerfully categorizes blogs like the essential <a href=\"https://kottke.org/\">kottke.org - home of fine hypertext products</a> as “Uncategorizable”. ❤️</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://feed.danj.ca/2022/12/16/my-favourite-thing.html","date_published":"2022-12-16T17:56:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Dan J","url":"https://www.danj.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F44%2F1485.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danj"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-16 17:56","date_timestamp":1671213405,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}