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Out of action for a while with a cold. Wrote a mockup of Bliptown that I was quite happy with. Then rewrote it with pure CSS, no JavaScript. Wrote a Perl module to send a confirmation email upon sign up. Formatting raw email text is always fun. Feeling good about living in Paddington.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/21/first-day-back-in-the/","date_published":"2025-06-21T13:53:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-21 13:53","date_timestamp":1750514021,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"67184216","content_html":"@j4ck although worth giving the contents a quick check just in case. (I know UTM stores it’s full VMs in there.)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/67184216","date_published":"2025-06-20T02:03:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-20 02:03","date_timestamp":1750385032,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"67184175","content_html":"@j4ck delete ~/Library/Containers. Some apps lose their settings but it’s fine.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/67184175","date_published":"2025-06-20T02:01:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-20 02:01","date_timestamp":1750384903,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"67117227","content_html":"Last day of isolation and my attempt at doing nothing. This attempt largely failed and I just ended up doing less important stuff.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/19/last-day-of-isolation-and/","date_published":"2025-06-19T06:53:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-19 06:53","date_timestamp":1750316036,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"67105779","content_html":"@lmika people know that Signal exists right?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/67105779","date_published":"2025-06-19T01:48:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-19 01:48","date_timestamp":1750297706,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"67126082","content_html":"Last day of isolation and my attempt at doing nothing. This attempt largely failed and I just ended up doing less important stuff.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/18/last-day-of-isolation-and/","date_published":"2025-06-18T09:53:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-18 09:53","date_timestamp":1750240380,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"67031613","content_html":"@scanlime yeah I currently have a job writing a monster movie and I’ve included an enbie kid and their most defining quality is they take too many risks.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/67031613","date_published":"2025-06-18T05:38:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-18 05:38","date_timestamp":1750225122,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"67031470","content_html":"@scanlime not sure if it counts but The Diplomat had a NB character and they never referenced their gender.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/67031470","date_published":"2025-06-18T05:33:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-18 05:33","date_timestamp":1750224812,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66969872","content_html":"@hellocatfood what about a compromise: use old tech to make content for new tech?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66969872","date_published":"2025-06-17T12:49:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-17 12:49","date_timestamp":1750164565,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66962652","content_html":"@alex do the IPs used by pf-badhost cover the AI scrapers?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66962652","date_published":"2025-06-17T10:48:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-17 10:48","date_timestamp":1750157286,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66962439","content_html":"Can ambient music be about something? Some artists I know have released ambient records that are ostensibly political, while others reject the notion as a possibility. This album El Sol de los Muertos got me thinking about this: “a reflection on dispossession, resource extraction, and colonization.”
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/17/can-ambient-music-be-about/","date_published":"2025-06-17T10:46:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-17 10:46","date_timestamp":1750157198,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66957798","content_html":"@manton have you written about the technical setup of Micro.blog somewhere? I know the blogs themselves are built with Hugo but I’m interested in the other stuff, like how the timeline and replies work.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66957798","date_published":"2025-06-17T09:23:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-17 09:23","date_timestamp":1750152219,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66953266","content_html":"Had morning coffee too late in the day and so had a caffeine headache all day. Fixed my problem with sfeed on tilde.institute; I had 122 procs running of max 128. Turns out that running tail -f out | sed -Euf FILTERS | fold -s in ksh is 4, rlwrap cat | sed -Euf FILTERS > in is another is 3.
@reiayanami totally. www.youtube.com/watch
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66952708","date_published":"2025-06-17T07:33:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-17 07:33","date_timestamp":1750145621,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66890954","content_html":"Packed clothes for the move. Everything fit into my duffle bag. A selection of records into my briefcase. Now just to pack toiletries and devices.
\nNow playing:
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/16/packed-clothes-for-the-move/","date_published":"2025-06-16T13:34:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-16 13:34","date_timestamp":1750080890,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66887540","content_html":"Got my final marks for the art theory class: 90.50 / 100.00. Happy with that. Some problems with tilde.institute (outdated/unsupported OpenBSD version, expired certificate, xargs core dump) make me concerned about its future. Started paying rent on the new place. Bought a bed/frame.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/16/got-my-final-marks-for/","date_published":"2025-06-16T12:43:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-16 12:43","date_timestamp":1750077815,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66830563","content_html":"@jim just wait for the sequel when your teeth fall out
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66830563","date_published":"2025-06-15T16:38:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 16:38","date_timestamp":1750005497,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66811173","content_html":"Deciding to take another approach with learning Godot Engine. Start making the projects I want to make (art installation) and learn as needed as I go. This is how I learnt Elisp — making Fountain Mode — and learnt (and subsequently forgot) Perl — making Bliptown.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/15/deciding-to-take-another-approach/","date_published":"2025-06-15T10:08:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 10:08","date_timestamp":1749982093,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66806363","content_html":"Lazy Sunday. Wasted some time trying to script an automatic “away” signal sent to my IRC client (ii), and trying to get my age secret key password-protected. This is possible but the Emacs age-encryption-mode doesn’t trigger pinentry loopback and so breaks transparent encryption/decryption.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/15/lazy-sunday-wasted-some-time/","date_published":"2025-06-15T08:10:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 08:10","date_timestamp":1749975004,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66801026","content_html":"@lmika oof that hit close to home. Certainly made me feel old.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66801026","date_published":"2025-06-15T05:34:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 05:34","date_timestamp":1749965670,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66755051","content_html":"Rewatched Closer. Forgot how brutal it is. Excellent one-liners but its real strength is excising every piece of plot just leaving the most painful moments 🍿
\nNow playing:
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/13/listened-to-a-twohour-nts/","date_published":"2025-06-14T13:41:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-14 13:41","date_timestamp":1749908511,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66744662","content_html":"@lmika ah well, Win 95 was pretty solid.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66744662","date_published":"2025-06-14T10:01:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-14 10:01","date_timestamp":1749895294,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66739307","content_html":"@lmika remember the OS X days? The OS X days were halcyon.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66739307","date_published":"2025-06-14T07:42:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-14 07:42","date_timestamp":1749886929,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66669995","content_html":"@th4 listening to Pulp?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66669995","date_published":"2025-06-13T10:48:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-13 10:48","date_timestamp":1749811724,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66669879","content_html":"@Lime gorgeous. Are these created digitally or practically?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66669879","date_published":"2025-06-13T10:46:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-13 10:46","date_timestamp":1749811599,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66594469","content_html":"Just How Many Things (3)
\n\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/12/just-how-many-things-the/","date_published":"2025-06-12T12:42:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-12 12:42","date_timestamp":1749732140,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66594439","content_html":"The waitress was leaning by his shoulder with a mild look of confusion/concern but the THUD THUD THUD of the 76-year-old heart filled his ears such that she sounded far away, like a car radio losing its reception, and he was this car, driving out and away from the world along miles and miles of open desert road.
\n
House plans changed. We now need to find a new place by end of July. Converted my encrypted files from PGP to age. But how do I backup the private key? Went online stalking someone from my past. Regretted that. Removed links to photography and writing from my portfolio. Focus Neo.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/12/house-plans-changed-we-now/","date_published":"2025-06-12T12:41:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-12 12:41","date_timestamp":1749732077,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66590511","content_html":"@alex the social aspect for sure. I remember publishing my first project and getting it into MELPA. Put a smile on my face that day.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66590511","date_published":"2025-06-12T11:39:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-12 11:39","date_timestamp":1749728395,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66570409","content_html":"@jplebreton intriguing how subtle they thought they were being with MXGA
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66570409","date_published":"2025-06-12T04:56:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-12 04:56","date_timestamp":1749704197,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66524403","content_html":"Finished the tutorial on GDScript. Not sure how I feel about Python-like languages. I pledge never to concatenate strings with +. Watered plants. Made a pizza for dinner. Considering switching file encryption to age. Now playing:
Finally invoiced the production company for the monster movie work. That will provide a nice buffer. New moka pot gasket arrived. My anti-cholesterol butter told me my “best is yet to come.” Was awake until 6am researching creating Perl bindings to md4c with FFI::Platypus. Ugh, send help.
@ru you may like this: www.hetzner.com/storage/s…
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66317730","date_published":"2025-06-09T08:01:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-09 08:01","date_timestamp":1749456105,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66315883","content_html":"I have created my own markup language. It’s 4 lines of sed.
s/https?:\\/\\/[^ ]*[^.!?> ]/<a href=\"&\">&<\\/a>/g\ns/\\[\\[(.+)(\\/|\\.txt)]]/<a href=\"\\1\\2\">\\1\\2<\\/a>/g\ns/\\[\\[(.+)]]/<a href=\"\\1.html\">\\1<\\/a>/g\ns/\\*[^*]+\\*/<em>&<\\/em>/g\nDeleted my Substack account (the 2020s version of deleting Facebook). This also deleted the archive of the short-lived Film Club 2000. Whiled away some time on the IndieWeb and added IndieAuth to my website. Watched Black Bag, which felt like the pilot of a Netflix series.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66259186","date_published":"2025-06-08T11:16:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-08 11:16","date_timestamp":1749381363,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66249954","content_html":"@lmika about a year ago I did an installation with a GLSL ocean projection onto three walls, with the strength of the waves being audio reactive. We just used a laptop, VDMX and a single projector. I want to restage it with three projectors and making the ocean in GDSL.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66249954","date_published":"2025-06-08T07:27:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-08 07:27","date_timestamp":1749367647,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66249015","content_html":"Wrote some hackish Elisp to append the day of the week to every journal-YYYY.md.pgp going back to 2010. Then rewrote it to be more elegant. Turns out gpg -d sends to stdout so if I wanted to spend half a day I could have piped this through sed or something. Now playing:
@manton @sod I’ve noticed recently that less-than/greater-than characters in code spans render as HTML entities: micro.blog/rnkn/6624…
\nIntentional?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66243628","date_published":"2025-06-08T04:25:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-08 04:25","date_timestamp":1749356755,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66243542","content_html":"@scanlime < /dev/urandom grep -f /usr/share/dict/words
@manton doof doof doof 🎵
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66242490","date_published":"2025-06-08T03:51:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-08 03:51","date_timestamp":1749354698,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66207240","content_html":"More work on learning Godot. Pleased with myself that I figured out parallax background that was not in the tutorial.
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It’s weird learning to make a platform game in order to make video art installations. The gaming world and the art world seem far apart.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/rnkn/66195905","date_published":"2025-06-07T11:52:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-07 11:52","date_timestamp":1749297129,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66188094","content_html":"The director and producers of the monster movie are happy with the latest treatment, which means we’re moving on to the draft stage in July! A long time coming. Exciting but also a big relief.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/07/more-word-on-learning-godot/","date_published":"2025-06-07T08:51:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-07 08:51","date_timestamp":1749286265,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66129635","content_html":"Making my first game in Godot.
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\n\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/06/just-how-many-things-he/","date_published":"2025-06-06T07:56:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-06 07:56","date_timestamp":1749196606,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66103756","content_html":"He had gone back to work at Hölburtt & Co. after the exact number of weeks’ rest his doctor advised and felt eager to rejoin his routine
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We will have cheaper rent for a couple of months, at the expense of spare room/studio space. Doing a slow-burn preparation for the move. Pulling stuff out of storage. (After living out of a suitcase for 2½ years having to deal with stuff is annoying.) All my clothes have gone out of style.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz/2025/06/06/doing-a-slow-burn-preparation/","date_published":"2025-06-06T06:54:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Paul W. Rankin","url":"https://mg.rnkn.xyz","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F18%2F1761760.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rnkn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-06 06:54","date_timestamp":1749192857,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66040728","content_html":"Day 16 of isolation. My sleep schedule has definitely fallen apart. Did my first Sad Bastard Cookbook grocery shop and feel like I cheated capitalism. Watched Mickey 17. Still find myself oddly drawn to learning CGI. Wondering if I’d enjoy it as much as Mojolicious.
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