Marty McGuire

Marty Likes Things (Sometimes)

2018
Tue May 15
β˜… Liked http://cathieleblanc.plymouthcreate.net/blog/indieweb/why-we-need-the-indieweb/
post from Why We Need the #IndieWeb: A Short History
Back in 1993, as a young computer science graduate student, I created my first web page. To do so, I had to learn a new language, HyperText Markup Language (html), which was pretty easy for me as someone who had been programming in Cobol, PL/I, C, Basic, and so on, since high …
Sun May 13
β˜… Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/05/12/bubble-sort-adafruit-crickit-circuitpython-animated-audio-animatronics/
post from bubble sort @adafruit #CRICKIT & @CircuitPython animated audio animatronics
It’s a python bubble blowing robot, animated audio animatronics (video). Code here.
Sat May 12
β˜… Liked https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/05/12/14/article/
post Indigenous Development Log #2
I’m working on kicking out Indigenous version 0.3, which has been sitting on the shelf for a bit. I think the last build I sent out was March 15, which means it’s been almost 2 months. Thankfully I just finished up my Spring online classes and don’t have any more classes until …
β˜… Liked https://jvns.ca/blog/2018/05/11/batch-editing-files-with-ed/
post Batch editing files with ed
The other day at work I needed to edit 200 files at once. I wanted to do something pretty simple:
Wed May 9
β˜… Liked https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/994233568359575552
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Google Assistant making calls pretending to be human not only without disclosing that it's a bot, but adding "ummm" and "aaah" to deceive the human on the other end with the room cheering it... horrifying. Silicon Valley is ethically lost, rudderless and has not learned a thing.
Mon May 7
β˜… Liked https://gregorlove.com/2018/05/im-attending-indieweb-summit-2018/
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I’m attending IndieWeb Summit 2018!
β˜… Liked http://fogknife.com/2018-05-07-a-bit-of-indieweb-pushback.html
post from A bit of IndieWeb pushback
My admittedly somewhat agitative article about IndieWeb received some excellent critique from that community's core constituency.
Sun May 6
β˜… Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/05/06/we-the-builders-wethebuilders-wetherosies-3d-printing-rosie-the-riveter/
Sat May 5
β˜… Liked http://kimberlyhirsh.com/doing-my-part-to-fix-the-internet-a-follow-up/
post from Doing My Part to Fix the Internet: A Follow-up
A little over a year ago, I wrote about how a post by Vicki Boykis and a comment by Chris Aldrich had inspired me to do my part to fix the internet. Since that time, I’ve worked hard to get my WordPress site set up so that I can write content here, send it out to other places …
Fri May 4
β˜… Liked https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/05/02/16/article/
post Indigenous Development Log #1
I was inspired by reading Chris Hannah’s Slate Development Log that I should track the progress on my own iOS app, Indigenous.
Wed May 2
β˜… Liked https://david.shanske.com/2018/05/02/going-to-the-indieweb-summit/
Mon Apr 30
β˜… Liked https://grant.codes/2018/04/30/5ae75c5fbbd4fe05dfa348fd
Sat Apr 28
β˜… Liked http://fogknife.com/2018-04-22-announcing-two-new-indieweb-modules-for-perl.html
post from Announcing two new IndieWeb modules for Perl
The modules implement metadata techniques that help authors publishing on different websites meaningfully link up their respective work.
Fri Apr 27
β˜… Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/04/26/its-time-to-retire-rtfm-compassioncode-blame-button-too-maybe/
post from It’s Time to Retire β€œRTFM” @compassioncode (Blame button too maybe) …
"RTFM" is inherently unkind. Let's ditch it altogether. ‍♂️ https://t.co/Zgifa8qcyl
Sun Apr 22
β˜… Liked https://grant.codes/2018/04/22/5adc9ef8bbd4fe05dfa24f50
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You should go and climb up the hill there for a really great view of the city!
Fri Apr 20
β˜… Liked https://abraham.link/34/34/
Wed Apr 18
β˜… Liked https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/04/18/4/reply/
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Wow! That wasn’t what I was expecting to see on my feed today! Have fun!!
Tue Apr 17
β˜… Liked http://kimberlyhirsh.com/cathy-fisher-on-fixing-fb-go-back-to-your-2001-fan-site/
post from Cathy Fisher on fixing Fb: Go back to your 2001 fan site
Cathy Fisher, a Business Professional on Twitter (Twitter)β€œMy idea for fixing Facebook: shut down Facebook and everyone goes back to the weird niche fan site forum they were on in 2001, where they then form a really deep friendship with a teen who lives in Poland”This is …
Sat Apr 14
β˜… Liked http://kimberlyhirsh.com/farewell-to-facebook-kind-of/
post from Farewell to Facebook, Kind Of
I won’t be posting directly to my Facebook timeline anymore. In keeping with my move to embrace the IndieWeb, any posts I make to Facebook will be syndicated there from my own website, kimberlyhirsh.com. Each Facebook post will include a link to the original post on my website. …
Thu Apr 12
β˜… Liked http://www.manton.org/2018/04/wavelength-for-micro-blog.html
post Wavelength for Micro.blog
We have something really big to announce today. Micro.blog now supports hosting short-form podcasts, also known as microcasts, with a companion iPhone app called Wavelength for recording, editing, and publishing episodes.
Mon Apr 9
β˜… Liked https://aaronparecki.com/2018/04/09/5/
post from A MetaWeblog to Micropub Gateway
I’m always looking for fun and better ways to publish content to my website. There are several nice writing apps now, such as Byword for MacOS, which lets you write in Markdown and then converts it into HTML. Many of these kinds of apps have an option to publish to a Wordpress …
β˜… Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/04/09/behold-the-circuit-playground-express-manufacturingmonday-video/
post from Behold, the Circuit Playground Express! #ManufacturingMonday (video)
One of our most complex manufacturing setups is the Circuit Playground Express.
Sun Apr 8
β˜… Liked https://aaronparecki.com/2018/04/08/6/
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That was a great one this week! I really enjoyed the summaries of all the links added to the various wiki pages!
β˜… Liked https://aaronparecki.com/2018/04/07/16/
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My robot cocktail maker now posts the drink it just made to my website, as well as records it in #ynab thanks to their new API! #barbot #quantifiedself #automation #manualtilithurts #ithurtssogood @youneedabudget
Mon Apr 2
β˜… Liked https://aaronparecki.com/2018/04/01/39/q1-review
Tue Mar 27
β˜… Liked https://jonathanprozzi.net/reflection/learning-and-project-update-march-27-2018/
Mon Mar 26
β˜… Liked https://whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2018/03/26/bike-leaning-against-a-sign-at-lake-montebello/#post-6061
post Bike Leaning Against a Sign at Lake Montebello
It’s a sunny day, cool and windy, and I finished my homework early, so I decided to take a bicycle ride. I had to really work myself up for it, and I gave myself a thousand reasons not to take it. It’s too windy. I walked a lot of miles yesterday and my body needs a break. I …
β˜… Liked http://kimberlyhirsh.com/dear-indieweb/
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Dear IndieWeb, it may be time to start considering the user, not just the technical spec. by Eli Mellen (eli.li)I’ve been working on a series of walkthrough posts that outline how to IndieWebify a Wordpress site. I presumed the initial setup would be fairly straightforward …
Thu Mar 22
β˜… Liked https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/03/22/5/article/
post Leaving Facebook ... soon
Facebook has continued to fall further and further off the road that I consider a good, positive web platform. I am going to be cancelling my Facebook account in the next several months (I want to ensure I’ve downloaded all of my information/photos/etc before I actually delete …
β˜… Liked https://cleverdevil.io/2018/ive-officially-deleted-my-facebook-account-and
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I've officially deleted my Facebook account, and it will disappear completely from Facebook within 14 days. It feels great.