Marty McGuire

Marty Likes Things (Sometimes)

2024
Sun Aug 4
★ Liked https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2024/08/upgrading-my-chumby-8-kernel-part-13-the-end/
★ Liked https://marksuth.dev/posts/2024/07/indieweb-movie-club
post from IndieWeb Movie Club
During last week’s HWC Europe/London, there was a decent chat about the films people have or haven’t watched and sharing film recommendations between us all. Film suggestions and recommendations are a common theme in the IndieWeb chat, so hopefully there’ll be some new and varied …
Sat Aug 3
★ Liked https://jacky.wtf/essays/2024/what-do-i-gain/
post from Why do I continue to post on social media?
Some time ago, not that long ago, I made a post on my Mastodon account about feeling a sense of fear that social media
Fri Aug 2
★ Liked https://disgruntledharadrim.com/2024/08/01/august-1st-and-emancipation-in-the-steampunk-atlantic/
Thu Aug 1
★ Liked https://cropp.blog/2024/08/job-searching-in-2024-is-horribly-broken
★ Liked https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2024/black-august/
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Black August is a month of remembrance and restoration for those who honor the memory of George Jackson, his
★ Liked https://tantek.com/2024/213/b1/choosing-tools
post from Choosing Tools
One of the biggest challenges with tools for making things, even just for the web, is there are so many to choose from. Nearly every tool has a learning curve to overcome before being able to use it efficiently. With proficiency, comes the ability to pursue more efficient use of …
★ Liked https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2024/find-me-at-home/
post from Find me at (my) home (server)
The server I've "lived" at for some time in the Fediverse is currently down. No socket connection (meaning I can't
★ Liked https://octodon.social/@cwebber/112882674467191202
★ Liked https://soatok.blog/2024/07/31/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-signal-competitor/
post What Does It Mean To Be A Signal Competitor?
A lot of recent (and upcoming) blog posts I’ve written, and Fediverse discussions I’ve participated in, have been about the security of communication products.
Tue Jul 30
★ Liked https://crawlspace.cool/
★ Liked https://www.citationneeded.news/when-did-cryptocurrency-become-a-voter-issue/
Mon Jul 29
★ Liked https://www.wheresyoured.at/to-serve-altman/
★ Liked https://tailscale.com/blog/new-internet
★ Liked https://www.eatmy.art/
Sun Jul 28
★ Liked https://front-end.social/@sarajw/112796251376901032
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@KevinMarks @keenan @marty Feel free! @mattwilcox has already done one - but that doesn't mean others can't!https://mstdn.social/@mattwilcox/112796163006311657
Fri Jul 26
★ Liked https://kizu.dev/fit-to-width/
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Registered custom properties are now available in all modern browsers. Using some pre-existing techniques based on them and complex container query length units, I solved a years-long problem of fitting text to the width of a container, hopefully paving the path towards a proper …
Thu Jul 25
★ Liked https://adhdftw.com/the-ideal-workspace/
★ Liked https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=squarespace-domain-hijacking
★ Liked https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-62/
★ Liked https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2024/the-hunt-driving-me-mad/
post from The Job Hunt is Driving me Mad
I've been looking for work since the layoffs at Code for America last September. Even when I briefly secured a role at
★ Liked https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/9945-Updates
post from Updates
I got back from Denver very late last night, and boy were my arms tired. And legs. And body.Lesson learned: if you have the option to take a much earlier flight and it only costs $50, take it. That is much better than wandering around the Denver airport for 8 hours. Or, failing …
★ Liked https://jordaneldredge.com/notes/corrupted-skins/
Wed Jul 24
★ Liked https://werd.io/2024/the-moral-bankruptcy-of-marc-andreessen-and-ben-horowitz
post from The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz
[Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge]"Last week, the founders of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz declared their allegiance to Donald Trump in their customary fashion: talking about money on a podcast.“Sorry, Mom,” Ben Horowitz says in an episode of The Ben & Marc Show. “I …
Tue Jul 23
★ Liked https://frontendmasters.com/blog/clip-pathing-color-changes/
Mon Jul 22
★ Liked https://xeiaso.net/notes/2024/flying-home-crowdstroke/
★ Liked https://chriscoyier.net/2024/07/22/practical-svg-is-now-free-to-read-online/
★ Liked https://werd.io/2024/after-years-of-uncertainty-google-says-it-wont-be-deprecating
post from After years of uncertainty, Google says it won't be 'deprecating third-party cookies' in Chrome - Digiday
[Kayleigh Barber and Seb Joseph at Digiday]"After much back and forth, Google has decided to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser. Turns out all the fuss over the years wasn’t in vain after all; the ad industry’s cries have finally been heard."Advertisers are rejoicing. …
★ Liked https://harihareswara.net/posts/2024/things-i-wish-id-done-before-catching-covid/
Sun Jul 21
★ Liked https://soatok.blog/2024/07/21/my-furry-blog-has-lasted-longer-than-the-confederacy/
post My Furry Blog Has Lasted Longer Than the Confederacy
My inaugural blog post went live on April 21, 2020. This post is scheduled to go live on Sunday, July 21, 2024.