Also just throwing this out there: I run a Discord called The Spicy Web that really is about learning and building stuff with the fundamentals, even for old-timers like myself (but all the more for newbies! So much advice out there is about pulling in tons of opinionated tools and dependencies, even when you don't need them…). At any point if you want to bounce ideas or questions off folks in real-time, check it out!
There are certainly tech nerds, but there's plenty of other stuff out there, particularly art and other cultural sharing. What sort of topics are you into? Mastodon greatly benefits from following hashtags, so maybe folks can recommend ones to follow for you. Also, if you happened to join an instance with only a few users, it may be missing a lot of relayed content from various other instances which can provide the appearance of boring/missing content.
This episode knocked it out of the park. In a season that's been a wee bit hit and miss IMHO (compared to S1), seeing such depth and pathos in a story which could have been handled in a heavy-handed way otherwise, well it's very satisfying.
I don't think I've ever screamed so loud at my TV before. I was loosing my shit at this moment. I was stunned. What a high. Possibly one of the best memories of fandom I have in my life now.
As others have mentioned, between Mastodon's hashtag following and now Threadiverse communities, that's all I need to feel plugged into various topics I care about. I'm not sure what more a feed algorithm could do for me.
I love the character of Quark, but let's be honest. Guinan is the better bartender, if you're just a regular Starfleet officer looking to down a pint of syntheholic ale.
This may be a weird answer, but I played Celtic music with the family band as a teenager and our favorite place to play was Santa Rosa Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, CA. Great vibe, good food—I of course was too young to partake of the brew 😉—but it was a lot of fun and we had a crowd of regulars who'd come to see us perform every time. When they eventually closed down, it felt like the end of an era…
Great article, and a hugely important point to make. It's also why tools which try to abstract away CSS with their own DSLs and paradigms are doomed to failure in the long run, because they're going against the grain of the web platform.
Every time I hear about all the little critters along for the ride in my body, it makes my skin crawl. And apparently everyone on my skin is already doing that. 😅
Yeah, if something like a combination of a webring/blogroll with actually good UX (I don't like the "which random website will I get plopped down on next?" aspect) could emerge, that would be cool.
Also just throwing this out there: I run a Discord called The Spicy Web that really is about learning and building stuff with the fundamentals, even for old-timers like myself (but all the more for newbies! So much advice out there is about pulling in tons of opinionated tools and dependencies, even when you don't need them…). At any point if you want to bounce ideas or questions off folks in real-time, check it out!
I disagree. The fundamentals of the web specs are more important than ever, and many projects don't even need a frontend framework.
There are certainly tech nerds, but there's plenty of other stuff out there, particularly art and other cultural sharing. What sort of topics are you into? Mastodon greatly benefits from following hashtags, so maybe folks can recommend ones to follow for you. Also, if you happened to join an instance with only a few users, it may be missing a lot of relayed content from various other instances which can provide the appearance of boring/missing content.
This episode knocked it out of the park. In a season that's been a wee bit hit and miss IMHO (compared to S1), seeing such depth and pathos in a story which could have been handled in a heavy-handed way otherwise, well it's very satisfying.
I don't think I've ever screamed so loud at my TV before. I was loosing my shit at this moment. I was stunned. What a high. Possibly one of the best memories of fandom I have in my life now.
Yeah, that. 😅
Hearing Picard simply snarl Q! in that grumpy Patrick Stewart manner is the greatest.
As others have mentioned, between Mastodon's hashtag following and now Threadiverse communities, that's all I need to feel plugged into various topics I care about. I'm not sure what more a feed algorithm could do for me.
I love the character of Quark, but let's be honest. Guinan is the better bartender, if you're just a regular Starfleet officer looking to down a pint of syntheholic ale.
Only "mildly" infuriating??
I got the best deal of all: canceling my Prime membership. I'm saving tons of money! 🤡
(but seriously, screw Amazon and their monopolistic, anti-labor practices)
Loving it so far! I posted some initial thoughts here on Mastodon.
Wow, that story really is bonkers. Gotta admire the chutzpah I guess.
Weird that they'd bother to take the time to use an accent for "Café" but then misspell Coffee! 😅
This may be a weird answer, but I played Celtic music with the family band as a teenager and our favorite place to play was Santa Rosa Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, CA. Great vibe, good food—I of course was too young to partake of the brew 😉—but it was a lot of fun and we had a crowd of regulars who'd come to see us perform every time. When they eventually closed down, it felt like the end of an era…
That's really cool! At one point I knew that this was possible, but I'd totally forgotten.
Featuring a couple of guys I know, Justin Fagnani and Kristofer Joseph, along with Zach Leatherman and Rob Eisenberg. What a great panel!
Great article, and a hugely important point to make. It's also why tools which try to abstract away CSS with their own DSLs and paradigms are doomed to failure in the long run, because they're going against the grain of the web platform.
Every time I hear about all the little critters along for the ride in my body, it makes my skin crawl. And apparently everyone on my skin is already doing that. 😅
Yeah, if something like a combination of a webring/blogroll with actually good UX (I don't like the "which random website will I get plopped down on next?" aspect) could emerge, that would be cool.