Essays
Very cold and rainy day in Austin as it’s starting to feel like 2019 is really here.
Very cold and rainy day in Austin as it’s starting to feel like 2019 is really here. I’ve been wrapping up a new foundation for themes and customization on M.b that I can’t wait to share.
Walked by this abandoned toy store the other night.
Walked by this abandoned toy store the other night. I guess they keep the lights on long after the place is empty and the letters removed.
After living here forever and visiting a new coffee shop every day for a month a couple years ago…
After living here forever and visiting a new coffee shop every day for a month a couple years ago, it’s not often I find a new place… Working at Irie Bean Coffee Bar while in south Austin for a bit.
We really loved Mary Poppins Returns and Into the Spider-Verse.
We really loved Mary Poppins Returns and Into the Spider-Verse. This Spider-Man is stunning — my favorite Marvel adaptation. And don’t miss the blog post about Mary Poppins from Floyd Norman, who worked on the original film 54 years ago.
For the last Micro Monday of the year, @macgenie edited together 10 clips from the previous 40+…
For the last Micro Monday of the year, @macgenie edited together 10 clips from the previous 40+ episodes in 2018. This is a great intro to Micro.blog and the podcast.
Worked on some performance improvements for external blogs this morning.
Worked on some performance improvements for external blogs this morning. RSS and connection errors are also now reported on the web to help troubleshoot feed problems.
Zilker tree. Another fun year at the Trail of Lights. 🎄
Zilker tree. Another fun year at the Trail of Lights. 🎄
Micro.blog holiday giveaway
We wanted to do something special for the holidays. Starting today through January 2nd, if you invite a friend to Micro.blog they will get 3 months of free blog hosting. If you already have a paid account, you can optionally pay for their entire first year on Micro.blog.
Happy holidays! Thanks to everyone in the Micro.blog community who has been so supportive as we grow the platform. I can’t wait to share everything we have planned for 2019.
Migrating my old personal podcast
Between 2005 and 2008, I published 4 episodes of a personal podcast, each episode about a different topic. When migrating my blog to Micro.blog this year, I accidentally broke the old podcast feed. I’ve just fixed it by uploading the MP3s to Micro.blog and updating the podcast feed URL in the Apple podcast directory.
Here are the 4 original posts with updated audio links:
- Trains (2005)
- Video Games (2006)
- San Francisco (2006)
- Hillary (2008)
These were all over 10 years ago and in that time I’ve co-hosted 350 episodes of Core Intuition and recorded over 100 episodes of my own new podcast Timetable. I’ve learned a lot since then, and if I was rewriting those old podcasts now I’d improve them. There’s a combination of embarrassment and pride for anything we create long ago. But I never have time for something like what I tried to do in those old podcasts — they include audio I recorded around Texas and California — so I love that they still exist.