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  • Reviving an Old Content Payment Habit

    Reviving an Old Content Payment Habit

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesImagine, for a second that we reverted to the old habit of paying for a day’s content daily, a week’s content, once per week, or a month’s content, monthly. With Substack and many online newspapers they have the habit of saying “pay for the entire year” before we’ve had time to read…

  • Mediocre Content, YouTube, and Children

    Mediocre Content, YouTube, and Children

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesAs long as two years ago I stopped paying for YouTube Premium because I was disgusted by the crap that it was recommending to me. Within the last week the United Kingdom has requested that websites age verify their users in order to allow them to use a site. At first this…

  • Of Glossy Mags and Social Media

    Of Glossy Mags and Social Media

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesMany years ago I liked to get mags. I would look at the choice of mags every time I was in a magazine shop. I would even buy some every so often. Eventually I stopped I stopped, not because my desire to get mags was gone, but because the return on investment…

  • Content Ownership in the Age of Streaming

    Content Ownership in the Age of Streaming

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Guardian has an article from yesterday that dicussses the fragility of content ownership in the digital age. Specifically it looks at how [“My whole library is wiped out”](https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/may/14/my-whole-library-is-wiped-out-what-it-means-to-own-movies-and-tv-in-the-age-of-streaming-services) after a streaming service stopped streaming content. It told people “pay 200 USD to move to service B”. I encountered this issue eight…

  • Flying a Toy Plane 22 Miles

    Flying a Toy Plane 22 Miles

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesJames May is interesting. People like me know him from Top Gear and Grand Tour with Clarkson and Hammond but his side projects are interesting. Instead of farming like Clarkson, or driving cars with his daughter Clarkson plays with grown up toys. When I say toys I don’t mean adult cars, planes…

  • Hugo and Static Files

    Hugo and Static Files

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I was experimenting with the Static folder in Hugo. Hugo and other static site generators has a folder where you can usually put content that you don’t want to have changed. You can add php, css, js and more. By making this an option it is possible to have your blog…

  • YouTube and Ad Blockers

    YouTube and Ad Blockers

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the pleasures we would enjoy many years ago was to browse YouTube, and eventually find something worth watching. This was possible for one key reason. There were no ads being loaded that would block us for thirty seconds or more. Today I read that YouTube test threatens to block viewers…

  • Does the World Wide Web Dumb us Down too Much to Read

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesDoes the World Wide Web dumb is down to much to read is an article exploring the idea that we have too many distractions and that as a result we are unable to focus. Yesterday I wrote about blogging rather than writing twitter threads and this article goes some way to exploring…

  • Forcing people to be active daily with Stories

    Forcing people to be active daily with Stories

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFacebook and Instagram both have “Stories”. Stories are temporary vertical pictures and video that are only available for a limited amount of time before they are backed up and saved for retrieval once you request your data. In theory, they are a fantastic way of sharing life as it happens without worrying…

  • Finding time for Long-Form Writing and Other Pursuits.

    Finding time for Long-Form Writing and Other Pursuits.

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFinding time for Long Form Writing This morning I read twenty percent of a book whilst sitting in the car waiting for shops to open. In the process I occasionally looked up to see private jets and airlines fly over me. A few years ago in the same situation I would have…