Scripting News: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
A preview of how a WordLand linkblog works, which is of course a WordPress site, viewed in my blogroll. When I clicked on the link, I was surprised that it goes to Poynter, and not to the linkblog. But then I remembered that's the point of a linkblog. And it flows through to the feed, and the blogroll software understands. So now I have an end-to-end linkblog. #
Another reason to love WordPress. Every freaking WordPress site had great RSS support. They did more to keep feeds alive than anyone else. Google tried to kill RSS in a particularly humiliating way. WordPress kept it going. #
A NYT article from last year about 34th Ave in Jackson Heights where "a stretch of 26 blocks, running east to west, has been closed to cars from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day since 2020." Before we moved to Flushing when I was in 5th grade, we lived on 92nd St and 34th Ave. What a difference that must make. I love it when cities take chances like this, and the people in the neighborhood seem to love it. #
- I tried an experiment, go back as far as I can in archive.org on scripting.com and see where it gets me. The first try got me to a classified ads site I was experimenting with in mid-November 1996. A few weeks later, on December 3, there was a colorful directory that took you to all the sub-sites on the server, DaveNet, Frontier, Classified ads, our Midas Website (Macintosh Internet Developers Association), DocServer, a BBS, and Guestbook. #
- I went digging around in the Frontier part. Lots of stuff there. By then we had been working on Frontier for eight years. It had been reborn once, from a Mac-focused single-user scripting environment to a networked one, all because the web had exploded and Apple didn't want us making system software for their platform. 😄 #
- BTW, some of this stuff is still here. #
- There are lots of paths to try out.#
- This was where my blog home page was then. #
- Then to DaveNet, and in the left margin Nerd's guide to this website. #
- I love the screen shots that show what a good match the Frontier object database was to the way a website is organized. #
Linkblog items for the day
The Trump Phone no longer promises it's made in America. theverge.com
Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, husband and their dog to lie in state at the Capitol Friday . minnesotareformer.com
How a 1.3-mile stretch of street became a much-needed park space in Queens, New York.
grist.orgMy self-introduction post on the WordCamp Canada blog. canada.wordcamp.org
Major US e-bike brand pushes update to boost its bikes' power. electrek.co
The Seven Deadly Fediverse UX Sins Part 2: The Road To Redemption. timothychambers.net
Doc Searls has questions about storage issues in iCloud Photos. doc.searls.com
What do you do when the president drops an f-bomb? poynter.org
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