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Scripting News: Monday, April 21, 2025

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Monday, April 21, 2025 New docs: The role of Markdown in WordLand . # Zeldman tries WordLand : "For bloggers who mostly write, it's a clean, distraction-free interface with strong basic features that lets you offload CMS duties to WordPress." # Don't try to change the world # Silicon Valley encourages entrepreneurs to think in terms of changing the world. I was one of them when I arrived there in 1979 at the age of 24, with world-changing software ready to go (or so I thought). A few years later, I shipped a way of writing that was only possible on a computer, and in a small way I suppose it did change the world. I kept innovating, but over time I came to realize that one person trying to change the world is usually futile, but what's even worse, you might actually manage to change the world, and that's going to be a disaster for you and the world. As Elon Musk is doing right now. # Musk is the perfect cautionary tale for ...

Global innovations and brands shine at Hainan Expo 2025

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Global innovations and brands shine at Hainan Expo 2025 The 5th China International Consumer Products Expo dazzled Haikou City, south China's Hainan Province, from April 13 to 18, bringing together cutting-edge innovations, global brands, and booming business deals. This week, we spotlight four exciting stories – from futuristic tech breakthroughs to international products and record-breaking transactions. Don't miss out – click to explore! 2025-04-20 20:54:43 View in browser Innovative tech at Hainan Expo: I just experienced life in 10 years ...

Weekly Vue News #194 - Reactive Time Ago

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Weekly Vue News #194 Reactive Time Ago View online Hi 👋 I'm on vacation this week, so no special news from my side — just some fresh Vue & Nuxt content for you! Enjoy this issue and have a lovely week ☀️ Vue 📕 Optimizing heavy operations in Vue with Web Worke...

Scripting News: Sunday, April 20, 2025

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Sunday, April 20, 2025 "Dave's not here." # "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." # "You gotta do what you gotta do." # Another app for ChatGPT # My niece sent me a self-portrait, which I liked very much. # So I tried an experiment. I pasted her self-portrait and my head shot of myself and asked ChatGPT to render my photo in the style of her art. # ChatGPT renders my headshot in a familiar style. # Linkblog items for the day. Weird headline from the NYT. Obviously Trump is defying the courts. That isn't Van Hollen's opinion, it's a fact. When is the NYT going to show a tiny bit of courage. nytimes.com Web typography: a refresher and history. zeldman.com The Knicks Gave The Pistons A Lesson In Playoff Entropy. defector.com Democrats dive into GOP districts, accusing Republicans of avoiding constituents. thehill.com Dave's not here. youtube.c...

Scripting News: Saturday, April 19, 2025

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Saturday, April 19, 2025 I got a US Mail notice to answer a Census form, so being a good American I did. It was a .gov address , and looked like a government form. The initial questions were standard census questions, then they started getting into personal things that I didn't like answering. Then they asked if I was born in the US. That's a really shitty question to ask now . I was glad to see that I could just click Next without answering any question, and they got worse, more invasive, esp considering who the president is, and who he brought with him, so I just closed the page and wrote this post. I would, if I had it to do over again, not answered any of their questions, or maybe stopped at the standard Census questions from years past. # One reason I want to bring blogging and social media together is so I don't have to think about where I will post stuff. This is really important. I want my blog to be a complete record of everything I write publicl...

Scripting News: Friday, April 18, 2025

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Friday, April 18, 2025 Today's song: Pump It Up . # I'm working on a baseline theme for WordLand-authored sites. I want to show people how to get a good result with WordLand, even if they have plenty of experience with WordPress, but especially if they don't. I want people to look at a user's site and think "Hey I want one of those!" Not too fancy, just get out of the way and let the writer's writing stand out and look great. This is a replay of the work we did on Manila and then Radio . I hope we're able to start a designer community as vibrant and productive as the one we had a few years ago. # Everyone has to communicate in plain language, directly to the people. The courts, universities, every institution that the president is defaming. Go direct, go around the media. Start communicating in the language we communicate in these days. Use the tools. The campaign never stops. Then we'll know what we have to do to protect the r...

Scripting News: Thursday, April 17, 2025

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Thursday, April 17, 2025 Watching debates on CNN it's amazing how many arguments would be settled by saying "It's nice you feel that way, but that's not what the Constitution says." # I like that Powell is telling Trump he won't go. I wish Obama had had the guts to say that to McConnell when he wouldn't hold hearings on Garland. "Well if you won't take a vote, we'll take that as consent," says the President. "And you can quote me on that." In a televised event Obama himself would walk Garland over to his office at the Supreme Court and administer the oath and let him take his seat. I don't know about you but I would have felt great about America then. We're finished being such pussycats. # This piece echoes what I've been saying. Twitter was a fine start, in 2006, but today it's clear a lot of its rules and limits were mistakes. 19 years later it's ridiculous that Bluesky and Mastodon repe...

Scripting News: Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 WordLand is starting to flow really nicely, and I'm doing more writing there. I have to do this if it's going to be as good a product as it possibly can. The Timeline seems really solid btw, thinking about next steps. Lots of fun products coming soon! # Join a Parade Today . When people talk about What You Can Do on podcasts or on TV, they say lame things that don't work that well. One thing for sure is that when Bernie and Alexandria do a rally in your area, you can go and enjoy the energy. This is a good thing because it gives the TV cameras something to focus on. But here's what I think the best thing to do is. Don't start something, join something. Because two is way more powerful than one, and three is way more powerful than two. When people work together on something good, more people doing it is usually even better. # I want to develop a WordPress theme by iterating as you would when developing an app. I outline...