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Scripting News: Tuesday, July 29, 2025

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025 Lots of embarrassing typos in a post yesterday on why I need WordLand. I did something unusual, I fixed the post this morning, and cleared up some of the ideas. It was an important post and equally important to get it right. I also cross-posted it on the WordCamp Canada site. # I needed a "featured image" for my WordCamp post , so I gave ChatGPT a simple assignment . "Imagine a place called WordLand." Last year this was a miracle, now it's so-what, but I still think it's a freaking miracle. # Now here's the real reason I need WordLand and if you write for WordPress sites, I think you'll want it too. It's because WordPress is like the Microsoft Word of web writing. If you ask someone how they do their site, in 2025, it's probably going to be WordPress. So if someone invites you to write a guest post on their blog, chances are pretty good I can write it in WordLand, and it'll be archived in...

Scripting News: Monday, July 28, 2025

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Monday, July 28, 2025 Why I need WordLand . I'm primarily a writer, my podcasts reflect that, so most of the work I do on each podcast is in writing the show notes. I have a template the writing and audio flow through. Here's an example of a page rendered through that template. We're doing similar things with WordPress using themes. The idea of WordLand is to do all the block-oriented work once, then flow my writing through it, far away from the heavy lifting. It's always how I've done my blogging tools. I understand WordPress so far has a steady workflow thru the block editor, but their are workflows for designers and writers. WordLand is the flow for writers. # Listened to a segment on today's Brian Lehrer podcast about how to keep the good feelings from a vacation when you get back home. Here's my idea. Before you leave make a list of the things you like about being on vacation. Take it home, put it somewhere you can find it when...

Weekly Vue News #208 - Vue 3.6 Alpha, Nuxt Performance, and Modern Node.js Patterns

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Weekly Vue News #208 Vue 3.6 Alpha, Nuxt Performance, and Modern Node.js Patterns View online Hi 👋 This week, I don't have any personal updates to share. So let's jump right into the latest Vue & Nuxt news! Enjoy this issue and have a lovely week ☀️ Vue 📕 Performant Vue applications with Vapor ...

Scripting News: Sunday, July 27, 2025

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Sunday, July 27, 2025 One of my favorite features in the newest version of Bingeworthy is that it can generate a ChatGPT review of a program. Screen shot . I wouldn't have opened this up before because of that would let in the weirdness of the internets. This way we can find out what people thought, as sanitized by ChatGPT. BTW do you think the root of sanitized is sane? As the root of ignorant is ignore? Of course our friend has the answer. One is and the other isn't. # A Bingeworthy Sunday # I wasn't planning on this, but there was a report that there was a problem with BingeWorthy , looked into it and was able to fix it. # Source of problem: When I added a feature that lets you ask ChatGPT to review the program you're looking at, I broke the ability to add a new program to the database. It took about 15 minutes to track down and verify and another few minutes to fix -- and now that important function works again. # As lo...

Scripting News: Saturday, July 26, 2025

Saturday, July 26, 2025 If you had asked a mathematician for advice on the Supreme Court ruling that money is speech, it was a totally foreseeable outcome that money would overwhelm speech, that the only speech would be money. We're right there now . # Linkblog items for the day My Bingeworthy profile page, the TV series I loved, and didn't love. It is a bit incomplete, but still useful. my.bingeworthy.org "The Constitution is not a suicide pact." en.m.wikipedia.org Muir Woods targeted in Trump order on displays that 'disparage' Americans. marinij.com The eventual outcome of equating money and speech. nytimes.com How Airline Miles Turned Into a Multibillion Dollar Currency. reason.com Copyright 1994-2025 Dave Winer. This email was sent on: 7/27/2025, 12:00:02 AM Eastern. "Good for the environment." This blog has been running for: 30 years, 9 months, 18 ...

Scripting News: Friday, July 25, 2025

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Friday, July 25, 2025 Like Christmas in July # I've rarely been this happy to receive a new feature. # I have a plan of course. I'll let you know how it goes! :-) # I just got Agent Mode in ChatGPT. 🎉 # Modernizing my sound system # I got tired of my old sound system, too many wires, a big receiver whose functions I never used, all designed long before the 4-year-old 65-inch OLED screen on top of it all, so I downscaled to a Sony soundbar , figured that was as simple as you could get, for $300, thinking of it as an experiment. # I liked it but then I thought to ask ChatGPT a question I've had for a while. I want a small amp designed for today's music and video, and went through a bunch of options and came up with the WiiM Home amp . No speakers, unlike the soundbar, but hooks up to the TV via the ARC connector, and I have plenty of old speakers to try out in this configuration. # I got it yesterda...

Scripting News: Thursday, July 24, 2025

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Thursday, July 24, 2025 BTW, this business with Trump and the Fed is almost exactly what I wanted Obama to do with Garland when McConnell refused to hold hearings. Walk him over to the Supreme Court, unlock his office, swear him in and get back to work. Sometimes you just do it. The Dems weren't pragmatic that way. # When trying to "work" with ChatGPT, realize that it's mistakes could be much worse than you could possibly imagine. It could be leading you down a blind alley. You must always consider how full of shit it is. It may not just be making things up, but it could not understand something very basic about what you're doing. There's no limit to the ways it can be wrong. And you can waste whole programming sessions chasing a solution where none could possibly every under any circumstances be found. The level of bullshit is sometimes hard to fathom. # You can see from this Bluesky post that I do copy-edit my linkblog items, but ...