In reply to: https://twitter.com/AliceAvizandum/status/1541141424162340864

Wow, the Hitachi Magic Wand was a lot bigger back then.


In reply to: https://teaandbook.net/138-2/

Testing a reply!


In reply to: https://twitter.com/gRegorLove/status/1528822901641723904

I tried sending again with the form and got the general error "There has been a critical error on this website."

This is the post I'm trying to send in case you want to debug or try re-sending the webmention: https://gregorlove.com/2022/05/open-mentions-is-an-interesting/


In reply to: https://twitter.com/lordmatt/status/1528648510433898496

No worries! I had another Webmention issue sending to both your site and @openmentions. I tagged you in a GitHub issue.

If you’re interested, IndieWeb has a WordPress chat channel with a helpful group of people, including the plugin authors: indieweb.org/discuss


@openmentions: I got a PHP Fatal TypeError trying to submit a link using the form on https://openmentions.com/special/about/. A null value was passed to count() in the Semantic Linkbacks plugin.


In reply to: https://openmentions.com/special/about/

Open Mentions is an interesting addition in the category of IndieWeb aggregators that use Webmention. I wonder if microformats2 could be used to include the machine-readable metadata, especially since Matt’s thoughts noted “this should reflect the information that the user sees on-page.”

Some other interesting sites like this are indieweb.xyz and indieforums.net.


In reply to: https://lordmatt.co.uk/technology/the-internet/social-media/joining-the-indieweb/

Hi, Matt! It has been several years but I remember you from back in the Nucleus CMS days. Lovely to see you getting into indieweb. I have really enjoyed that community and the cool things they’re doing! Have you joined any of their virtual meetups like Homebrew Website Club?


David Shanske was awarded the First Time Eating an Ear of Corn at Homebrew Website Club badge on May 18, 2022.

badge for 'First Time Eating an Ear of Corn at Homebrew Website Club' with an icon of a computer with an ear of corn on the screen

Context: pretty self-explanatory. :) When David said it was the first time he had eaten an ear of corn at Homebrew Website Club, I said I would make the badge for him. I used https://badge.design/ to throw this together.


In reply to: https://jamesg.blog/2022/05/17/coffee-frequency/

I drink 2–3 cups of coffee a day.


I’m attending Homebrew Website Club - Pacific May 18, 2022 at 6PM Pacific.


I attended Homebrew Website Club - Pacific May 11, 2022 at 6PM Pacific.


I have a friend interested in getting into copywriting/proofreading. Does anyone have any leads I can pass along?


Things are feeling bleak again (still?). I don't know, I just don't have things I'm looking forward to or feeling hopeful about.


selfie wearing a black face mask and red sunglasses with flower decorations while sitting under an orange umbrella

Pandemic chic from April 2021. Sunglasses borrowed from Laurie.


her: Manifest it!

me: *scoffs* That's bullshit. I may live in southern California, but I don't liiiiive in southern California.


I’m attending Homebrew Website Club - Pacific tonight at 6PM Pacific.


Finished reading: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (ISBN 9780316204286)


I’m attending Homebrew Website Club (virtual) tonight at 6PM Pacific.

Join us if you’re interested in talking about personal websites and the independent web!



Oh hey, I forgot @turntablefm is back!

I'm hanging out in https://turntable.fm/indie_google if anyone wants to join.

cc @jdragz @girlvsplanet @Rachelskirts @nicktabick