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Federated networks, Twitter and more
April 25, 2022
So it happened, Twitter got sold. Unsurprisingly, Mastodon sign ups all way up. It seems like mastodon.social is doing what it can to limit signups to the...
Always has been
April 12, 2021
To import or not import?
March 9, 2021
I was going to import all of my old blog but I didn’t feel like bringing twenty years of posts over here. I can always backfill my old blog later.
Post Emacs
March 9, 2021
I’ve been trying other editors. After a very long time using GNU Emacs (first used in the early 90s, full time since 2004ish) — I’ve been trying some other...
Just setting up my World
March 3, 2021
I have another one: https://theworld.com/~mattl/From one of the first ISPs in the world to one of the newest email services, 30 or so years doesn’t feel so...
Sending out holiday cards! Give me your mailing address
December 3, 2018
Hey, so I'm trying to get organized here and send out cards. If you'd like one, please let me have your address. Just go here: http://www.postable.com/mattl...
JAM, Glitch and orangutans
August 27, 2017
Things I did this week: * JAMstack Boston -- seems like static sites are once again gaining some popularity. https://www.meetup.com/JAMstack-Boston/ and...
Is this thing on?
August 13, 2017
So, hey... I finally wrote one of these. Forgive me for the multi-year delay. If you came here from tinyletter.com/mattl -- welcome. If you came here from...
RIPeabo.
April 30, 2017
I found out that Peter Baird Olson, aka Peabo from the FSF died last week in a yacht explosion. I spoke to him a few weeks ago at LibrePlanet 2017. Sorry to...
Test post
December 10, 2015
This is a cool post.
Filthy Rich and Catflap
June 11, 2014
So, this was the week that Rik Mayall died, and I’ve been watching a lot of old episodes of The Young Ones and Bottom. Another show he was in, is the...
Inspired by the Alamo 100
December 16, 2013
Alamo 100 is a list of 100 great movies by Alamo Drafthouse employees. Here’s a list of 10 movies I’ve seen or would like to see. Short Circuit 2 Filofax...
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
November 18, 2012
If this had come out a couple of weeks ago, I could have started this by saying, “A new article, it’s a Christmas miracle!” Instead, I just sort of reappear...
Proposed Dwarf Army list
November 17, 2012
1800pt Dwarfs Roster (Standard) Dwarfs (Standard) Selections: Solid Units (1225pts) Berserker Brock-Riders Regiment (245pts)Vicious Brew of Haste (15pts)...
Custom laptops are now a reality…
November 15, 2012
This has been the case for some time, it seems. I was blissfully unaware of it. The last three laptops I’ve used for any sustained period of time have been:...
New GNU/Linux distro for the blind
November 15, 2012
Twenty years ago today, my friend Jonathan Nadeau was in a car accident and lost his sight, permanently. Jonathan is now a free software activist, who...
Recent miniature painting
March 2, 2012
Last weekend saw the 25th anniversary of Warhammer 40k, a game I have never played and have little interest in the game in its current state. However, 25...
Two new wargames
March 1, 2012
I have recently picked up a couple of new wargames I’m interested in playing. They have a few people in common, further cementing the idea that Nottingham...
Weekend of Warpath
February 27, 2012
Spent some time this weekend working on my Forgefathers. I decided to take a leap and put a webcam on my desk taking a snapshot every minute or so as I...
LibrePlanet 2012
February 21, 2012
I don’t like to mix work and personal stuff, but this is both. On March 24th/25th, we’ll be having another LibrePlanet conference in Boston. This will be the...
New Order are touring? Not if you ask me.
February 21, 2012
This post is mostly for the benefit of Rob. The members of Joy Division had agreed before Curtis’s death not to continue under the Joy Division name should...
Beets and An Unwavering Band of Light
January 31, 2012
Yesterday, I asked people to send me free software I’d not heard of. The first suggestion was a program called beets, which bills itself as “the media...
Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
January 30, 2012
Saw this on Saturday, and while I certainly need to see it again, I would describe it as this generation’s UHF. The movie opens with what would have been a...
Black out your favicon
January 17, 2012
<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANS UhEUgAAABAAAAAQAQMAAAAlPW0iAAAAA1BMV...
Following and friends
January 17, 2012
Anyone who’s interacted with me for any significant period of time will tell you that I pretty much suck at replying to email, keeping up with things,...
How to transfer your .fm domain to a different registrar
January 6, 2012
Domains with a .fm extension are fairly difficult to transfer, but don’t let that put you off buying one — I think .fm domains are stylish. There’s a lot of...
For archival purposes
January 6, 2012
Lima, 8th of April, 2002 To: Señor JUAN ALBERTO GONZÁLEZ General Manager of Microsoft, Perú Dear Sir: First of all, I thank you for your letter of March 25,...
Who’s Aurora, anyway?
January 3, 2012
Welcome to 2012. In the last three weeks I’ve stopped using Chromium and gone back to Firefox, albeit via their Aurora channel. Aurora is a way to get to...
Weekend of painting and gluing
October 17, 2011
After my Scotlings arrived on Friday, I was dying to put them together and paint them up. I spent most of the weekend painting and gluing things (including...
My Scotlings arrived!
October 13, 2011
A while ago, I got involved in this Kickstarter project — Help put the Scotlings Team Miniatures Into Production. Today my miniatures arrived. Gotta say,...
Does anyone else name their ‘wrapper’ divs after rappers?
October 13, 2011
No? Just me, then. <div id=”coolio”>
Close, personal friends
October 11, 2011
Please consider joining my close, personal friends. As a close, personal friend of mine, you will receive the following benefits: Occasional updates from me....
WordPress, then
October 11, 2011
It’s been a while, but I’m back on Team WordPress. A few things have changed: I’m more familiar with (and more sympathetic to) PHP now than ever before — so...
TMBG Join Us (with free software)
July 19, 2011
They Might Be Giants have a new album out today, it’s called Join Us. Amazon MP3 has a promo, the whole album for $4. Downloading albums from Amazon MP3...
Day Four, June 23rd 2011
June 23, 2011
I think I nailed that YouTube article. We’ll see how it goes. Also I finished Angry Birds. So today, Bob the Intern and I had a game of Kings of War, with me...
Day Three, June 22nd 2011
June 22, 2011
I worked from home today, looking after Robin who’s sick with a cold, but also to try and get some more work done on a piece I’m writing about YouTube...
Day Two, June 21st 2011
June 21, 2011
Last night was pretty fun, a bunch of people came out for my weekly trivia night. It’s essentially a pub quiz, for those of you who have no idea what trivia...
Day One, June 20th 2011
June 20, 2011
A change of pace. I’ve decided I need to change a few things, both in order to help me live better but also to fell well rested and able to do more things....
In which Matt returns to blogging
January 1, 2011
So, I realized I hadn’t really written anything here in nearly two years. Ouch. What’s new? In quickfire: – GNU FM and GNU social are still going. – Rob,...
FooCorp’s new podcast for Libre.fm
April 19, 2010
Recorded in free software and hosted by Libre.fm core developer, Mike Sheldon, episode 1 of the Libre.fm podcast is now available.
Looking at Microsoft’s FAT patents through Bilski glasses
February 27, 2009
Microsoft are quickly claiming the mantle of patent troll. Yesterday they attacked free software with claims against the TomTom and its utilization of the...
Hostile email from the Open Rights Group
February 19, 2009
This morning I got this overly hostile email from the Open Rights Group. Subject: Why have you stopped donating to Open Rights Group? Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009...
furny — More Mature Escapades in Hi-Fi
January 31, 2009
Can now be purchased from the FooCorp download store in either MP3 or Ogg Vorbis.
Removing fedora-branding
January 23, 2009
yum shell remove fedora-logos install generic-logos run Nice. Thanks to _drj2 on irc for this one.
Amazon customer service
January 22, 2009
So, tonight I finally got around to signing up with Amazon.com — I had been putting it off for a while. The experience is somewhat different to the UK...
BIOS confirms it: ThinkPad is dying
January 22, 2009
I turned my laptop on earlier to hear two beeps, followed by the insightful message ‘Fan error’, before my machine quickly shut off. Thankful of my most...
Oggbama
January 22, 2009
So Bush went, and Obama came in — even taking time to check on Bush before he left. But what was disappointing to me was the sheer lack of ways to watch the...
I have an Ogg player… I want some more though
January 22, 2009
I have an Ogg Player now. Finally. The one I plumped for is the Samsung U3 — a 2gb unit about the size of a packet of gum. My wife and I both got one in fact...
Raising suspicion in the T-Mobile store
January 22, 2009
If you ever want to set off a few alarm bells in a cellphone store, try and buy multiple SIM cards. With cash. Without ID. With an accent. My intentions were...
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