“The WordPress people, as good as they are, don’t seem to ken why this ‘convenient’ and possibly life-saving feature creates repercussions and consequences. Like the Senate, it’s all a game to them.” Permanently Deleted : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits. Hat tip: Joe Clark.
Loud Typers
I’m in Robert Scoble’s session and there was a minor episode between Bob Wyman and Dave Winer and a few people left, but I think things have calmed down a bit. What’s really striking me right now is how loud it is even though no one is talking. The clatter of everyone typing makes it sound like it’s drizzling outside. Lawrence Lessig is a very loud typist.
Windows for Mac
I just installed Windows Media Player for Mac. Doesn’t that sound wrong? Sometimes Microsoft’s naming and branding really throws me for a loop. Is there a Windows Media Player for Linux?
Hypo-Allergenic Cat
Get your own hypo-allergenic cat today. “The mission of ALLERCA is to produce transgenic lifestyle pets and develop new technologies in the various disciplines of animal life sciences.”
Blogsome
Manji
Introducing Manji, another theme for WordPress.
Stanford Daily
It looks like the Stanford Daily, Stanford University’s newspaper since 1892, is now on WordPress.
TextMate PHP Completion
PHP command completion for TextMate, tres cool. Maybe I can do more coding on the Mac now.
SxSW Brochure
If you check out the SxSW Interactive brochure that they’re mailing to people it has a picture from my photolog on the fourth page. (They also use it on this page.) Groovy. 🙂 This year’s SxSW is going to rock, by the way.
More on SxSW
I am a confirmed speaker for South by Southwest (SxSW) 2005.
Podcast: John Roberts of OpenDNS
I had lunch with John Roberts of OpenDNS today, and we chatted a bit about OpenDNS and what surprised him about the business. 4:26.
Second Day in Ethiopia
Climbed Gheralta to visit the church at the top of the mountain, checked into the Gheralta Lodge, and visited a village called Girat Mikdah Keshe that received a well from Charity: Water two years ago. Guest photographers: John Vechey and Scott Harrison.
Podcast 8
Podcast #8, which I mistakenly call #7, includes comments on podcasting, wallets, chipping, McDonalds, and Microsoft Office 2007. Hopefully this one shouldn’t sound all chipmunk in flash players. 3:30.
New Backpack: Aer Fit Pack
As an interim update to my 2017 gear post, I'd like to strongly endorse the Aer Fit Pack 2 as my new primary backpack, replacing the Lululemon bag I suggested before. It has better material, much better zippers, a logical design, more pocket distribution inside, and it's cheaper! I put this bag and its predecessor through all the rounds, including taking it to Burning Man, and it's been a champ. If you're reading this and work for Automattic, this bag is also now available as an official choice for your bag and it'll come embroidered with a cool logo. (Previously we only offered Timbuk2.)
Shaktown
Visited a well being hand-dug with dynamite, a drilled well hitting water, and Shak’s sites in Seglemen, Ethiopia.
Address Change
Those of you who I had given my address to as “333” please change that to “355.” Sorry for the confusion! I just got a heap of Christmas cards today that had gone to the wrong address.
I love USB, cables, and charging things. So MacRumors comparison of different wired and wireless charging options and speed for the iPhone X is my catnip. tl; dr: USB-C + USB-C-to-Lightning cable gives you far and away the fastest times. I've found this true for the iPad Pro as well.
The video from last night’s PandoMonthly interview isn’t up yet, but there have been five blog posts that came out of it on their site if you want some of the highlights: Facebook, You’ve Got a Friend: Matt Mullenweg Thinks You Own the Future of Advertising; Distributed Workforces are All About Results; Matt Mullenweg and the Cult of WordPress; I’m Worried That Silicon Valley Might Be Destroying the World; WordPress and Tumblr are Complementary, WordPress Founder Says.
San Francisco Meetup
So the plan is today Saturday at 2 PM at the Chaat Cafe on 3rd and Folsom we’ll have a WordPress late lunch for all the people in the area who are interested in the latest and greatest in weblog software. It’s not a meetup proper but should be fun nonetheless.
Kleptones
New Kleptones mix which I have temporarily mirrored locally from Andy. (Individual files.)