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@rw Hi, and welcome to Micro.blog! It’s a little hard to tell since the error message is truncated. What does it say when you check the logs?

In general, it looks like something is up with the theme. There could be a bug in the original code, or if you’ve made custom changes, they might be causing the issue. Other possible culprits include plug-ins interfering or the theme running on an incompatible Hugo version (which you can change on the Design page).

@thosch We manufacture funeral products, such as urns and caskets. Like this one, Ro, by Danish designer Anker Bak.

A close-up of a light wooden casket with rounded edges, adorned with a bouquet of white flowers.

@heyloura Will read this with my morning coffee tomorrow, but browsing your capsule right now. Amazing! 😍

Sure! With real-time pricing, electricity rates change hourly for me based on demand, weather conditions, and other factors. Here are today’s prices from my electric provider’s app:

Graph showing how electricity prices change throughout the day, from −2 öre at night to a peak of 31 öre in the evening.

So, let’s say I want to charge my car. From the graph, I can see that charging at night is ideal because the price is actually negative—I’d basically get paid to do it! On the other hand, I definitely want to avoid charging between 17.00 and 20.00.

The problem with this app, though, is that it’s a slow and clunky web app. I don’t like it. 😊 And I think it could be a lot more helpful. Instead of making me analyze a graph, I’d rather it just tell me something like: Set the dishwasher to start at 02.00 tonight.

That’s why I like the idea of having a custom timeline in Tapestry—something that quickly shows me this info (and maybe other things I care about) at a glance.

@renevanbelzen Yeah, I can definitely see it’s not for everyone. It’s a pretty special little app, really. Very hackable. For me, the social protocols I’m on today are email, RSS, and ActivityPub. I really wish the closed platforms died already, but I still got friends, family, and people I care about on those sites. And many of my favorite third places—like cafés, galleries, and other venues—only have an online presence as microblogs on the corporate silos.

Tapestry won’t let me interact with them (the app is for reading, not writing), but it does let me keep an eye on what they’re up to without requiring an account there myself. But the social network support of Tapestry is just a fraction of the app’s potential. Here’s what Iconfactory says:

> Weaving your favorite blogs, social media, and more into a unified and chronological timeline.

I’m subscribed to quite a few bloggers I like but who post a lot. Like, multiple times per day. I don’t read everything they write—they’re more like rivers I like to dip my toes in from time to time. Blogs like that don’t really make sense in a traditional feed reader with unread counts. At least not according to my brain. So I’ve moved them over to Tapestry, where their frequent updates are a better fit.

What does Iconfactory mean by “more” in the quote above? Well, with their connector system, folks with a little JavaScript knowledge can put anything they want on the timeline. I’m using it to get updates from websites that don’t provide their own RSS feeds. And I’m thinking about writing another connector to post changes to local electricity prices, so I know when to start the dishwasher or charge my car.

Wow, I’m getting long-winded here. 😅 All this just to say that you could ignore Tapestry’s social network connectors entirely and might still find some good use out of the app.

@heyloura Love this! I’ve gone on similar adventures myself. 😊 Gopher is still around! People blog there, too, but they call them phlogs. It might be a fun exercise to add Gopher support to your command line browser.

If you’re tired of the web (HTTP), Gopher and the more recent Gemini protocol are worth checking out. They won’t replace the www anytime soon, but they are fun and cozy alternative realities to explore. Lagrange is a cute browser with support for both protocols.

@manton And Nintendo’s lawyers never came after you? 😅 Guess they turn a blind eye sometimes.

@bjoreman Ah, yeah, I totally get that. I have a few cute humans around me who panic if they forget their watch on a run or hike. If the watch didn’t track the steps, did the exercise even happen? 😊

@bjoreman Yeah, keeping it offline and doing updates via USB is a pretty good deal. No ads or tracking, but you still get the ad-subsidized price on the tv. 😊 As for the watch, is it still nagging you even when you pause your rings?

@WiredDifferently While I wish Apple had gone even further—like pulling out of the UK market altogether—this is a much better move than secretly building a backdoor, as the UK wanted. This way, Apple is being transparent about what’s happening, and no one gets a false sense of security.

While there are plenty of things Apple does that I disagree with and get frustrated about, in this case, the real antagonist is the UK—not Apple.

@thelovebing Alltid klurigt att ge generella råd utan att känna till din riskprofil.

Jag är varken aktivist, journalist eller politiskt utsatt, så jag väljer att använda Safari som min vardagswebbläsare. Tillsammans med 1Blocker för att slippa annonser, kaknotiser och annat störigt.

Bland jättarna har Apple störst fokus på integritet, även om de är långt ifrån perfekta. De har ändå en historik av att ofta fatta rätt beslut i säkerhets- och integritetsfrågor. Som i det aktuella fallet där de vägrar bygga en bakdörr åt Storbritannien. Jag hade gärna sett att de gått ännu längre och lämnat marknaden helt, men det är nog svårt med tanke på aktieägarnas intressen.

Privacy Guides är en bra resurs för att hitta webbläsare och andra appar och tjänster med integritetsfokus. Drivs av volontärer som verkligen nördar ner sig och ger tips om vilka inställningar du bör göra.

@lgmhamm Oh, it’s doing very well, thank you! 🥰 It’s in hibernation now for the winter, but come April or maybe early May, we’ll roll it down to the beach for its fourth season.

We were totally blown away by how popular it is. The community around the beach is small, but the families and their guests sure love reading! The book circulation is great—by the end of the season, most of the original books have been replaced with new ones.

One day last August, I was lying in the sun, reading on a dock a little way from the small library. When I looked up, I saw a kid run over and eagerly start flipping through the books. After a while, an older woman, who I assumed was her grandmother, joined her. When the kid finally found a book, they sat down in the sand, and the grandmother began reading out loud. My heart melted. 🫠

@manton Advanced Data Protection isn’t just about backups—it also adds end-to-end encryption to iCloud Drive, Notes, Reminders, etc. Basically, everything except mail, contacts, and calendar. My guess is that Apple isn’t forcing it on people due to the huge risk of data loss. Lose your key, lose everything. And most people aren’t knowledgeable enough about encryption to fully understand that risk.

@manton For journalists, activists, and anyone targeted by surveillance, end-to-end encryption is always urgent. I think weakening it is a human rights issue (Article 12). And I’m with @patrickrhone—this sets a dangerous precedent. The US and others will follow. It’s a slippery slope.

@meraord Inte helt ofarligt till fots heller. Jag var nyss på biblioteket för att hämta en reservation och höll på att halka och slå ihjäl mig åtminstone två gånger. Men det är ändå lite mysigt på något sätt – alla man möter har det lika halt och jävligt, så man nickar och flinar åt varandra i något slags samförstånd.

@bryan Same here. Most of my investments are medium- and long-term, so I shouldn’t be too concerned, but… Yeah. 🫠

@toddgrotenhuis Well, it doesn’t get any clearer than everything being DRM-free, right? 😊 No, not all books on Kobo are DRM-free, but my link should take you to a DRM-free overview where you can drill down into specific genres.

@jsonbecker I’ve owned several Kindle models between the Kindle 2 (2009) and the Kindle Oasis 3 (2019), with the Oasis being my favorite. I switched to the Kobo Sage and am very happy with it.

@jsonbecker I migrated from Amazon in 2022, so I know exactly what you’re going through now. It sucks, but it’s worth it. Stay strong!

@gregmorris I just downloaded the app and started playing around with it—really impressive work! This is awesome, Greg. 😍

@TansyHoskins This was my first Becky Chambers read, and now I’ve devoured most of her books. It’s a good one! Love how you’re sharing your recommendations today, by the way—great shots.

@hollie Hi Hollie! 👋 It’s weird—I was sure I was already following your Mastodon account. But when I saw @Miraz‘s reply, I thought, “Huh, when was the last time I saw Hollie on my timeline?” 😊 I’m really glad to have both of you there now.

@pratik Yes, my last two lines were intended as general advice to anyone who posts on the web. It’s also a reminder to myself.

@aeryn We all need a break sometimes. Take care of yourself, and see you on the timeline when you have the energy again.

@jimmitchell I have to admit, I had to look up SME because, to me, it stands for small and medium-sized enterprises. And while I do run and invest in a few, that didn’t quite make sense here. 😊 Did you mean subject-matter expert? If so, I’m blushing—thank you!

Thanks, @manton! I’m excited to jump in and help out. Folks, save all your trickiest questions for next week. 😅

@moonmehta Cloudflare won’t interfere with your website traffic if you set the record’s status to DNS-only. So no, your readers won’t see CAPTCHAs in DNS-only mode.

> In contrast, if the queried DNS record is set to DNS only, meaning the proxy is off, then Cloudflare responds with the value defined in your DNS table (that is, an IP address or CNAME record). This means HTTP/HTTPS requests route directly to the origin server and are not processed or protected by Cloudflare.

@Valluanino I follow people who, at least some of the time, write in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, and Japanese. I also see other languages float by in the stream occasionally. However, it’s worth remembering that Micro.blog is a relatively small community, with around 5,000 monthly active accounts. In absolute numbers, there are only a few of us who write in languages other than English.

The Discover section does feature posts in other languages from time to time, but it’s definitely skewed towards English.

@aeryn Yes! At least there are two of us, then. Phew. 😮‍💨 That song is in my brain’s repertoire too, and it will forever be associated with lawnmowers—the album dropped during a hot spring when I helped a bunch of folks mow their lawns.

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