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Oct 26, 2022, 5:26 PM -04:00
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Oct 26, 2022, 8:56 AM -04:00 I was under the impression that a subpoena meant you... had to do something? Or be arrested? Trump is, apparently proving me wrong here.
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Sep 30, 2022, 9:50 AM -04:00 Ah, fair enough. It's definitely harder to construct a coherent thread of conversation with webmentions
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Sara Soueidan (@SaraSoueidan) on X
@desmondrivet @azzamsyawqi @eleven_ty It's just not the same as conversations happening in comments under the post. And I don't want the conversation to happen via Twitter. -
Sep 30, 2022, 9:35 AM -04:00 I'm confused by the webmention part of this statement. Do you not have control over how webmentions are displayed under your blog posts?
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Sara Soueidan (@SaraSoueidan) on X
@azzamsyawqi @eleven_ty But I don't want to use Twitter for the interactions. The point of adding comments is to move the conversation from Twitter to the site. And tbh I'm not a fan of how webmentions are listed under blog posts. -
Sep 29, 2022, 10:29 PM -04:00 I think the phrase is referring to the desire to have something both ways, to have something without paying for it
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Athene Trek A.K.A. Janette Bach (@AtheneTrek) on X
@desmondrivet So what your saying is ..🤔 People are referring to after someone has had their cake but being sad afterwards that it is gone? -
Sep 29, 2022, 8:20 AM -04:00 I think the expression is meant to be understood as "you want to eat your cake and have it too", i.e. you still want the cake after you've eaten it, i.e. you want things both ways. Or, at least, that's the only way it makes sense to me.
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Athene Trek A.K.A. Janette Bach (@AtheneTrek) on X
There is this saying people say when they think you are asking too much: You want your cake and to eat it too? My mind is like, well hell yeah who wants to just look at cake? Of course I want to eat it! How is this a question? -
Aug 26, 2022, 8:51 PM -04:00 Bookmark of https://jhalabi.com/
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Aug 12, 2022, 9:24 PM -04:00 A lagoon-like pool in Smalls Falls, Maine
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Aug 7, 2022, 12:20 PM -04:00 I'm enjoying #Sandman so far, but I do wonder what people will make of it so haven't read the source material
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Aug 5, 2022, 11:16 PM -04:00 
Serious Eats
Classic French Omelette Recipe
A classic French omelette has a smooth, silky exterior with little to no browning that cradles a tender, moist, soft-scrambled interior. -
Aug 3, 2022, 12:17 AM -04:00 Bookmark of https://boffosocko.com/2022/06/10/reframing-and-simplifying-the-idea-of-how-to-keep-a-zettelkasten/
Jun 10, 2022, 1:41 PM -04:00
Reframing and simplifying the idea of how to keep a Zettelkasten
Given many of the misconceptions I see online of how to keep a zettelkasten, particularly given the focus on the arcane addressing system used by Niklas Luhmann, perhaps it may be helpful to dramatically reframe the question of how to keep a zettelkasten? One page blog posts from people who’ve only recently seen the idea and are synopsizing it without a year or more practice themselves are highly confusing at best. Can I write something we don’t see enough of in spaces relating to zettelkaste... -
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Jul 23, 2022, 11:57 AM -04:00 From Height of Land, Maine
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Jul 23, 2022, 11:55 AM -04:00 From the top of Quill Hill, Maine
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Jul 23, 2022, 8:34 AM -04:00 Amaro Showdown at Casa Di Desmond
A while back I started going through a phase where I would buy any reasonably well-reviewed bottle of Italian amaro I could find at my local liquor store, in a halfhearted and somewhat misguided attempt to reconnect with my Italian roots (my mother is from Sicily). I can't honestly say that it worked (what would that even look like? I already talk with my hands, I don't need to do it more) but it did result, as you might expect, in a small collection of Italian amari being added to my home bar.
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Jun 28, 2022, 1:53 PM -04:00 TIL that there is actually no abortion law in Canada, i.e. there's no law which explicitly allows or disallows an abortion. It's treated simply as a medical procedure, like a hip replacement (no law for that either) and is legal in the same sense.
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Jun 13, 2022, 9:02 AM -04:00 Bookmark of https://boffosocko.com/2022/06/10/reframing-and-simplifying-the-idea-of-how-to-keep-a-zettelkasten/
Jun 10, 2022, 1:41 PM -04:00
Reframing and simplifying the idea of how to keep a Zettelkasten
Given many of the misconceptions I see online of how to keep a zettelkasten, particularly given the focus on the arcane addressing system used by Niklas Luhmann, perhaps it may be helpful to dramatically reframe the question of how to keep a zettelkasten? One page blog posts from people who’ve only recently seen the idea and are synopsizing it without a year or more practice themselves are highly confusing at best. Can I write something we don’t see enough of in spaces relating to zettelkaste... -
Jun 1, 2022, 8:44 AM -04:00 Fifteen Years of Blogging
Fifteen years ago today, I published my first blog post and I wanted to mark the occasion with - you guessed it! - a blog post. I didn't really have a strong sense of what I wanted to say but, anniversaries being a chance to reminisce, I found myself revisiting what I've written over the years.
It's definitely a mixed bag. The tone and content vary quite a bit. For this reason, when people ask me what this blog is "about", I don't usually have a ready answer, and this sometimes catches them off guard because common wisdom states that blogs typically have themes. People will manage a cooking blog, for example, or a programming blog, or a reading blog. Among other things, it's a way to collect followers - people seem to place greater trust in a blog when it focuses on one subject.
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May 29, 2022, 5:11 PM -04:00 Gorgeous day in Montreal
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May 22, 2022, 7:00 PM -04:00 Tried my hand at buttermilk pie.
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May 21, 2022, 4:43 PM -04:00 Taking org-roam everywhere with logseq
Updated: 2022-08-03 I love org-roam. It lets me take notes in a way that matches how I think. It makes it easy to recall what I have learned and find connections between ideas. But there has always been one big problem with org-roam: it ties me to the desktop. When I am on the go and all I have is my phone, I don’t have access to my notes. There are some stop gap solutions to try and fix this. -
May 19, 2022, 11:59 PM -04:00 CanadaHelps - Donate to any charity in Canada
Donate to the Afghanistan Emergency Relief Efforts
The collapse of the Afghan government is wreaking chaos in Afghanistan. Over 500,000 have already fled from their homes, with many more hiding in their homes out of fear. Women and children are particularly at risk in these uncertain times. Urgent humanitarian aid is needed. Help provide basic necessities such as clean water, medication, and safe shelter. Assist the millions. Give now to help the Afghan people live with the safety and dignity they deserve. -
May 16, 2022, 2:41 PM -04:00 Tried my best. Lunar eclipse.
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May 14, 2022, 4:41 PM -04:00 William Kennedy
In Defence of the Single Page Application
My argument for why we need the Single Page Applications(sarcasm inside) -
May 12, 2022, 10:08 AM -04:00 I don't believe I'm a person with seasonal depression or anything but I have to admit that my mood is better with the warm weather.
