Blaugust 2026 results
The 2026 edition of Blaugust- the festival of blogging is wrapping up. This is my third year participating, and I started with fairly modest goals: Post at least five times…
Iris is gone
We had our beloved cat Iris euthanized after a long illness on May 1 of this year at the age of 19 and one half years. I've been remiss in…
Am I part of the Indieweb?
Juhis tells us that there is no membership card for the Indieweb blogging community. I like his thesis as I sort of feel like I'm at least on the periphery…
Say hello to Sapphire
We have added a kitten to our clowder as of August 2, 2026, and her name is Sapphire. Before you ask: this means we now have four cats, three in…
Purpose
I read a post by Toby on the topic of purpose as a general concept in life and found it very insightful. His post is far more insightful than this…
Server outage- MariaDB and Fedora problems
My blog went down overnight without any planning on my part. When I checked it this morning, all three of my sites were showing an error that looked like this:…
AI Waste
I have Opinions™ about artificial intelligence. I'm not wholly against it, but I do feel that the current over-enthusiastic investment and circular dealing in the industry is a toxic aberration.…
Finding motivation
It is the fourth week of Blaugust, and the topic is on staying motivated. I normally don't post very frequently on my blog, so any increase over perhaps two or…
AI watermarking
I came across something on Engadget about AI watermarking being implemented to comply with new EU regulations. The topic was a new one for me, and piqued my interest. A…
An opinion about RSS
There has been a bit of discussion in the Blaugust community about the importance and nature of RSS feeds for bloggers. Roger at Contains Moderate Peril had his say, and…