Turns out there’s a difference between actual rest and “not doing anything because you’re burnt out”. Won’t be making that mistake again (hopefully).
Diagnosis tip: both often involve not doing very much. Actual, voluntary rest feels good. Being burnt out feels bad.
LouLouK:
Intensely enjoyed Countryfile feature on mediavel musical instruments. I know want a harp. I was supposed to be learning to fiddle :0)
@loulouk a harp is probably perfect for someone with “hyper extendy fingers” :) If you want to go fully medieval, get one with bray pins for extra buzzing. You’re in London, right? There’s an Early Music Shop outlet there, IIRC they have a bunch of harps and would probably be delighted to let you try one earlymusicshop.com/London.aspx
Ben Werdmüller:
Newton's ballers: http://indiewebcamp.com/images/5/5d/iwc-cambridge-sway.gif #indiewebcamp
@benwerd @indiewebcamp what is this i dont even
Observation: when listing topics, the relative weights associated with relative order of items is highest at the ends
Roommate instructed me to “hold a banging party” in his absence. So far: cooked dumplings, played gurdy, read, listened to Breton accordion music #help #amidoingthisright
#TIL according to G translate, there’s only one . difference between “I am proud” and “I have chair”:
(Given, of course, that you leave out the accent on the ó. It’s not so funny if you spell it correctly) #icelandic
Opinions about icelandiconline.is as a place to learn Icelandic online? Been working through the lessons on-and-off over the past few weeks and, despite atrocious UI design and hilariously bad videography have found it adequate for a free resource. The fact that it’s completely in Icelandic is also nice.
Thoroughly impressed with the Loft hostel pub quiz. Science, history, geography, feminism and almost no movie questions. Recommended.
Protest songs, music, recordings from the Hong Kong protests: http://vojo.co/umbrellasongs via @OCLPHK
you won’t believe how much aubergine there is in a single aubergine
“[Whilst] rational actor models are, in themselves, morally blameless… …the use of such models to change the world is not morally neutral. Rational-actor models are metaphorical human constructions humanly imposed. They are not a feature of the world in itself. They can be used insightfully or not, fruitfully or not. How we choose to use them is not a “rational choice” as defined in the models. Not to understand this is truly irrational” — Lakoff & Johnson, Philosophy in the Flesh
Today in “things I have typed instead of import”: imprto, improt, implore
I actually quite like how implore pandas looks in my code.
@parzzix silos gaining an API only means the #indieweb can become silo-friendly. For actual indieweb friendliness, see indiewebcamp.com/friendly
Hong Kong state media protest coverage branding student protestors “extremists” demonstrates again that “extremism” is a “terrorism”-eqsue catch-all for whatever the state happens to disagree with. Be wary of “anti-extremist” measures, you might be one peaceful protest away from being one.
@andrewjohnmarks have you read @thetoast’s rather wonderful take on Ratatouille? the-toast.net/2014/09/15/mommy-female-cook-ratatouille/
Has anyone published research into the #UX of URLs? Specifically interested in how people understand, relate to and interact with URLs. Hav found some talks and blog posts but not much actual data.
@acegiak that’s hilarious — OTTOMH, h-review p-rating is assumed to be between 0 and 5 as a fallback if no best/worst are given (and even if just best is given, 0 could be assumed to be “worst”). So you could totally publish something like:
Andrew Marks
http://acegiak.net<span class="p-rating">1</span>/<span class="p-best">10</span>
θourg̊nir:
@adrianshort My concern is mainly holding ownership over the material being syndicated to social media. Does #indieweb solva that for me?
@thorgnyr content syndicated to silos is subject to their terms as usual, but you choose what you syndicate — e.g. for a photo you could just syndicate the name/caption and a link back to the original (same with articles or longer notes and replies, like this one)
Learned an alarming fact about measurement theory at work today: enjoyment of reading causes earthquakes.