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"title": "Dan Jewett",
"home_page_url": "http://danjewett.net",
"feed_url": "http://danjewett.net/feed.json",
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{
"title": "Concept of a Man",
"slug": "concept-of-a-man",
"content": "\"I have a concept of a plan,\" resonates so much with me and let's be real, everyone, because well,...guilty as charged. \r\nBut I can own that I procrastinate and that my personal failings are often the source of my anxiety and lack of focus and direction. The Republican candidate lacks the ability for any such self-reflection and therefore also has only \"a concept of a man.\" \r\nWhich concept is severely broken.",
"content_html": "<p>\"I have a concept of a plan,\" resonates so much with me and let's be real, everyone, because well,...guilty as charged.<br />\nBut I can own that I procrastinate and that my personal failings are often the source of my anxiety and lack of focus and direction. The Republican candidate lacks the ability for any such self-reflection and therefore also has only \"a concept of a man.\"<br />\nWhich concept is severely broken.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-11T09:43:03-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-11T09:44:55.979790-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Debate Glow",
"slug": "debate-glow",
"content": "Up early to make sure I experience all the satisfaction of the day after.\r\nThe day after Kamala Harris handed that shit talking bridge-troll the one part of his body that isn't the color of dried apricot.",
"content_html": "<p>Up early to make sure I experience all the satisfaction of the day after.\nThe day after Kamala Harris handed that shit talking bridge-troll the one part of his body that isn't the color of dried apricot.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-11T06:49:16-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-11T06:52:07.145795-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Venn the Cat",
"slug": "venn-the-cat",
"content": "Venn the cat. \r\nThe plural of ox is oxen. \r\nThe plural of box is …\r\n\r\n",
"content_html": "<p>Venn the cat.<br />\nThe plural of ox is oxen.<br />\nThe plural of box is …</p>\n<p><img alt=\"Venn the cat has his orange and white self snuggled into his favorite thing. A box on the bed.\" src=\"https://terrible-django.s3.amazonaws.com/img/featured/venn_the_cat-1.jpg\" /></p>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-09T09:16:58-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-09T09:43:42.747526-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Time Remembered",
"slug": "time-remembered",
"content": "I found this gem yesterday, buried on Disc 9 of the Bill Evans Complete Riverside Recordings. Zoot Sims is inspired. Jim Hall on guitar, Ron Carter on bass, Philly Joe Jones on drums. Tracked it down on YouTube. Perfect for a Sunday morning.\r\n\r\n[Bill Evans - Time Remembered](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jMymWD8bcE)\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-jMymWD8bcE?si=k1YoyogtLMAQSwai\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen></iframe>",
"content_html": "<p>I found this gem yesterday, buried on Disc 9 of the Bill Evans Complete Riverside Recordings. Zoot Sims is inspired. Jim Hall on guitar, Ron Carter on bass, Philly Joe Jones on drums. Tracked it down on YouTube. Perfect for a Sunday morning.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jMymWD8bcE\">Bill Evans - Time Remembered</a></p>\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-jMymWD8bcE?si=k1YoyogtLMAQSwai\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen></iframe>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-08T08:24:47-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-08T08:28:37.715619-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Early Starts",
"slug": "early-starts",
"content": "Looks like I'm getting back to a schedule more like I kept when I was coaching. A 4am wake up wasn't planned but I don't mind it. I don't really differentiate weekends from weekdays anymore. \r\nGood morning all.",
"content_html": "<p>Looks like I'm getting back to a schedule more like I kept when I was coaching. A 4am wake up wasn't planned but I don't mind it. I don't really differentiate weekends from weekdays anymore.<br />\nGood morning all.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-07T04:53:41-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-07T04:54:45.440829-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Confession",
"slug": "confession",
"content": "Confession. \r\nTime to completion using Claude.ai to solve my Django Admin tagging issue: Longer than I hoped. \r\nTime to completion without Claude's help: ∞",
"content_html": "<p>Confession.<br />\nTime to completion using Claude.ai to solve my Django Admin tagging issue: Longer than I hoped.<br />\nTime to completion without Claude's help: ∞</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-06T16:20:56-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-06T16:22:05.256432-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Select2 for Tagging in Dja",
"slug": "select2-for-tagging-in-dja",
"content": "Well it took most of the morning, but I was able to implement a better way of adding and editing tags for posts in the Django admin. Used the Select2 library loaded from a cdn. Will try doing it with the Django-Select2 package next.",
"content_html": "<p>Well it took most of the morning, but I was able to implement a better way of adding and editing tags for posts in the Django admin. Used the Select2 library loaded from a cdn. Will try doing it with the Django-Select2 package next.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-06T14:57:16-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-06T14:57:18.531053-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "It's Like Snow",
"slug": "its-like-snow",
"content": "The use of the word 'like' in every phrase uttered by these two student radio DJs has the effect of numbing my ears.\r\n\r\nI imagine being buried in a snowfall of the word until nothing in the aural landscape is discernible. My fingers remain warm.",
"content_html": "<p>The use of the word 'like' in every phrase uttered by these two student radio DJs has the effect of numbing my ears.</p>\n<p>I imagine being buried in a snowfall of the word until nothing in the aural landscape is discernible. My fingers remain warm.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-05T07:17:28-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-06T14:43:22.224324-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Good Morning 2024-09-04",
"slug": "good-morning-2024-09-04",
"content": "Good morning Micro.blog and Mastodon! It looks like it's going to be a beautiful day here in Lawrence, KS. Hump day! All easier from here on out!",
"content_html": "<p>Good morning Micro.blog and Mastodon! It looks like it's going to be a beautiful day here in Lawrence, KS. Hump day! All easier from here on out!</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-04T08:14:00-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:54:12.328871-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Today's Breakfast",
"slug": "todays-breakfast",
"content": "This morning's breakfast. You can have some too!\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://terrible-django.s3.amazonaws.com/img/post_images/simplify.jpg\" alt=\"A large white bowl containing an artificial stone imprinted with the word Simplify.\" width=\"\">",
"content_html": "<p>This morning's breakfast. You can have some too!</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://terrible-django.s3.amazonaws.com/img/post_images/simplify.jpg\" alt=\"A large white bowl containing an artificial stone imprinted with the word Simplify.\" width=\"\"></p>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-03T10:11:19-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:54:08.511635-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "New York morning in Kansas",
"slug": "new-york-morning-in-kansas",
"content": "__A New York Morning in Kansas__. 69° here in Lawrence this morning. I love going out on my little back porch and being reminded of boyhood mornings in Chautauqua, NY.\r\n\r\nOur family would vacation at Chautauqua Lake. I would be out early looking for nightcrawlers to go fishing with. A very happy memory triggered by this morning's cool air.",
"content_html": "<p><strong>A New York Morning in Kansas</strong>. 69° here in Lawrence this morning. I love going out on my little back porch and being reminded of boyhood mornings in Chautauqua, NY.</p>\n<p>Our family would vacation at Chautauqua Lake. I would be out early looking for nightcrawlers to go fishing with. A very happy memory triggered by this morning's cool air.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-02T09:59:28-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:54:04.318776-05:00",
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"title": "Bill Evans",
"slug": "bill-evans",
"content": "It's been forty-four years since [Bill Evans](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Bill_Evans) passed. Would it be naive to think in all that time there has been no one to surpass him in the art of jazz piano improvisation? We have seen Keith Jarrett's improvisational virtuosity and McCoy Tyner's muscular strides through a set of chord changes. We've seen more structurally cerebral players manipulate and experiment with the limits of aural legitimacy, testing out what our ears and brains are willing process as music. Countless great players deserving of our attention.\r\n\r\nBut for sheer lyricism? As I listen to Evans this morning, I have the sensation that his exploration of melody will leave me deeply satisfied. As if he were saying, \"This is a beautiful melody. Let me show you the possibilities it contains while still letting it remain itself. That will be my gift.\"\r\n\r\n[Bill Evans - Solo Piano](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOV0HIh4DoQ)",
"content_html": "<p>It's been forty-four years since <a href=\"https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Bill_Evans\">Bill Evans</a> passed. Would it be naive to think in all that time there has been no one to surpass him in the art of jazz piano improvisation? We have seen Keith Jarrett's improvisational virtuosity and McCoy Tyner's muscular strides through a set of chord changes. We've seen more structurally cerebral players manipulate and experiment with the limits of aural legitimacy, testing out what our ears and brains are willing process as music. Countless great players deserving of our attention.</p>\n<p>But for sheer lyricism? As I listen to Evans this morning, I have the sensation that his exploration of melody will leave me deeply satisfied. As if he were saying, \"This is a beautiful melody. Let me show you the possibilities it contains while still letting it remain itself. That will be my gift.\"</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOV0HIh4DoQ\">Bill Evans - Solo Piano</a></p>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-01T12:27:11-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:53:54.135842-05:00",
"post_type": "Standard"
},
{
"title": "Art Pepper",
"slug": "art-pepper",
"content": "Happy Birthday to the great Art Pepper. (1925-1982)\r\n\r\nHere he is on his signature tune [Straight Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU1UE-D-9ec).",
"content_html": "<p>Happy Birthday to the great Art Pepper. (1925-1982)</p>\n<p>Here he is on his signature tune <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU1UE-D-9ec\">Straight Life</a>.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-09-01T08:44:43-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:53:49.980331-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Kansas Nuns",
"slug": "kansas-nuns",
"content": "From my state. Somebody's gotta do it.\r\n\r\n[How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism.](https://apnews.com/article/catholic-benedictine-nuns-esg-shareholder-activism-e8d8111e8d2c00ced463db40863ec45b)",
"content_html": "<p>From my state. Somebody's gotta do it.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/catholic-benedictine-nuns-esg-shareholder-activism-e8d8111e8d2c00ced463db40863ec45b\">How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism.</a></p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-31T15:25:20-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:53:43.287268-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
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{
"title": "Solo Bill Evans",
"slug": "solo-bill-evans",
"content": "What a gift to start the day this way. Listening to the solo performances from Bill Evans Complete Riverside Recordings.\r\n\r\nThe finest combination of beauty and genius. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://terrible-django.s3.amazonaws.com/img/post_images/bill_evans_solo_riverside.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of The Complete Riverside Recordings of Bill Evans\" width=\"\">",
"content_html": "<p>What a gift to start the day this way. Listening to the solo performances from Bill Evans Complete Riverside Recordings.</p>\n<p>The finest combination of beauty and genius. </p>\n<p><img src=\"https://terrible-django.s3.amazonaws.com/img/post_images/bill_evans_solo_riverside.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of The Complete Riverside Recordings of Bill Evans\" width=\"\"></p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-31T07:47:47-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:53:38.767524-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Waitng",
"slug": "waitng",
"content": "And here we sit. Making everything better with this advanced animation of how broken the web is. #pleaseusetext\r\n\r\n",
"content_html": "<p>And here we sit. Making everything better with this advanced animation of how broken the web is. #pleaseusetext</p>\n<p><img alt=\"Screenshot of progress widget stuck at 99% complete.\" src=\"https://terrible-django.s3.amazonaws.com/img/post_images/po_verify.png\" /></p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-30T08:16:40-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:53:34.609882-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Coffee Infrastructure",
"slug": "coffee-infrastructure",
"content": "Approaching the final steps of dismantling my coffee infrastructure. Down to decaf these last weeks. Time to replace the ritual itself. #removealljoy",
"content_html": "<p>Approaching the final steps of dismantling my coffee infrastructure. Down to decaf these last weeks. Time to replace the ritual itself. #removealljoy</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-29T17:12:43-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:53:29.638258-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Harris-Walz Crop Art",
"slug": "harris-walz-crop-art",
"content": "Right here in Lawrence, KS!\r\n\r\n[Crop art of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz](https://www.krps.org/kansas-news/2024-08-26/crop-art-portrait-in-lawrence-kansas-is-now-complete-with-the-addition-of-tim-walz)",
"content_html": "<p>Right here in Lawrence, KS!</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.krps.org/kansas-news/2024-08-26/crop-art-portrait-in-lawrence-kansas-is-now-complete-with-the-addition-of-tim-walz\">Crop art of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz</a></p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-29T08:05:07-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:53:25.397892-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Broken",
"slug": "broken",
"content": "Imagine what it would feel like to achieve the position of utmost authority and recognition on your planet and then reward yourself by making sure there wasn't one single person *anywhere* that didn't know you were a total ass.\r\n\r\nHe is a golem existing only on the energy of his own self loathing.",
"content_html": "<p>Imagine what it would feel like to achieve the position of utmost authority and recognition on your planet and then reward yourself by making sure there wasn't one single person <em>anywhere</em> that didn't know you were a total ass.</p>\n<p>He is a golem existing only on the energy of his own self loathing.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-28T20:07:02-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:53:19.565478-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Updating my reading list",
"slug": "updating-my-reading-list",
"content": "I've begun the process of back-filling my reading list [here](https://danjewett.net/reading/).\r\n\r\nOldest to newest. Going to take a while.",
"content_html": "<p>I've begun the process of back-filling my reading list <a href=\"https://danjewett.net/reading/\">here</a>.</p>\n<p>Oldest to newest. Going to take a while.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-28T15:24:25-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:53:12.638735-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Tumbler -> Wordpress",
"slug": "tumbler-wordpress",
"content": "[Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress](https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/28/tumblr-to-move-its-half-a-billion-blogs-to-wordpress/).\r\n\r\nI think this is good news for the small web. Tumblr's blogging interface far surpasses WordPress in simplicity/ease of use.\r\n\r\nThe WordPress admin site has become a nightmare. I'll definitely be tracking this.",
"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/28/tumblr-to-move-its-half-a-billion-blogs-to-wordpress/\">Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress</a>.</p>\n<p>I think this is good news for the small web. Tumblr's blogging interface far surpasses WordPress in simplicity/ease of use.</p>\n<p>The WordPress admin site has become a nightmare. I'll definitely be tracking this.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-28T15:07:00-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:53:08.329670-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Ken Paxton",
"slug": "ken-paxton",
"content": "Would someone in Texas law-enforcement please invite Ken Paxton to an extended stay away from other humans? He seems to be pleading for it.",
"content_html": "<p>Would someone in Texas law-enforcement please invite Ken Paxton to an extended stay away from other humans? He seems to be pleading for it.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-27T18:04:05-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:53:02.122515-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Reading Section",
"slug": "reading-section",
"content": "The new version of this site has been up for a while now with the Reading page remaining empty.\r\n\r\nMy initial thought was to do a plain Markdown list of what I'm reading, what I've finished, what I thought, etc. It's inline with a basic approach of simplicity first.\r\n\r\nI've already moved my book list around a lot between Goodreads, StoryGraph, and now [Hardcover](https://hardcover.app/). [Micro.blog](https://micro.blog) has a nice book tracking feature as well.\r\n\r\nSo of course I've decided to *not* do that and to add my reading history to my own database. It does fit the approach of [POSSE](https://indieweb.org/POSSE), but I don't get the benefit of simple Markdown portability.\r\n\r\nStill, I like the idea of having more display flexibility with the information...",
"content_html": "<p>The new version of this site has been up for a while now with the Reading page remaining empty.</p>\n<p>My initial thought was to do a plain Markdown list of what I'm reading, what I've finished, what I thought, etc. It's inline with a basic approach of simplicity first.</p>\n<p>I've already moved my book list around a lot between Goodreads, StoryGraph, and now <a href=\"https://hardcover.app/\">Hardcover</a>. <a href=\"https://micro.blog\">Micro.blog</a> has a nice book tracking feature as well.</p>\n<p>So of course I've decided to <em>not</em> do that and to add my reading history to my own database. It does fit the approach of <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/POSSE\">POSSE</a>, but I don't get the benefit of simple Markdown portability.</p>\n<p>Still, I like the idea of having more display flexibility with the information...</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-27T11:43:43-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:58.280550-05:00",
"post_type": "Standard"
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{
"title": "Chemtrails",
"slug": "chemtrails",
"content": "Again with the chemtrails? RFK Jr. is supplying more toxic brain destroying pollutants than any number of poison jets ever could.",
"content_html": "<p>Again with the chemtrails? RFK Jr. is supplying more toxic brain destroying pollutants than any number of poison jets ever could.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-27T10:19:39-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:53.856854-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
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"title": "Birds of Fire",
"slug": "birds-of-fire",
"content": "For this morning's ear bath. \r\n\r\nMahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire and Live at Yale in 1973. Formative for me.\r\n\r\n",
"content_html": "<p>For this morning's ear bath. </p>\n<p>Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire and Live at Yale in 1973. Formative for me.</p>\n<p><img alt=\"Birds of Fire Album cover\" src=\"https://terrible-django.s3.amazonaws.com/img/post_images/birds_of_fire.jpg\" /></p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-27T09:15:17-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:49.270196-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Discover New Sites",
"slug": "discover-new-sites",
"content": "This makes me even more happy about my [Kagi](https://kagi.com) subscription. There is a \"small web\" feature that works sort of like Stumble Upon. \r\n\r\nVisit [Kagi Small Web](https://kagi.com/smallweb/) and you will land on a random blog post. If you like it you can take your usual \"I found something cool\" steps, or you can hit the next button to get another random post.",
"content_html": "<p>This makes me even more happy about my <a href=\"https://kagi.com\">Kagi</a> subscription. There is a \"small web\" feature that works sort of like Stumble Upon. </p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https://kagi.com/smallweb/\">Kagi Small Web</a> and you will land on a random blog post. If you like it you can take your usual \"I found something cool\" steps, or you can hit the next button to get another random post.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-26T16:21:54-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:44.705976-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
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"title": "East of Eden",
"slug": "east-of-eden",
"content": "",
"content_html": "",
"pub_date": "2024-08-25T18:14:23-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:40.602083-05:00",
"post_type": "First Paragraph"
},
{
"title": "Summer's End",
"slug": "summers-end",
"content": "This is the last evening before classes begin for the '24-'25 school year at the University of Kansas here in Lawrence. This is only significant for me as a marker. I'm not associated with KU other than that my daughter Marilyn will be starting her senior year there.\r\n\r\nAs markers go, the start of the Fall semester does have a somewhat melancholy weight to it. I don't experience Summer the same way I did when I was younger, but I still feel a tinge of loss at its passing. Vestiges of youthful freedom that defined that part of the year.\r\n\r\nIt reached 100º here in Kansas today. It allows one to pretend that there is some Summer left even as our minds and bodies shift to cooler pursuits.",
"content_html": "<p>This is the last evening before classes begin for the '24-'25 school year at the University of Kansas here in Lawrence. This is only significant for me as a marker. I'm not associated with KU other than that my daughter Marilyn will be starting her senior year there.</p>\n<p>As markers go, the start of the Fall semester does have a somewhat melancholy weight to it. I don't experience Summer the same way I did when I was younger, but I still feel a tinge of loss at its passing. Vestiges of youthful freedom that defined that part of the year.</p>\n<p>It reached 100º here in Kansas today. It allows one to pretend that there is some Summer left even as our minds and bodies shift to cooler pursuits.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-25T17:21:02-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:36.784097-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "indieweb.social",
"slug": "indiewebsocial",
"content": "Wondering if anyone is home at the [indieweb.social](https://indieweb.social/) Mastodon instance. Been waiting over a week for account approval. One way or another.",
"content_html": "<p>Wondering if anyone is home at the <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/\">indieweb.social</a> Mastodon instance. Been waiting over a week for account approval. One way or another.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-25T14:59:28-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:33.226524-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "We Me",
"slug": "we-me",
"content": "<img src=\"https://terrible-django.s3.amazonaws.com/img/post_images/we_me.jpg\" alt=\"[Large letters WE cast a shadow that spells ME. Kamala Harris is on the letters. Donald Trump is in the shadow.\" />\r\n<figcaption class=\"text-center\">High ground, low ground. - Steve Cousineau</figcaption>",
"content_html": "<p><img src=\"https://terrible-django.s3.amazonaws.com/img/post_images/we_me.jpg\" alt=\"[Large letters WE cast a shadow that spells ME. Kamala Harris is on the letters. Donald Trump is in the shadow.\" /></p>\n<figcaption class=\"text-center\">High ground, low ground. - Steve Cousineau</figcaption>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-25T10:30:57-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:29.233867-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Nate Smith",
"slug": "nate-smith",
"content": "Today's playlist is going to move in and out of music by [Nate Smith](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Nate_Smith_%28musician%29), Chris Potter, Dave Holland, and many of the musicians in that universe.\r\n\r\nGuaranteed fresh.",
"content_html": "<p>Today's playlist is going to move in and out of music by <a href=\"https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Nate_Smith_%28musician%29\">Nate Smith</a>, Chris Potter, Dave Holland, and many of the musicians in that universe.</p>\n<p>Guaranteed fresh.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-25T09:02:36-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:23.548915-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Alt Text",
"slug": "alt-text",
"content": "Ugh. Just realized I never created a field in the admin interface to supply alt text for featured images. 1st project for the day then.",
"content_html": "<p>Ugh. Just realized I never created a field in the admin interface to supply alt text for featured images. 1st project for the day then.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-24T06:59:41-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:19.284810-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
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"title": "A Great Loss for the Jazz World",
"slug": "a-great-loss-for-the-jazz-world",
"content": "Thank you Russell Malone. Go easy.\r\n\r\n[Loss of Russell Malone](https://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2024/08/23/russell-malone-death-of-legendary-guitarist-aged-60-sparks-shock-grief/)",
"content_html": "<p>Thank you Russell Malone. Go easy.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2024/08/23/russell-malone-death-of-legendary-guitarist-aged-60-sparks-shock-grief/\">Loss of Russell Malone</a></p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-24T06:44:44-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:12.689119-05:00",
"post_type": "Standard"
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"title": "Louis Cole",
"slug": "louis-cole",
"content": "I love everything about this, including the audacious/ambitious scope of it.\r\n\r\n[Louis Cole - Nothing](https://louiscole.bandcamp.com/album/nothing)\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/zs4tMyekKDQ?si=0cG4Im-6XwVADW1X\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen></iframe>",
"content_html": "<p>I love everything about this, including the audacious/ambitious scope of it.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://louiscole.bandcamp.com/album/nothing\">Louis Cole - Nothing</a></p>\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/zs4tMyekKDQ?si=0cG4Im-6XwVADW1X\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen></iframe>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-23T06:25:14-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:08.114117-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Early",
"slug": "early",
"content": "Wide awake at 4:15am. Might as well get to it!",
"content_html": "<p>Wide awake at 4:15am. Might as well get to it!</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-23T04:20:17-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:52:03.564060-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Joe Biden",
"slug": "joe-biden",
"content": "Well done Joe Biden. #dncspeech",
"content_html": "<p>Well done Joe Biden. #dncspeech</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-20T08:59:22-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:51:59.498741-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Samara Joy",
"slug": "samara-joy-micro",
"content": "Samara Joy is a wonder. A fearless singer. Here she is owning Lush Life.\r\n\r\n<iframe class=\"youtube-video\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7_spA6FcOdw?si=9gFnZoBjQuw7NYau\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen></iframe>",
"content_html": "<p>Samara Joy is a wonder. A fearless singer. Here she is owning Lush Life.</p>\n<iframe class=\"youtube-video\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7_spA6FcOdw?si=9gFnZoBjQuw7NYau\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen></iframe>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-13T07:45:34-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:51:55.561041-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Trump-Musk Interview",
"slug": "trump-musk-interview",
"content": "The Donald Trump, Elon Musk interview. Why was an ambulance not called for these clearly deranged men?",
"content_html": "<p>The Donald Trump, Elon Musk interview. Why was an ambulance not called for these clearly deranged men?</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-13T07:36:42-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:51:46.258119-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
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"title": "French Butter Crock",
"slug": "french-butter-crock",
"content": "I love this thing. I'm probably the last person to find about these but I'll tell you what. Those French. First the Olympics and now this.\r\n\r\n<video controls width=\"\">\r\n <source src=\"https://terrible-django.s3.amazonaws.com/video/butter_crock.webm\" />\r\n</video>\r\n\r\nI consume a lot of butter. I keep it at room temperature (once I open it) and the cheap plastic butter dish I was using was just a mess.\r\n\r\nI love that I can pick it up and use a spoon, spatula, or knife to get exactly what I want without a mess.\r\n\r\nIt's got a water line marker towards the bottom. You fill it to the line, squash a stick of butter in there and you're good to go.\r\n\r\nI know, I know. But things like this please me.",
"content_html": "<p>I love this thing. I'm probably the last person to find about these but I'll tell you what. Those French. First the Olympics and now this.</p>\n<video controls width=\"\">\n <source src=\"https://terrible-django.s3.amazonaws.com/video/butter_crock.webm\" />\n</video>\n\n<p>I consume a lot of butter. I keep it at room temperature (once I open it) and the cheap plastic butter dish I was using was just a mess.</p>\n<p>I love that I can pick it up and use a spoon, spatula, or knife to get exactly what I want without a mess.</p>\n<p>It's got a water line marker towards the bottom. You fill it to the line, squash a stick of butter in there and you're good to go.</p>\n<p>I know, I know. But things like this please me.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-12T18:21:27-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:51:41.016879-05:00",
"post_type": "Standard"
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"title": "First Post on the New Site",
"slug": "first-post-on-the-new-site",
"content": "Finally ready to fling the first post up on the new version of my website. I say fling because I have a tendency to be a bit too precious about posting and I’m going to try and be less reserved. I think I’ve set things up so that posting without titles will behave in my RSS feeds. The goal is to reduce friction.\r\n\r\nThis post can get me started, and since I’m the only one who really cares about the old content, I can take my time backfilling it.\r\n\r\nThe photo is one that came through my feed from [Kafka's Apartment](https://www.tumblr.com/kafkasapartment) Tumbler account. It sat on my desktop while I was building this new site, and I fell under it's spell. A beautiful but mysterious face.",
"content_html": "<p>Finally ready to fling the first post up on the new version of my website. I say fling because I have a tendency to be a bit too precious about posting and I’m going to try and be less reserved. I think I’ve set things up so that posting without titles will behave in my RSS feeds. The goal is to reduce friction.</p>\n<p>This post can get me started, and since I’m the only one who really cares about the old content, I can take my time backfilling it.</p>\n<p>The photo is one that came through my feed from <a href=\"https://www.tumblr.com/kafkasapartment\">Kafka's Apartment</a> Tumbler account. It sat on my desktop while I was building this new site, and I fell under it's spell. A beautiful but mysterious face.</p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-10T19:24:44-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:51:36.882857-05:00",
"post_type": "Standard"
},
{
"title": "Small Believer - Anna Tivel",
"slug": "small-believer-anna-tivel",
"content": "Marking my birthday by getting back on my rowing machine for the first time in a long while. Listening to [Anna Tivel](https://annativel.bandcamp.com/album/living-thing).\r\n\r\n",
"content_html": "<p>Marking my birthday by getting back on my rowing machine for the first time in a long while. Listening to <a href=\"https://annativel.bandcamp.com/album/living-thing\">Anna Tivel</a>.</p>\n<p><img alt=\"Album cover for Small Believer. Black with Anna Tivel's face in half shadow.\" src=\"https://terrible-django.s3.amazonaws.com/img/post_images/anna-tivel.jpg\" /></p>",
"pub_date": "2024-08-02T18:25:00-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:51:32.676178-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "Rocky Balboa",
"slug": "rocky-balboa",
"content": "\"Yeah, I got heart, but I ain't got no locker, do I Mick?\"\r\n\r\n—Rocky Balboa",
"content_html": "<p>\"Yeah, I got heart, but I ain't got no locker, do I Mick?\"</p>\n<p>—Rocky Balboa</p>",
"pub_date": "2023-08-05T14:36:46-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:51:28.600080-05:00",
"post_type": "Quote"
},
{
"title": "Dirty Word",
"slug": "dirty-word",
"content": "Scream about losing your liberty and freedom. Fling the words communism and socialism into decontextualized rants about the benefits of capitalism.\r\n\r\nWe know what word really scares you. Your night terror word. A word that everyone understands.\r\n\r\nSharing.",
"content_html": "<p>Scream about losing your liberty and freedom. Fling the words communism and socialism into decontextualized rants about the benefits of capitalism.</p>\n<p>We know what word really scares you. Your night terror word. A word that everyone understands.</p>\n<p>Sharing.</p>",
"pub_date": "2023-07-14T14:40:43-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:51:14.477037-05:00",
"post_type": "Standard"
},
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"title": "Hardware",
"slug": "hardware",
"content": "It was a very good morning for the KU Crew! A clean sweep at the Stars & Stripes USRowing Central Masters Regional in Oklahoma City.\r\n\r\nI'm late in posting this, but back on June 24th, these three ladies and their faculty advisor Steven Maynard-Moody, won all of their events at the Stars & Stripes USRowing Central Masters Regional in Oklahoma City.\r\n\r\nCongratulations to these KU Crew rowers! Way to represent!\r\n\r\nResults are [here](https://kansascrew.com/results-stars-and-stripes-usrowing-central-masters-regional/).",
"content_html": "<p>It was a very good morning for the KU Crew! A clean sweep at the Stars & Stripes USRowing Central Masters Regional in Oklahoma City.</p>\n<p>I'm late in posting this, but back on June 24th, these three ladies and their faculty advisor Steven Maynard-Moody, won all of their events at the Stars & Stripes USRowing Central Masters Regional in Oklahoma City.</p>\n<p>Congratulations to these KU Crew rowers! Way to represent!</p>\n<p>Results are <a href=\"https://kansascrew.com/results-stars-and-stripes-usrowing-central-masters-regional/\">here</a>.</p>",
"pub_date": "2023-07-12T14:47:16-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:51:07.319025-05:00",
"post_type": "Standard"
},
{
"title": "Mind Blown",
"slug": "mind-blown",
"content": "To quote [Patrick Rhone](https://www.patrickrhone.net/), \"Maybe what we need most is to have our minds blown.\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/tMxmNm2xnTk?si=IvecYya2wQpSifNp\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen></iframe>",
"content_html": "<p>To quote <a href=\"https://www.patrickrhone.net/\">Patrick Rhone</a>, \"Maybe what we need most is to have our minds blown.\"</p>\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/tMxmNm2xnTk?si=IvecYya2wQpSifNp\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen></iframe>",
"pub_date": "2022-11-21T18:49:37-06:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:50:52.009842-05:00",
"post_type": "Micro"
},
{
"title": "No.",
"slug": "no",
"content": "Feeling pretty good about what Kansans did last night. \r\nNo. \r\nNo to cruelty. \r\nNo to control of the many by the few. \r\nAnd for many of us, no to primitive ideologies that destroy the essence of our humanity.",
"content_html": "<p>Feeling pretty good about what Kansans did last night.<br />\nNo.<br />\nNo to cruelty.<br />\nNo to control of the many by the few.<br />\nAnd for many of us, no to primitive ideologies that destroy the essence of our humanity.</p>",
"pub_date": "2022-08-03T14:52:33-05:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:50:46.096066-05:00",
"post_type": "Standard"
},
{
"title": "Camera Man",
"slug": "camera-man",
"content": "",
"content_html": "",
"pub_date": "2022-02-08T15:57:56-06:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:50:33.443225-05:00",
"post_type": "First Paragraph"
},
{
"title": "Elton John Videos From The Cut",
"slug": "elton-john-videos-from-the-cut",
"content": "These vids are from a project called [The Cut](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fVatD41-7A) with support from YouTube.\r\n\r\nThe songs were written way back in pre-video times, so Elton John held a contest to create videos for them.\r\n\r\n[Tiny Dancer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYcyacLRPNs)\r\n\r\n[Rocket Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtVBCG6ThDk)\r\n\r\n[Bennie & The Jets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo1OwRTRKRk)\r\n\r\nI thought the Tiny Dancer video was especially good.\r\n\r\nHope you enjoy them.",
"content_html": "<p>These vids are from a project called <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fVatD41-7A\">The Cut</a> with support from YouTube.</p>\n<p>The songs were written way back in pre-video times, so Elton John held a contest to create videos for them.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYcyacLRPNs\">Tiny Dancer</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtVBCG6ThDk\">Rocket Man</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo1OwRTRKRk\">Bennie & The Jets</a></p>\n<p>I thought the Tiny Dancer video was especially good.</p>\n<p>Hope you enjoy them.</p>",
"pub_date": "2022-01-22T18:25:22-06:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:50:25.001616-05:00",
"post_type": "Standard"
},
{
"title": "Here and Her",
"slug": "here-and-her",
"content": "Between here and her are rolling hills where \r\nwind-weathered peoples once cornered game. \r\nThey walked and hunted and walked and lived.\r\n\r\n_You can save money crossing those hills if you have a K-Tag on your windshield._\r\n\r\nThen great flats we only desire to know \r\nas vectors of acceleration over time, sit upon \r\nthe largest unbroken tectonic plate in the world.\r\n\r\n_“This was once under a vast inland sea,” she said. “More than once.” he replied._\r\n\r\nBetween here and her is a massive orogenic phantasm. \r\nBuried to its shoulder in its own eroded silt, still it looms. \r\nCloaked in a shroud of green, it is the preferred home \r\nof the larger, more secretive mammals.\r\n\r\n_“A full-grown grizzly can stand as tall as a…”_\r\n\r\nThen desert, where they built a city to accelerate \r\nthe process of gaining and losing riches. \r\nBeyond the light and noise of it, slow, ancient processes unfold. \r\nThe birth and death of that city will be an unnoticed flicker in time.\r\n\r\n_“If you have seventeen showing, it’s usually best to stick.”_\r\n\r\nBetween here and her is \r\neverything seen and everything hidden, \r\neverything learned and forgotten, \r\neverything created and destroyed \r\nand it’s all just so damned beautiful and mysterious.\r\n\r\nMy arms would gauge the weight of her mysteries too,\r\n\r\nIf I could get from here to her.\r\n\r\n—dj. 2020-12-03",
"content_html": "<p>Between here and her are rolling hills where<br />\nwind-weathered peoples once cornered game.<br />\nThey walked and hunted and walked and lived.</p>\n<p><em>You can save money crossing those hills if you have a K-Tag on your windshield.</em></p>\n<p>Then great flats we only desire to know<br />\nas vectors of acceleration over time, sit upon<br />\nthe largest unbroken tectonic plate in the world.</p>\n<p><em>“This was once under a vast inland sea,” she said. “More than once.” he replied.</em></p>\n<p>Between here and her is a massive orogenic phantasm.<br />\nBuried to its shoulder in its own eroded silt, still it looms.<br />\nCloaked in a shroud of green, it is the preferred home<br />\nof the larger, more secretive mammals.</p>\n<p><em>“A full-grown grizzly can stand as tall as a…”</em></p>\n<p>Then desert, where they built a city to accelerate<br />\nthe process of gaining and losing riches.<br />\nBeyond the light and noise of it, slow, ancient processes unfold.<br />\nThe birth and death of that city will be an unnoticed flicker in time.</p>\n<p><em>“If you have seventeen showing, it’s usually best to stick.”</em></p>\n<p>Between here and her is<br />\neverything seen and everything hidden,<br />\neverything learned and forgotten,<br />\neverything created and destroyed<br />\nand it’s all just so damned beautiful and mysterious.</p>\n<p>My arms would gauge the weight of her mysteries too,</p>\n<p>If I could get from here to her.</p>\n<p>—dj. 2020-12-03</p>",
"pub_date": "2020-12-28T19:02:18-06:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:50:19.120050-05:00",
"post_type": "Standard"
},
{
"title": "Butterflies",
"slug": "butterflies",
"content": "This site would be a whole lot bleaker/blander without the colorful paintings my friend Kyra Mills occasionally shares with me.\r\n\r\nHere in the Midwest, our memory of Summery things can fade quickly, so dose yourself up with some butterflies!\r\n\r\nYou can see more of Kyra's paintings if you scroll through the posts on [this page](https://danjewett.net/tag/something-beautiful/).",
"content_html": "<p>This site would be a whole lot bleaker/blander without the colorful paintings my friend Kyra Mills occasionally shares with me.</p>\n<p>Here in the Midwest, our memory of Summery things can fade quickly, so dose yourself up with some butterflies!</p>\n<p>You can see more of Kyra's paintings if you scroll through the posts on <a href=\"https://danjewett.net/tag/something-beautiful/\">this page</a>.</p>",
"pub_date": "2020-12-01T18:58:16-06:00",
"mod_date": "2024-09-04T12:50:13.146827-05:00",
"post_type": "Standard"
}
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