Closing ceremonies! 📷
It took some time, but tonight I got all my Instagram photos imported here to Micro.blog. Feels good to own those posts and bring them over to their new home.
I don’t have immediate plans to leave Instagram, and new photos get pulled in automatically. But still.
Damn, I do love this town. I argue there are few other places in the world where, just 10 minutes from your front door, could you be hiking, skiing, climbing, boating, biking, or watching world-class curling. Saranac Lake, NY rules.
Happy new Lukas Graham album day to those who celebrate! album.link/i/1655754… 🎵
You know how in The Santa Clause, Tim Allen’s beard grows back the moment he looks back at it? That just happened with the snow in my driveway. I got home and shoveled. It was not snowing. I open the door a short time later and BAM! A fresh inch of snow. Out of nowhere! 🫠 📷
Curling! At the FISU World University Games 📷
Somehow, even after spending weeks trying to read it down, I have more things saved to my read-later queue than ever. 500 of them to be exact. If every article took just one minute to read, it’d still take me 8 hours to finish. It’s too easy to save. Something’s gotta change.
I think I’ve fixed the issue with my Micro.blog posts not appearing in the Timeline. Apparently when you change to a custom domain, the built-in feed that sends posts over to the Timeline no longer works. I manually added my new feed, so hopefully this and previous posts show!
I started The Climb tonight. It’s…weird. The climbing is cool & people seem nice. But it dramatizes a sport that, despite its appearance, isn’t dramatic. It feels like watching satire. Oh, and a distinct lack of Jason Mamoa so far.
Currently reading: Indie Microblogging by Manton Reece 📚
Currently reading: Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose 📚
Had an absolutely wonderful day in the mountains climbing ice with a buddy. Got in around 800 feet of vertical climbing while surrounded by gorgeous landscape.
Have you always been able to buy a domain through the iCloud Custom Email Domain flow? It says the purchase will be made through Cloudflare.
I helped out at the ski jumps for the FISU World University Games tonight. Best seat* in the house! (*I was standing, and eyeballing where the jumpers landed as a backup in case of camera/computer failure.)
Okay @lexfri@hachyderm.io, you got me. 😂 🎥 🔊
Tonight I played with shoutouts.lol, a neat tool by @vincent to share stuff you love. If you poke around on HeyDingus, you might see my start. One of these nights I’ll actually go to bed on time, but that night is not tonight. 😴
😦 Aghast – aghast I say! – that @manton’s Indie Microblogging doesn’t appear in his own app for book tracking on his own platform! 😉
Saw the weirdest phenomenon driving back into town the other night. Every light appeared to be shining directly into the sky. We thought the city had set up spotlights they were so bright. 📷
Yup, was up way too late on already tired eyes.
The tinkering has been strong tonight. But with very little to show for it. Indecision…terrible indecision.
Finished reading: Cirque Du Freak #12: Sons of Destiny by Darren Shan 📚 ★★★☆ (Back to rating things with four stars, that way I can’t sit on the fence.)
Although nearly half the book was all explanation instead of action, I’m impressed with how the author pulled the pieces of the saga together. It betrays the telltale signs of a well-considered arc, which I appreciate.
Although this will likely be the last time I revisit the Cirque du Freak series, I’m glad I reread it. It was fun to sink back into the imagination of my youth. Overall, it’s got good, varied characters and a compelling story. And the Darren-Shan-as-both-author-and-protagonist schtick is a creative twist. 👏
Love that this tool exists!
Currently reading: Cirque Du Freak #12: Sons of Destiny by Darren Shan 📚
Year in books for 2022
Here are the books I finished reading in 2022. A little learning. A little heartfelt. A lot of nostalgia. Piranesi was so good that I think of it weekly and is one of my all-time favorites.
