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- Be the first to say hello.
2 Introduce yourself to others. - Take risks and anticipate success.
- Remember your sense of humor.
- Practice different ways of starting a conversation
- Robert Duvall
- People who tip wait staff well
- Democracy
Facebook Purity a Browser Extension That Removes Some of the Evil - If you are on Facebook out of choice or through family obligations like me, this browser extension makes it somewhat bearable by disrupting the algorithm and hiding the gross parts.
have to admit that it’s breaking my heart to watch a new generation of anxious parents think that they can address the struggles their kids are facing by eliminating technology from kids' lives. I’ve been banging my head against this wall for almost 20 years, not because I love technology but because I care so deeply about vulnerable youth. And about their mental health. And boy oh boy do I loathe moral panics. I realize they’re politically productive, but they cause so much harm and distraction.
Awesome Mac - Browse a Huge Selection of Mac Applications - I have 449 applications on my MacBook. After browsing this site, I’m about to have a few more.
My Favorite Newsletter Subscriptions - A list of free and worthy reads on subjects ranging from tech to history to current events from writers like Heather Cox Richardson, Joan Westenberg, Ed Zeron.
This Week's Bookmarks - Democracy and the church, Vietnamese chicken salad, 25 hikes, Life's Anti-Checklist, 50 ways to fuel a conversation, Life of a tennis player, Daily routines
Can Democracy And Evangelical Christianity Co-Exist? | (Backyard Church)
Goi Ga, a Crunchy Vietnamese Chicken Salad Recipe (foodandwine.com)
25 Easy, Scenic, and Short National-Park Hikes (outsideonline.com)
The Life Anti-Checklist Common Goal - a list of things you definitely don’t want to do in your life but may have done anyway, like sleeping through your bus stop, burning your dinner or forgetting your anniversary
50 Ways To Fuel A Conversation (swiss-miss.com)
For example
‘I’m good, I promise’: the loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player | Tennis | The Guardian
Daily Routines (typepad.com) - How writers, artists, and other interesting people organize their days
It’s Saturday, the day I regularly update my /now page. This week I’m touting a great newsletter, Werd.io, four streaming shows, listing a week’s worth of blog posts and turning you on to a great cheap fine tipped ink pen. As always, there’s also the links I saved into my collection this week.
Once upon a time, human beings bought their music at glorious record stores with knowledgeable, if slightly arrogant clerks, who could tell you about new releases and do the whole “If you like the Grateful Dead, you will probably like Phish” trip. Now we have Album Whale
Consider the quintessential traits often attributed to every younger generation - regardless of the era. Idealism. Technological savvy. A desire to challenge the status quo. An anti-authority bent. Flip through the pages of history, and you’ll find these same attributes ascribed to youth movements across the decades, even centuries.
Thoughts on Joan Westenberg’s piece Generational Labels Are BS
I wrote a whole lot more than normal yesterday so when it came time to update my non-technical blog I was about out of energy and feeling kind of low. My remedy for that was to make a quick list of things that make me happy. It includes:
A Free Tool That Lets You Follow Any RSS Feed via The Fediverse - Birb via RSS Parrot. Do you have any favorite bloggers who just aren’t interested in social media? I do, and I use this tool to follow them on Mastodon. I’m always too far behind on my RSS reader, but I can keep up with toots.
The New York Times Style Magazine assembled a group of editors to determine which 25 photos from 1955 until today are the defining images of the modern age. Some are of news events, and you’ve surely seen them. Other images in the collection were new to me, but still very powerful.
The 23 Best Time Travel Novels - a collection dating from the 1950’s through today. Despite paradoxes, time travel is a fascinating concept and makes a great read.
Today for #Junited2024 I am plugging {micro maique}, the wonderful photo blog of Maique, resident visual artist, role model and superstar of Micro.blog, Scribbles, Flickr and Instagram. I linked to some cool outdoor photos entitled, The River.
This Week's Bookmarks - Movie Monster Sizes, Maximizing life, Best American towns to visit, Spending across generations, America's best pizza joints, Best Lake Towns, 50 True Things About Israel/Palestine
The Relative Size of Movie Monsters | First person view (youtube.com)
44 One-Line Reminders to Maximize Life after 44 Years - Mike Thompson (mikethompsonblog.com)
CNN reveals America’s Best Towns to Visit in 2024 | CNN
See how your spending habits differ from previous generations - Washington Post
The Best Pizza in America Right Now - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Best Lake Towns in the US: Lakes to Visit for Your Next Summer Vacation - Thrillist
A good article by @jhpot@mastodon.social on the case for De-Googling and links to help you out. Lots of resources
Today for #Junited2024 I am plugging, And So it Goes, the blog of Kerri Ann Krueger, one of my favorite Mastodon follows and Indy bloggers. The post I’m linking to is about failure and how to have a healthier relationship with it. @philomath@social.lol
A web site for baby bloggers or even experienced ones needing some fresh ideas, 32-Bit Cafe has plenty to explore. It has guides and tutorials, page ideas, website topics, art and graphic design, technical info and a massive resource list.
Today fo #Junited2024 I am plugging the blog of Molly White, one of the few “famous people” I follow on social media, mainly because she is smart, relatable and knows her stuff on things I’m curious about. This is a great piece on what can be done to improve OUR internet.
I think I am in heaven. I just found an online gallery of portraits by renowned street photographer, Ryan Weideman. I’ve done street portraits for over a decade, including my 100 Strangers Project, but I have a long way to go to catch this guy. The portrait subject is poet, Alan Ginsberg.
Cool Tools is a web site which recommends the best/cheapest tools available. Tools are defined broadly as anything that can be useful. This includes hand tools, machines, books, software, gadgets, websites, maps, and even ideas.
