Links
- A free year of a .lol domain - make your own website, hosted anywhere you like. Mine is Linkage.lol
- Membership in Social.lol - a Mastodon community based on respect for all including the LGBT community, POC and the neurodivergent. That's where I have my account and I've met some of the coolest people I've ever encountered on the Internet, and I've been online for a long time. There is also a Discord server.
- An email address - username@omg.lol, which is cool as hell anyway you look at it. Get it forwarded to an existing email account. It's so easy
- A bio page like mine - Amerpie
- A /now page like this - Amerpie/now
- A status log that can cross post to Mastodon and be embedded in a web page
- A photo gallery for sharing photos and embedding them in your web site
- Would you believe there is more? Go have a look!
- REM
- Jason Isbell
- Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
- The Avett Brothers
- Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats
- Lambchop
- The Drive-By Truckers
- The Hold Steady
- Iron and Wine
Cool Tools and New Skills for Bloggers
When I first started blogging again in January of 2024, I had a few distant memories of making web pages in the 90s, but I had no clue about anything related to CSS or javascript because we didn't use that back in our Geocities day. In the intervening 10 months that I have been back creating things on the IndyWeb on Micro.blog, Scribbles, OMG.LOL and BearBlog, I have learned a lot about how to make my web pages do what I want and how to include certain elements. The learning process is ongoing, and I am always on the lookout for use tools. Here a few recent finds for you to explore.
HTML for People - a whole book just for you on using HTML to make web pages. It starts at the beginning and takes you through everything you would ever need to know.
Weblog Custom Β· Adding meta tags, manifest, and favicons. - lots of info on how to do some neat customization by Annie Sturdivant AKA @anniegreens@social.lol - a great resource for all kids of development info
The IndieWeb Carnival - every month someone on the IndyWeb hosts pages written by independent bloggers on a previously announced theme. Anyone can join in and you all should!
The Whimsical Web - want some inspiration? Here is a collection of websites that spark joy.
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This Week's Bookmarks - Grocery Prices Worldwide, Wildlife Photo Winners, The Truth about Media Lies, Stranger's Project, Content Creators vs. Journalists, 2004 the 1st Year of the Future, Great Talk from XOXO Conference
π Procrastinator’s Anonymous - My favorite time to do anything is “not right now.” - louplummer.lol/procrasti…
Some Links for Music Lovers
One of the benefits of having broadband is the ability to hear just about any song you want to, whenever you want to Apple Music, Spotify and a host of other services let you listen on demand. Lots of time you can find live performances on YouTube. There are a couple of sites that give you a collection of links for just about any album or song that you can think of.
The free website Odesli.com will create a shareable web page for you containing links to album art, websites to listen, websites to make a purchase and to YouTube for just about any album or song. You can create a page with a custom URL or make an embed for what you searched for. Here are a couple I made.
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen - https://album.link/Boss_Nebraska
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (Live) - https://song.link/jcatfolsom
A website to help you make lists of albums, complete with album art, to share with friends or on your blog is Album Whale. It's free.
Check out my album list, Alt Country Classics, on Album Whale! https://albumwhale.com/lou-plummer/alt-country-classics
If you're doing research into a favorite band or artist, there is no better site on the internet than AllMusic.com It's been around forever, and you can spend hours reading album reviews and making playlists.
Check out their page on The Beatles
The last resource is Last.fm, a site that let's you upload the songs you've listened to so that it can recommend other artists you might like. I have over 76K plays uploaded and have discovered many, many bands through their recommendations.
OMG.LOL is the Best Thing on the Internet
OMG.LOL is the Best Thing on the Internet - The community at OMG.LOL along with the services offered are the best thing on the Internet. - linkage.lol/omglol-is…
OMG.LOL is the Best Thing on the Internet
When I first started investigating blogging, I was heavily influenced by a British fellow by the name of Robb Knight. One of the many things he recommended for folks looking to involve themselves in this thing called the IndyWeb was a $20 a year membership in the web community found at OMG.LOL Describing what you get for that is kind of hard, but I'll give it a shot:
I have four blogs on three different platforms and I use elements of OMG.LOL in conjunction with all of them. If all this sounds cool to you but you simply can't afford it, message Adam, the guy who runs the place, and you might qualify for a scholarship sponsored By a caring member of the community. If you can afford it, great, sign up using my referral link, and I promise to use the benefits to help someone come onboard.
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π Doing the Best We Can - For once, pop psychology gets it right. We are doing the best we can do with what we have to work with. - louplummer.lol/doing-the…
Bump Up Your Meme Game
Bump Up Your Meme Game - A good meme says a lot. Here are some famous ones to study and a website to make your own. - linkage.lol/bump-up-y…
Bump Up Your Meme Game
I'm not ashamed to admit that I appreciate a good meme. There are just some people who are deadly with the damn things. They can pull the right one out of their hat and spring it on you at any time. Some high bowed folks look down on communicating this way but they need to get a grip. In 2024, rapidly identifiable visual media is where it's at. Yeah, sometimes the TikTok crowd uses stuff that is over my head, but that's to be expected. I am old and they are young and that is the way the world has worked since time immemorial.
50 famous memes and what they mean
π Blogs Are Not Commodities - The blogs I like are building blocks of something beautiful and heartfelt, not optimized, market driven revenue generators - louplummer.lol/blogs-are…
Cardinals at the Window - A Benefit Album for Western North Carolina
Cardinals at the Window - A Benefit Album for Western North Carolina - An album featuring 136 artists costing only $10 is available with the proceeds benefitting hurricane victims in Western, NC. - linkage.lol/cardinals…
Cardinals at the Window - A Benefit Album for Western North Carolina
In late September of this year, Hurricane Helene blew through the mountains of several states and in its wake whole communities were erased. Places that hadn't flooded in a millennium were inundated. It will take years, if not generations, for the counties of Western North Carolina to recover. Cities like Asheville will never be the same. To raise money for those in need, 136 members of the music community from and associated with the area created an album available on Soundcloud for $10. You can stream it and download all 136 songs. Some of the artists who contributed include:
Cardinals At The Window | Various Artists | Cardinals At The Window
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π Quit Being Paranoid - Being cautious is a survival skill. Being paranoid is just an annoying personality trait. - louplummer.lol/quit-bein…
Can I Trust This App
Can I Trust This App - Learning how to determine whether software is trustworthy is a 21st century survival skill. - linkage.lol/can-i-tru…
π What Is Your Love Language? - In what way do you like to be shown you are loved? - louplummer.lol/what-is-y…
Death Row Last Meals
Death Row Last Meals - The last meals of convicted criminals have long fascinated us. What would you ask for? - linkage.lol/death-row…
John Wayne Gacy’s Last Meal
Just How Much Cocaine Was in Coca Cola?
Just How Much Cocaine Was in Coca Cola? - You’ve heard the tales about Coke. have you ever looked into them? - linkage.lol/just-how-…
I’ve updated my /now page with info on a classic American police procedural series, a British spy TV series, all 21 blog posts from this week, my favorite recent Amazon find and all the bookmarks I added to my personal collection.
π Changing Computer Habits - My computer usage changes little from day to day but massively over the years. - louplummer.lol/changing-…
This Week's Bookmarks - Human/Animal Hybrids, Internet Forums, Generational Labels, Book Finder, Hurricane Propaganda, Panoramic Photo Awards,
Forums Are Still Alive, Active, And A Treasure Trove Of Information - Aftermath
What generation am I? A full breakdown of the years (and names)
Find book recommendations based on your favorite authors
From the Storm to the Stormtroopers - by Timothy Snyder
Panographic Photo Awards for 2024
Donald Trump Is the Tyrant George Washington Feared - The Atlantic