A narcoleptic yokel on software and culture.
A broken Mazda RX-7, that lived in a shed on the family farm, was David Blue's first real experience with a car. Years later he got to try out a living, working example of the same car – and, unlike Max Prince previously found, loved it. – Speedmonkey Matt
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This is actually a somewhat functional page. If you've arrived here, it'd better be for [**development purposes**](https://github.com/extratone/chaff) *only* or i will tell Chuck Snowden abt u.
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“Smartypants, double quotes” and 'single quotes'
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Create a list by starting a line with +, -, or *
Sub-lists are made by indenting 2 spaces:
Marker character change forces new list start:
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You can use sequential numbers...
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Autoconverted link https://github.com/nodeca/pica (enable linkify to see)
Like links, Images also have a footnote style syntax
With a reference later in the document defining the URL location:
The killer feature of markdown-it is very effective support of
syntax plugins.
Classic markup: :wink: :crush: :cry: :tear: :laughing: :yum:
Shortcuts (emoticons): :–) :–( 8-) ;)
see how to change output with twemoji.
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Over the past few months, I've started several Posts for this blog regarding Twitter, its properties, and its recent feature addition frenzy which I'll probably never finish. I finished the first and narrowest one: my Tweetbot 6 “review,” but the (debatably) most important one – highlighting how irresponsibly and distastefully Twitter butchered Periscope and built Spaces atop its technology – would make less and less sense as time goes on. I definitely got caught up in the “death” of the live video streaming service, fueled by my now quite old desire to celebrate it[^1],
[^1]: Because I feel guilty about taking it for granted.
This is some text.[^1] This is some more text in a different sentence.
This is some text anticipating a footnote[^2] in the middle of the fucking sentence.
*/ Footnote 1 link[^first]. */
Footnote 2 link[^second].
Inline footnote^[Text of inline footnote] definition.
Duplicated footnote reference[^second].
[^first]: Footnote can have markup
and multiple paragraphs.
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{ some code, part of Definition 2 }
Third paragraph of definition 2.
Compact style:
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Term 2 ~ Definition 2a ~ Definition 2b
This is HTML abbreviation example.
It converts “HTML”, but keep intact partial entries like “xxxHTMLyyy” and so on.
*[HTML]: Hyper Text Markup Language
::: warning here be dragons :::
[1] This is a reference to some text.
[2] This is some fucking text jumping out of the middle of a sentence.
Below is the RAW URL to a Twitter Moment
https://twitter.com/i/events/1395934071197474828
Share URL
Full Embed
Boy, will I be absolutely chuffed if this works at all:
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Some of my favorite projects brought to you by The Open Web.
In September 2018, I bought perhaps my most prized possession: an original COMPAQ Portable. Unfortunately, it's succumbed to the common keyboard failure of the breed and I have yet to repair it.
just logging on to the machine. pic.twitter.com/cbGCdjBedr
— David Blue (@NeoYokel) May 20, 2020
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Considering my use of Git as a means to track revisions on my own writing, it's important to note that you should feel free to replace all instances of “software” in the statement below with “words,” “writing,” “expression,” etc.
While I appreciate tremendously the work and contribution of Arlo Bendiken in the form of The Unlicense, I would like to add that I see no need, personally, to make the refutation of Intellectual Property law regarding my own work into some profound ethical statement. As it stands, I have not to my knowledge been the victim of any sort of theft of any kind, and find the suggestion highly unlikely. If I am made aware of such a case, there is certainly a possibility that I may change my mind on this issue, so I suppose I should highlight that THESE TERMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, though I suspect I would be more flattered and/or amused than actually offended.
I would also like to annotate that my use of this license should not be regarded as a suggestion that anyone else follow my example, or that I “believe in” taking such action regarding one's work, generally. While I did indeed take the time to set up a repository of John Perry Barlow's “The Economy of Ideas” in a bunch of different document formats, I do not necessarily agree with all of what he argued, especially in the context of the world 27 years later. If you are particularly interested in my opinion on the matter for whatever reason, here is what I have to say to you:
The principled beginning of The Open Web was a great moment in history, but – like all historical principles – it is extremely important that we consider context and maintain an appropriate level of criticism when looking back on old manifestos written by old white guys. In general, try your best to be reasonable.
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This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.
In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
For more information, please refer to https://unlicense.org
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Depending on your interest/experience, The Psalms is available in a whole bunch of formats.
Appreciate the kind words — thanks!
— John Gruber (@gruber) May 1, 2021
Perhaps the single most important discovery of my writing life, Markdown is a method of marking up HTML style within human-readable plain text. Because my CMS is Markdown-native to the core, any specific content URL (like this page, for example) can be appended with either .md or .json to see its source.
Thanks to Write.as' brilliant eBook generation feature, you can tell this (and any) Write.as blog to generate a .epub-formatted archive of its live contents by appending .epub to the end of its url like this.
I turned this process into a Siri Shortcut (mostly for the novelty) if you've got an iOS/iPadOS/macOS-running device.
I'm proud to say that Write.as' API was the target of my very first Big Boy API call, not so long ago. If you're new to the concept and curious, try running the command below in just about any command line:
curl -v -X GET https://write.as/api/collections/bilge/posts
...or you could just view the response from my last time around.
After writing “Dirty Dave's Poweruser Tips,” I thought it'd be appropriate to have a dedicated, ongoing recommendations page for my favorite/most recommended software. (I also really just wanted to use that incredible featured image.)
Bear is the most beautiful piece of software I've ever seen, both functionally and stylistically.
As an alternative to Bear, Typora is technically much more powerful. Customizable themes and folder selection allow the user to do virtually anything, which may be a downside for some.
Mastodon may be dominated by the tech-oriented right now, but you have the power to change that. Back in 2017, I interviewed its creator, Eugen Rochko for Extratone.
Periscope is one of the best places on the internet, ever. It's generally positive, fascinating, and entirely unique.
Discord is advertised as “chat for gamers,” but frankly, I think it's the best way to host an active social community. I built Extratone using our Discord server.
“Love your email again” is Spark's logline, and it's a fairly accurate one. The ability to mark three emails as read at a time is absolutely invaluable for a smartphone-based mail application.