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Written by Alan on 2025-01-21 at 07:48

I just tried looking this up in Australia and it's the same thing, Instagram blocking democrat content.

https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/113864600222476627

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Written by Alan on 2025-01-18 at 09:31

I wrote a little post about looking for a #flatfilecms for #eleventy, I'd like to try something out. Any ideas?

https://alansuspect.dev/blog/looking-for-a-cms/

I also switched hosting the blog from Netlify to GitHub Pages to try it out, and keep everything under one roof. So we'll see how that goes.

[#]webdev

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Written by Alan on 2025-01-05 at 21:24

A client asked me to add their #bluesky profile link to their site and I remembered I'd set up a profile of my own.

I think #mastodon / #fediverse has changed my perceptions on what I want from social media and BS hasn't given me that kick I got out of joining here.

I mostly consume rather than contribute and that was my intention with BS, but I have no desire to ever open the app, and it sits right next to Mastodon.

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Written by Alan on 2025-01-03 at 08:43

My youngest got a skateboard for Christmas.

Now we're all watching Back to the Future and I'm thinking how she should definitely have got a hoverboard.

It's on you Mattel.

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Written by Alan on 2024-12-15 at 08:31

I haven't figured out what to do with my #neocities page yet (if anything), so I added a reference to the awesome #w3c Statement on Ethical Web Principles for now.

https://alansuspect.neocities.org/

[#]webdev #webdevelopment #webdesign #webmaster

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Written by Alan on 2024-12-14 at 23:58

Will i ever live in a world where #scifi books and movies are in a separate category to #fantasy?

I don't think I will.

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Written by Alan on 2024-12-04 at 05:45

My my, it is excruciatingly hot.

[#]summer

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Written by Alan on 2024-12-03 at 08:09

I have questions about #webmentions (bonus points for in the context of #eleventy).

Do you need to use webmention.io? I've seen several posts that reference it, is it reliable?

Also, is it possible to have webmentions on a per-post basis? To kind of use them as an alternative to comments or do they only work for the root domain?

Thanks!

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Written by Alan on 2024-11-28 at 21:19

So how long until some enterprising teenager sets up a bunch of #fediverse servers for alternatives to #twitter #tiktok and #instagram?

Who am I kidding they've probably already done it. We'd have done it at their age.

[#]auspol #socialmediaban

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Written by Alan on 2024-11-26 at 20:20

I created a bluesky account this morning purely so I could conveniently follow a thread about the #wordpressdrama courtroom action. I don't plan on posting there though.

Here's a good reason to not be reliant on privately-owned platforms and how you don't own your account, your followers, or any of it: https://www.404media.co/xs-objection-to-the-onion-buying-infowars-is-a-reminder-you-do-not-own-your-social-media-accounts/

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Written by Alan on 2024-11-15 at 20:26

I edited my last post and it disappeared from my timeline, does that mean no one is seeing it? #mastodon

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Written by Alan on 2024-11-15 at 09:28

I recently entered the @bitsy #bitsyjam 85. I haven't done a game jam before but this one was fun, the theme was Game Manual.

My idea was to do something with the manual from The Secret of Monkey Island, one my most favourite games ever.

I ran out of time to do everything I wanted, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Try it out and let me know what you think! All you need is arrow keys or swipes on mobile.

[#]bitsy #bitsyjam #bitsygame #gamedev #thesecretofmonkeyisland

https://alansuspect.itch.io/monkey-island-manual-game

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Written by Alan on 2024-11-11 at 21:25

Today I have Time Tunnel Cellar by Tiger stuck in my head.

[#]music #findmusic #indierock

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Written by Alan on 2024-11-07 at 21:27

It's been nearly 2 weeks since I moved over to #vivaldi and honestly I'm impressed (coming from #firefox and #chrome), it syncs nicely between all my devices (even iOS). Two issues off the top of my head:

1. It would be nice if the desktop tab stacks worked more like Chrome's tab groups. Lack of colours/labels and the constant expanding and contracting is annoying.

2. Why are bookmarks on Android so hard? I just want to bookmark a page, not manage my bookmarks every time. And even when I click 'add current page' it doesn't do anything so I have to manually copy the URL.

I think they're literally the only things.

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Written by Alan on 2024-11-02 at 22:00

One thing I like about Mastodon over other social platforms are people's interests. Everyone on here, talking about their thing, is really passionate.

My inspiration for this post: a while back I started following the #Amiga tag and the nostalgia washes over me every time I see a new post. I can't believe how much effort people put into this technology still! I wish I still had our old Amigas.

There are case customisations and 3D printed hardware attachments for modern inputs. There are still meetups and even brand new games being developed!

[#]nostalgia

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Written by Alan on 2024-10-27 at 03:08

Just found out #SiloSeries returns on Nov 15th, I'm excited!

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Written by Alan on 2024-09-26 at 22:17

I'm getting very swept up in all this #wordpress stuff.

From a developer/agency point of view the biggest thing appears to be that clients are viewing this not as a #wpengine problem but a #wordpress problem, and Matt Mullenweg is causing some irreparable damage.

This makes sense; as he even says WPEngine are the company people are paying, they're not the CMS developer and certainly not the ones cutting off essential services.

There are many threads talking about replacements too. It's probably too early for that kind of talk, but for simple sites or projects just getting off the ground it would be tempting to switch.

The issue there is, what is the alternative? Yes, there are many CMS/blog alternatives, but what about the plugins? It takes time to not only learn a new platform but also work out alternatives to eCommerce, SEO, image optimisation, membership platforms... and on and on.

It's a huge ecosystem not easily swapped out for another.

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Written by Alan on 2024-09-20 at 23:01

They were talking about #dynamicpricing at the Green Day gigs on #abcnews this morning.

As a former frontman and occasional gig-goer this annoys me, I wrote some thoughts.

https://alansuspect.dev/blog/dynamic-pricing-at-gigs/

[#]greenday #livemusic #auspol

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Written by Alan on 2024-09-09 at 22:20

"parents want their kids off their phones and on the footy field"

I honestly don't know if trying to enforce a ban is a good or bad idea, and how on earth it would enforced is a mystery, but I do object to the idea that all kids should be sporty. I know it's a very Australian mindset, and my kids like a run around, but sports isn't the be-all and end-all of life.

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/post/max-opray/2024/09/10/nationwide-social-media-ban-kids

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Written by Alan on 2024-09-08 at 08:38

Despite having no spare time to do any such thing, I have an idea for a computer game. In my latest blog post I talk about how I might go about making it, in a hypothetical way.

[#]gamedev #godot #adventuregame #indieweb

https://alansuspect.dev/blog/making-games-and-game-decisions/

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