Nice touch by Micro.blog to offer free blog hosting for teachers and nurses - and not just in the United States.


I really dig this idea: If you’re remote, ramble. Gives people a place to post to a team without feeling like they have to figure out which channel stuff goes in, and people can turn notifications on or off as needed. It wouldn’t scale to large groups, but it could? (Via ShopTalk Show Discord)


Updating my blog to Ghost v6 without backing anything up because I like to live ~dangerously~ (lazily).

A website update for chrisenns.com is in progress, with a suggestion to take a coffee break while waiting.


The Fantastic Four: First Steps, 2025 - ★★★★

Watched on Saturday August 2, 2025.


There’s a petition asking Saskatoon city officials to reconsider the approval and hosting of the upcoming Sean Feucht concert in our community planned for August 21, 2025 at Diefenbaker Park. #yxe


The best time to get off Substack was yesterday. But you can still do it today.


My son’s 2TB SSD card for his PC build arrived and I’m still in shock over how small 2TB of data storage is in 2025. Back in my day…


Spotted a new menu item in Riverside’s menu: “Hosting”. At the end of the day, I don’t really care that much what company does what as long as they do it well, but there’s something about “we’re going to be the everything app” that rubs me wrong in the indie + creative space.

Screenshot of Riverside.fm’s admin panel showing a hosting option in their menu of options.

Finished reading: Catalyst (Star Wars) by James Luceno 📚 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


The BBQ grilled salsa was amazing. Sorry you can’t taste it through the screen. Leftovers available if you hurry. 😆

A bbq in the foreground has peppers, tomatoes, onions, and more on it cooking. A lake is in the background.


What a distinguished looking gentleman. 🐶

Neville Dogbottom, a golden doodle puppy, stands on his hind legs holding on to the railing of a deck looking out.

Do you ever think about how wild it is that boats work? If we could actually see to the bottom of the lake when we’re out on the boat, everyone would be way more freaked out at how “high” up we are. It’s kind of wild.


Why the Web matters:

If you think the web is boring, I both encourage and challenge you to approach it differently.


Various styles of cooking bannock over the fire.

Cooking over a campfire includes a bread-dough-wrapped stick and a pan of pizza or similar food resting on embers inside a barrel.

Get yourself a colleague + friend who stands up for you when your boss is a turd the way Jon Stewart stood up for Stephen Colbert.


Tuesday afternoon is for naps by the firepit. (Briefly interrupted by someone drilling their trailer level.)

Neville laying on a mat having a sleep. Neville is a golden doodle puppy.

Finished reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang 📚 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️


Is it smart, lazy, or something else to go around picking up leftover firewood when people checkout?


I’ve posted about this before, but I did a quick video version of how easy it is to enable Bluesky comment replies on your podcast episode pages with Transistor podcast hosting.