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Larry Walters tribute page
On July 2, 1982, Larry Walters attached 43 weather balloons to his lawn chair, filled them with helium, put on a parachute, and strapped himself into the chair. Later, when a reporter asked what made...
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Pinned posts organizer
Pinned posts are a pretty neat feature on Mastodon, allowing you to highlight some of your favorite posts on your profile. I always max out my pinned posts, and outside of sometimes wishing that you...
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Custom fediverse emoji
If you’ve spent some time in the fediverse, you’ve surely noticed that different servers have their own custom emoji. It’s a really nice way to customize your experience, and bring together the...
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Verification in the fediverse
Verifying fediverse accounts works differently compared to corporate social media, like X, Facebook, or LinkedIn. On platforms including Mastodon and Friendica, you are fully in charge of the...
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The history of the fediverse logo
Let me start this article with a correction: there is no official fediverse logo. The one that most often comes up when you search for it is a widely used logo proposal. And it has quite an...
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Trunk & Tidbits Mastodon blog
Frequent readers of my blog will know that I am a big fan of the fediverse. So it’s really rewarding to get recognition from Mastodon’s team, with several of my projects being featured in their Trunk...
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World Blog Day 2024
A few months ago I learned about a little-known tradition known as the World Blog Day. So, does anyone celebrate World Blog Day? Not seeing a ton of information about it online, other than that it...
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Recurring creative challenges
Recurring monthly and weekly challenges are a great way to learn or improve a new skill, and find a community of people with shared interests. With my latest project, I’d like to help folks find one,...
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Making a Mastodon bot with Google Sheets and Apps Scripts
I only learned about Google Apps Scripts relatively recently, and as a big fan of spreadsheets, I started thinking about ways to use this tool with Google’s own Sheets service. And what’s a better use...
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Making a Mastodon bot with Google Sheets and Apps Scripts: Part 2
In my previous tutorial I walked you through setting up a Mastodon bot that posts data from your Google Sheets spreadsheet. Here I will show you how you can upload a chart as an image with your post....
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Creative fediverse communities
A few months ago I started a thread about creative fediverse communities. Creative in the sense of communities that follow some fun/creative rules, typically implemented as technical limitations. I...
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One year of @WikipediaTopEdits
Today marks one year since I created the @WikipediaTopEdits automated account, which has been posting daily stats on the top edited pages on English Wikipedia during the previous day. It has posted...
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Resources for composers and music producers
There is a vast amount of free resources and instruments for musicians, here are my favorites. Learning music theoryComposingFree instrumentsMusic challenges Learning music theory musictheory.net:...
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Resources for keeping the web free, open, and poetic
I’ve been running my own personal website for over 15 years now. It has been a fun learning experience, and an opportunity to share my work and get to know a ton of amazing people. And I’d like to...
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How to join Mastodon
You might’ve heard from your friends, people on social media, or news headlines about Mastodon, or the fediverse, which Mastodon is part of. After spending almost two years actively using it, I’d like...
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A fediverse invitation for artists
We know you’re tired of Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, and the rest of the “Algorithm”-controlled web. There’s a better way! You’ve surely heard of the fediverse by now, or at least Mastodon, which...
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Why didn’t Twitter or Facebook/Meta invent the fediverse
Someone asked me a great question this morning about why it wasn’t Meta (formerly known as Facebook), who invented the fediverse. I linked to a 2022 article published on thenewstack.io that talks...
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Looptober Community Website
This year I participated, again, in #looptober, the yearly, month-long event dedicated to making short music loops, that runs throughout October. I was so inspired by the creativity of folks who have...
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My two (full) years in the fediverse
It is Tuesday, the morning of November 5th, which is a bit of a big day here in the United States, having to save democracy, and all, so I will have to keep this a bit brief. Last year I wrote about...
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We Are Not Alone ✊
So, the presidential election just happened here in the US. I’m not going spend time talking about how we got here, how tens of millions of people voted for a racist authoritarian and a convicted...
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