Jeremy Cherfas

Calling Bullshit — Syllabus

I know this is all over the place. I want it here, for reference.

The Craigslist Reverse Programmer Troll

That's the trouble with the internet. You got to a site because somebody smart pointed to something interesting, and bang! There goes the afternoon.

Replied to a post on stream.boffosocko.com :

Using [Quill](http://quillp3k.io) gives me the option to create a new post as a reply. Again, my useless brain cannot remember whether Quill speaks Markdown. And currently, the bookmark opens in the same window, which means I have to remember to copy the URL I want to reply to.

Seconds later: ... Nope, Quill does not speak Markdown.

Replied to a post on stream.boffosocko.com :

> I pray that you've known this all along, you'll forgive my "indiesplain", and that I'm not catching the subtlety of your original post.

[That post is here](http://stream.jeremycherfas.net/2017/why-the-indieweb).

Thanks to Chris Aldrich for reminding me of the bookmarklet, which I do sometimes use, and which I sometimes forget to use.

I do seem to vaguely remember that there was a bit of a problem with Markdown. So let me test that here, with some **bold** and *italics*.

Seconds later: As I feared ...

I probably have to abandon Markdown. But why should I have to? People have been asking for the ability to switch on a per post basis forever.

Glorious listening. @nicolakidsbooks run, don't walk, to hear this. http://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/534316420/first-listen-offa-rex-the-queen-of-hearts

NOFOMO I

1 min read

Finally reached a key milestone in the deliverables of a big work-for-money, so was able to treat myself to an excellent video from the [IndieWebSummit 2017](https://2017.indieweb.org).

First up, for me, [Lillian Karabaic](http://anomalily.net) offering [A brief history of my website](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VGX8iBWrTE&index=4&list=PLk3TtIJ31hqrLIPqz55TczawWu-30cnXM). I noted a few things.

First, the video, audio and editing were top notch. Huge kudos to everyone who made this happen. They say content trumps technical quality, and it does, but when you're not fighting quality, the value of the content is so much more obvious.

Second, and much more important, Lillian's trajectory mirrors my own and, not surprisingly, I can relate strongly to everything she said -- good and bad -- about the #indieweb. The help available is stellar, the documentation isn't great (I hope to work on that) and it is hard to evangelise.

So much left to do ...

> The funds are 78 percent higher than last year, and the
acreage targeted by the subsidies is double last year's area at
around 800,000 hectares.

Calling Bullshit — Syllabus

The Craigslist Reverse Programmer Troll

NOFOMO I

The indieweb includes RSS and much more, but @davewiner is still resisting change.

The indieweb includes RSS and much more, but @davewiner is still resisting change.

Twan van Elk on social media – Colin Devroe

There's something very wrong with your economics when you need to double subsidies to get farmers to rotate crops