A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
TIL about Chewbacca Mask Lady, in the context of a New Yorker article about the measles outbreaks. Life is interesting.
I've just had occasion to remember what a great thing PopClip https://pilotmoon.com/popclip/ is. If I could trigger when I have selected text from the keyboard I would be deliriously happy.
OH as two young American women look at travel brochures: I’ll do Africa some other time.
Just been through the annual ritual of replacing the batteries in my Garmin Vivofit, which is nice, but didn't do anything for the broken display segment. Still, I can live with it.
I do fear that "episode" is going the way of "blog post," a battle long since lost.
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I mean that people say "a blog about Mike doing a backflip" when they should say "a blog post about Mike doing a backflip". That one's lost. And they say "a podcast about Mike doing a forward roll," when they mean "an episode about Mike doing a forward roll". Not yet lost.
, Aug 29 2019 on twitter.com
I mean that people say "a blog about Mike doing a backflip" when they should say "a blog post about Mike doing a backflip". That one's lost.
And they say "a podcast about Mike doing a forward roll," when they mean "an episode about Mike doing a forward roll".
Not yet lost.
@jeremycherfas I think that you are right, but I'm going to continue to use the older terms in hope that the tide could turn back.
, Aug 29 2019 on micro.blog
@bitdepth We old pedants have to stick together.
, Aug 29 2019 on micro.blog
Ahh OK I’m with you. Yes, it’s weird when ppl refer to a single episode as a podcast. I’m optimistic this is just a phase though and ‘episode’ will prevail. My hunch is based on episodic viewing/language of TV (streaming). It’ll be interesting to see how it pans out though.
, Aug 30 2019 on twitter.com
Also on: @EatPodcast
When it comes to mushrooms, always best to be absolutely sure they are edible rather than fairly sure they aren't. But you did miss a treat.
Just confirmed that my little script for posting podcasts I've listened to from Overcast to WithKnown fails when there is more than one episode of the same show in the queue. Pinning that down is going to be ... tricky.
Currently reading: Kim by Rudyard Kipling
What do you mean Jeremy?
Mike Williams, Aug 29 2019 on twitter.com