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I think I understand what you’re working towards Chris and it’s very interesting. One of the problems I have with the current Post Kinds plugin…
But Frank, it already does this. If there is no mf2, it tries JSON-LD and OGP.
The Refbacks plugin is now updated after nearly two years. The plugin doesn’t need much attention, it always worked it’s based on the Webmentions plugin, and we’d done some work over there that I brought over, including a new retrieval class, improved type support, etc.
The way I implemented Refbacks is essentially this. When someone visits a page on my website, and it has a referer string, it forks into the background a process to retrieve that page, verify it does link, and creates a refback comment. Semantic Linkbacks parses microformats and enhances that comment. It excludes links on the same site, as these are handled already by webmention or even pingback.
One of the things I’ve used this for in the past is to show mentions of my site on the Indieweb wiki.
Book Signing, 1997
Herb Solow, Robert Justman, and David Shanske at Book Signing, 1997
Last month, Herb Solow passed away at the age of 89. Solow was well known as the executive in charge of production of the original Star Trek. I recently found this picture of the time I met him and Bob Justman in Boston in 1997 when they were doing a signing of their book, Inside Star Trek.
WordPress allows for custom archive templates. For the longest time, I’ve wanted to change the archive for my photo posts to show them in a photo grid. So, I’ve now done that at /kind/photo. You have to click the photo to see the full context, but I like the presentation of all photos I’ve posted. This does not include photos in other types of posts, but it’s probably the most visual item I’ve put out in a while. I hope it causes me to post more photos.
For the 80s and into the early 90s, my family would spend time at the Waikiki Motel in Sunny Isles, Florida. The entire stretch of beach, once littered with 3-4 story hotels, is now filled with high rises, which block the view of the beach from the street and cast a shadow onto it.
I have many family photos of time at this place.
Chanukah – Waikiki Hotel 1980s
Chanukah at the Waikiki Hotel, Sunny Isles, Florida, 1980s.
For the last day of Chanukah, I dug into the archives for this polaroid.
As part of my continual nostalgia series, today I’m continuing my Florida memories by remembering Six Flags Atlantis, below brochure is from my own collection.
Six Flags Atlantis was a water park that existed in the 1980s, and ultimately was demolished after damage from Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Where the park once sat is a series of retail shopping establishments.
Coming up on the 25th is the IndieWebCamp Create Day. This is an online event where people will work on projects while sharing in a common Zoom room, so they can collaborate with others, or just bounce ideas and feel togetherness. People are invited to demo to others what they worked on. If you have no other plans that day, why not join us for a little while, or a long while.
Since shortly after I returned in March, I’ve been mostly isolating myself. I haven’t gone to my place of business since early April(working remotely). I hopped from my apartment to hiding at my family’s home in upstate New York, and now I’m hiding out at my parent’s apartment.
During all this, I have not left the house without wearing a mask, fitted over my nose and mouth. I find masks uncomfortable to wear. Even in cases where I pulled it down outside, when no one but my immediate family was around, if anyone else approached, I pulled it back up.
From others, however, I’ve seen a casual attitude toward the wearing of masks and the downplaying of this. Forcing people to wear a mask during a pandemic is an acceptable infringement on their personal liberties. Society in general is a shared consensus to agree on limitations of personal freedom. If you want absolute freedom, to do anything and everything, we call that anarchy.
I tend to take a centrist point of view to most things. So, let’s accept that some people do not want to wear masks and do not believe in it, and others do.
If you fall into the maskless category, and you encounter someone who is choosing to wear a mask, you can:
Approach them or otherwise infringe on their six foot bubble as if nothing was happening.
Give them the six feet of distance their mask indicates they want from you
If you carry one, pull your mask up till you are out of their presence.
Out of these three categories, the only one I object to is the first. So, you don’t believe in wearing a mask….respect those who do. This is what we call courtesy and decency. It applies regardless of belief. You can’t claim ignorance of social distancing as a thing in the current environment.
I personally believe that wearing a mask protects both parties. It isn’t a 100% solution, but what is?
So, if I want to avoid people who won’t respect my beliefs, I could either constantly be vigilant any time I leave my safe zone, which I am…or, as some of those people would suggest, if I don’t like it, I can just lock myself up till this is over.
I’m looking forward to the time where my face can be seen freely in public. However, until then…kindly put on a mask(over the nose and mouth) any time you are within six feet of me, or make an effort to give me space.
On Wednesday, went to Lion Country Safari, which is a drive-thru safari park and a walk-through park in Palm Beach County. Due to the pandemic, only the drive-thru portion is open right now.
Lion Country Safari dates from 1967. The park consists of over 1000 animals in seven sections. Most animals can come directly up to the car, the exception being the lions, who were separated from the public by a fence in 2005 because visitors would not follow instructions and keep their doors and windows closed.
There were previously five other Lion Country Safaris operated by them, but the last closed in the 90s. There are several other companies offering a similar product in various parts of the US. It seems like a great business in the pandemic. You never have to touch anyone.
I was a bit surprised that their solution for contactless payment is eventbrite, but it worked out.
