David Shanske

  • New York New York United States

My day job is in training for an airline. I also develop Indieweb WordPress plugins so that others can take control of their online identity.

Replied to https://twitter.com/tevyaw/status/1158056579410698241 by Tevya Tevya (Twitter)

@dshanske …if I go to the Bridgy plugin settings & click the button to “Register for Instagram”, it takes me to the https://t.co/IRXkKmhMze Instagram page with this message at the top:

“Couldn’t fetch your web site: Missing required parameter: user_url”

I have decided to deprecate the Bridgy plugin as it misled people about what it did. You can register directly on the Brid.gy website.
Replied to https://mobile.twitter.com/tevyaw/status/1157699972323614720 by Tevya (Twitter)

@dshanske listened to you on WP Weekly Podcast. Really interested in trying some Indieweb tools. Can’t get Bridgy to connect to my site/Instagram. Any pointers to where to get support for Bridgy? Just keep getting errors when trying to connect.

What is the error you are seeing? Happy to try helping.

Rules for Bughouse Chess

Since I was writing about trying Four Player Chess, I wanted to note a four player variant I did play as a kid. Bughouse.

Bughouse involves 2 chess boards

  • Teammates sit beside each other playing opposite colors
  • Whenever a piece is captured, it is given to their teammate.
  • Teammates can use a move to place the piece on an unoccupied square.
  • Pawns cannot be placed on the ends of the board.
  • The first person to lose by checkmate or time loses for the team.
  • Bughouse is usually played with chess clocks.
  • When played without a clock, there is usually a rule preventing a player waiting for pieces (stalling or sitting) indefinitely. One rule states that players may not delay their move beyond the time that it takes for their partner to make three moves
  • There is no specific rule against verbal coordination.