Kind: Notes

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Going through my list of itineraries over the last decade to add limited records of where I’ve been to my site. I think I also have paper tickets and old boarding passes as well somewhere I can merge in. Right now, these are just simple posts with the location and the time keyed to the departure time of the flight.

Just used a $25 travel router flashed with OpenWRT to create a permanent Wireguard gateway from my grandparent’s old apartment to my apartment so I can access my server. Usually I use site-to-site between routers, but their building contract doesn’t allow for using your own router.

My biggest problem in wanting to share trips is timing. I enjoy taking pictures on trips, but I don’t want to spend time while on the trip going through the steps of choosing what to upload and uploading them. But when I upload later, the time and location data isn’t aligned unless I do so automatically.

So, what I’d like is the ability to select from the photos and decide which ones to upload, and have my site take care of posting them, rather than a one-by-one flow. I can probably build a basic version of that into my site, but I’d prefer a mobile app(of course, I won’t be creating one).

It’s 4AM and I’m remoting into the first in-person IndieWebCamp since the pandemic started. Certainly easier than going to Dusseldorf, but hope to join the community in person next time.

Just got the movement to fix my schoolhouse clock. Decided not to go for the chime upgrade, which would have it chiming on the hour, as distracting, but it now has a second hand, which the original movement didn’t include.

Launched a scanning project to scan and discard old papers of interest to regain the space. Not everything can be discarded, but finding a lot of interesting memories.

Today is Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day in the United States. In honor of same, I’m writing about Lebn Zol Kolumbus, a song from the 1915 Thomashefsky production, Der grine milyoner. In the song, the immigrant characters praise Columbus for setting in motion the events that led to an America of opportunity for them.

Jane Peppler’s rendition comes with historic notes, as she includes the two verses that were removed by the time the play launched in 1915, which included references to the case of Leo Frank and an anti-immigration bill. It is also the only version I found online with subtitles.

The musical Ragtime even pays tribute to the song in their song, A Shtetl Iz Amereke, where some of the lyrics and tune of the song were incorporated into, though played at a lower tempo.

For more about the Thomashefskys, I recommend their grandson’s musical tribute to them that was broadcast on PBS in 2012.

Trying to flash some boards with new firmware. Holes too small. Internet suggested sewing needles. Didn’t have any. Borrowed some from parents. They came from Shopwells…which ceased to be in 1986. Clearly we don’t sew much. Needles worked though. 1 board down, 10 to go.

I heard some social networks were down. As long as I have my website, my social network is always running. If you’re interested, join the #indieweb community on Wed at 6PM PST/9PM EST for Homebrew Website Club, this weekend for Create Day. All events at events.indieweb.org.