Week: 15

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Bookmarked London Just Reopened the Entrance to This Underwater Tunnel for the First Time in 147 Years by Alissa Walker (Gizmodo)

The first underwater tunnel ever built opened in London in 1843, paving a path for cities everywhere to expand beneath rivers and oceans. Today, the tunnel’s grand entrance hall reopens to the public for the first time in 147 years. The underground event space is part of an engineering museum that celebrates the famous family who built the tunnel—and much of London.

I read extensively about this some years ago when reading about the history of tunnel boring machines. If I ever get a chance to see this…

Location Support

 

Once again, unveiling new features for the site. WordPress does not have built-in location support for posts by default. There is a Geolocation plugin that is not actively maintained and does not support HTML5 geolocation, which allows me to click a button and have the coordinates retrieved.

For those interested, the plugin, known as Simple Location, is now available for download in the WordPress Repository.

The map and address information are courtesy of OpenStreetMap.

Now I only need to start going places.
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I’ve Joined the Indieweb Movement

Those of you following me on various networks may have noticed a flurry of different types of posts coming through. Taking a moment to explain this.

I recently learned about the Indieweb movement. Their philosophy is based on the idea that you publish on your own site and syndicate elsewhere. This matches up with the philosophy I currently have.

This site, david.shanske.com, has been here for a while, not doing much, and I’ve decided to try and adopt the Indieweb concept and use it as a place to distribute to all of the various social networks. I also want to get into sharing more, and am making an effort to add content/value.

I’m still working on the formatting a bit. So, there will be some changes to site appearance as I play with the site appearance and organization.

The site currently offers multiple different types of content:

  • Articles – longer form content
  • Notes – Notes are short content, and I’ve divided them into some types.
    • Status Updates – much like what you would expect on Facebook/Twitter
    • Photos/Images – Sharing photos
    • Links – sharing a link to a website/story

I am thinking about adding some more types as needed. The types are designed to have different display formats, which is why you would see some experimenting each time I post something, as I’m still trying to get it right. I do like to tinker and changes may come.

So, please pardon our appearance. Under Construction…permanently.

Bookmarked Here’s how much you should tip in every situation – Business Insider ([object Object])

If you’ve ever wondered how much you should tip a waiter, bartender, cab driver, hotel bellman, or barista, look no further.

I’d much rather the price of my meal included paying the server a fair wage,  making a tip a true gratuity rather than an obligation.