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Simple Location for WordPress 4.1.12 Released

A new version of Simple Location is out. Version 4.1.12 has many under the hood tweaks/fixes, and only one major user facing feature, a redo of the caching system. The caching system is used by the weather system to avoid poling for the weather on every refresh. There is now a setting in each widget to set the cache frequency. I recommend at least 300 seconds(5 minutes). The weather won’t change that much, and if you are using an API key, this will reduce, assuming your site gets 1 visit per second, requests from 86400 to only 288 times a time.

I did try to implement trip support in this version, but due to issues, I have pushed that off to rethink.

Watching Class Action Park, a documentary about Action Park in Vernon NJ. Makes me feel good I survived it, as some of these things were much scarier than I remember as a child. Of course, I avoided the really scary rides.

Bookmarked ActivityPub and OAuth 2.1 (Aaron Parecki)

Bookmarked Hawk’s Nest, New York (en.wikipedia.org)

Testing adding a bookmark to Pinboard from my site.

Replied to https://twitter.com/tevyaw/status/1158055774540587009 by Tevya (Twitter)

If it helps, stop by chat.indieweb.org/wordpress and we can help in realtime.

Bookmarked Elmoflix is here: Sesame Street launches a standalone video subscription service by Janko Roettgers (gigaom.com)

Soon more networks may try this.

Bookmarked Sen. Gillibrand Drafts Bill To Allow College Grads To Refinance Federal Loans (newyork.cbslocal.com)

Student loan debt has surpassed the $1 trillion mark nationwide, surpassing credit card and auto loan debt.

How do I get this passed?

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.

Bookmarked Photos: Yesterday Was NYC’s 10th Rainiest Day EVER by Jen Chung ([object Object])

It had flooding, mudslides and stranded drivers.

The Gothamist reports yesterday was New York’s 10th rainiest day in recorded history.

Bookmarked Toronto library asked to shelve Dr. Seuss’ ‘Hop on Pop’ because it promotes violence by Evan Bleier ([object Object])

The Toronto Public Library was asked to pull copies of "Hop on Pop" by Dr. Seuss because it "encouraged children to use violence against their fathers."

I really hope the person who submitted this to the Toronto Library was joking.

Bookmarked Amazingly, Diners Didn’t Want To Eat At Toilet-Themed Restaurant (Consumerist)

A restaurant whose entire bathroom-related theme — complete with toilets as seats, dishes with hilariously fecal names, and miniature toilet-shaped bowls for your food — seems to have b…

Bookmarked Teachers, Lawmakers Call For Change To Admissions To NYC’s Most Elite Public Schools (newyork.cbslocal.com)

United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said Monday that the current system is unfair to minority students who deserve to attend Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech and five other specialized high schools.

I went to Bronx Science. I recall a good amount of diversity. But, I agree an SAT like test is not necessarily the best way to admit people to a school. Wonder if I’d have gotten in if that were the only factor.

Liked Refback from IndieWeb Chat (BoffoSocko)

It took me a moment to realize what it was exactly since I hadn’t yet added a field to indicate it, but since the IndieWeb chat doesn’t send webmentions by itself, I’m glad I support re

Replied to @dshanske is that the big red thing in the middle of the picture? by

JohnPhilpin (micro.blog)

@dshanske is that the big red thing in the middle of the picture?

Yes, to the right of the green things. I was posting it to test some new improvements on my site, but was challenging anyone who noticed to see if they could identify it beyond what kind of conveyance it was.

Replied to https://archive.jgregorymcverry.com/just-paid-for-web-upgrade-to/Quick Thoughts Blog by

Greg McVerry (archive.jgregorymcverry.com)

Just paid for web upgrade to @pocketcasts as seems to be the only way to get history, hoping to download an OPML file or scrape history to publish listen posts., but after paid upgrade my history says “Once upon a time… All your played episodes will appear here.

I tried this ages ago, but it never worked for me. Has it changed?