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| author | Joe Carstairs <me@joeac.net> | 2026-04-13 09:40:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Joe Carstairs <me@joeac.net> | 2026-04-13 09:40:10 +0100 |
| commit | ef451a063b0045da39fa5f655b4ba5fa5e2f09e8 (patch) | |
| tree | ad80874a7c823b54d4c285e5ad8c4102470788e8 /capsule/content/logs/longlog/2025-01-19.gmi | |
| parent | 1a64bce2fbf4f8c430672b63c62c6b99c0ac496a (diff) | |
reorganises images in capsule, symlinks to website
Diffstat (limited to 'capsule/content/logs/longlog/2025-01-19.gmi')
| -rw-r--r-- | capsule/content/logs/longlog/2025-01-19.gmi | 37 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/capsule/content/logs/longlog/2025-01-19.gmi b/capsule/content/logs/longlog/2025-01-19.gmi index f09a5e3..f49c5ef 100644 --- a/capsule/content/logs/longlog/2025-01-19.gmi +++ b/capsule/content/logs/longlog/2025-01-19.gmi @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ I've been sprucing up how I follow what's happening on the Internet. I can now read all the things I want to read pretty efficiently, and enjoy doing it, which is exciting. -Published on: 19 Jan 2025 +Published on: 19 Jan 2025 ## The problem @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ For a while, I've been hosting CommaFeed on PikaPods. This has been OK (OMG, RSS => https://www.commafeed.com => https://www.pikapods.com -=> gemini://joeac.net/blog/2024/05-02_no_more_youtube +=> gemini://joeac.net/blog/2024/05-02_no_more_youtube It also hasn't been any good for distinguishing between stuff I don't want to read *ever*, and stuff I don't want to read *right now* but will get round to later. I could in theory use the bookmarking feature built-in to my browser, but removing things after I've read them is too clunky, so I don't do it. @@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ It also hasn't been any good for distinguishing between stuff I don't want to re Every morning, I open my terminal and run newsboat. -=> https://newsboat.org -=> ./2025-01-19_newsboat.webp newsboat showing how many unread posts I have at a glance in the opening view +=> https://newsboat.org +=> /images/longlog/2025-01-19_newsboat.webp newsboat showing how many unread posts I have at a glance in the opening view I know the unread count is pretty fresh, because I've set up a systemd service to run newsboat at startup to fetch the feeds. I press `l` twice to open a post. Then I press `n` to navigate to the next unread post until I run out of unread posts. -=> ./2025-01-19_newsboat-post.webp newsboat displaying a post +=> /images/longlog/2025-01-19_newsboat-post.webp newsboat displaying a post If I encounter something I want to read later, but don't have time right now, I press `b`, which runs a home-made bookmarking script. Here it is: @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ I can also run this script manually and pass it a URL of my choice at any time, When I want to read from my reading list, I run `readnow.sh`, which simply opens my reading list folder, `~/readlist/unread`, in my terminal file browser of choice: namely, ranger. -=> https://ranger.github.io -=> ./2025-01-19_ranger.webp ranger showing the contents of my reading list with a preview +=> https://ranger.github.io +=> /images/longlog/2025-01-19_ranger.webp ranger showing the contents of my reading list with a preview Although ranger has a preview, I'll typically open the file up in my terminal web browser of choice, which is w3m (plus a couple of custom key-bindings). @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ I've configured this to be my preferred web browser in ranger by shifting it to Having configured my default web browser in my ranger config, all I need to do is press `l`. -=> ./2025-01-19_w3m.webp A post displaying in w3m +=> /images/longlog/2025-01-19_w3m.webp A post displaying in w3m No ads, no cookie popups, no giant banner images taking 2 seconds to load and shifting the content all over the place: just the text I want to read. Isn't it beautiful? @@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ I can now keep up to date, and I enjoy doing it. I get not everyone likes to live in the terminal. I think the key takeaways are: -* Make it really easy to sift through new posts -* When you sift, sift through every post, and for each one, either read it straight away, or add it to your reading list -* Sift daily -* Make it really easy to add things to your reading list -* Make it really easy to browse, read things, and mark things read in your reading list -* Set aside time to catch up on your reading list +* Make it really easy to sift through new posts +* When you sift, sift through every post, and for each one, either read it straight away, or add it to your reading list +* Sift daily +* Make it really easy to add things to your reading list +* Make it really easy to browse, read things, and mark things read in your reading list +* Set aside time to catch up on your reading list * Make the whole thing joyful (both because joy is good, and because you won't do it otherwise) ## Next steps @@ -127,11 +127,10 @@ I still haven't really figured out social media. I'd like to stay up to date wit I still need to know: -* Are my friends posting stuff on the Internet? -* If so, where? -* What's the best way of subscribing to their posts -* even if they live on different websites and in different formats? +* Are my friends posting stuff on the Internet? +* If so, where? +* What's the best way of subscribing to their posts +* even if they live on different websites and in different formats? * What's the best way of sending and receiving comments/replies/reactions? TBC. Answers on a postcard please. - |
