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Weaning myself from Emacs is like a minor hobby for me. Or at least you’d think it was, based on how much time I spend on it. I’ve only ever succeeded once or twice, and only for a short time. There is simply nothing like Emacs and definitely nothing like…

I was recently asked by a fellow blogger how I would prefer to be credited in a blog post they were working on. This brought to mind an idea I have been thinking about for a while: how could I indicate the way I would prefer a post on my…

Recently, Kev posted a survey on his site to figure out how people access his content. Big fan of asking people directly and the results are not at all surprising to me. As I said to him, RSS traffic on my server is VERY high.

But it's fun to get…

The year is 2026, and RSS is still, by far, the best way to keep up with sites on the web.

If you already know what RSS is but you’re not currently using it, consider this a reminder for you to dust off that RSS reader of yours and put…

In my last blog post, I noted:

With regard to sustainability [of Artemis], there are several considerations: infrastructure and its associated costs, the time required to maintain the software, responding to user requests and inquiries, and more.

This had me thinking about how to communicate what “the time required…

When someone goes to the Artemis sign up page, a message is presented asking users to ask me for an invite code. While Artemis has been public for almost a year now, the software is still invite-only. I occasionally share the invite code in blog posts, but, despite that, I…

Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain, has an Authors page that lists all of the websites to which you are subscribed. The list is presented in alphabetical order, with a heading for each letter in the alphabet to aid in navigation. There is a search feature, too.

I follow…

When I first looked out the window this morning, I first noticed the faint pink colour on the horizon. The sun rises later in winter, so I can see more of the morning colours. Then, for a moment I had no words as I saw the moon – bright, full…

In How about some blogging stability for 2026? I wrote that I resolved to not change blogging platforms more than once a quarter. This would be an easy goal for most people. For me, though, it’s a bit of a challenge.

A while ago I made HTML Element of the Day, a site that selects a HTML element every day to be designated the “HTML element of the day.”

When I built this project, I decided that I wanted to offer both a web page and a web feed to…