Every once in while I get the itch to change things up. Recently, as I noted in my previous note on Micro.blog I ran across the idea of the indieweb and micro blogging and thought I’d give it a try. Along the way, though, I ran into a whole host of other options that are available and, frankly, I’m a bit overwhelmed. I want to try then ALL!

As I noted in that post, though, the sailing has not been smooth. I did finally get to the point of getting a couple of posts from this blog posted to the saulsnet.org website though only the summaries are there. And there’s currently no link back to the original post. There’s a fix for that, I think, but I just haven’t started working on that one yet.

Geez. Finally making some progress on linking my external blog to micro.blog. This has been a hell of a lot harder than it ought to be. It could be user error but clear instructions on how to link a Hugo site to micro.blog (which uses Hugo) would be helpful.

Okay. I am now officially frustrated. I have spent three full days trying to get my external Hugo site to load into my micro.blog site without success. No errors, just nothing showing up. It seemed like a good idea and shouldn’t be this difficult.

Everyone knows that phones are a distraction for drivers. Laws don’t work as people simply ignore them. The simple solution, in my view, is to require phone manufacturers to program phones to turn off all services except GPS when the phone detects it’s moving more than 10 MPH. If you need to talk or text … pull off the road!

I ran across an interesting site a few days ago and have spent the last couple of days testing it out. It’s called micro.blog. What intrigued me about it was that it allows both long-form writing as well as short, Twitter-like messages. One of the frustrations I have had with my current blog is that it isn’t really amenable to sharing short, quick thoughts and observations of life I often have. This appeared to be a reasonable alternative.

Remember when you were a kid and got a new pair of Keds? You just knew you could run faster and jump higher than you could before!

Or was that just me?

This is part 4 of an ongoing series on moving away from Windows and onto Linux. In this post we’ll take a look at what I consider the best Linux operating system for the average user.

You’ve made the decision to move to Linux. Now comes the most challenging part: Which distribution should you use? There is a bewildering number of options and it is not at all clear what the differences are so you’re left adrift in that sea of options, unable to clearly see what direction to take.

I am in absolute awe of folks that can create intricate designs for 3D printing in CAD programs. I’m trying to learn but, man, is it a challenge!