branko @branko@octodon.social

@Reinderdijkhuis You could use a templating system on your PC and only upload static files. Depending on your level of comfort with PHP that might be the way to go. Personally I would prefer to handle everything on the server (i.e. use a CMS), but I am a special case because I can fix things in the PHP.

Not sure if I just watched an exciting race or a shambles, but there was plenty of drama. #f1 #baku #AzerbaijanGP

@pzmyers No, but I did this unscientific study into the disappearance of ballpoint pens recently: http://www.tekstadventure.nl/branko/blog/2018/04/one-man-50-bic-pens

@Reinderdijkhuis Welcome to pre-post-humanism. I seem to remember something about old couples having a better memory together than apart.

@Reinderdijkhuis My laundry is in my arms. So far so good.

* Pulls his laptop from his laundry basket, because that was apparently the only place in the house where there was room for a laptop yesterday. *

What do you think, should I tidy the place up?

I read that Elon Musk added some trash in earth orbit, yet everyone is cheering. What am I missing?

Een Zuid-Larense website heeft een pagina over 'hun' Berend Botje. Doet me een beetje denken aan die Kuifje-grap waarin de afstammelingen van Scharlaken Rackham 'hun' deel van de schat komen opeisen. Kapitein Haddock legt ze fijntjes uit hoe dat zit.

https://www.dewachter.nl/wordpress/wat-is-er-te-zien-2/berend-botje/

Nice half-hour radio show about the The Cure song Boys Don't Cry - how it came into being, how it influenced people's lives, and about the inhibition some men feel to show emotion:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09lyhmv

I use a browser I cannot trust running on an OS I cannot trust running on a PC I cannot trust to access a bank I cannot trust via an ISP I cannot trust. And that is my best option. #welcometothe21stcentury

@stealthmunchkin *Those* Monkees? Mind boggled.

Creative peeps, the Lens Culture guide to saying 'exposure' without saying 'exposure' has just come out:

https://www.lensculture.com/portrait-awards-2018

TL/DR:
exposure (3×)
exhibition (2×)
opportunity (2×)
engagement
feature
network
portfolio
projection
publication
visibility

Just so you don't have to do the homework for my last toot:

1978: JVC sells first VHS recorder.
1994: Dumb and Dumber out.
1997: Ally McBeal first aired.
1999: 10 gigabyte hard disks widely available.
2001: Bram Cohen introduces Bittorrent.
2002: final Ally McBeal episode first aired.
2003: 30% of Dutch households have broadband.
2003: US DVD rentals exceed VHS rentals.
2004: 25% of all internet traffic is Bittorrent.
2006: IT Crowd's first joke about Ally McBeal's co-ed toilets.

You too can be an archaeologist!

Throwing out my VCR because even in the attic it is taking up too much space. Checking the two unmarked tapes I still had to see if they contained family mementos. No luck. Instead the tapes contained Dumb and Dumber and an episode of Ally McBeal.

I guess that was the broadband watershed. Or maybe the time that hard disks were large enough to store video. Or Bram Cohen had perhaps invented Bittorrent around then.

@Reinderdijkhuis Don't know what this is about, but I wish you courage, wisdom and good luck. Make sure you get legal help regardless the outcome, most large cities have free legal helpdesks of some sort.

I accidentally threw some cheese in my coffee. H1: major culinary invention. H0: yuck. We'll see how it goes.

The Cure in Rotterdam in 1979, being lively.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBQpSzKeXyY

Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) en Partij voor de Dieren (PvdD) op de bres voor racisten:

https://www.nu.nl/amsterdam/5109644/pvda-trekt-zich-terug-anti-racisme-demonstratie.html

Ajax is no longer letting the groundskeeper give the post-match interviews.

An improvement, I say.