adam w.k. @sabbatical@qoto.org

i think it’s because instead of showing a block screen reminding me i’m a bad boy for muscle-memory-autotyping the twitter url, i end up on a pleasant portal page (that i’m proud of having made) and i get refocused on what i’m at the computer to try to get done.

i've been redirecting x.com to my notion dashboard with this lil browser extension: https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/

it's been more effective than any of the apps (focus, opal, etc) i've tried on my mac to break my twitter habit!

@alan the only place i can find my plain one online is this dribbble shot: https://dribbble.com/shots/999085-Recycled-Logo-Concept-for-Unnormal which wouldn't be much easier to simplify. they interpreted the overlapping lines exactly how i would've. makes me think i must have put up my monochrome version somewhere.

@alan if it is what happened, i'm curious if the AI made it from this badge-type one, or if they found the plain version someplace i've forgotten.

@alan (as opposed to the actual creative work)

@alan really? wonder what AI does that! it’s exactly the kind of tedious task i had hoped AI would be doing.

got this free sample pen in a sales mailer from pens.com yesterday with my web studio’s logo engraved on it. first off, i’m impressed with the quality. but secondly, how did they get ahold of this monochrome outlined version of my logo? i can’t remember posting it anywhere!

@ldodds “finally got our household device mesh registered with the imperial browsing service”. “ah yes, i also just got my license approved for IBS”

@Eggfreckles woof. that's a shame! wonder if you just got unlucky or if this is a widespread issue.

@Kancept we just use an old macbook hooked up to our TV with one of those logitech wireless keyboard/trackpad things, and honestly i dont think i'd want to go back to a purpose-made TV device.

@levisan hm. interesting way to set it up. i hadnt even touched the columns feature til i read this! not sure it'll be for me... i went through a short tweetdeck phase years ago, but in the end it was too frantic-feeling. and twitter now on desktop web is unusable for me without minimal twitter installed.

@levisan of course, if we'd had a gas stove i might've enjoyed the moka more — was always less than ideal using it on an electric burner.

@levisan huh! i used a bialetti moka express for quite a while, but found aeropress liberating once i got one. easier cleanup and being able to immediately brew again without waiting for it to cool down are the main things that won me over. and being able to approach different beans/grinds differently. love that you love yours though! and we already keep a kettle around, so that was not a difference-maker.

@levisan i think any speaker could make it happen with any topic. just have to let the intrusive thoughts get the better of you

@levisan i can see the advantages to doing that, but still don’t think it’d be great. this guy’s sermon didn’t actually have anything to do with socialism, seemed like he just shoehorned a couple minutes of fox news punditry into a random spot to get it off his chest

GA4 feels like just someone’s hobby project. (and that someone has just the wrong mixture of adhd and autism)

the phanpy.social web app is shockingly good, even on mobile. why didn’t y’all tell me about this mastodon client?

better yet, when i saved it to my home screen i named it “qoto”, so when i instinctually search for my instance’s name rather than a specific app name, it still pops up!

@levisan i have passed on churches because of the teaching tbh. last year we tried out one where the pastor went on a disconnected rant about the evils of “socialism” during his sermon, hah

@levisan oh tapas