Month: January 2020

Liked a tweet by Aram Zucker-ScharffAram Zucker-Scharff (Twitter)
I’m quite touched that Aram includes me in such a list.
Acquired Moon+ Reader Pro for Android (moondownload.com)
Your finger reader for fantastic reading experience in android
I’d read a couple books on the free version of Moon+ Reader this past year and it was a relatively pleasant experience. I saw they were having a New Year’s sale, and couldn’t resist helping out the cause.

They’ve got some reasonable highlights and notes functionality and sharing/export (though their HTML export doesn’t seem to be working).

Liked a tweet by Matt MaldreMatt Maldre (Twitter)
Checked into Drago Centro
A rescheduled dinner with Scott and Carrie Nocas in downtown Los Angeles. 

I started out with a wonderful Old Fashioned in the bar while waiting for a few minutes. A very subtle, yet sweet mixing here with an incredibly welcome twist of orange.

We began with the burrata salad (burrata, eggplant, cherry tomatoes, pancetta, basil pesto) and a toro special for the night. 

For dinner I demolished the Ossobuco (braised ossobuco, brussels sprouts, cipollini, creamy polenta, and salsa verde). The onions were particularly fantastic.

I got voted down for dessert, but the chef sent out some small amuse bouche desserts. I suspect it had been a slow week, and definitely a slow night (by typical Drago standards), so they were carefully balancing getting rid of some of their leftovers here. They were delicious, though the pastry pieces were definitely past their prime.

In all, a lovely outing with some excellent company.

A well-balanced Old Fashioned with a lovely aroma of citrus
A well-balanced Old Fashioned with a lovely aroma of citrus
My nearly demolished ossobuco
My nearly demolished ossobuco
Liked a tweet by Melanie Mitchell (Twitter)
Spent a few minute to finally set up my website with Brid.gy so that it’s now pulling responses back from Mastodon. It’s so nice to see all the interactions that were once “lost” to me coming back to live with their proper contexts on my website.

For those looking to tinker with their websites as it relates to interacting with Mastodon, the IndieWeb has a reasonable number of potential options in addition to your ability to roll your own.

RSVPed Attending WordCamp Santa Clarita Sneak Peek & Page Builder Previews, Pt 3
Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 1:00 PM
We'll kick off our regular meetup briefly looking forward to WordCamp Santa Clarita, continue to preview the most three popular page builders - Beaver Builder, Divi, and Elementor then break out into groups to help with questions.
Oh, look! There’s a WordPress meetup out in the valley today. I’m going to sneak over this afternoon I think
Liked IndieWeb Plugins and WordPress 101 by Michael Beckwith (michaelbox.net)
The IndieWeb movement had become somewhat a big deal for me in 2019. Potentially the biggest life change for the calendar year.
Michael has written a great overview of the IndieWeb for folks who are already relatively aware of WordPress and how it works. A great jumping off point for owning your online identity.