📺 “The Americans” Yousaf | FX via Amazon Prime

Watched "The Americans" Yousaf from FX via Amazon Prime
Directed by Stefan Schwartz. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner. A new mission with international stakes has Philip calling on Annelise for assistance just as an old foe returns to D.C. with a vendetta. Stan makes a discovery that could put the FBI hot on the trail of illegals.

📺 “The Americans” Martial Eagle | FX via Amazon Prime

Watched "The Americans" Martial Eagle from FX via Amazon Prime
Directed by Alik Sakharov. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner. Philip and Elizabeth's long-planned mission turns ugly, impacting each of them in different ways. Stan digs in deeper at work as his personal life continues to unravel.

Reply to Jan Cavan Boulas about WordPress Microsub feed reader

Replied to a tweet by Jan Cavan BoulasJan Cavan Boulas (Twitter)
Jan, as I had mentioned to you earlier this year at WordCamp Orange County, the work on the IndieWeb concept of Microsub with respect to feed readers is continuing apace. In the last few months Aaron Parecki has opened up beta versions of his Aperture microsub server as well as limited access to his Monocle reader interface in addition to the existing Indigenous and Together reader interfaces.

My friend Jack Jamieson is in the midst of building a WordPress-specific Microsub server implementation which he’s indicated still needs more work, but which he’s self-dogfooding on his own website as a feed reader currently.

If it’s of interest, you or your colleagues at Automattic might want to take a look at it in terms of potentially adding a related Microsub reader interface as the other half of his Microsub server. Given your prior work on the beautiful WordPress.com feed reader, this may be relatively easy work which you could very quickly leverage to provide the WordPress ecosystem with an incredibly powerful feed reader interface through which users can interact directly with other sites using the W3C’s Micropub and Webmention specifications for which there are already pre-existing plugins within the repository.[1][2]

For some reference I’ll include some helpful links below which might help you and others get a jump start if you wish:

While I understand most of the high level moving pieces, some of the technical specifics are beyond my coding abilities. Should you need help or assistance in cobbling together the front end, I’m positive that Jack, Aaron Parecki, David Shanske, and others in the IndieWeb chat (perhaps the #Dev or #WordPress channels–there are also bridges for using IRC, Slack, or Matrix if you prefer them) would be more than happy to lend a hand to get another implementation of a Microsub reader interface off the ground. I suspect your experience and design background could also help to shape the Microsub spec as well as potentially add things to it which others haven’t yet considered from a usability perspective.

In the erstwhile, I hope all is well with you. Warmest regards!

📺 Japanese Particles: How to use/pronounce particles は, へ, を | YouTube

Watched Japanese Particles: How to use/pronounce particles は, へ, を from YouTube

Introducing Japanese Particles.
Japanese Particles: How to use/pronounce は, へ, を in sentences.
When Hiragana は and へ used as particles, their sound are different from the ones used in words.
e.g. へ is "e" when used as a direction marker,
  "えきへ いきます。” eki e ikimasu. ~ I'm going to the station.
へや: he ya : room

📺 Japanese Pronunciation rules: Pronunciatin Rules: – Choo-on – Soku-on – Yoo-on – Devoiced vowels | YouTube

Watched Japanese Pronunciation rules: Pronunciatin Rules: - Choo-on - Soku-on - Yoo-on - Devoiced vowels from YouTube

Introducing Pronunciation rules of Japanese.
- Choo-on
- Soku-on
- Yoo-on
- Devoiced vowels

📺 13. Hiragana Flashcard ra ~ n(ら~ん)+ α to meorize Japanese Hiragana! | YouTube

Watched 13. Hiragana Flashcard ra ~ n (ら~ん) + α to meorize Japanese Hiragana! from YouTube

This is Hiragana Flashcards to memorize Japanese Hiragana. Once you finish learning Hiragana using my previous Hand writing step-by-step videos, please practice with this flash card video to enhance your memory.

📺 12. Hiragana Flashcard na ~ yo(な~よ)to memorize Japanese Hiragana! | YouTube

Watched 12. Hiragana Flashcard na ~ yo (な~よ)to memorize Japanese Hiragana! from YouTube

This is Hiragana Flashcards to memorize Japanese Hiragana. Once you finish learning Hiragana using my previous Hand writing step-by-step videos, please practice with this flash card video to enhance your memory.

📺 11. Hiragana Flashcard a ~ to(あ~と)to memorize Japanese Hiragana! | Youtube

Watched 11. Hiragana Flashcard a ~ to(あ~と)to memorize Japanese Hiragana! from YouTube

This is Hiragana Flashcards to memorize Japanese Hiragana. Once you finish learning Hiragana using my previous Hand writing step-by-step videos, please practice with this flash card video to enhance your memory.

📺 “The Great British Baking Show” Bread | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Bread (TV Episode 2013) from Netflix
Directed by Scott Tankard. With Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood. This week, our contestants bake bread.
Some interesting chocolate based recipes here and an interesting steamed bread challenge.

I appreciate that they do a few challenges in each show in which the contestants can show their personalities and their creativity, but I particularly like that they make some relatively simple recipe for which the output is expected to be identical to show their technical proficiency and skill without any extra judging baggage.