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Finding The Right VPN Is Harder Than It Looks
Glad I went IVPN for my VPN of choice. Thanks to Ashville Charlie (on Mastodon) for the suggestion. I like that they don’t ask for an email and keep things as anonymous as possible. I was going to go with ExpressVPN but they are owned by an Israeli company that has ties to the IDF,…
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#Fedicon 2025 Videos — This one is Evan Prodromou’s Keynote
I wasn’t able to attend #Fedicon in Vancouver, Canada last weekend, but the videos are up on Spectra.video. Check out [@evanprodromou](https://micro.blog/evanprodromou@socialwebfoundation.org)’s talk about connecting the social web!!!! And there are more going up every hour. Thanks to [@reiver](https://micro.blog/reiver@mastodon.social) for putting on this event and posting the videos from it.
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Vibe coded a nifty little WordPress plugin! Claude Opus FTW
Vibe coded a nifty little WordPress plugin that turns JPGs, PNGs, & GIFs into WebP. Used Claude for it. At first used Sonnet and well hours later it was still buggy. Then I used Opus and within 5 minutes it was done. Had to do one revision, because I forgot a feature I wanted. But…
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I Remember The Days Of AOL
I remember AOL and those diskettes and CDs!
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NationSquid YouTube Channel Is Superb
This YouTube channel is really good. [gmwd.us/nationsqu…](https://gmwd.us/nationsquid) He covers all kinds of interesting topics and his series on decades really gets the Anthropology student in me excited. As much as I knock the algorithm for being overly aggressive at times, it does surface interesting channels.
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Bluesky And A Dead Email Address — Non-existent Bluesky Support!
I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop on my Bluesky account. I no longer have access to the associated email but I can still log in and use it. The problem is that when I go to change it, Bluesky wants me to go to the dead email account to confirm the change. I…
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Claude 4.0 Sonnet For WordPress Plugins
I just tried Claude 4.0 for a quick little WebP converter plugin for internal use. It worked really well. Even when something didn’t quite work the way I thought it would, I went back and it fixed it. Pretty nifty.
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Digital Business Card Thoughts
I was a big fan of a small smart business card outfit mTap for a while. But I’m concerned that it’s not going to make it. So I’m hedging my bets and going with Popl. I thought about trying Dot, but they are more expensive for less features. I do like having physical cards, but…
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SEOCharity.com
SEOCharity.com runs ongoing online conferences and talks about SEO and SEO adjacent topics. All donations go to help dogs and cats in Ukraine. [www.seocharity.com/past-live…](https://www.seocharity.com/past-live-streams) ^^^ These are some of the past talks. ^^^ The next conference is 9/25/25 at 10am PT/1pm ET Online! Donate if you can! It’s a worthwhile and great cause! I’m hoping…
