Time for some changes 👀 First: coffee.

The idea that people will pay to support a free product is very nice, but largely unrealistic. Most simply won’t.

— Ben Werdmuller, There’s no money in free software

An observation I wish I could tell my younger self.

And my antihistamine has also returned. That was two awful days without it. Phew!

Coffee is back 😌

For the first time since first publishing TIL five years ago, I have created the necessary folder and files for theme updates after working on the updates.

My new workflow involves some actual structure in which I no longer just randomly throw new things at the live site. Feels much better.

testing the latest update…

The coffee is gone… the tea is nearly gone… we don’t quite have the money to replenish.

Ooh boy.

I gave Pixelfed a whirl for my little video and it was fine. Unfortunately the app doesn’t work — it’s in beta — so I had to use a method involving more work.

I’m going to test YouTube, which I suspect will be much easier. If so, I’ll use YouTube for now, and then Micro.blog as soon as I can.

I was looking at the Indie App Sales shared by @maique, found ephemera and immediately thought of @numericcitizen.

Here I am searching for “save as mp4 on mac” because Apple is allergic to assuming some people are comfortable with using their computer to do things.

I’m overdue a viewing of Pan’s Labyrinth.

I want to share a tiny video, and even this almost-idle motivation quickly reminded me the degree to which massive ad-based networks have completely destroyed the “free hobbyist” section of the market.

This has easily been the best move we’ve ever made, including the logistics. However, I am still tired in all new ways and very slow to getting our usual habits up and running again.

As ever: there’s nothing so draining as moving home.

You know that thing where you move home and then do way too much of the physical moving yourself and are then reminded of how you don’t have the kind of physical health to do that sort of thing and then you are just in several points of recurring pain.

Yeah.

In new home. Cell coverage is terrible — not that I’m terribly disappointed by that fact! — and the internet won’t be here until as late as Monday.

Will update once I’m back on wi-fi 👋

Fruit is a weird word to look at.

Looking at the original introduction to TIL and I am struck that everything included has changed, to one degree or another. I’m ok with that.

The smallest degree of change has been for the Micro.blog usernames (to uppercase) and the About page URL (to custom domain). I’m also ok with that.

Between the rude person playing their music out loud on the bus — whilst singing along! — and the jarring effect of this Costa shop meeting my music in my earbuds, I’ve come to realise;

• I miss my AirPods Pro;
• I need to stop using Costa;
• and I’ve been spoiled with the XM4’s at home.

There are multiple companies who offer high-speed broadband packages for our new home 👀

A cup of coffee and a cup of tea later, and I still feel half-awake. Time for a walk!

Oh… I am now in my seventh year of Micro.blog.

Am I wrong that in most cases I find it weird broken account access isn’t given some sort of special automated action for people to take? Like, I have to wait for you to reply to my email when such a fundamental idea as accessing the service is broken… just feels weird.

I have reserved eightten books at one of our libraries. You know; priorities.

Another day, another new town, another new café, another new library.

I regret not bringing coffee.

Work is progressing. The Sidekick is gorgeous and works so well for how I like to work; a wonderful addition from the folks at Cortex.