Five decades of Met publications on art history, available to read, download, and/or search for free.

MetPublications is yet another project of the web in which we freely share the best of our societies.

HOW MANY FAHRENHEIT ARE IN A CUP

– Innes McKendrick, encountering the imperial system of measurements

This thread is fucking glorious. 😂

I often forget the Internet Archive is more than just the Wayback Machine. In fact, it is a reflection of humanity at our very best. Preserving the records of our actions is one of the best ways we can plan better for the future.

Advent Calendar of Compliments

@mandaris has a great idea for the holiday season. This is such a nice addition to the Micro.blog community. 😊

… there’s no fallback to a web page …

– John Gruber, I’m Ping Pong King

The feature stories for iOS can’t be viewed on a Mac. The same stories Apple says negate the need for affiliate revenue to exist.

Reminder: Apple doesn’t give a shit about the web.

LOL somebody asked a question about why Apple software doesn’t work a certain way and you, the rando, replied with

“courage”

you’re so funny LOL GOOD ONE, MY FRIEND.

I have… in-laws. Like, that’s a thing that happened.

I too easily forget about the Acknowledgements page on MacStories. It is heartening to see such a prominent highlight of the importance of Open Source.

The new design for the Micro.blog Help home page is looking… mighty fine. 😉

Mira Sorvino makes an observation about the US with President Trump, then some rando decides it’s time to put her in her place via Twitter, and her reply is FUCKING. EVERYTHING.

I love seeing sad little manbabies getting put into their place. It feeds my soul.

The UK would be significantly worse off under all possible Brexit scenarios in 15 years’ time, according to a benchmark economic analysis produced by a range of government departments including the Treasury.

– The Guardian

Water remains wet.

Patrick Rothfuss has started the 10th Annual Worldbuilders End of year Fundraiser. And he’s already crying.

Here is the fundraising hub for a damn good campaign. Well worth your time.

Made some minor edits to @til pages. The one page that will be continuously updated is Links, which will get mentioned in update posts and the like but can easily change multiple times in a day; there’s just too much activity centred around Micro.blog to not take this approach.

Never underestimate the power of AlternativeTo.

Finally got my own domain set up:

• simonwoods.online is my Home page.
• blog.simonwoods.online is Mumblings, my blog.
• photos.simonwoods.online is Snapshot, my photoblog.

Nothing changes on Micro.blog because Manton is awesome.

I see the holiday season has brought about the cheery, joyful, Christianity of the jackbooted thugs known as US authorities. Congratulations on defending your border from the hordes of evil Mexicans.

The blogging mood really hit me – not surprising considering how much progress I’ve just made on a bunch of different projects – and I was just writing one post, which then quickly turned into two. Days like this feel really good. 😊

Of the recent updates made to @til, I am happiest to get the new History page for the Updates blog done and published. I remember in my earliest days on Micro.blog more than a few people would ask if there was an update log available… well, now there is, sort of.

There’s something so satisfying about completing the hardest part of a job, especially when it’s for something new.

Piece of the day:

Experience by Ludovico Einaudi

🎶

So, Apple removes Tumblr from the App Store because of pornographic content whilst Facebook and WhatsApp – used as tools to literally destabilise democracy – remain untouched.

Good job, Mr. Cook. I’m sure Martin Luther King would be super fucking proud.

#BeBest, Donny.

ICYMI: I posted a guide to pins on Micro.blog over at @til, the first of its kind for the project.

This advert for Amazon Prime Video is brilliant. 😂