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2020 Year In Beer
Saturday, Jan 30 2021, 14:00 Social Media, Social Networking, Social Networks, untappd, YearInReview PermalinkAnother Year In Review from a social site. This time on Untappd, which I use to keep track of various beers I've tried (so that I can remember whether I liked or didn't like them when I see them in the store). I don't expect of Untappd usage in 2021 since I've decided to take a break from beer in 2021, but we'll see. Here's what happened in 2020:


2020 Year In Books
Friday, Jan 29 2021, 16:30 Books, Comic Book, goodreads, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Networks, YearInReview PermalinkI usually post these a bit earlier in January, but here is my 2020 Goodreads year in review 🙂. I guess I met my minimum reading for 2020, even in a pandemic lockdown ;-)

New year, new plug-ins....
Thursday, Jan 28 2021, 18:00 RapidWeaver, realmacsoftware, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Networks, Software, web development Permalink
Happy New Year...even though it's close to the end of January 😀.
It's been a busy month, but things are coming down to "normal" levels of activity. After the crazy rush to finish my completed dissertation draft during the winter break, get caught up with the day job after the winter break, and get everything prepped for my teaching side-gig this spring, I had some time to update my website (club-admiralty.com).
For the longest period of time, I brought my old Mac Mini (2007) out of storage, plugged it in, and updated my site (that thing still runs MacOS 10.6 I think). I had RapidWeaver 6 on it, along with all the relevant plug-ins. It wasn't even the most up-to-date version of RW6 because some plugins were breaking left and right. Since I didn't have time to really troubleshoot I just left it as is. Most website updates were minor anyway.
Fast forward to more recently. I got RW8 on sale, so it was a good opportunity to get something that worked on my newer Mac (now I can probably install Linux on that old one), update the website, and try out some new things. Unfortunately, as technology progresses some things are left behind. Such is the case with one of my most used plugins: RapidBlog, which takes my blogger content and mirrors it on my domain. It seems like Loghound hung up his hat and exited the RapidWeaver scene. The person who maintained the plug-in has not updated it for newer versions of PHP, and with PHP5 being deprecated, RapidBlog has been retired. Luckily others use Blogger and want to integrate it into RapidWeaver sites, so a Stacks plug-in exists which offers something similar. What I liked about RapidBlog was that it downloaded an archive of your blog, so there was an offline version of it, and that I could use the iconic theme icons in my blog posts (whereas now I can't). Oh well, site is up and running so that's what matters. On the plus side, it seems like RW development has become very stacks-oriented while I was stuck on RW6, so there is new stuff to explore!
What I've been pondering lately is this: With all the distributed presence that we have on the web these days (facebook, youtube, twitter, etc.), how important is a distinct domain of one's own? And, how do I go about archiving my stuff from other sites in a way that's not just a portal view from my website? Something to ponder after I graduate and I can return to this hobby.

Review: The Orville #1: New Beginnings Part 1 of 2
Thursday, Jul 30 2020, 09:13 Comic Book, Entertainment, goodreads, Orville, review, Sci-Fi, Social Media, Social Networking Permalink
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
More of a comment on both 1+2 of this series. Interesting story. Gives a bit of background on the "federation" equivalent in the Orville universe. It's interesting that the old-style uniforms had rank insignia like TNG ;-). We also get to see sentient fowl, which was very Mighty Max :-). Some of the Orville crew get stranded on a planet where they discover the remains of a ship that was lost a long time ago. One of the ship's junior officers rigs the replicators to produce food for the locals after the econological disaster (that the ship inadvertently caused) kills most things off and makes life on the planet unsustainable. What will the crew of the Orville do?
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Year in Beer: An untappd Year in review
Saturday, Jan 4 2020, 17:21 beer, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Networks, Technology, untappd, YearInReview Permalink
Year in Review: Goodreads
Friday, Jan 3 2020, 03:30 Books, Comic Book, goodreads, Sci-Fi, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Networks, StarTrek, Technology, TheExpanse, YearInReview Permalink
Year in Review: Swarm
Thursday, Jan 2 2020, 04:00 #FridayMusic, Location, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Networks, swarm, Technology, travel, YearInReview PermalinkAs you can see most of my year has been pretty "normal" - not a ton of travel, mostly going to and from work. This past year I did go to Winter Island and The Willows pretty often in the summer. One of my favorite places to walk, and to also stretch one's legs when on a work break. I hope 2020 has more travels!

Review: Tiamat's Wrath
Monday, Dec 2 2019, 09:11 audiobooks, Books, Entertainment, goodreads, review, Sci-Fi, Social Media, Social Networking, TheExpanse Permalink
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Another fast-paced installment of the series (hard to believe that there is only one more left!!!). This one jumps a bit into the future with a slightly older crew, with different responsibilities. Some of our crew die, and some make miraculous comebacks! The bringing together of former crew members reminded me a bit of Star Trek (but I forget which movie...)
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Review: The Jackal's Trick
Thursday, Sep 5 2019, 12:26 Books, goodreads, novel, review, Sci-Fi, Social Networking, Social Networks, StarTrek, Titan, TNG Permalink
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Hey! The unsung had been played all along by external forces! Well, I guess this is what you get when a society discommendates several generations of their citizens for whatever reason. Also, Kahless is alive because...he's Kahless ;-) A fun read. Looking forward to the third part.
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Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through the Mirror
Wednesday, Jul 3 2019, 12:09 Comic Book, Entertainment, goodreads, review, Sci-Fi, Social Media, Social Networking, StarTrek Permalink
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Mirror Picard and crew are looking for resources given that the Terran Empire is a little short on them. How does one get them? Incursions into parallel universes (including the 'prime' universe) to collect resources, especially variants of the Enterprise D. This was an interesting story - with prime Picard outsmarting Mirror Picard. It was interesting to see Barkley's mirror self, and the twist in the end - mirror Barlkley stays in prime universe. How will this end? ;-)
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