April 2023 Thirty-three posts

• 21-Apr-2023
  A fine remembrance of the web as it was; and is ReadWriteWeb Turns 20 by Richard MacManus. Take blogging itself. People don’t have blogs anymore, now they have email newsletters. People used to read blogs in their RSS Readers, and you would visit the website to leave a comment — or write your own blog post in reply, which would show up as a trackback link...

  historyindiewebweb
• 20-Apr-2023

  
  The sun has set / La Jolla

  IFTTTswim2023via-instagram

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• 19-Apr-2023

  
  Oh look, I’m in a large language model (LLM) corpus Vacillating between “It’s a major award” (1) and “I’m somebody now!”(2) RANK: 77,171 DOMAIN: artlung.com TOKENS: 250k PERCENT OF ALL TOKENS: 0.0002% From: Inside the secret list of websites that make AI like ChatGPT sound smart.

  aillm

• Foursquare check-ins

  • La Jolla Shores Beach
  • Carlsbad Brewing Company
  • Carl's Jr.
• 18-Apr-2023

  
  Went out at one spot, came back in a quarter mile north.

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• 17-Apr-2023

  
  A good rideable wave rolls in and starts to fold over and breaks gradually. The boys I went to high school with would draw an iconic perfect tubular wave curling over and breaking just like that forever. People who ride waves chase such waves. Today the waves were warped as though seen through a funhouse mirror. They started then stopped and then started again. Required improvisation to have fun with. And I did.

  IFTTTswim2023via-instagram

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• Foursquare check-ins

  • Jack in the Box
  • Ocean Beach Dog Beach
  • Carl's Jr.
• 16-Apr-2023

  
  Nice bodysurfing session if a bit choppy. Plus I got to see a handful of the Velella Velella (aka By-the-Wind-Sailors). The biology of these things is amazing. They are each a “colony” that feeds on plankton. They live in all the planet’s oceans but I’ve never seen or heard of them before. It’s a treat to get to see a few up close.

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• Foursquare check-ins

  • VONS
  • Lowe's
• 15-Apr-2023

  
  No photos today, rather a still from a video, sweetened in Procreate.

  drawingsIFTTTswim2023via-instagram

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• Foursquare check-ins

  • Sprouts Farmers Market
  • The Container Store
  • Ocean Beach Dog Beach
  • Ocean Beach
• 14-Apr-2023

  
  SDSU Backdoor—a venue that no longer exists—is where I first saw this band 35 years ago. I bought that ticket at Tower Records on Sports Arena Blvd. I bought tickets for last night’s show show 3 years ago. COVID delayed it again and again and again. It was worth the wait. They Might Be Giants. A favorite.

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• Foursquare check-ins

  • South Mission Beach Jetty
• 14-Apr-2023
  Personal Websites are good. I make this bold statement following a read of Exploring Personal Websites. I of course have had a personal website since 1996 which is an astounding 27 years, so I’m biased. I continue to feel queasy about how folks use Instagram handles to sign their art. I have a sense that these will age like...

  websites

• Foursquare check-ins

  • The Container Store
  • Ralphs
  • Go Green Dry Cleaners
  • Shell
• 10-Apr-2023

  
  Merger Email of the Day Going to the beach as often as I do, I have subscriptions for both Magic Seaweed and Surfline. Looks like they’re going to combine. How to get started with Surfline. Magicseaweed has been a part of the Surfline family for over five years and now we’re coming together under the Surfline brand umbrella. Learn more...

  bodysurfingsurfingsurfline

• Foursquare check-ins

  • The Container Store
  • Ralphs
  • Go Green Dry Cleaners
  • Shell