I’m currently trying out Pure Blog locally, deep diving into its features, customisation options… I’m seriously considering migrating from WordPress some day. It’s a bit of an undertaking to adapt some content, my custom plugins and so on. It will certainly take time, but everything seems doable. Pure Blog is very flexible, Kev has been doing an amazing job!
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My top 5 most played artists this week (Jul 10-16) according to LastFM: Mastodon (123), Led Zeppelin (20), Enslaved (1), Scott H. Biram (1) and The Cool Jerks (1).
I just read Manu’s post “On planting seeds”. How People and Blogs is moving on is not very related to what follows, but what Manu says about the life of web projects made me think of what Craig Mod wrote when he and his team decided to shut down good old late Hi.co:
Web projects often lack hard edges. They begin with clarity but end without. We want to close Hi.co with clarity. To properly bookend the website. Sometimes web projects exhaust themselves. Outlive themselves. Are allowed to stagnate, be forgotten. Resources dry up and then one day — poof — they’re gone. This has happened countless times, Geocities being one of the foremost examples. We don’t want this to happen with Hi.co.
– Source
Hi.co was a great project, ahead of its time, on which I read great stories. I even published some pieces on it.
Bringing back, for now, my own version of a quieter, simpler Instagram on /moments
A new Mastodon album, Marrow Deep, will be released on August 28th, 2026 🥹
It certainly will have a different taste, without Brent’s voice and guitar. But a new Mastodon album is something I’m always eager to listen to!
Ouch, Dave, I love your music, but your spot might be at stake this year!
Est-ce que nous voyons la cent millième partie de ce qui existe ? Tenez, voici le vent qui est la plus grande force de la nature, qui renverse les hommes, abat les édifices, déracine les arbres, soulève la mer en montagnes d’eau, détruit les falaises et jette aux brisants les grands navires, le vent qui tue, qui siffle, qui gémit, qui mugit, l’avez-vous vu et pouvez-vous le voir : il existe pourtant !
La solitude est dangereuse pour les intelligences qui travaillent. Il nous faut autour de nous, des hommes qui pensent et qui parlent. Quand nous sommes seuls longtemps, nous peuplons le vide de fantômes.
— Guy de Maupassant, Le Horla
Yesterday, I finished reading Things Become Other Things. I really liked how Craig blends his Kii Peninsula travel journey (which I thought was captivating) and his youth memories. I perceived real finesse and sincerity throughout. I enjoyed picturing his encounters with the farmers, fishermen and kissa owners as I was reading. As always, there’s a fine writing style (sometimes a bit sophisticated for a non-native English reader), a subtle touch of humor here and there, and a viewpoint on Japan I find delightful.
Niksen
Another lovely word.
渋い
Pronounced shibui. What a lovely word.
Not everything needs to have a purpose.