#marsedits

[shiftingwithmars]

He carried the entire show

[donghyuckkies]

pentagon - 2023 season's greetings [edited by me : do not repost]

[marscomet]

❝𝑾𝑬𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑩𝑬𝑫, 𝑯𝑶𝑩𝑰𝑬 𝑬𝑫𝑰𝑻 ❞

yo, y'all remember when i said i'm an editor? i have delivered..enjoyy 🤭

comment who you wanna see next!

ALSO: (the name of the song i used is called wet the bed)

[senshidaily]

[old-dramas]

Can you kiss me? What I mean is the kind of kiss that happens between friends abroad.

Mars (2004)

[poetcsw]

Writing in Apple Notes 

Apple Notes is my primary writing application. I write more words in Notes than in any other app. I appreciate unadorned, straightforward writing experiences. If WordPerfect still existed on the MacOS platform, I’d be a full-screen WordPerfect user. I want to write, not fuss with formatting. (Yes, I know I can use WordPerfect for DOS via any of several emulators. I’d prefer a native MacOS…

[karingottschalk]

Our Internet Connection Is Down & We've Been Waiting For Days

Our Internet modem suddenly failed, we’re waiting for Telstra to replace it, and we don’t have any other way to connect right now with our MacBook Pro also down and out for the count.  Telstra tells us that we may be reconnected on Thursday March 9 when a replacement modem will be delivered but in the meantime I’m drafting articles in the macOS-only MarsEdit application ready for uploading then…

[georgedpr]

Blogging and Streamlining the Process

I have been trying to blog for years, and over the years I have found that there is no magic or “silver bullet”1 Writing anything from a work memo to a grocery list requires you to plant yourself somewhere and start writing. Put one word after another till you get to the “The End” (figuratively or literally depending on what you’re writing). This seems like a simple endeavor though it often proves harder than one imagines due to life stressors and other factors.

There has even been a recent reflection on blogging having a resurgence given the recent upheaval in the social media space.

Bring back personal blogging - The Verge

I hate what blogging has become: Reflections after a blogging break

What I should do, however, is to stay true to myself and blog whatever the heck I want, even if it impacts my rice bowl.

And some retrospectives from those who have been blogging for numerous years.2

This all brings my attempts at blogging and writing into new/sharp contexts. I have had this domain for over ten years now, and I have been blogging (between this blog and prior instances for longer). I started the blog to create a professional voice (like my blog idol at librarian.net or the librarian avengers) though the blog has evolved over the years.

I still write to get ideas into the world though it helps me process and understand the world as it unfolds around me; it has never been easy and never as often or as well as I desire. Yet, I want to keep writing. I think this is partly because I am inherently curious and also a “tinkerer” at heart.

I am saying all this for context as I was disheartened to find draft documents for blog posts dating back years sitting ideally and not posted or started and never continued. Most on reactions to a news article or a half-finished idea and it pains me to post them now so I thought I should rework my workflow to try and prevent this from happening again. I have tried a few services over the years to host the blog3 and I like to write in a Markdown editor before posting to my blog rather than the native client. I think it is best to have a local copy of your posts saved as a text file as that means I have an offline copy.

The downside to this process is that the Tumblr app does not allow for native Markdown so I have to export the blog and then try to access Tumblr via the web to post via the web. 4 I used to use an app called Byword for years though that seems to have been abandoned, and there are other similar apps like iA Writer though they don’t have integration with Tumblr and don’t have plans to implement the service. I could look at different clients likeMarsedit though I really wanted a mobile client and Marsedit does TOO much. The reason I like Tumblr is that as much as I want to nerd out over the HTML and it simply allows me to post (in theory) without worrying too much about the backend HTML. There is also the Tumblr API though would be a stretch to create something to post natively (as exciting as that does sound in theory) so I think the technical solutions may not be worth the effort at this point.

I am not sure what a good solution will be at this point though I was thinking about creating a publishing calendar that would help me create a habit to blog and then also work on better tracking WHAT I’ve written about to help spur ideas. Though I don’t know if that will only further convolute the process. I know that writing and creating are important human endeavors and it feeds the soul. I feel as though I write some version of this post every year though yet it is important to keep trying, and trying.

I am not sure where that statement comes from though it seems pertinent in this case.  ↩︎

I came across this recommendation from Jeff Perry (@jeffperry@social.lol) on writing, which is a discussion between Jason Kottke and John Gruber on the The Talk Show ep. 370 - ‘Fine Hypertext Products’, with Jason Kottke - Jeff Perry  ↩︎

I have used Rapidweaver to self-host, then Blogger, and now Tumblr, which has been my home for several years.  ↩︎

Also the Tumblr Markdown they’ve implemented does not allow for some Markdown functions like footnotes so I need to export the text as HTML.  ↩︎

[nonjo]

Posting to Wordpress from Ulysses

A while back, I finally subscribed to Ulysses not because I wanted another Markdown-flavored writing app, but because it seems to be the best app from which to post to WordPress from an iPad. I don’t generally post to Uncorrected from Ulysses on the Mac; that’s reserved for MarsEdit. I do tend to start posts in Ulysses, though, so posting directly from the app would often be the shortest path.…

[so-many-hills]

Dear @manton, I’m trying to get #org2blog in #Emacs working with MB via metaweblog API. I’m not puzzling out how to set up my custom domain based on Using MarsEdit help document. I have a token but not sure what url to use and the username syntax that would apply. TIA

[shiftingwithmars]

THEY’RE SO CUTIE😭

[donghyuckkies]

kino on the set of ksif [recoloured]

[marscomet]

❝𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑹𝑨𝑮𝑬, 𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑼𝑬𝑳 𝑬𝑫𝑰𝑻❞

this edit has me DEAD to the world, so y'all BETTA enjoy it.

[senshidaily]

cosmos appreciation

[wantwant]

ケーブルテレビに加入してラジオを聴こう(提案)

結論：J:COMはAM局を聞けるようにしろ(参考)

家の壁にコンセントじゃないほうの穴があるじゃん。お前らの家がどうなってるか知らんが、ケーブルテレビに入っていると、その穴とラジオをつないでラジオが聴けるんだよ。(接続例2を参考)

本当は屋根にFM用のVHFアンテナ付けて工事しなきゃならんのだけど賃貸でそんな事出来るわけねえ。ケーブルテレビが代わりに垂れ流してくれるからそれでいい。※ちなみにラジオだけならNHKの受信料も要らん。少なくとも今のところは

でも結論で書いているようにJ:COMが流しているのはFMラジオだけなんだよ。AMラジオは流してくれない。

J:COMだけじゃない。eo光でもそうだ。

で、これはFMラジオ局が邪魔をしているだとか、法的な問題が原因だとか思ったのだが、都内でAM局の配信をやってる所はやってるんだよ。大阪でもやってる。

しかもJ:COMだって、テレビのdボタンでAMラジオは聴ける。その根拠とはこれなんだが、わざわざテレビつけてラジオ聞こうなんて奴いねえだろ。まじで何考えてるんだよ放送大学はよ。

あと、2028年に日本のほとんどの民放ラジオ局はAMをやめるということになっている(※参考)。だからそれまでに、J:COMは早く対応してくれねえかなと思っている。ちなみにNHKはAMをやめないらしいので、いまもっているAMラジオ受信機は無駄にならない。たぶんAFNもやめないだろう。

J:COMやeo光で、技術的な課題があるんじゃねえかと予想してるんだが、弱小CATVが出来ていて、最大手MSOが出来ない理由が分かんねえ。……まぁ、単にやるコストに見合った価値がねえから放置ってだけなのかもしれん。地上派 > BS > WOWOW, スカパー > ネトフリ > ラジオだもんな。

radikoあるから要らねえだろ、という話は当然出てくるので、radikoよりも放送の方がいいところを書いておく。防災じゃねえぞ、防災の時なんてNHKとコミュニティFMしか聞かねえんだから民放なんて聞くわけねえんだからよ。

まず、東京都じゃRadikoでFM Fujiが聞けねえ。課金しないと聞けない。広告付きの放送をわざわざ課金して聞こうとは思わない。まじでタイムフリーの時は広告スキップできますよ〜、みたいな機能があれば350円でもそれ以上でも課金しようという気になるんだが。それがJ:COMだと聞ける。

あと、radikoよりも音質が良い。音質が良いって言うのは正直感覚の問題なので、現行のAMラジオが一番音が良いって言う奴がいるんなら、まあそれは別に否定するつもりは無い。話が合わないというだけで。 radikoスタッフによると、radikoの音質は着うたフルレベルだ。具体的にはHE-AAC 48kbpsらしい。FMなら���れよりは音質が良い。ノイズが乗らなければ。J:COMが圧縮して垂れ流すとか変な事をしているという話は聞いた事が無いので、電線で変な事が起きていなければradikoよりも音質は良い。

前提として、外部アンテナ接続が出来る受信機がないといけないわけだが、個人的に使ってるのはICZ-R260TV。これは、仕様として、「FMラジオ/ワンセグTV用アンテナ接続ケーブルジャック経由（外部）」があるわけなんだが、こいつに直接ケーブルを差すわけじゃなくて、

このイヤホンジャック的なアダプタをかます。 引用(PDF注意)

そうすると、聞ける。でも同軸ケーブルさせる受信機がマジで見当たらないんだよな……。ここで紹介したものは終売している。

いちおうこういうワールド短波ラジオに、接続用のプラグを差して、同じ��うな事は出来る。音質は良くは無いわな。昔は、こういう短波ラジオはソニーが売ってて、いまはアイワとか中華メーカーが売ってる。まあスピーカー1つしかないモノラルだけど……

うーん……コンポ買うか。これとかいいじゃん(SC-HC420-S)。こいつはアダプタ解さずに直接同軸ケーブルさせるみたいだし。お前らも多摩テレビに加入して、ラジオ受信機に同軸ケーブルさしていい音でラジオを聴こう。多摩テレビがどんな感じでAM局の配信してるのかは分からん。ステレオで、ワイドFM状態で垂れ流してくれているなら最高。モノラルなら泣く。

ちなみに、MarsEditでこの文章を書いてるんだが、画像を貼る事が出来なかったり、投稿した後編集しようとすると日本語の文字列が全てエスケープ処理されていて話にならなかったので、Tumblrは卒業してwordpressか別のサイトに移行しようと思っている。

[arthrfrts]

Como eu blogo por aqui

O Ghedin trouxe pra esse lado da internet uma corrente gringa de como é o fluxo para blogar.

Eu posto no Tumblr, o que é mais fácil. Alguns posts mais breves surgem do celular ou do navegador mesmo (como uma foto ou uma efêmera). Esse é um deles.

No geral, os textos mais longos são criados de outra forma. Eu demoro pra escrever, então eles nascem e são publicados usando o MarsEdit, onde eu costumo editar meus posts e gerenciar suas tags. O suporte a Markdown na nova versão do MarsEdit melhorou muito, e acho um fluxo de escrita muito melhor que o editor de blocos padrão do Tumblr.

Eu desenvolvi o tema do meu blog pensando nisso. O MarsEdit usa a forma "antiga" de tipos de post do Tumblr, e eles possuem variáveis de template específicas. Já o NPF, o novo formato de posts que é gerado pelo editor de blocos nativo do Tumblr, usa somente o formato de texto com uma estrutura específica, com classes CSS para formatação. Eu basicamente "copiei" a estrutura gerada pelos blocos de link, vídeo, áudio e citação do NPF para o formato clássico. Assim eu posso ter um CSS único para os dois formatos de publicação.

Eu já mantive esse blog com WordPress e com o Jekyll no GitHub Pages, mas a versatilidade de usar o Tumblr no celular para postar uma efemeridade e a simplicidade do seu motor de temas comparado ao Gutenberg nos dias de hoje me trouxe a falta de preocupação que faltava. Domínios personalizados de graça foi um extra (hoje em dia esse é um recurso pago por aqui, mas como fiz o mapeamento há muito tempo, eles mantiveram como algo gratuito).