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\r\nAnnotated Video Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the Fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements (EMMP) by Pope Francis (vatican.va)
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In the name of God, I ask the technology giants to stop exploiting human weakness, people\u2019s vulnerability, for the sake of profits without caring about the spread of hate speech, grooming, fake news, conspiracy theories, and political manipulation.
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Every Monday, I sit down with a cup of coffee and learn something interesting about history through old manuscripts. Join our friends Dot Porter (@leoba) and the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (@sims_mss) at Coffee with a Codex.

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@amandalicastro Thanks. Purchased. Even if the answer doesn't lie within, @CathyNDavidson may be one of only a few people one could trust with such a book title. Also picked up Now You See it to compare with Annie Murphy Paul's new text The Extended Mind.
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I finished it Saturday evening. Sadly the answer doesn’t lay here. There’s a great history of higher education since the late 1800s specific to Charles Eliot’s ideas and the subsequent fallout. Sadly he was reforming Puritan education based on his then-current circumstances. He apparently didn’t delve back further to reverse the Puritan reforms from almost 300 years earlier.\u00a0

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The book is great and has some excellent solid examples to act as a guide. Thanks for the recommendation.

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I still strongly suspect the pattern goes back to the Puritan educational reforms of the late 1500s with Peter Ramus. I’ll have to delve into some of his writings and perhaps the work of Walter Ong to see the outcome. If others have ideas of where to look specifically, I’d love to hear them.

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Chris, you may be interested in this review of \"Now You See It\" that I wrote . . . https://t.co/TnnbQ3NHWf

\u2014 Annie Murphy Paul (@anniemurphypaul) September 25, 2021
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Thanks for the great cross-reference! It was incredibly prescient writing for 2011. Reminiscent of Audrey Watters work, but from a neuropsychology research angle.
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Chris, you may be interested in this review of \"Now You See It\" that I wrote . . . https://t.co/TnnbQ3NHWf

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\nRead - Finished Reading: The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World In Flux by \"CathyCathy N. Davidson (Basic Books)
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Read the last few chapters. Not as strong or useful to me as the opening chapters.

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Fellow #roamans and users of #obsidian, #logseq, #remnote, #workflowy etc. Do you know some really obscure and unknown #roam-like apps out there? :) E.g., I have found \"Note garden\" recently. #tftjourney #tft pic.twitter.com/Xzdm3JAWHa

\u2014 CatoMinor (@CatoMinor3) October 14, 2021
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A few of us have been keeping lists of some of these tools for thought at so one can test, try, or compare user interfaces for building one’s own custom version. Contributions to this public wiki welcome.

", "content_text": "Replied to a tweet by CatoMinor3 (Twitter)\nFellow #roamans and users of #obsidian, #logseq, #remnote, #workflowy etc. Do you know some really obscure and unknown #roam-like apps out there? :) E.g., I have found \"Note garden\" recently. #tftjourney #tft pic.twitter.com/Xzdm3JAWHa\u2014 CatoMinor (@CatoMinor3) October 14, 2021 \n\nA few of us have been keeping lists of some of these tools for thought at so one can test, try, or compare user interfaces for building one’s own custom version. Contributions to this public wiki welcome.", "date_published": "2021-10-15T13:04:32-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-15T13:06:04-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "commonplace books", "tools for thought", "UI", "Reply", "Social Stream" ], "in-reply-to": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "summary": "

Fellow #roamans and users of #obsidian, #logseq, #remnote, #workflowy etc. Do you know some really obscure and unknown #roam-like apps out there? :) E.g., I have found \"Note garden\" recently. #tftjourney #tft pic.twitter.com/Xzdm3JAWHa

\u2014 CatoMinor (@CatoMinor3) October 14, 2021
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I originally bought tickets for this show at the Hollywood Bowl on January 25, 2020, but the pandemic obviously delayed the original show date of May 29th. In a fit of optimism on July 16, 2020, the show was rescheduled for October 1, 2021. I really didn’t expect the show to stick. It was my second major crowd outing since the start of the pandemic.

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I drove to the Pasadena park and ride location which had just closed because the last bus had just left. They indicated the Zoo location was still open and would have buses until 7pm. So we drove to the LA Zoo bus stop and parked and rode from there. Doing this, even with crowds well masked, was certainly a lot less taxing than sitting in crazy traffic or worrying about parking. The two way fee was a much lower $6 whereas I expected it to be $12 per person.

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We got to our seats a bit after the opening act started because of the COVID-19 check-in lines. The lines were miserably managed and social convention went out the window for people cutting in line and generally shifting around.

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While vaccination cards or negative tests were required for entrance, they weren’t well organized about it. It would have been all-too-easy to sneak around the COVID check and get directly into the ticket/bag check area which was much more closely guarded and well executed.

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Once past the checkpoint not many people were wearing masks. There was approximately 60% masking in public areas outside the Bowl itself, but once seated with a nearly capacity crowd at a sold out show, there was only about 20% masking. I kept a mask on the entire night. Knowing that this would be the case we didn’t take the traditional Hollywood Bowl picnic basket or food.

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The weather for the evening was about as lovely as one could have hoped. Not to hot and not too cold which is notable when October evenings can be uncomfortably warm with temperatures in the high 80s to mid 90s.

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Opening act: Squeeze

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I think I enjoyed the opening act most this evening. They played a few of their hit songs certainly, but I enjoyed the more experimental late 70’s material they played that fell into the vein of Pink Floyd and The Alan Parsons Project as part of the New Wave movement. It was very much the sound of the late 70’s and they recreated it wonderfully in a way that took me back to that space and time. While there were some nice flourishes and musical improvisation sprinkled in, it was closer to their studio/album work in sound and flavor, particularly in comparison to Hall & Oates. Their material generally matched the mood of Hall & Oates’ She’s Gone.

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I almost feel like this performance wasn’t as flashy as it may have been in the day. It would be quite something to see them in a more intimate setting like the Troubadour.

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The day was one of the band member’s birthdays, so the entire crowd sang happy birthday to close out the performance.

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There were a number of women in their 50s standing up and singing and dancing to every number which was interesting to see.

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Setlist

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I could only recall Mussels, Cool for Cats, Tempted, Annie, Black Coffee, and Happy Birthday from the top of my head as I didn’t keep a written setlist like I did for Hall and Oates. The list below is courtesy of setlist.fm, but all the big pieces appeared in the order that I remember.

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  1. Take Me I’m Yours
  2. \n
  3. Up the Junction
  4. \n
  5. Hourglass
  6. \n
  7. Is That Love
  8. \n
  9. Departure Lounge
  10. \n
  11. Slap and Tickle
  12. \n
  13. Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
  14. \n
  15. Please Be Upstanding
  16. \n
  17. Cool for Cats
  18. \n
  19. Tempted
  20. \n
  21. Annie Get Your Gun
  22. \n
  23. If I Didn’t Love You
  24. \n
  25. Black Coffee in Bed
  26. \n
  27. Happy Birthday to You (Mildred J. Hill & Patty Hill song)
    \n(Sung to bassist Owen Biddle; each band member took a solo spot)
  28. \n
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Main Act: Hall and Oates

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Starting at 8:50 PM and finishing out at about 10:30 PM

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Setlist

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  1. Maneater
  2. \n
  3. Out of Touch
  4. \n
  5. Method of Modern Love
  6. \n
  7. Say it Isn’t So
  8. \n
  9. You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling
  10. \n
  11. She’s Gone (High on Consolation)
  12. \n
  13. Sarah Smile
  14. \n
  15. Is it a Star (according to setlist.fm, I didn’t catch the title at the time)
  16. \n
  17. Back Together Again\u00a0
  18. \n
  19. I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)
    \n—- Encore —
  20. \n
  21. Rich Girl
  22. \n
  23. Your Kiss is on My List (with a slick transition to)
  24. \n
  25. Private Eyes (10:10 PM)
    \n—- Band introductions —-\u00a0
  26. \n
  27. You Make my Dreams Come True (10:20 PM start)
  28. \n
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Band

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Brief review

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The concert was generally solidly produced. The opening was electric and the crowd gave them a lot of early energy in a nearly packed Bowl. Unfortunately the energy waned within a song and a half. Daryl Hall took about three songs to really warm up his voice. Prior to that I was worried about what I was in for. For someone in his mid-70’s it was a solid performance, but he’s definitely not got the energy of the early 80’s. Late in the program he moved to keyboards and did alright for his age, but there were some obvious rough spots in his solo play.

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Given their spot in the Yacht Rock pantheon of highly produced music, I expected to hear more of the polish of their 80’s work, but there was a lot more Jazz and R&B influence on their performance. This was probably great for the Hollywood Bowl regulars where there’s often quite a bit of Jazz programmed, but it just wasn’t the 70s experimental material or the Rock/Pop I was either hoping for or expecting.

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Hall’s patter was a bit stilted for me. The quote of the night came between Sarah Smile and the lead into Is it a Star with a drug culture reference:

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\n“I think all\u00a0the 70’s were experimental.”
\n\u2014Daryl Hall\n

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The lines were miserably managed and social convention went out the window for people cutting in line and generally shifting around.\nWhile vaccination cards or negative tests were required for entrance, they weren’t well organized about it. It would have been all-too-easy to sneak around the COVID check and get directly into the ticket/bag check area which was much more closely guarded and well executed.\nOnce past the checkpoint not many people were wearing masks. There was approximately 60% masking in public areas outside the Bowl itself, but once seated with a nearly capacity crowd at a sold out show, there was only about 20% masking. I kept a mask on the entire night. Knowing that this would be the case we didn’t take the traditional Hollywood Bowl picnic basket or food.\nThe weather for the evening was about as lovely as one could have hoped. 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It would be quite something to see them in a more intimate setting like the Troubadour.\nThe day was one of the band member’s birthdays, so the entire crowd sang happy birthday to close out the performance.\nThere were a number of women in their 50s standing up and singing and dancing to every number which was interesting to see.\nSetlist\nI could only recall Mussels, Cool for Cats, Tempted, Annie, Black Coffee, and Happy Birthday from the top of my head as I didn’t keep a written setlist like I did for Hall and Oates. The list below is courtesy of setlist.fm, but all the big pieces appeared in the order that I remember.\n\nTake Me I’m Yours\nUp the Junction\nHourglass\nIs That Love\nDeparture Lounge\nSlap and Tickle\nPulling Mussels (From the Shell)\nPlease Be Upstanding\nCool for Cats\nTempted\nAnnie Get Your Gun\nIf I Didn’t Love You\nBlack Coffee in Bed\nHappy Birthday to You (Mildred J. 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\nBookmarked Visual and auditory brain areas share a representational structure that supports emotion perception by Beau Sievers, Carolyn Parkinson, Peter J. Kohler, James M. Hughes, Sergey V. Fogelson, Thalia Wheatley (Current Biology)
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Emotionally expressive music and dance occur together across the world. This may be because features shared across the senses are represented the same way even in different sensory brain areas, putting music and movement in directly comparable terms. These shared representations may arise from a general need to identify environmentally relevant combinations of sensory features, particularly those that communicate emotion. To test the hypothesis that visual and auditory brain areas share a representational structure, we created music and animation stimuli with crossmodally matched features expressing a range of emotions. Participants confirmed that each emotion corresponded to a set of features shared across music and movement. A subset of participants viewed both music and animation during brain scanning, revealing that representations in auditory and visual brain areas were similar to one another. This shared representation captured not only simple stimulus features but also combinations of features associated with emotion judgments. The posterior superior temporal cortex represented both music and movement using this same structure, suggesting supramodal abstraction of sensory content. Further exploratory analysis revealed that early visual cortex used this shared representational structure even when stimuli were presented auditorily. We propose that crossmodally shared representations support mutually reinforcing dynamics across auditory and visual brain areas, facilitating crossmodal comparison. These shared representations may help explain why emotions are so readily perceived and why some dynamic emotional expressions can generalize across cultural contexts.
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This portends some interesting results with relation to mnemonics and particularly songlines and indigenous peoples’ practices which integrate song, movement, and emotion.

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Preprint: \n

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Across the world, people express emotion through music and dance. But why do music and dance go together?

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We tested a deceptively simple hypothesis: Music and movement are represented the same way in the brain.

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\u2014 Beau Sievers (@beausievers) October 12, 2021

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\u1525 Beau Sievers in “New work published today in Current Biology Visual and auditory brain areas share a representational structure that supports emotion perception With @ThaliaWheatley @k_v_n_l @parkinsoncm @sergeyfogelson (thread after coffee!) / Twitter ()

", "content_text": "Bookmarked Visual and auditory brain areas share a representational structure that supports emotion perception by Beau Sievers, Carolyn Parkinson, Peter J. Kohler, James M. Hughes, Sergey V. Fogelson, Thalia Wheatley (Current Biology)\nEmotionally expressive music and dance occur together across the world. This may be because features shared across the senses are represented the same way even in different sensory brain areas, putting music and movement in directly comparable terms. These shared representations may arise from a general need to identify environmentally relevant combinations of sensory features, particularly those that communicate emotion. To test the hypothesis that visual and auditory brain areas share a representational structure, we created music and animation stimuli with crossmodally matched features expressing a range of emotions. Participants confirmed that each emotion corresponded to a set of features shared across music and movement. A subset of participants viewed both music and animation during brain scanning, revealing that representations in auditory and visual brain areas were similar to one another. This shared representation captured not only simple stimulus features but also combinations of features associated with emotion judgments. The posterior superior temporal cortex represented both music and movement using this same structure, suggesting supramodal abstraction of sensory content. Further exploratory analysis revealed that early visual cortex used this shared representational structure even when stimuli were presented auditorily. We propose that crossmodally shared representations support mutually reinforcing dynamics across auditory and visual brain areas, facilitating crossmodal comparison. These shared representations may help explain why emotions are so readily perceived and why some dynamic emotional expressions can generalize across cultural contexts.\n\nThis portends some interesting results with relation to mnemonics and particularly songlines and indigenous peoples’ practices which integrate song, movement, and emotion.\nPreprint: \n\nAcross the world, people express emotion through music and dance. But why do music and dance go together? \nWe tested a deceptively simple hypothesis: Music and movement are represented the same way in the brain.\n\u2014 Beau Sievers (@beausievers) October 12, 2021\n\n\u1525 Beau Sievers in “New work published today in Current Biology Visual and auditory brain areas share a representational structure that supports emotion perception With @ThaliaWheatley @k_v_n_l @parkinsoncm @sergeyfogelson (thread after coffee!) / Twitter (10/12/2021 09:26:10)", "date_published": "2021-10-12T09:50:01-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-12T10:37:31-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "cognitive neuropsychology", "dance", "emotion", "movement", "music", "perception", "psychology", "songlines", "Bookmark", "Memory", "Social Stream" ], "content": "Visual and auditory brain areas share a representational structure that supports emotion perception
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Across the world, people express emotion through music and dance. But why do music and dance go together?

We tested a deceptively simple hypothesis: Music and movement are represented the same way in the brain.

— Beau Sievers (@beausievers) October 12, 2021
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\u1525 Beau Sievers\n in \"New work published today in Current Biology Visual and auditory brain areas share a representational structure that supports emotion perception With @ThaliaWheatley @k_v_n_l @parkinsoncm @sergeyfogelson (thread after coffee!) https://t.co/AURqH9kNLb https://t.co/ro4o4oEwk5\" / Twitter ()

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\nReplied to a tweet by Seth Largo (Twitter)
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I\u2019m interested in aphantasia because I can\u2019t savvy mind and memory without the visual/spatial imagination. How does it work otherwise? https://t.co/Jmz8bawk7W

\u2014 Seth Largo (@SethLargo) Oct 11, 2021
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Perhaps this post by a well-known mnemonist and writer in the space might be a place to start? ", "content_text": "Replied to a tweet by Seth Largo (Twitter)\n I\u2019m interested in aphantasia because I can\u2019t savvy mind and memory without the visual/spatial imagination. How does it work otherwise? https://t.co/Jmz8bawk7W \u2014 Seth Largo (@SethLargo) Oct 11, 2021 \n\nPerhaps this post by a well-known mnemonist and writer in the space might be a place to start?", "date_published": "2021-10-10T21:37:16-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-11T13:32:12-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "aphantasia", "Like", "Memory", "Read", "Reply", "Social Stream" ], "content": "

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I\u2019m interested in aphantasia because I can\u2019t savvy mind and memory without the visual/spatial imagination. How does it work otherwise? https://t.co/Jmz8bawk7W

\n — Seth Largo (@SethLargo)\n
Oct 11, 2021\n
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I\u2019m interested in aphantasia because I can\u2019t savvy mind and memory without the visual/spatial imagination. How does it work otherwise? https://t.co/Jmz8bawk7W

\u2014 Seth Largo (@SethLargo) Oct 11, 2021
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I’m curious if anyone has created lists of graduate programs in education that are actively teaching/researching pedagogy described in\u00a0@CathyNDavidson‘s #TheNewEducation? I’m considering tying some of my interests into a potential new career path.

", "content_text": "I’m curious if anyone has created lists of graduate programs in education that are actively teaching/researching pedagogy described in\u00a0@CathyNDavidson‘s #TheNewEducation? I’m considering tying some of my interests into a potential new career path.", "date_published": "2021-10-10T13:04:40-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-10T13:08:52-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "edtech", "ethical edtech", "OER", "open pedagogy", "pedagogy", "The New Education", "TheNewEducation", "Economics", "Education", "Memory", "Social Stream" ], "0": "https://micro.blog/chrisaldrich/12038297", "1": "https://chrisaldrich.wordpress.com/?p=55691726", "2": "https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1447292387823214592", "3": "https://mastodon.social/@chrisaldrich/107079026809298842", "syndication": { "1": "https://micro.blog/chrisaldrich/12038297", "2": "https://chrisaldrich.wordpress.com/?p=55691726", "3": "https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1447292387823214592", "4": "https://mastodon.social/@chrisaldrich/107079026809298842" } }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/09/55796357/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/09/55796357/", "content_html": "
What local individual or local community blogs should I be following in the Pasadena, Glendale, Altadena areas in SoCal?
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After a week that highlighted some of the massive continuing failures of Facebook, there’s never been a better time to join the IndieWeb. Come join us in creating and working on your own website.

", "content_text": "RSVPed Attending IndieWeb Create Day\nShare ideas, create & improve our personal websites, and build upon each other's creations. Whether you\u2019re a creator, writer, blogger, coder, designer, or just someone who wants to improve their presence on the web, all skill and experience levels welcome. Breakout rooms available for those who want to collaborate on the same topic.\n\nAfter a week that highlighted some of the massive continuing failures of Facebook, there’s never been a better time to join the IndieWeb. Come join us in creating and working on your own website.", "date_published": "2021-10-09T08:46:55-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T08:52:38-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Events", "IndieWeb", "RSVP" ], "rsvp": "yes", "in-reply-to": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "summary": "Share ideas, create & improve our personal websites, and build upon each other's creations. Whether you\u2019re a creator, writer, blogger, coder, designer, or just someone who wants to improve their presence on the web, all skill and experience levels welcome. Breakout rooms available for those who want to collaborate on the same topic.", "name": "IndieWeb Create Day", "url": "https://events.indieweb.org/2021/10/indieweb-create-day-ZKw5v2nFDu6f", "publication": "events.indieweb.org", "featured": "https://events.indieweb.org/storage/events/20211005-3WLrbg6pZoTGTEsPQwjiY3d5LeLrk4.jpg" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1446865261580095489", "2": "https://mastodon.social/@chrisaldrich/107072351137409122", "3": "https://micro.blog/chrisaldrich/12034460" } }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/06/55796269/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/06/55796269/", "content_html": "\n
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\nWatched "The Man in the High Castle" The New Normal from Amazon Prime
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The New Normal: Directed by Bryan Spicer. With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls. Juliana returns home, only to discover new clues that lead her closer to unraveling the mystery behind the films. Meanwhile, Joe faces a tough debriefing upon his return home. Kido begins his investigation into the events surrounding the Crown Prince's speech, while Tagomi and Wegener make a last-ditch attempt to complete their mission.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "The Man in the High Castle" The New Normal from Amazon Prime\nThe New Normal: Directed by Bryan Spicer. With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls. Juliana returns home, only to discover new clues that lead her closer to unraveling the mystery behind the films. Meanwhile, Joe faces a tough debriefing upon his return home. Kido begins his investigation into the events surrounding the Crown Prince's speech, while Tagomi and Wegener make a last-ditch attempt to complete their mission.", "date_published": "2021-10-06T00:57:24-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T14:45:18-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 06, 2021 at 12:57AM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4747886/", "summary": "The New Normal: Directed by Bryan Spicer. With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls. Juliana returns home, only to discover new clues that lead her closer to unraveling the mystery behind the films. Meanwhile, Joe faces a tough debriefing upon his return home. Kido begins his investigation into the events surrounding the Crown Prince's speech, while Tagomi and Wegener make a last-ditch attempt to complete their mission.", "name": ""The Man in the High Castle" The New Normal", "publication": "Amazon Prime" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nZ3/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4747886/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/06/55796268/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/06/55796268/", "content_html": "\n
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\nWatched "The Man in the High Castle" Revelations from Amazon Prime
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Revelations: Directed by Michael Rymer. With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls. Joe is increasingly torn between duty and his growing feelings for Juliana. While Ed tries to stop Frank from making an irrevocable decision, Smith's investigation is interrupted when he has trouble with his witness, and Tagomi's plan goes awry as events take a dramatic turn at the Crown Prince's speech.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "The Man in the High Castle" Revelations from Amazon Prime\nRevelations: Directed by Michael Rymer. With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls. Joe is increasingly torn between duty and his growing feelings for Juliana. While Ed tries to stop Frank from making an irrevocable decision, Smith's investigation is interrupted when he has trouble with his witness, and Tagomi's plan goes awry as events take a dramatic turn at the Crown Prince's speech.", "date_published": "2021-10-06T00:07:31-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:02:06-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 06, 2021 at 12:07AM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4723648/", "summary": "Revelations: Directed by Michael Rymer. With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls. Joe is increasingly torn between duty and his growing feelings for Juliana. While Ed tries to stop Frank from making an irrevocable decision, Smith's investigation is interrupted when he has trouble with his witness, and Tagomi's plan goes awry as events take a dramatic turn at the Crown Prince's speech.", "name": ""The Man in the High Castle" Revelations", "publication": "Amazon Prime" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nZ1/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4723648/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/05/55796266/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/05/55796266/", "content_html": "
\nMy Hobonichi order has finally arrived from Japan!
\n\u307b\u307c\u65e5\u624b\u5e33 2022\n
", "content_text": "My Hobonichi order has finally arrived from Japan!\n\u307b\u307c\u65e5\u624b\u5e33 2022", "date_published": "2021-10-05T12:20:20-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-05T12:20:20-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Hobonichi", "stationery", "Social Stream" ], "content": "My Hobonichi order has finally arrived from Japan! \n\u307b\u307c\u65e5\u624b\u5e33 2022", "location": { "type": "h-geo", "properties": { "latitude": "34.17702", "longitude": "-118.10243", "accuracy": "2893.7377649664422" } }, "category": [ "Hobonichi", "stationery" ], "syndication": { "1": "https://chrisaldrich.wordpress.com/?p=55691717" } }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/04/55796241/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/04/55796241/", "content_html": "\n
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\nWatched "The Man in the High Castle" The Illustrated Woman from Amazon Prime
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The Illustrated Woman: Directed by Ken Olin. With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls. Joe and Juliana must act quickly as a vicious bounty hunter known as The Marshal arrives in Canon City. Tagomi makes plans with Wegener to pass valuable secrets from the Reich, and Frank plots his revenge against the Japanese.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "The Man in the High Castle" The Illustrated Woman from Amazon Prime\nThe Illustrated Woman: Directed by Ken Olin. With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls. Joe and Juliana must act quickly as a vicious bounty hunter known as The Marshal arrives in Canon City. Tagomi makes plans with Wegener to pass valuable secrets from the Reich, and Frank plots his revenge against the Japanese.", "date_published": "2021-10-04T22:58:36-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:05:43-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 04, 2021 at 10:58PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4666956/", "summary": "The Illustrated Woman: Directed by Ken Olin. With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls. Joe and Juliana must act quickly as a vicious bounty hunter known as The Marshal arrives in Canon City. Tagomi makes plans with Wegener to pass valuable secrets from the Reich, and Frank plots his revenge against the Japanese.", "name": ""The Man in the High Castle" The Illustrated Woman", "publication": "Amazon Prime" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nYp/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4666956/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/04/55796240/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/04/55796240/", "content_html": "\n
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\nWatched "The Man in the High Castle" The New World from Amazon Prime
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The New World: Directed by David Semel. With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls. Joe Blake, a resistance fighter, leaves German New York with cargo for neutral Colorado. In Japanese San Francisco, Juliana Crane receives footage of the Allies winning the war and a bus ticket to Colorado from her sister. There, she meets Joe. Joe reveals a dark secret.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "The Man in the High Castle" The New World from Amazon Prime\nThe New World: Directed by David Semel. With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls. Joe Blake, a resistance fighter, leaves German New York with cargo for neutral Colorado. In Japanese San Francisco, Juliana Crane receives footage of the Allies winning the war and a bus ticket to Colorado from her sister. There, she meets Joe. Joe reveals a dark secret.", "date_published": "2021-10-04T22:00:49-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:05:52-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 04, 2021 at 10:00PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4518590/", "summary": "The New World: Directed by David Semel. With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls. Joe Blake, a resistance fighter, leaves German New York with cargo for neutral Colorado. In Japanese San Francisco, Juliana Crane receives footage of the Allies winning the war and a bus ticket to Colorado from her sister. There, she meets Joe. Joe reveals a dark secret.", "name": ""The Man in the High Castle" The New World", "publication": "Amazon Prime" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nYn/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4518590/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/04/55796239/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/04/55796239/", "content_html": "\n
\n
\nWatched October 4, 2021 - PBS NewsHour from PBS NewsHour
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Monday on the NewsHour, we look into the deepening standoff between President Joe Biden and Senate Republicans over raising the debt ceiling. Then, a major oil spill off the coast of Southern California threatens wildlife as crews race to contain the damage. And, the Supreme Court takes on abortion, gun rights and more divisive issues as it starts a new term.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched October 4, 2021 - PBS NewsHour from PBS NewsHour\nMonday on the NewsHour, we look into the deepening standoff between President Joe Biden and Senate Republicans over raising the debt ceiling. Then, a major oil spill off the coast of Southern California threatens wildlife as crews race to contain the damage. And, the Supreme Court takes on abortion, gun rights and more divisive issues as it starts a new term.", "date_published": "2021-10-04T20:16:22-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:08:25-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 04, 2021 at 08:16PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/october-4-2021-pbs-newshour-full-episode", "published": "2021-10-04T20:13:52-04:00", "summary": "Monday on the NewsHour, we look into the deepening standoff between President Joe Biden and Senate Republicans over raising the debt ceiling. Then, a major oil spill off the coast of Southern California threatens wildlife as crews race to contain the damage. And, the Supreme Court takes on abortion, gun rights and more divisive issues as it starts a new term.", "name": "October 4, 2021 - PBS NewsHour", "publication": "PBS NewsHour", "featured": "https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2021/10/fullepisode-1-1024x619.jpg" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nYh/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/october-4-2021-pbs-newshour-full-episode" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/04/55796230/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/04/55796230/", "content_html": "\n
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\nWatched "Line of Duty" The Ambush from Netflix
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The Ambush: Directed by Douglas Mackinnon. With Michael Nardone, David Maybrick, Antonio Magro, Keeley Hawes. A police convoy escorting a civilian under a witness protection scheme is attacked, the witness hospitalized and all the police officers killed, except Inspector Lindsay Denton, who organized the operation at very short notice and who only informed DCC Dryden of the route. Ted Hastings asks Steve and Kate to interview her but Kate pulls out, claiming one of the dead officers, Jayne Akers, was a friend - though she has been having an affair with Jayne's husband Rich. Her place is taken by Georgia Trotman, who is troubled that the men are savage with their interrogation, treating Lindsay as a suspect and delving into her finances. Lindsay herself is moved to a missing persons unit but is shown to have a violent streak, attacking a noisy neighbour. Kate follows her to the retirement home where her mother lives and finds she has rung the hospital from a payphone. Georgia and Steve attend at the hospital where somebody is trying to kill the witness and who kills Georgia.
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Tight opening… I’m already bought into the series, but this is a heck of an opener.

", "content_text": "Watched "Line of Duty" The Ambush from Netflix\nThe Ambush: Directed by Douglas Mackinnon. With Michael Nardone, David Maybrick, Antonio Magro, Keeley Hawes. A police convoy escorting a civilian under a witness protection scheme is attacked, the witness hospitalized and all the police officers killed, except Inspector Lindsay Denton, who organized the operation at very short notice and who only informed DCC Dryden of the route. Ted Hastings asks Steve and Kate to interview her but Kate pulls out, claiming one of the dead officers, Jayne Akers, was a friend - though she has been having an affair with Jayne's husband Rich. Her place is taken by Georgia Trotman, who is troubled that the men are savage with their interrogation, treating Lindsay as a suspect and delving into her finances. Lindsay herself is moved to a missing persons unit but is shown to have a violent streak, attacking a noisy neighbour. Kate follows her to the retirement home where her mother lives and finds she has rung the hospital from a payphone. Georgia and Steve attend at the hospital where somebody is trying to kill the witness and who kills Georgia.\n\nTight opening… I’m already bought into the series, but this is a heck of an opener.", "date_published": "2021-10-04T14:19:31-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:13:39-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 04, 2021 at 02:19PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3162268/", "summary": "The Ambush: Directed by Douglas Mackinnon. With Michael Nardone, David Maybrick, Antonio Magro, Keeley Hawes. A police convoy escorting a civilian under a witness protection scheme is attacked, the witness hospitalized and all the police officers killed, except Inspector Lindsay Denton, who organized the operation at very short notice and who only informed DCC Dryden of the route. Ted Hastings asks Steve and Kate to interview her but Kate pulls out, claiming one of the dead officers, Jayne Akers, was a friend - though she has been having an affair with Jayne's husband Rich. Her place is taken by Georgia Trotman, who is troubled that the men are savage with their interrogation, treating Lindsay as a suspect and delving into her finances. Lindsay herself is moved to a missing persons unit but is shown to have a violent streak, attacking a noisy neighbour. Kate follows her to the retirement home where her mother lives and finds she has rung the hospital from a payphone. Georgia and Steve attend at the hospital where somebody is trying to kill the witness and who kills Georgia.", "name": ""Line of Duty" The Ambush", "publication": "Netflix" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nY7/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3162268/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/03/55796213/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/03/55796213/", "content_html": "\n
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\nWatched "American Crime Story" The President Kissed Me from Amazon Prime (purchased)
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The President Kissed Me: Directed by Michael Uppendahl. With Sarah Paulson, Beanie Feldstein, Annaleigh Ashford, Margo Martindale. Monica reveals to Linda that she is having an affair with the most powerful man in the world.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "American Crime Story" The President Kissed Me from Amazon Prime (purchased)\nThe President Kissed Me: Directed by Michael Uppendahl. With Sarah Paulson, Beanie Feldstein, Annaleigh Ashford, Margo Martindale. Monica reveals to Linda that she is having an affair with the most powerful man in the world.", "date_published": "2021-10-03T20:59:52-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:12:50-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 03, 2021 at 08:59PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10763720/", "summary": "The President Kissed Me: Directed by Michael Uppendahl. With Sarah Paulson, Beanie Feldstein, Annaleigh Ashford, Margo Martindale. Monica reveals to Linda that she is having an affair with the most powerful man in the world.", "name": ""American Crime Story" The President Kissed Me", "publication": "Amazon Prime (purchased)" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nXG/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10763720/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/03/55796211/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/03/55796211/", "content_html": "\n
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\nWatched "Billions" The Punch from Amazon Prime
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The Punch: Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. The pressure from the US Attorney starts to affect Axe. Chuck uses the past to get the upper hand. And the case against Axe Capital gains a powerful weapon when Connerty turns a member of Axe's inner circle into an informant.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "Billions" The Punch from Amazon Prime\nThe Punch: Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. The pressure from the US Attorney starts to affect Axe. Chuck uses the past to get the upper hand. And the case against Axe Capital gains a powerful weapon when Connerty turns a member of Axe's inner circle into an informant.", "date_published": "2021-10-03T00:34:25-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:06:19-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 03, 2021 at 12:34AM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4776698/", "summary": "The Punch: Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. The pressure from the US Attorney starts to affect Axe. Chuck uses the past to get the upper hand. And the case against Axe Capital gains a powerful weapon when Connerty turns a member of Axe's inner circle into an informant.", "name": ""Billions" The Punch", "publication": "Amazon Prime" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nXt/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4776698/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/02/55796210/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/02/55796210/", "content_html": "\n
\n
\nWatched "Billions" The Deal from Amazon Prime
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The Deal: Directed by James Foley. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. Wendy facilitates a deal that hinges on a meeting between Chuck and Axe.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "Billions" The Deal from Amazon Prime\nThe Deal: Directed by James Foley. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. Wendy facilitates a deal that hinges on a meeting between Chuck and Axe.", "date_published": "2021-10-02T23:37:44-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:06:32-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 02, 2021 at 11:37PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4776696/", "summary": "The Deal: Directed by James Foley. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. Wendy facilitates a deal that hinges on a meeting between Chuck and Axe.", "name": ""Billions" The Deal", "publication": "Amazon Prime", "featured": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjQ4Mjc3ODMyOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzk2OTAyODE@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nXs/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4776696/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/02/55796209/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/02/55796209/", "content_html": "\n
\n
\nWatched "Billions" The Good Life from Amazon Prime
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The Good Life: Directed by Neil LaBute. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. Axe orders his traders to unload their positions, before he unceremoniously disappears. Wags and Wendy struggle to maintain morale. Meanwhile, Chuck intensifies his investigation and sends the FBI to make a surprising arrest.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "Billions" The Good Life from Amazon Prime\nThe Good Life: Directed by Neil LaBute. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. Axe orders his traders to unload their positions, before he unceremoniously disappears. Wags and Wendy struggle to maintain morale. Meanwhile, Chuck intensifies his investigation and sends the FBI to make a surprising arrest.", "date_published": "2021-10-02T22:38:26-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:06:46-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 02, 2021 at 10:38PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4772192/", "summary": "The Good Life: Directed by Neil LaBute. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. Axe orders his traders to unload their positions, before he unceremoniously disappears. Wags and Wendy struggle to maintain morale. Meanwhile, Chuck intensifies his investigation and sends the FBI to make a surprising arrest.", "name": ""Billions" The Good Life", "publication": "Amazon Prime" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nXq/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4772192/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/02/55796208/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/02/55796208/", "content_html": "\n
\n
\nWatched "Billions" Short Squeeze from Amazon Prime
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Short Squeeze: Directed by James Foley. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. Axe must fend off a short squeeze led by Chuck's father. Chuck learns about the inner workings of Axe Capital, but must also take action against his father for stock manipulation. Axe reckons with a betrayal.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "Billions" Short Squeeze from Amazon Prime\nShort Squeeze: Directed by James Foley. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. Axe must fend off a short squeeze led by Chuck's father. Chuck learns about the inner workings of Axe Capital, but must also take action against his father for stock manipulation. Axe reckons with a betrayal.", "date_published": "2021-10-02T21:39:45-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:06:58-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 02, 2021 at 09:39PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4704400/", "summary": "Short Squeeze: Directed by James Foley. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. Axe must fend off a short squeeze led by Chuck's father. Chuck learns about the inner workings of Axe Capital, but must also take action against his father for stock manipulation. Axe reckons with a betrayal.", "name": ""Billions" Short Squeeze", "publication": "Amazon Prime" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nXp/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4704400/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/02/55796207/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/02/55796207/", "content_html": "\n
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\nWatched "Billions" YumTime from Amazon Prime
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YumTime: Directed by Scott Hornbacher. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. Chuck discovers that a rival has made inroads in the Axe case and that he needs to get it back. Meanwhile, Axe makes an activist play for a family owned bakery corporation in a move that reverberates back to Chuck.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "Billions" YumTime from Amazon Prime\nYumTime: Directed by Scott Hornbacher. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. Chuck discovers that a rival has made inroads in the Axe case and that he needs to get it back. Meanwhile, Axe makes an activist play for a family owned bakery corporation in a move that reverberates back to Chuck.", "date_published": "2021-10-02T20:41:35-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:07:12-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 02, 2021 at 08:41PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4700648/", "summary": "YumTime: Directed by Scott Hornbacher. With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman. Chuck discovers that a rival has made inroads in the Axe case and that he needs to get it back. Meanwhile, Axe makes an activist play for a family owned bakery corporation in a move that reverberates back to Chuck.", "name": ""Billions" YumTime", "publication": "Amazon Prime" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nXo/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4700648/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/02/55796206/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/10/02/55796206/", "content_html": "\n
\n
\nWatched My Name Is Pauli Murray (2021) from Amazon Prime
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Directed by Julie Cohen, Betsy West. With Patricia Bell-Scott, Pauli Murray, Dolores Chandler, Brittney Cooper. A look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.
\n\n

Couldn’t make it to the Women’s march today, but watching this was an incredibly enriching replacement.

", "content_text": "Watched My Name Is Pauli Murray (2021) from Amazon Prime\nDirected by Julie Cohen, Betsy West. With Patricia Bell-Scott, Pauli Murray, Dolores Chandler, Brittney Cooper. A look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.\n\nCouldn’t make it to the Women’s march today, but watching this was an incredibly enriching replacement.", "date_published": "2021-10-02T17:44:17-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:12:08-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Pauli Murray", "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "October 02, 2021 at 05:44PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11092594/", "summary": "Directed by Julie Cohen, Betsy West. With Patricia Bell-Scott, Pauli Murray, Dolores Chandler, Brittney Cooper. A look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.", "name": "My Name Is Pauli Murray (2021)", "publication": "Amazon Prime" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nXk/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11092594/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/29/55796131/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/29/55796131/", "content_html": "\n
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\nWatched "The West Wing" Full Disclosure from HBO Max
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Full Disclosure: Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter. With Dul\u00e9 Hill, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina, Janel Moloney. Press leaks lead to the revelation that former VP John Hoynes is about to release a tell-all book about the administration.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "The West Wing" Full Disclosure from HBO Max\nFull Disclosure: Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter. With Dul\u00e9 Hill, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina, Janel Moloney. Press leaks lead to the revelation that former VP John Hoynes is about to release a tell-all book about the administration.", "date_published": "2021-09-29T20:39:11-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:07:31-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "September 29, 2021 at 08:39PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0745622/", "summary": "Full Disclosure: Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter. With Dul\u00e9 Hill, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina, Janel Moloney. Press leaks lead to the revelation that former VP John Hoynes is about to release a tell-all book about the administration.", "name": ""The West Wing" Full Disclosure", "publication": "HBO Max" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nWK/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0745622/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/29/55796130/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/29/55796130/", "content_html": "\n
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\nWatched "The West Wing" An Khe from HBO Max
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An Khe: Directed by Alex Graves. With Stockard Channing, Dul\u00e9 Hill, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina. A Navy Hawkeye AWACS crew is missing in North Korea, a Broadcaster has called CJ a chicken and a proposed tax break for stay at home moms causes Josh stress. Amidst the usual West Wing m\u00eal\u00e9e, Leo finds himself hearing things about the man who saved his life in Vietnam, that he doesn't believe.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "The West Wing" An Khe from HBO Max\nAn Khe: Directed by Alex Graves. With Stockard Channing, Dul\u00e9 Hill, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina. A Navy Hawkeye AWACS crew is missing in North Korea, a Broadcaster has called CJ a chicken and a proposed tax break for stay at home moms causes Josh stress. Amidst the usual West Wing m\u00eal\u00e9e, Leo finds himself hearing things about the man who saved his life in Vietnam, that he doesn't believe.", "date_published": "2021-09-29T19:56:40-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:07:45-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "September 29, 2021 at 07:56PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0745594/", "summary": "An Khe: Directed by Alex Graves. With Stockard Channing, Dul\u00e9 Hill, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina. A Navy Hawkeye AWACS crew is missing in North Korea, a Broadcaster has called CJ a chicken and a proposed tax break for stay at home moms causes Josh stress. Amidst the usual West Wing m\u00eal\u00e9e, Leo finds himself hearing things about the man who saved his life in Vietnam, that he doesn't believe.", "name": ""The West Wing" An Khe", "publication": "HBO Max" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nWH/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0745594/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/29/55796129/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/29/55796129/", "content_html": "\n
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\nWatched "The West Wing" The Warfare of Genghis Khan from HBO Max
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The Warfare of Genghis Khan: Directed by Bill D'Elia. A nuclear device is tested in the Indian Ocean, but none of the known nuclear powers will claim responsibility, leading to the possibility of a terrorist group holding missile tests. Vice President Russell, heretofore dismissed by west wing staff as a joke, a four-term congressman alleged to be securely in the pocket of a large Colorado mining company, recalls a junket he'd taken early in his political career in which a drunken Israeli statesman confessed to secret missile tests. Russell visits the sit. room and puts the military and national security leaders at ease, leading the president and Leo to reassess the man's political gravitas. Bartlet then drags the Israeli p.m. to the White House, where they debate the power of the U.S. to dictate which states should have nuclear capabilities.
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One of my favorite episodes, and not just because I make a brief appearance.

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I will say that you don’t want to annoy the producers or they’ll snipe at you from their bully pulpit. For those who haven’t seen the episode, CJ unceremoniously blows off my call.

", "content_text": "Watched "The West Wing" The Warfare of Genghis Khan from HBO Max\nThe Warfare of Genghis Khan: Directed by Bill D'Elia. A nuclear device is tested in the Indian Ocean, but none of the known nuclear powers will claim responsibility, leading to the possibility of a terrorist group holding missile tests. Vice President Russell, heretofore dismissed by west wing staff as a joke, a four-term congressman alleged to be securely in the pocket of a large Colorado mining company, recalls a junket he'd taken early in his political career in which a drunken Israeli statesman confessed to secret missile tests. Russell visits the sit. room and puts the military and national security leaders at ease, leading the president and Leo to reassess the man's political gravitas. Bartlet then drags the Israeli p.m. to the White House, where they debate the power of the U.S. to dictate which states should have nuclear capabilities.\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\tOne of my favorite episodes, and not just because I make a brief appearance.\nI will say that you don’t want to annoy the producers or they’ll snipe at you from their bully pulpit. For those who haven’t seen the episode, CJ unceremoniously blows off my call.", "date_published": "2021-09-29T19:14:48-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T14:56:30-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "image": "https://i1.wp.com/boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/wp-1633816212091.jpg?fit=2434%2C1511&ssl=1", "tags": [ "personal appearance", "The West Wing", "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "September 29, 2021 at 07:14PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0745714/", "summary": "The Warfare of Genghis Khan: Directed by Bill D'Elia. A nuclear device is tested in the Indian Ocean, but none of the known nuclear powers will claim responsibility, leading to the possibility of a terrorist group holding missile tests. Vice President Russell, heretofore dismissed by west wing staff as a joke, a four-term congressman alleged to be securely in the pocket of a large Colorado mining company, recalls a junket he'd taken early in his political career in which a drunken Israeli statesman confessed to secret missile tests. Russell visits the sit. room and puts the military and national security leaders at ease, leading the president and Leo to reassess the man's political gravitas. Bartlet then drags the Israeli p.m. to the White House, where they debate the power of the U.S. to dictate which states should have nuclear capabilities.", "name": ""The West Wing" The Warfare of Genghis Khan", "publication": "HBO Max" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nWG/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0745714/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/29/55796099/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/29/55796099/", "content_html": "\n
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\nRSVPed Attending Homebrew Website Club Europe/London (September 29, 2021)
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Link to the Zoom video conference will be visible above from 6:45pm (BST) and moderated throughout by the event organizers Calum and Ana.
\n\n", "content_text": "RSVPed Attending Homebrew Website Club Europe/London (September 29, 2021)\nLink to the Zoom video conference will be visible above from 6:45pm (BST) and moderated throughout by the event organizers Calum and Ana.", "date_published": "2021-09-29T11:04:42-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-09-29T12:21:14-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Homebrew Website Club", "Events", "RSVP", "Social Stream" ], "content": "Homebrew Website Club Europe/London
\n\n \n https://events.indieweb.org/2021/09/homebrew-website-club-europe-london-ktjmUZC48G2M\n
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\n
\nBookmarked Gardens and Streams II: Notes and Thoughts by \"TracyTracy Durnell (tracydurnell.com)
\n
So glad I could make it to this IndieWeb popup! Interesting to hear other viewpoints and talk things through.
\n\n", "content_text": "Bookmarked Gardens and Streams II: Notes and Thoughts by Tracy Durnell (tracydurnell.com)\nSo glad I could make it to this IndieWeb popup! Interesting to hear other viewpoints and talk things through.", "date_published": "2021-09-29T10:08:34-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-09-29T10:14:51-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "digital gardens", "IndieWeb", "IndieWebCamp Pop-ups", "Social Stream" ], "bookmark-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "summary": "So glad I could make it to this IndieWeb popup! Interesting to hear other viewpoints and talk things through.", "name": "Gardens and Streams II: Notes and Thoughts", "url": "https://tracydurnell.com/2021/09/26/gardens-and-streams-ii/", "publication": "tracydurnell.com", "author": { "name": "Tracy Durnell", "url": "https://tracydurnell.com", "photo": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1231bba531dc25e30cd37258109de9c?s=160&d=mm&r=pg" } } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://news.indieweb.org/en", "2": "https://chrisaldrich.wordpress.com/?p=55691715", "3": "https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1443262829058953218" } }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/?p=55796094", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/29/55796094/", "content_html": "\n
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\nBookmarked Getting More Women Involved in the IndieWeb by \"TracyTracy Durnell (tracydurnell.com)
\n
I was happy to see another woman attending this IndieWeb popup event, but would like to figure out how to bring more women into the IndieWeb sphere.
\n\n", "content_text": "Bookmarked Getting More Women Involved in the IndieWeb by Tracy Durnell (tracydurnell.com)\nI was happy to see another woman attending this IndieWeb popup event, but would like to figure out how to bring more women into the IndieWeb sphere.", "date_published": "2021-09-29T10:02:43-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-09-30T21:17:52-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "IndieWeb", "Bookmark", "Social Stream" ], "bookmark-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "summary": "I was happy to see another woman attending this IndieWeb popup event, but would like to figure out how to bring more women into the IndieWeb sphere. ", "name": "Getting More Women Involved in the IndieWeb", "url": "https://tracydurnell.com/2021/09/26/getting-more-women-involved-in-the-indieweb/", "publication": "tracydurnell.com", "author": { "name": "Tracy Durnell", "url": "https://tracydurnell.com", "photo": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1231bba531dc25e30cd37258109de9c?s=160&d=mm&r=pg" } } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://news.indieweb.org/en", "2": "https://micro.blog/chrisaldrich/11998410" } }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/22/55796080/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/22/55796080/", "content_html": "\n
\n
\nWatched "Breaking Bad" Buried from Netflix
\n
Buried: Directed by Michelle MacLaren. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Hank is determined to bring down Walt. Walt scrambles to hide evidence before Hank gets to it, and Skyler tries to stop Hank and Marie from taking away the kids.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "Breaking Bad" Buried from Netflix\nBuried: Directed by Michelle MacLaren. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Hank is determined to bring down Walt. Walt scrambles to hide evidence before Hank gets to it, and Skyler tries to stop Hank and Marie from taking away the kids.", "date_published": "2021-09-22T00:45:12-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:40:06-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "September 22, 2021 at 12:45AM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301443/", "summary": "Buried: Directed by Michelle MacLaren. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Hank is determined to bring down Walt. Walt scrambles to hide evidence before Hank gets to it, and Skyler tries to stop Hank and Marie from taking away the kids.", "name": ""Breaking Bad" Buried", "publication": "Netflix" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nU8/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301443/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/21/55796070/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/21/55796070/", "content_html": "\n
\n
\nWatched "Breaking Bad" Blood Money from Netflix
\n
Directed by Bryan Cranston. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Walt is out of the meth business and trying to move on with his life. Jesse tries to get rid of his money. Hank now knows that Walt is the famous Heisenberg.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "Breaking Bad" Blood Money from Netflix\nDirected by Bryan Cranston. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Walt is out of the meth business and trying to move on with his life. Jesse tries to get rid of his money. Hank now knows that Walt is the famous Heisenberg.", "date_published": "2021-09-21T23:46:46-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:40:22-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "September 21, 2021 at 11:46PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301471/", "summary": "Directed by Bryan Cranston. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Walt is out of the meth business and trying to move on with his life. Jesse tries to get rid of his money. Hank now knows that Walt is the famous Heisenberg.", "name": ""Breaking Bad" Blood Money", "publication": "Netflix" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nU7/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301471/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/20/55796055/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/20/55796055/", "content_html": "\n
\n
\nWatched "Breaking Bad" Gliding Over All from Netflix
\n
Directed by Michelle MacLaren. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Walt expands his business overseas, and the money is pouring in.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "Breaking Bad" Gliding Over All from Netflix\nDirected by Michelle MacLaren. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Walt expands his business overseas, and the money is pouring in.", "date_published": "2021-09-20T23:45:58-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:39:51-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "September 20, 2021 at 11:45PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301469/", "summary": "Directed by Michelle MacLaren. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Walt expands his business overseas, and the money is pouring in.", "name": ""Breaking Bad" Gliding Over All", "publication": "Netflix" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nTC/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301469/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/20/55796054/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/20/55796054/", "content_html": "\n
\n
\nWatched "Breaking Bad" Say My Name from Netflix
\n
Directed by Thomas Schnauz. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Mike and Jesse are out. Now Walt has to handle things on his own. Hank finally finds a rat in Mike's gang.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched "Breaking Bad" Say My Name from Netflix\nDirected by Thomas Schnauz. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Mike and Jesse are out. Now Walt has to handle things on his own. Hank finally finds a rat in Mike's gang.", "date_published": "2021-09-20T22:41:53-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:39:31-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "September 20, 2021 at 10:41PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301467/", "summary": "Directed by Thomas Schnauz. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Mike and Jesse are out. Now Walt has to handle things on his own. Hank finally finds a rat in Mike's gang.", "name": ""Breaking Bad" Say My Name", "publication": "Netflix" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nTB/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301467/" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/?p=55796051", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/20/55796051/", "content_html": "

Happy 17th Birthday TiddlyWiki! Congratulations to @Jermolene and everyone who’s helped to build and support it over all these years.

\n

You can still see what the first version looked like here:", "content_text": "Happy 17th Birthday TiddlyWiki! Congratulations to @Jermolene and everyone who’s helped to build and support it over all these years.\nYou can still see what the first version looked like here:", "date_published": "2021-09-20T15:22:09-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-09-20T15:25:37-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "TiddlyWiki", "Social Stream" ], "0": "https://micro.blog/chrisaldrich/11962707", "1": "https://chrisaldrich.wordpress.com/?p=55691711", "2": "https://mastodon.social/@chrisaldrich/106966321248391201", "3": "https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1440079519201726485", "syndication": { "1": "https://micro.blog/chrisaldrich/11962707", "2": "https://chrisaldrich.wordpress.com/?p=55691711", "3": "https://mastodon.social/@chrisaldrich/106966321248391201", "4": "https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1440079519201726485" } }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/18/55795996/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/18/55795996/", "content_html": "\n

\n
\nWatched Fresno State vs. UCLA - September 18, 2021 from ESPN (via Sling)
\n
Fresno State's Jake Haener was able to overcome a crushing hit to his right hip to lead the Bulldogs to an upset victory over No. 13 UCLA.
\n\n", "content_text": "Watched Fresno State vs. UCLA - September 18, 2021 from ESPN (via Sling)\nFresno State's Jake Haener was able to overcome a crushing hit to his right hip to lead the Bulldogs to an upset victory over No. 13 UCLA.", "date_published": "2021-09-18T23:33:57-07:00", "date_modified": "2021-10-09T15:39:07-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" } ], "author": { "name": "Chris Aldrich", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/author/chrisaldrich/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5fb4e498fe609cc29b04e5b7ad688c4?s=512&d=identicon&r=pg" }, "tags": [ "Social Stream", "Watch" ], "content": "September 18, 2021 at 11:33PM", "category": [ "Watch", "Social Stream" ], "watch-of": { "type": "h-cite", "properties": { "url": "https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401309855", "summary": "Fresno State's Jake Haener was able to overcome a crushing hit to his right hip to lead the Bulldogs to an upset victory over No. 13 UCLA.", "name": "Fresno State vs. UCLA - September 18, 2021", "publication": "ESPN (via Sling)", "featured": "https://s.secure.espncdn.com/stitcher/sports/football/college-football/events/401309855.png?templateId=espn.com.share.1" } }, "syndication": { "1": "https://www.reading.am/p/5nTg/https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401309855" }, "post-status": "published", "visibility": "private" }, { "id": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/18/55795960/", "url": "https://boffosocko.com/2021/09/18/55795960/", "content_html": "\n
\n
\nRead Ebooks Are an Abomination by \"IanIan Bogost (The Atlantic)
\n
If you hate them, it\u2019s not your fault.
\n\n

Ian Bogost has a nice look at the UI affordances and areas for growth in the e-reading space.

\n

A of annotations
\ntheatlantic.com/books/archive/\u2026

\n

What any individual infers about their hopes and dreams for an e-reader derives from their understanding of reading in the first place. You can\u2019t have books without bookiness. Bookiness. That\u2019s the word Glenn Fleishman, a technology writer and longtime bookmaker, uses to describe the situation. \u201cIt\u2019s the essence that makes someone feel like they\u2019re using a book,\u201d he told me. Like pornography or sandwiches, you know bookiness when you see it. Or feel it? Either way, most people can\u2019t identify what it is in the abstract. \u2767

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definition: bookiness

\n

Does this only come out because there’s something that’s book-tangential or similar and it needs to exist to describe the idea of not-book, book-adjacent, or book-like on some sort of spectrum of bookishness.
\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:28PM

\n

The ancient Romans sometimes connected wax tablets with leather or cords, suggesting a prototype of binding. Replacing the wax with leaves allowed many pages to be stacked atop one another, then sewn or otherwise bound together.\u00a0\u2767

\n

early book prototypes
\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:30PM

\n

In other words, as far as technologies go, the book endures for very good reason. Books work.\u00a0\u2767

\n

Aside from reading words to put ideas into my brain, one of the reasons I like to read digital words is that the bigger value proposition for me is an easier method to add annotations to what I’m reading and then to be able to manipulate those notes after-the-fact. I’ve transcended books and the manual methods of note taking. Until I come up with a better word for it, digital commonplacing seems to be a useful shorthand for this new pattern of reading.
\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:33PM

\n

If you have a high-quality hardbound book nearby, pick it up and look at the top and bottom edges of the binding, near the spine, with the book closed. The little stripey tubes you see are called head and tail bands (one at the top, one at the bottom). They were originally invented to reinforce stitched binding, to prevent the cover from coming apart from the leaves. Today\u2019s mass-produced hardcover books are glued rather than sewn, which makes head and tail bands purely ornamental. And yet for those who might notice, a book feels naked without such details.\u00a0\u2767

\n

It is an odd circumstance that tail bands are still used on modern books that don’t need them. From a manufacturing standpoint, the decrease in cost would dictate they disappear, however they must add some level of bookiness that they’re worth that cost.
\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:37PM

\n

One site of that erosion, which may help explain ebook reticence, can be found in self-published books. For people predisposed to sneer at the practice, a lack of editing or the absence of publisher endorsement and review might justify self-published works\u2019 second-class status. That matter is debatable. More clear is the consequence of disintermediation: Nobody takes a self-published manuscript and lays it out for printing in a manner that conforms with received standards. And so you often end up with a perfect-bound Word doc instead of a book. That odd feeling of impropriety isn\u2019t necessarily a statement about the trustworthiness of the writer or their ideas, but a sense of dissonance at the book as an object. It\u2019s an eerie gestalt, a foreboding feeling of unbookiness.\u00a0\u2767

\n

Having helped others to self-publish in the past, I definitely do spend a bit of time putting the small sort of bookiness flourishes into their texts.
\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:41PM

\n

The weird way you tap or push a whole image of a page to the side\u2014it\u2019s the uncanny valley of page turning, not a simulation or replacement of it.\u00a0\u2767

\n

This may be the first time I’ve seen uncanny valley applied to a topic other than recognizing people versus robots or related simulacra.
\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:44PM

\n

The iPad\u2019s larger screen also scales down PDF pages to fit, making the results smaller than they would be in print. It also displays simulated print margins inside the bezel margin of the device itself, a kind of mise en abyme that still can\u2019t actually be used for the things margins are used for, such as notes or dog-ears.\u00a0\u2767

\n

It would be quite nice if a digital reader would allow actual writing in the margins, or even overlaying the text itself and then allowing the looking at the two separately.

\n

I do quite like the infinite annotation space that Hypothes.is gives me on a laptop. I wish there were UI for it on a Kindle in a more usable and forgiving way. The digital keyboard on Kindle Paperwhite is miserable. I’ve noticed that I generally prefer reading and annotating on desktop in a browser now for general ease-of-use.

\n

Also, I don’t see enough use of mise en abyme. This is a good one.

\n

In Western art history, mise en abyme (French pronunciation: \u200b[miz \u0251\u0303n\u203fabim]; also mise en ab\u00eeme) is a formal technique of placing a copy of an image within itself, often in a way that suggests an infinitely recurring sequence. In film theory and literary theory, it refers to the technique of inserting a story within a story. The term is derived from heraldry and literally means “placed into abyss”. It was first appropriated for modern criticism by the French author Andr\u00e9 Gide.

\n

Annotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:49PM

\n

Ebook devices are extremely compatible with an idea of bookiness that values holding and carrying a potentially large number of books at once; that prefers direct flow from start to finish over random access; that reads for the meaning and force of the words as text first, if not primarily; and that isn\u2019t concerned with the use of books as stores of reader-added information or as memory palaces.\u00a0\u2767

\n

Intriguing reference of a book as a memory palace here.

\n

The verso/recto and top/middle/bottom is a piece of digital books that I do miss from the physical versions as it serves as a mnemonic journey for me to be able to remember what was where.

\n

I wonder if Ian Bogost uses the method of loci?
\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:53PM

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So do all manner of other peculiarities of form, including notations of editions on the verso (the flip side) of the full title page and the running headers all throughout that rename the book you are already reading.\u00a0\u2767

\n

I do dislike the running headers of digital copies of books as most annotation tools want to capture those headers in the annotation. It would be nice if they were marked up in an Aria-like method so that annotation software would semantically know to ignore them.
\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:56PM

\n

Skimming through pages, the foremost feature of the codex, remains impossible in digital books.\u00a0\u2767

\n

This is related to an idea that Tom Critchlow was trying to get at a bit the other day. It would definitely be interesting in this sort of setting.

\n
\n

Has anyone built a generalizable text zoom JavaScript library that let’s you progressively summarize an article as you zoom in and out?

\n

(Why yes I am procrastinating my to-do list. You?)

\n

\u2014 Tom Critchlow (@tomcritchlow) September 17, 2021

\n

Annotated on September 18, 2021 at 01:03PM

\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been thoughtful,\u201d Amazon continued, \u201cabout adding only features and experiences that preserve and enhance the reading experience.\u201d The question of whose experience doesn\u2019t seem to come up.\u00a0\u2767

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They’re definitely not catering to my reading, annotating, and writing experience.
\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 01:04PM

", "content_text": "Read Ebooks Are an Abomination by Ian Bogost (The Atlantic)\nIf you hate them, it\u2019s not your fault.\n\nIan Bogost has a nice look at the UI affordances and areas for growth in the e-reading space.\nA of annotations\ntheatlantic.com/books/archive/\u2026\nWhat any individual infers about their hopes and dreams for an e-reader derives from their understanding of reading in the first place. You can\u2019t have books without bookiness. Bookiness. That\u2019s the word Glenn Fleishman, a technology writer and longtime bookmaker, uses to describe the situation. \u201cIt\u2019s the essence that makes someone feel like they\u2019re using a book,\u201d he told me. Like pornography or sandwiches, you know bookiness when you see it. Or feel it? Either way, most people can\u2019t identify what it is in the abstract. \u2767\ndefinition: bookiness\nDoes this only come out because there’s something that’s book-tangential or similar and it needs to exist to describe the idea of not-book, book-adjacent, or book-like on some sort of spectrum of bookishness.\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:28PM\nThe ancient Romans sometimes connected wax tablets with leather or cords, suggesting a prototype of binding. Replacing the wax with leaves allowed many pages to be stacked atop one another, then sewn or otherwise bound together.\u00a0\u2767\nearly book prototypes\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:30PM\nIn other words, as far as technologies go, the book endures for very good reason. Books work.\u00a0\u2767\nAside from reading words to put ideas into my brain, one of the reasons I like to read digital words is that the bigger value proposition for me is an easier method to add annotations to what I’m reading and then to be able to manipulate those notes after-the-fact. I’ve transcended books and the manual methods of note taking. Until I come up with a better word for it, digital commonplacing seems to be a useful shorthand for this new pattern of reading.\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:33PM\nIf you have a high-quality hardbound book nearby, pick it up and look at the top and bottom edges of the binding, near the spine, with the book closed. The little stripey tubes you see are called head and tail bands (one at the top, one at the bottom). They were originally invented to reinforce stitched binding, to prevent the cover from coming apart from the leaves. Today\u2019s mass-produced hardcover books are glued rather than sewn, which makes head and tail bands purely ornamental. And yet for those who might notice, a book feels naked without such details.\u00a0\u2767\nIt is an odd circumstance that tail bands are still used on modern books that don’t need them. From a manufacturing standpoint, the decrease in cost would dictate they disappear, however they must add some level of bookiness that they’re worth that cost.\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:37PM\nOne site of that erosion, which may help explain ebook reticence, can be found in self-published books. For people predisposed to sneer at the practice, a lack of editing or the absence of publisher endorsement and review might justify self-published works\u2019 second-class status. That matter is debatable. More clear is the consequence of disintermediation: Nobody takes a self-published manuscript and lays it out for printing in a manner that conforms with received standards. And so you often end up with a perfect-bound Word doc instead of a book. That odd feeling of impropriety isn\u2019t necessarily a statement about the trustworthiness of the writer or their ideas, but a sense of dissonance at the book as an object. It\u2019s an eerie gestalt, a foreboding feeling of unbookiness.\u00a0\u2767\nHaving helped others to self-publish in the past, I definitely do spend a bit of time putting the small sort of bookiness flourishes into their texts.\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:41PM\nThe weird way you tap or push a whole image of a page to the side\u2014it\u2019s the uncanny valley of page turning, not a simulation or replacement of it.\u00a0\u2767\nThis may be the first time I’ve seen uncanny valley applied to a topic other than recognizing people versus robots or related simulacra.\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:44PM\nThe iPad\u2019s larger screen also scales down PDF pages to fit, making the results smaller than they would be in print. It also displays simulated print margins inside the bezel margin of the device itself, a kind of mise en abyme that still can\u2019t actually be used for the things margins are used for, such as notes or dog-ears.\u00a0\u2767\nIt would be quite nice if a digital reader would allow actual writing in the margins, or even overlaying the text itself and then allowing the looking at the two separately.\nI do quite like the infinite annotation space that Hypothes.is gives me on a laptop. I wish there were UI for it on a Kindle in a more usable and forgiving way. The digital keyboard on Kindle Paperwhite is miserable. I’ve noticed that I generally prefer reading and annotating on desktop in a browser now for general ease-of-use.\nAlso, I don’t see enough use of mise en abyme. This is a good one.\nIn Western art history, mise en abyme (French pronunciation: \u200b[miz \u0251\u0303n\u203fabim]; also mise en ab\u00eeme) is a formal technique of placing a copy of an image within itself, often in a way that suggests an infinitely recurring sequence. In film theory and literary theory, it refers to the technique of inserting a story within a story. The term is derived from heraldry and literally means “placed into abyss”. It was first appropriated for modern criticism by the French author Andr\u00e9 Gide.\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:49PM\nEbook devices are extremely compatible with an idea of bookiness that values holding and carrying a potentially large number of books at once; that prefers direct flow from start to finish over random access; that reads for the meaning and force of the words as text first, if not primarily; and that isn\u2019t concerned with the use of books as stores of reader-added information or as memory palaces.\u00a0\u2767\nIntriguing reference of a book as a memory palace here.\nThe verso/recto and top/middle/bottom is a piece of digital books that I do miss from the physical versions as it serves as a mnemonic journey for me to be able to remember what was where.\nI wonder if Ian Bogost uses the method of loci?\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:53PM\nSo do all manner of other peculiarities of form, including notations of editions on the verso (the flip side) of the full title page and the running headers all throughout that rename the book you are already reading.\u00a0\u2767\nI do dislike the running headers of digital copies of books as most annotation tools want to capture those headers in the annotation. It would be nice if they were marked up in an Aria-like method so that annotation software would semantically know to ignore them.\nAnnotated on September 18, 2021 at 12:56PM\nSkimming through pages, the foremost feature of the codex, remains impossible in digital books.\u00a0\u2767\nThis is related to an idea that Tom Critchlow was trying to get at a bit the other day. It would definitely be interesting in this sort of setting.\n\nHas anyone built a generalizable text zoom JavaScript library that let’s you progressively summarize an article as you zoom in and out?\n(Why yes I am procrastinating my to-do list. 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