I did manage some more work on the search for the blog last night, mostly fixing bugs and working on the front end. I also realized that while I needed to make pagination based searches, I also needed a way to determine the total number of pages in a search for the pagination, so figuring out how I would handle that took a bit.
Secondly, and perhaps embarrassingly, I finally spent time relearning branches and how to use them with git. As a solo developer, I don't make a lot of use of them, and I am trying to get better, especially when it comes to new features which touch a lot of things.
I plan to put more time into it tonight and hopefully get it to the launch point? We'll see.
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Japan launches digital address system
A fascinating concept. It looks like is essentially an address which you can take with you, even if you move.
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Site search is live
Well, here it is. It's not perfect. But it's mine. I am particularly proud of the integration of my social posts from X, Bluesky, and Mastodon. The system auto updates my social posts from Mastodon and Bluesky nightly. X requires me to do a manual update process, which is fine as I don't post there almost at all anymore.
It doesn't yet handle pagination which I still need to do, but I've run out of steam for it tonight and it's completely usable without it.
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"The Monster-Slaying Game You Can Play Almost Anywhere"
A neat article that delves into the story of how Doom became the game which the world loves to run on any gadget that can.
Id had programmed Doom to be easily modifiable by players. Four years after its debut, the company took the radical step of releasing the game's source code to the public for noncommercial use; an international community of fans suddenly had access to the guts of the game, and could retrofit it to all kinds of hardware. "It was not only a gracious move but an ideological one — a leftist gesture that empowered the people and, in turn, loosened the grip of corporations," David Kushner wrote in his book "Masters of Doom."
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RSS Middle Layer
I posted a few days ago about my hassle trying to figure out a FreshRSS extension before finally giving up.
The problem is there is one RSS feed I follow which keeps HTML entities in the titles of posts. So rather than "This isn't a bad example", I get "This isn&#XXXX;t a bad example"
Today I wrote code which solves it by being a MITM script that fixes the text before feeding the URL to the RSS Reader. It feels like a silly solution, and the "right" way is definitely the integrated extension for FreshRSS, but when I can't get it to work it's time to go back to the next best working solution.
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"WA consumers will gain ‘right to repair’ cellphones, other electronics "
Great to hear, hopeful that it continues the trend nationwide and effects real change for us Washingtonians.
Starting Jan. 1, 2026, the law will require manufacturers to make tools, parts and documentation needed for diagnostics and maintenance available to independent repair businesses. The requirement applies to digital electronics, like computers, cellphones and appliances, sold in Washington after July 1, 2021.
Manufacturers won’t be able to use parts that inhibit repairs.
The state attorney general’s office could enforce violations of the new law under the Consumer Protection Act.
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Automated Archives for May, 28th 2025
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Chess For the Day
Record: 3-1-0
Net Elo Change: +18
Games Played
Blog Posts On This Day
- May 28, 2024 (1 post)
- May 28, 2023 (1 post)
- May 28, 2022 (3 posts)
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