⚽️ Match day for Austin FC. Some fans are growing nervous at the 2-2 record to start the season, even though the team is only one point behind second place. Who will play center back? Will Gyasi or Emi finally score?


I love a site that keeps their archives online and searchable. I searched for PowerTalk and found this Tidbits article from 1993.


Blogging and the Blank Page

I’ve been blogging with Drummer lately, and I found it pretty great in some ways. I like the outline structure of the writing and of the published content. I’ve always been an outline aficionado. Even more, I like that it feels like I’m working on an ongoing project. With Drummer, my last days and weeks of posts are right there in front of me. I sit down to an existing, full document and add a couple of paragraphs.

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I guess it should be no surprise that so much ActivityPub work seems to be happening right now.. I’ve been trying to grok mastodon lately, discovered new services and blogs, and ended up back here, learning that micro.blog improved ActivityPub integration.


New plan: Export all my existing wordpress stuff to a static site and serve it on a new subdomain. Start fresh with Micro.blog. Moving content between systems always breaks something and this just feels cleaner.


Stopped reading: Inverting The Pyramid: The History of Soccer Tactics by Jonathan Wilson 📚

I knew this would be a heavy lift, and it was too much. The facts seemed to overwhelm the narrative, and I had a hard time following any continuity or tactical evolution.


The Bergstrom Spur Trail will be approximately 6.5 miles bike and pedestrian trail from Vinson Drive to East Riverside Drive and US-183 in southeast Austin. They’re looking for feedback on the 60% design plans until October 30.


Currently reading: Inverting The Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson 📚

I don’t know if I’ll finish this one, but it was at the library, so I’m giving it a shot.


Finished reading: Devil in a Blue Dress: An Easy Rawlins Novel by Walter Mosley 📚


Currently reading: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley 📚