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07-Apr-2026

Hello, human.json? Today I read Tom Zylstra’s post human.json, in which he said (in response to two other posts: AI Policy and Human.json, Adding human.json to WordPress) the following: Claudine Chionh and Terence Eden both mention human.json, a data file that lists people and sites you know are written by humans, as opposed to generated by AI....

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08-Feb-2026

We are in a web renaissance now. James mentioned the other day on his website a conversation we had during a Co-Unworking Zoom. To whit: It is perhaps because of this that, when I asked Joe yesterday “How can we achieve a web renaissance?”, he replied “I think we’re already in it.” Renaissance means “rebirth.” It’s not a quantifiable term. It’s a...

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06-Feb-2026

HWC Loops! (San Diego Edition) In 2024 I wrote about loathing and fearing web video (Unfrozen Caveman Web Video). And while video does often cause me unhappiness, I do enjoy playing with it. I’ve got videos of bodysurfing and my reels. It’s got me using stuff like ffmpeg and Procreate Dreams to do fun stuff. This short animated AVIF file...

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03-Feb-2026

Homebrew San Diego 2026 I am sitting in LeStat’s on Park in San Diego drinking an iced Vietnamese coffee. It’s delicious. At one time I ran a mailing list called WebSanDiego. It was a OneList list, then it was an eGroups list, then it was a Yahoo!Groups list. But it was always a mailing list. It was what passed...

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23-Jan-2026

San Diego, let’s website together! HWC 3 Feb 2026 HELLO SAN DIEGO WWW FOLKS! On February 3, 2026 at LeStat’s on Park will be the triumphant and yet very low-key return of in-person Homebrew Website Club to San Diego. Information is on the event page: events.indieweb.org. What will happen? Well, this is an IndieWeb thing where we get together and work on our websites...

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14-Dec-2025

LIFE HAPPENS (an incredible talk on open source maintaining) For the last year I’ve been pointing people to click through to a talk by Juliette Reinders Folmer called “Resurrecting the Dead.” It was via this Mastodon Post from @lauchgott. The talk is online, and starts at 3:59:23, on YouTube, at the Neos Conference 2025. I’ve listened to it a few times and what’s wonderful...

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13-Dec-2025

IndieWeb Camp San Diego 2025: Typewritten Checkin! Thanks Chris Aldrich for this typewritten checkin to IndieWeb Camp at San Diego Public library Mission Valley!

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03-Dec-2025

Announcement: San Diego IndieWeb Camp 2025 On December 13th and 14th of 2025 the third San Diego IndieWeb Camp will occur! The information is on the events.indieweb.org website. The last two: 2023 and 2024 have been great fun. It’s a two-day affair: Day 1 is about brainstorming and Day 2 is more about creation. The nature of what gets made depends...

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17-Nov-2025

Homebrew Website Club/Eastern at 6pm EST on Wednesday The Homebrew Website Club/Eastern Edition will occur at 6pm EST on Wednesday. We talk websites and such over Zoom, if you have questions about personal websites, webdev stuff and suchlike you’re welcome to join, folks tend to get something useful + chitchat. There are a fair number of regulars but I often learn new stuff...

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07-Oct-2025

Announcing Front End Study Hall #038 1 week until Front End Study Hall 038 – we meet and talk and hash out code and try to solve and understand whatever folks bring with them: HTML-wise, CSS-wise, UX-wise, code-wise, web-wise. Come on down and spread the word. Tuesday, October 14, 2025: Event Page More: FrESH

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