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  • Got rss.chat working on localhost

    I was able to get Ricardo Mendes’ fork of rss.chat running on localhost on my laptop this morning! I will get a server version from the main repo up later today or tomorrow.

  • Gregg Nunziata talks with Richard Bernstein, former law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia, about the Supreme Court’s blockbuster term — election law, tariffs, the National Guard, and birthright citizenship — and whether the Court would stop a president who tried to seize ballots in the 2026 election. (Spoiler alert: he thinks there are enough votes…

  • Other examples of inbound/outbound RSS support

    Dave Winer pointed to Ricardo Mendes from his linkblog on July 10 with the title “Inbound and Outbound RSS”. I took a look at the Mendes post, he describes using Indiekit and plugins to both read and write posts. I think this is very similar to my minimal blogging tool MyStatusTool. In the Mendez setup,…

  • rss.chat makes its premiere

    The rss.chat service was publicly introduced today. At this time, it appears to be restricted. Hopefully, the full service will be available soon for everyone.

  • Doing some outliner testing

    I decided to try using the outliner code I posted yesterday using an Android tablet and Google Chrome. I was able to create several outlines, save them to the local filesystem, and then reload them – nice! I am still planning to make some updates to the outliner to make editing easier on a phone.

  • Exploring web-based outliners

    Dave Winer created a single page HTML outliner in March 2026, but it did not directly support OPML subscription lists and OPML inclusion. I collaborated with Claude to make some updates, my version is available here (website is here, repo is here). Enjoy!

  • Becoming a retirement foodie

    After starting my retirement, I recently noticed an article in one of my New York Times newsletters about Tina Fey, stating she only knows how to cook three things, and one of them was a soup recipe (Lemony White Bean Soup with Turkey and Greens) from the New York Times. I was intrigued, so I…

  • In The Car Podcast – July 5, 2026

    I am publishing this on July 6th, did not have a chance to upload it yesterday. Below are links to items mentioned:

  • Two more takes on “America The Beautiful”

    I could not stop – I had to look for videos of the University of Texas Longhorn Band performing “America The Beautiful”. I found these two examples, both brought tears to my eyes. December 1990, Texas vs. A&M football game at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, Wally Pryor announcing, Glenn Richter conducting the Longhorn…

  • Update on posting links to blogs

    I started using the Press This plugin for WordPress (see this post), it looks good for the desktop, I still need to come up with a way for it to work on mobile. I also see that Frank McPherson has published an update on his exploration of “quoteblogs”, as he calls it. I am still…