Scripting News: Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Writing yesterday, I stumbled across a concise summary of my tech philosophy. "Not leaving the past behind, but also not being limited by it." The best stuff evolves, still supports the past while moving into new territory. Sometimes things get so out of control, like feeds in the early years of RSS, that the requirements are contradictory, it seems something has to give. Which are you -- Twitter or Google Reader? The two models are very different. I think there is a middle-ground. #

There are two trillion galaxies in the universe. #

I've been using Twitter's edit box to write long posts, just because I have it open when I want to vent. Then I copy the text and paste it into the Scripting News outline. Edit it, review it and then decide it's not worth the trouble and hit the backspace key. Back to work. #

The nicest thing in Wordle is when type your next word and the letters, one by one, all come back green. The worst thing is when you have a 12-day streak, you feel compelled to do it the next day and the day after and on and on. #

Last update: Tuesday March 22, 2022; 5:20 PM EDT.

You know those obnoxious sites that pop up dialogs when they think you're about to leave, asking you to subscribe to their email newsletter? Well that won't do for Scripting News readers who are a discerning lot, very loyal, but that wouldn't last long if I did rude stuff like that. So here I am at the bottom of the page quietly encouraging you to sign up for the nightly email. It's got everything from the previous day on Scripting, plus the contents of the linkblog and who knows what else we'll get in there. People really love it. I wish I had done it sooner. And every email has an unsub link so if you want to get out, you can, easily -- no questions asked, and no follow-ups. Go ahead and do it, you won't be sorry! :-)