Dan Jones shared 14 days ago
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A digital painting comic panel of Pepper&Carrot. It's a remix of a well-known meme. Pepper, still looking like a big achievement was done, has an introspective sight on the floor while being at a bar, with tea. She says: "What a week, huh?", on her side with a motion as she just entered the panel, Shichimi replies: "Pepper, it's Wednesday". Carrot looks at the tea and wonder if it is not something else.
Dan Jones shared 14 days ago
So
I come from Malaysia & from 2008, when the govt in power for decades were shaken by a huge opposition win, the people endured stolen elections, gerrymandering, riot police, murders (yes, not kidding) of political opponents and innocents, coups, teens & social media being used to incite something even worse that America's Jan 6...and yet today we have a leader from that same opposition party.
What I am saying is, it is not the end yet. Don't treat it like it is, ok? We didn't.
Dan Jones shared 14 days ago
Sorry, but there'll be no context-free comic book panel of the day today. Instead, please accept three panels containing *too* much context, for they've captured today's mood.
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Three panels from the end of the Marvel Comics adaptation of Planet of the Apes, published in Planet of the Apes #6 (March 1975), with pencils by George Tuska, inks by Mike Esposito, and words by Doug Moench. It shows a man on the beach seen through the wreckage of the Statue of Liberty, moving into close-up through the three panels. Three words are spoken, one per panel: "Those -- damn -- FOOLS!"
Frodo: I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
Dan Jones shared 14 days ago
I am 40 and I vow to keep better care of my health because I intend to outlive this shit.
Dan Jones shared 14 days ago
Two people already on my team at work have called in sick this morning. "Not feeling well". What could possibly be happening that makes two different people in different parts of the country both "not feel well" this morning. 
US Politics
US Politics
Oh crap. I just realized our president-elect is a convicted felon, and has to go to court in a few weeks to be sentenced for his crimes.
I was going to watch last week's Saturday Night Live today, but after yesterday's results, I don't think I can watch anything with any political commentary today.
Dan Jones shared 14 days ago
Dan Jones shared 14 days ago
If you are feeling out of sorts, try a grounding exercise. There are some suggestions here: http://www.drcordes.com/blog/2014/11/24/easy-grounding-exercises-to-calm-the-nervous-system
Dan Jones shared 14 days ago
Boost to save a life.
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The first transgender suicide hotline is now up and running in the U.S. You can reach TRANS LIFELINE at 877-565-8860
Dan Jones shared 14 days ago
Two things to prop up right now:
https://www.aclu.org - They’ll do their best to make sure this dumpster fire doesn’t turn into a wildfire.
https://www.thetrevorproject.org - They’ll be fielding a lot of calls, texts, and chats in the next few days and beyond.
And, if you need something, try the best self-care app I’ve ever used: https://finchcare.com
Dan Jones shared 14 days ago
Woke up in the dawn of the mirror Universe.
That's a shame.
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Mirror universe Spock.
Dan Jones shared 14 days ago
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As the Silver Surfer is blown backward by large explosive debris, he says, “AGAIN the madmen strike! AGAIN the force of HATE prevails!”
So many of these races are neck and neck between Jill Stein and Chase Oliver for third place.
I'm looking for CMS recommendations, including possibly a headless CMS with a statically built site (I'm actually leaning in that direction).
In the past, I would normally just use #WordPress, but with the latest #WordPressDrama, I'm honestly concerned about its future.
The project I'm working on is for my Church. It's not for a single congregation, though. It's a regional thing serving ten congregations across the South Houston, Texas region. Not a huge amount of traffic, but not inconsequential.
Here are some basic requirements. I need it to support multiple users, with role based access. I need some amount of extensibility, as I plan to build out more features over time, including notifications of new content being pushed out to various destinations (SMS, mobile push, etc.). I haven't discussed with the church leaders what the budget is, but I imagine minimizing costs would also be a need. Localization will also be a concern. Seven of the congregations are English-speaking, two are Spanish, and one is Mandarin. So being able to have some content available in all three languages would be beneficial.
Any customization will be built by me, so, a language I'm familiar with, or can reasonably easily learn would be good. So, PHP, go, or node are the best options.
The site will host a few different things. It will serve as a directory of resources for folks with various needs. It will also serve as a hub for announcements.
Right now, I'm looking at a Directus headless CMS, hosted probably on AWS or DigitalOcean, and probably an Eleventy generated site, probably hosted on Netlify or Vercel. But, I'm certainly not married to the idea. And I still haven't completely ruled out just using WordPress, or perhaps even ClassicPress.
It's been so long since I've set up a content-driven site (aside from my own personal sites, which just use hugo), that I'm not sure what the best options are nowadays. Suggestions for hosting are also appreciated.
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Whenever I have to hold my kids' candy bucket, I exact a two candy fine. #Halloween #TrickOrTreat
Dan Jones shared 24 days ago
future computers?
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cover of April 1981 Byte magazine with an absurd wrist watch computer