An undead pirate in a ruined ship.

Haunted Waters

Halloween is my favorite holiday. It never fails to make me nostalgic for all kinds of things from my past. This year in particular, I’ve been reflecting on some of those experiences.

Advanced Freebooting Technology

In my last post, I discussed how Bluesky’s ATProtocol made automation with IFTTT and Zapier nearly impossible. Fortunately, at least in Zapier’s case, “almost” was the operative word. I found a couple of extremely useful JavaScript chunks on the Zapier forums that provided the bedrock for a subsequent solution. And now, viola! When I post to Mastodon, a matching post is made automatically to Bluesky… with some caveats. But let’s start with the fundamentals of this Zap.

A sailing ship floating on clouds.

Blue Sky Thinking

Twitter is dying, but which of the three biggest replacement options will reign supreme? I explore one of those services — Bluesky — in depth. (Spoiler: I still prefer Mastodon.)