{"id":18083,"date":"2023-06-24T19:58:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T18:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=18083"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:03:42","slug":"life-in-links-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/life-in-links-48\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in Links 48"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve not posted links for a while, these are some of the things I&#8217;ve found interesting in the last couple of weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown linkicon\"><h3>Technology<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ianbetteridge.com\/2023\/06\/21\/meta-and-mastodon-whats-really-on-peoples-minds\/\">Ian Betteridge on Meta and Mastodon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/1\/4\/16805216\/google-chrome-only-sites-internet-explorer-6-web-standards\">Chrome is turning into the new Internet Explorer 6 &#8211; The Verge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.optoutproject.net\/\">The Opt Out Project<\/a> <em>Yes, you can live without Big Tech. If data is the new oil, then I\u2019m here to help you go electric.<\/em> via <a href=\"https:\/\/iwebthings.joejenett.com\/yes-you-can-live-without-big-tech\/\">Joe Jenett<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/delightful.club\/delightful-creative-tools\/\">delightful creative tools<\/a> again <a href=\"https:\/\/iwebthings.joejenett.com\/linkylove-06-16-23\/\">via Joe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.buzzsprout.com\/1746662.rss\">Hello World RSS Feed<\/a> podcast feed from Raspberry pi folk<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/projects\/make-it-code-it\/environment-data-logger\/\">Environment data logger | micro:bit <\/a> for next session in school?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hedy.org\/\">Hedy &#8211; Textual programming made easy<\/a> <em>Hedy is suitable for kids aged 10 and up and designed for classroom use. Teachers can use our free, built-in lesson plans, but can also author their own lessons and load these into the Hedy user interface.<\/em> I\u2019ve never tried text based coding with pupils, afair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sounds<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fearfulsymmetry.org\/episode-1-the-apes-of-gibraltar\/\">Episode 1: The Apes of Gibraltar \u2013 Fearful Symmetry<\/a> intereguing podcast, I\u2019ve only listen to this episode, hard to describe.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joewoodham.bandcamp.com\/album\/worldwide-weather\">Worldwide Weather | Joe Woodham<\/a> <em>Worldwide Weather is a lo-fi foley adventure. Featuring wailing guitars aboard hypnotic tape loops, gale force bass VI and squally seagulls.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Nature<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2023\/06\/a-shocking-number-of-birds-are-in-trouble\/\">A shocking number of birds are in trouble | Ars Technica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em> Featured image found with Openverse, attribution copied from the caption. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.museumsvictoria.com.au\/items\/1129807\">Winding Chain &#8211; Triple Square Link with Wooden Spacers, 5\u00bd-inch Pitch, Wrought Iron, 1850s-1870s<\/a> by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\">Photographer: David Thompson<\/a> is licensed under <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC-BY 4.0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve not posted links for a while, these are some of the things I&#8217;ve found interesting in the last couple of weeks. 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