[22:30] At least 100 people dead after being trapped in illegal South African gold mine

At least 100 people who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tried to get them out, a group representing the miners has said.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/at-least-100-people-dead-after-being-trapped-in-illegal-south-african-gold-mine/a1096508955.html

#Atleast100 #SouthAfrica #months

[05:53] S Korea politician says hundreds killed in Russia war

At least 100 North Koreans deployed to support Russia's war effort in Ukraine have been killed since entering combat in December, South Korean politician Lee Seong-kweun told reporters.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/1219/1487314-n-korea-russia/

#Atleast100 #NorthKoreans #Russia #Ukraine #December #SouthKorean #LeeSeong_kweun

2023 Blogging Project Recap

In 2023, I attempted to write 100 posts of at least 100 words, inspired by some other blogging projects I saw promoted as part of the IndieWeb revival.

Unsurprisingly, I fell a little short. It’s unsurprising because there were some summer months where I really stepped away from this blog and only got maybe one entry in per month. Then there were weeks […]

#2024 #AtLeast100 #blog #indieweb

https://novakeith.net/2024/02/16/2023-blogging-project-recap/

Goodbye, AV

For the first time in ten years, I am trying something new for work. I had my last day as an audio visual technician on December 22, and as of today I started working as a security analyst. I’m not entirely sure where this path will take me, but it does feel good to be uncomfortable again. The last two times I felt this way: December 2013 when I started professional […]

#100DaysofIndieWeb #2023 #AtLeast100 #AudioVisual #career #infosec #security #work

https://novakeith.net/2023/12/26/goodbye-av/

Bookmark Roundup – Music

A post in which I share what I bookmarked in my microblog reader. This is stuff I’ve tagged since October 31.

A Faircamp Aggregator Prototype – https://ten-thousand-sounds.com/ – use this to discover new music.

Max Volume has a running list of Faircamp sites – look for me on there – […]

#100DaysofIndieWeb #2023 #AtLeast100 #indieweb

https://novakeith.net/2023/12/21/bookmark-roundup-music/

Download your Bandcamp Collection

That is a recommendation, not a directive. But with all the enshittification going on with digital services and social media recently, I thought it was prudent that I went through and grabbed all the stuff I previously paid for, for a number of reasons:

I like having it saved locally in the event I lose internet access

Plex has a pretty good music player for […]

#100DaysofIndieWeb #2023 #AtLeast100 #bandcamp #Music #plex

https://novakeith.net/2023/12/15/download-your-bandcamp-collection/

A Faircamp Guide for Lazy People, by Lazy People

Or, how I learned to stop using Bandcamp and start embracing free and open music distribution tools.

This post is going to serve as a somewhat quick and dirty guide for tech-literate music producers to spin up your own Faircamp site. For those of you not comfortable with the steps I’m about to outline, there are Faircamp hosting services […]

#100DaysofIndieWeb #2023 #AtLeast100 #faircamp #indieweb #Music

https://novakeith.net/2023/11/30/a-faircamp-guide-for-lazy-people-by-lazy-people/

Hospital Lobby

Spotted in the lobby of our local hospital. Dr. Alexander seemed like a cool guy. I tend to think the early citizens of my town usually were upright folks. The plaque reads:

George Everett Alexander, M. D., was born and schooled in the East. He received his M.D. from Buffalo University in 1885.

He married Miss Arlene Harris in 1889. In 1892 […]

#100DaysofIndieWeb #2023 #AtLeast100 #hospital #photo

https://novakeith.net/2023/11/11/hospital-lobby/

The Autumn Swing in Colorado

Autumn has come to Colorado, and with it, the rollercoaster ride of temperatures and weather. Two weekends ago we had snow, a decent amount: I measured around half a foot in places. Then we went back up to the 70s and set records – of course, nary a mention of global warming on the local news. And now, back to frigid temps and weather, something of a rain/snow mix […]

#100DaysofIndieWeb #2023 #AtLeast100 #Colorado #weather

https://novakeith.net/2023/11/08/the-autumn-swing-in-colorado/

Bandcamp, Faircamp, etc.

I’m going to do a mental dump of some thoughts on the disenchanting downfall of Bandcamp as it once was, some free open source replacements, and what it would take for me to switch.

#100DaysofIndieWeb #2023 #AtLeast100 #Music

https://novakeith.net/2023/11/04/bandcamp-faircamp-etc/