Mike Grindle

@mikegrindle@indieweb.social
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A writer. Just doing my thing in a quiet corner of the internet.


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Mike GrindleJun 19

"We have trend pieces about platforms used for writing; posts that aggregate other posts; news stories about things people say and do online; novels, poems, and memoirs that would not exist without having germinated on the internet.

But the literary qualities of online writing remain mostly invisible. [...] until the moment it becomes a book."

The literary world holds online writing at arm’s length. Maybe it shouldn't. A somewhat old but great read:

https://longreads.com/2023/10/24/30-years-internet-online-writing/

#writing #blog

Poets in the Machine

2024 marks the blog's 30th anniversary. Is it time to give popular online writing—from blogs to tweets and newsletters—the critical attention it deserves?

Longreads
Mike GrindleJun 17
Amin Hollon 🏳Jun 17

My main impression of people who use dark mode: the light modes on their websites are usually broken in some way.

Please test both, to anyone doing any sort of web design.

Show threadMike GrindleJun 11

So, I went ahead and turned the Eee PC into a writer deck with a little help from #debian And I'm pretty happy with the results:

https://mikegrindle.com/posts/writer-deck

#linux #retrocomputing #writing

Turning My Old Netbook Into a Writing Deck

Show threadMike GrindleJun 6

Since people seemed interested, here's a little blog post for a little computer:

https://mikegrindle.com/posts/eee

#retrocomputing #linux #netbook

Eee! PC

Mike GrindleJun 6
Say what you will about 90s #fantasy #books, but the cover art sure did go hard:
Mike GrindleJun 6
Andreas (82mhz)Jun 6

New blog post:

Linkdump No 58
http://82mhz.net/posts/2025/06/linkdump-no-58/

#blogging #blog #linkdump

Linkdump No 58 - 82MHz

Mike GrindleJun 5

New little addition to the household...

It's an Eee PC and it's kind of adorable:

#retrocomputing #netbook #linux

Mike GrindleMay 20

Felt cute, re-uploaded a bunch of old stuff:

https://mikegrindle.com

#smallweb #neocities

Mike Grindle's Webpage

Mike GrindleMay 16
Andreas (82mhz)May 16

New blog post:

Linkdump No 55
http://82mhz.net/posts/2025/05/linkdump-no-55/

#blogging #blog #linkdump

Linkdump No 55 - 82MHz

Mike GrindleMay 1
Jake in the desertApr 30
Yo man, you holdin? I just want the latest music lyrics, what you got