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Alan is @cogdog
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On the open web since 1993, still writes HTML by hand. Day job at Open Education Global plus side crafter of SPLOTs, WordPress jamming, javascript web toys, silly mashups […]

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Newest #cogdogdailyphoto in Flickr: 2025/365/337 The Ice Age is Coing For the Cacti
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/54973195165/

Time for the prickly pear tyo have a winter sleep.
2025/365/337 The Ice Age is Coing For the Cacti
Time for the prickly pear tyo have a winter sleep.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Newest #cogdogdailyphoto in Flickr: 2025/365/336 Beach Time in Saskatchewan
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/54973150794/

Someone must be in the surf.
2025/365/336 Beach Time in Saskatchewan
Someone must be in the surf.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Newest #cogdogdailyphoto in Flickr: 2025/365/335 Sky Scratchers
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/54973149434/

Brlliant puffs odf clouds over the bare poplars.
2025/365/335 Sky Scratchers
Brlliant puffs odf clouds over the bare poplars.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#fastfoodabook #hashtaggames The Power of Self F KFC
December 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Can we just talk about ME a little more? Here is the link to the last BOOK I wrote as well on MY SUBSTACK (sign up and boost) as this review by A BIG FAMOUS PERSON. And I am traveling now to do a KEYNOTE in a DISTANT EXITIC COUNTRY YOY WILL NEVER SEE. Have I mentioned my BOOK? […]
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December 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Dragonfly remains unreachable on any channel, no email, no phone answer, and I have even resorted to dipping into LinkedIn […]
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December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hey, this tech is cool! ShadeMap https://shademap.app/ #cogdogcooltech

From my stuff tagged "cooltech" bookmarked in pinboard https://pinboard.in/u:cogdog/t:cooltech
Simulate sun shadows
Every mountain, building and tree shadow in the world simulated for any date and time
shademap.app
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Trucking around Big Data.
December 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Go ahead with your algorithm data extractive Spotify, I don’t mind flipping discs. I do have but one true album of Christmas music, followed by some herb albert.
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
December 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It’s time for Utopian Jeopardy! I’ll take being. Hypocritical EduSnob for $5billion, Sam?

“It’s fine for a little bit of fun” == I’m too lazy to find or create an image.
December 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Weirdness on Mastodon iOS app. One post in my stream, every time scrolled to, makes the app crash. Also when I go to the profile, it tries to load the latest post, and crashes.

This does not happen in the browser view of Mastodon.

Also, the post is from an account using WordPress Activity Pub […]
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December 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
!important as the always CSS anchor
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The web we want still exists-- shining a light on the #smallweb and its beautiful things with Museum of Plugs and Sockets https://plugsocketmuseum.nl/AboutCollection.html

From my stuff tagged "smallweb" bookmarked in pinboard https://pinboard.in/u:cogdog/t:smallweb
Museum of Plugs and Sockets: about the collection
Introduction to the collection of the Digital Museum of Plugs and Sockets
plugsocketmuseum.nl
December 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Although we know better, we keep reaching for the button.
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Has the bubble burst yet? Zzzzzzzzzzzz.
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
AI sloplucinating… the movie came out in 1967.
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, this tech is cool! Tell your stories with StoryMap – OTACKE'S LAB https://www.olivertacke.de/labs/2025/11/27/tell-your-stories-with-storymap/ #cogdogcooltech

From my stuff tagged "cooltech" bookmarked in pinboard https://pinboard.in/u:cogdog/t:cooltech
Tell your stories with StoryMap
It’s time for a new H5P content type! The HAW Hamburg as part of the Hamburg Open Online University liked StoryMap by Knightlab, but even though it could be used a library and then wrapped in an H5P content type – just like Timeline – we did not follow that approach. On the one hand, the library is not maintained anymore, on the other hand, experience with Timeline shows that some things would simply be hard to achieve with it. Instead, we created H5P StoryMap from scratch … It’s pretty straightforward to use, but creating this content type also covered creating an introductory tutorial for H5P.StoryMap and a user manual for the H5P.StoryMap view and a user manual for the H5P.StoryMap editor, so don’t be shy to have a look if you get stuck somewhere. Please note: This content type does not ship with all the maps. Those are loaded from 3rd party servers (e.g. from the magnificent OpenStreetMap). That means 1. that you will need to be online to view the maps and 2. that you may want to check whether the services comply with your local data privacy laws – I’d not know what relevant personal data they might process, but according to a German court even using fonts from Google servers is against data‑transfer rules under GDPR. Want to use it already? The H5P core team has been asked to review the content type, and when they find time, they should release it on the H5P Hub. If you want to use the content type right away, look for the Reuse button underneath the content. Use that button to download the demo content, and then upload the .h5p file onto your H5P enabled platform. Please note that you will need to have permission to install H5P libraries. Otherwise, you cannot install the content type this way. In that case, your system admin will need to assist you. The source code is available as well, if you want to check it before installing or if you want to build the libraries yourself: * https://github.com/otacke/h5p-storymap * https://github.com/otacke/h5p-editor-storymap Also, the documentation including the tutorial and the user manual are openly available on github. You are more than welcome to improve the documentation, add translations, etc. Just create a pull request at https://github.com/otacke/h5p-storymap-docs. ## Is it available in my language? In theory: yes! If it’s missing, you can contribute to the H5P community and fill in the gaps yourself. ## Any future plans for that content type? Ideas? Yes: title screen, end screen, support H5P’s upcoming theme feature, more subcontent types, support for connecting to custom map tile servers … Plans? No. I know you want to share your ideas, too. Please keep in mind though, that I was merely the contractor! I do not have the intention to develop it further in my spare time beyond fixing hidden bugs or general maintenance.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
@bonni208 thanks for the buy in your podcast with Jeff Young for his recommendation of the Phonograph podcast, podcasting deep into podcasts. Loving listening to it (and yours)
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Dragonfly is a horrendous shipping service. The tracking number it sends in email cannot be found on its website. For customer service the phone number has no answering, no email.
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Digging into history... "The Feasibility and Value of Broadband Communications in Rural Areas: A Preliminary Evaluation" ...

what they thought of this in 1976 from the Office of Technology Assessment https://www.princeton.edu/~ota/disk3/1976/7618/7618.PDF

I was wondering whose tilde directory […]
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December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
How prescient of Sessme Street, though they never nightmared Grumps later antics in the Big House.

https://youtube.com/shorts/vrruykK3bhI?feature=shared
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Amazon orders is being sent by Dragonfly are a black hole of fubar.

First they say there's an issue with the address.
Next day they say at 5am that its on the trick from Regina (1 hour away).
Now try customer service. The hole goes deep here with a warning to be nice to customer service:

"No […]
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December 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM