While I wait (patiently) for the restoration of my truck, I’m feeding my jones with YouTube videos. There is a lot of Land Rover porn on YouTube. Loving (amateur) restoration videos that bring a tear to the eye. Some are commercial in nature. But nobody matches the quality and creativity of the guys at Cool & Vintage. These are the folks in Lisbon, Portugal that first hooked me on Land Rovers. I’ll never know how good they are at restoration but they’re damned good at marketing. Whoever shot and edited this video knows what she/he is doing. You can see some of their photos here.
Alternative to thinking all the time
“Idle mental chatter seems to come only in a few dull, familiar flavors: worry, rehearsal, explanation, or mindless repetition—of songs, phrases, advertising jingles from the radio. The mind has a habit of ignoring what’s happening in order to describe what has happened or might happen.”
Raptitude.com
Equipment to carry in your Land Rover
Mostly common sense items but some I wouldn’t have thought of. For my future reference.
Creepiest Dating App. Ever.
“The Dating.ai app works by analyzing a reference a photo you upload or select from a list of popular celebrities provided within the app, and then scanning through thousands of profile photos from popular dating services like Tinder, Bumper or Plenty of Fish to find people who look very similar. The idea of finding everyday people who look like your favorite celebrity is just a selling point, because, in reality, Dating.ai can be used to find all kinds of people, from people who look like your ex, to versions of yourself of the opposite sex.” More »
Mastodon: Ash Furrow
Mastodon is a microblogging platform, often compared to Twitter. If you’re not familiar with Mastodon, you can probably skip this interview. Ash Furrow is the administrator of one “instance” of Mastodon. In this 25 minute interview he answers the questions below.
- Would you mind telling us a little about yourself? What do you do when you’re not feeding and caring for Mastodon.Technical?
- How did you get involved with the Mastodon movement?
- When did Mastodon.Technical go live? Do you recall who was Tooter #1?
- Are you (now or previously) active on other social media platforms?
- While a lot of people are apparently happy with Facebook and Twitter, many others are fleeing and looking for something else. What’s happening?
- What are the important differences between Mastodon and the more established social platforms?
- There have been no shortage of Twitter “replacements” but few have gotten traction. Is Mastodon different? Why?
- The “federation” concept seems pretty simple to me but I keep reading about users who find it confusing. Is this a problem?
- Are there instances operated by hate groups? Have you had to ban users from your instance?
- What is the biggest misconception about Mastodon?
- How much time do you invest each week working on your Mastodon instance?
- As it grows, do you feel trapped in any sense?
- As the admin for your instance, you are — I assume — all powerful. You’ve published user guidelines, have you had to exercise that power?
- What would you like the Mastodon Federation to look like a year from now?