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I would really like to like Apple’s Shortcuts app.

My child tried to convince me “Gas Lamp” was the proper phrase for “Gas Light”. Hilarity ensued.

I’ve always wanted to control my social media from my main website and send messages out from there. I recently read about POSSE, which Google says is: > POSSE (Publish on Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) in the context of the Fediverse refers to the strategy of posting content on a personal, self-hosted website (like WordPress or Hugo) and then automatically sharing it to decentralized platforms, such as Mastodon or PixelFed, via protocols like ActivityPub. This approach ensures you own your data while still reaching audiences in the federated, decentralized network. I first read out it on the Indie Web site on their creatively titled article POSSE. I’d love to figure out how to pop things I put here out to Bluesky and Mastodon. I’ll probably keep my Instagram and Flickr where they are.

Happy 2026! A bit belated but true nonetheless.

This is an automated post? Maybe.

I just bought an old hair styling chair (not quite a barber’s chair) for my height adjustable desk. It can raise and lower the same spread as the desk. Unfortunately, it’s about 50lbs (22kg-ish) so moving it out of the way when I want to stand will be a challenge.

The funny thing is that I haven’t been in a barber’s chair since 1999.

I can now post things from the command-line! I’m using the Hugo blog engine and this is an example of archetypes. I’d love to figure out how to incorporate this to my fediverse (gxwalsh@hci.social) and bluesky (@gregwalsh.com).

Just integrated all of my old tweets into my web site. See them collected here.

In this video, I layout my process for designing clothes including looking at historic garments, developing stories, and lots of sketching and prototyping.

The entire fashion show can be found on Youtube.