Baty.blog

Tag: Blogging

  • We’re here for now

    I made it official, I'll be blogging exclusively here at baty.blog for a while. Sometimes, by "a while", I end up meaning "two days", but it is what it is. It feels really good for those two days, at least. I'm having fun. I like the theme enough. I don't mind dumping short and long posts at random here. You all may have a different opinion, but it's my blog, right? 😅

  • Hello, from WordLand

    This is a test post to see how well Dave Winer's new WordLand works in Zen (Firefox). I had issues in Safari. So far, it seems fine.

    Since I'm using Linux, I no longer have access to MarsEdit for posting to WordPress, and I still like avoiding Gutenberg for simple posts like this.

  • Where am I again?

    Is it OK that I like posting in a bunch of different places using a bunch of different tools and methods? I think it’s OK. Today, I don’t feel like typing this in Emacs and then deploying the Hugo blog, even though it’s easy and I love Emacs and static websites. Today, I feel like clicking a button, typing some words, and clicking another button, using nothing but a WordPress installation somewhere out there.

  • One of those lazy blogging moods

    Some days I just don’t feel like it, ya know? I don’t mean writing blog posts. I mean creating, managing, and deploying the blog itself.

    I just tried deploying baty.net (Hugo) from the new Framework running Omarchy, and forgot that I first needed to install Go, Hugo, rsync, and Node (for pagefind), then make sure my ssh keys were in place. It’s a Whole Thing. I wasn’t in the mood for it, so I came here to WordPress (aka Easy Mode) to bitch about it. So hello!

  • P&B: Jack Baty

    Each week Manuel Moreale features a different blogger as part of his “People and Blogs” series. It’s usually very interesting, but today’s entry is all about me, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

    If you’re interested: https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-jack-baty

  • MarsEdit

    I’m writing this post in MarsEdit. It’s been a spell.

    I’m mostly testing to see how things play with the awful-but-necessary Gutenberg editor in WordPress. Part of this effort meant I’m using “Rich Text” in MarsEdit. GASP!

    Update: It doesn’t use Gutenberg. It creates the entire post in the “Classic” editor. I have yet to decide if this is all too much swimming upstream.

  • What happens when I quit WordPress again?

    I can’t help but wonder what will happen to all the words and pictures I put here in WordPress once I remember that I hate using WordPress and decide to shitcan the whole thing. Will I bother moving it all over somewhere else? Probably.

    I also can’t help wondering, what if I don’t quit using WordPress. What if I use it as my primary blog platform for the rest of my natural life? Type->Publish->Update Plugins->Repeat. Pay like $5.00/month for hosting and never think about platforms again. Wouldn’t that be neat?

  • The way to “Reduce & Simplify” is not “Add more things”

    In an effort to consolidate my blogs, I’ve created yet another blog. What a dumbass thing to do.

  • WordPress? WTF!?

    I often imagine a world in which my temperament, tastes, and WordPress align in a way that allows me to blog using WordPress again and be done with it. This world may not exist, but that doesn’t prevent me from trying to force an alignment once or twice a year.

    I don’t want blocks. I don’t want every plugin to upsell me every time I log in. I don’t want 99% of the themes. I definitely don’t want to ever touch the Site Editor. I do want stats and comments and a media library and a billion resources available whenever I get confused.

    This, then, is me testing things yet again to see if they feel right this time. I’ve highjacked the Baty.blog domain for this, just in case it sticks.