field notes https://paper.wf/field-notes/ commentary, documentation, observation, and studies from the field - things EYE see Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:27:53 +0000 I've not used this app or site or instance for a while. https://paper.wf/field-notes/ive-not-used-this-app-or-site-or-instance-for-a-while <![CDATA[I've not used this app or site or instance for a while. I was chilled to the idea when it went down and was unexpectedly unavailable for a few days. Very chilling. I find WriteFreely to be a really good writing and blogging app for me. I'd like to find a reliable instance or learn how to host my own somehow. I'd like to keep blogging here, but I don't trust it will be here next time I sign in. Great writing interface though. ]]> I've not used this app or site or instance for a while. I was chilled to the idea when it went down and was unexpectedly unavailable for a few days. Very chilling.

I find WriteFreely to be a really good writing and blogging app for me. I'd like to find a reliable instance or learn how to host my own somehow.

I'd like to keep blogging here, but I don't trust it will be here next time I sign in. Great writing interface though.

]]> https://paper.wf/field-notes/ive-not-used-this-app-or-site-or-instance-for-a-while Mon, 01 May 2023 14:34:47 +0000 Basic HTML Competency Is the New Punk Folk Explosion! https://paper.wf/field-notes/basic-html-competency-is-the-new-punk-folk-explosion <![CDATA[I like the ideas shared in this article. The diy webring has me intrigued. blockquoteI think we are drawn to the aesthetics of the early web because it feels authentic and human, like a chair made by hand or a band playing only for the love of it. And if our modern lives are defined by the omnipresence of the internet, then idolizing Geocities pages could be seen as a way of connecting to our roots. So building a website from scratch, with hard-coded gif animations and a web-ring, is now part of the back-to-the-land tradition./blockquote https://coolguy.website/basic-html-competency-is-the-new-punk-folk-explosion/ ]]> I like the ideas shared in this article. The diy webring has me intrigued.

I think we are drawn to the aesthetics of the early web because it feels authentic and human, like a chair made by hand or a band playing only for the love of it. And if our modern lives are defined by the omnipresence of the internet, then idolizing Geocities pages could be seen as a way of connecting to our roots. So building a website from scratch, with hard-coded gif animations and a web-ring, is now part of the back-to-the-land tradition.

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]]> https://paper.wf/field-notes/basic-html-competency-is-the-new-punk-folk-explosion Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:15:22 +0000 The world wide flooding is striking! https://paper.wf/field-notes/the-world-wide-flooding-is-striking <![CDATA[Southwest US https://youtu.be/inWCpdYaqQ Deadly flooding and hurricane force winds in Europe https://youtu.be/lXnPYZeh0Ic Sheep Springs https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChXQ4eqDiuq/ London https://youtu.be/bBOIDq-2O7k Ft Wingate over pass https://www.facebook.com/matthew.gray.984/videos/1502087836929085 Paris https://youtu.be/Q5UbqkLM4gQ Moscow https://youtu.be/GF0Gx95Ne0w St. Louis https://youtu.be/hMMDtjAa5Pc Fujairah https://youtu.be/QmeMLcnCC7g Arizona https://youtu.be/pTd01BvCYk #flood #flooding ]]> Southwest US https://youtu.be/_inWCpdYaqQ

Deadly flooding and hurricane force winds in Europe https://youtu.be/lXnPYZeh0Ic

Sheep Springs https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChXQ4eqDiuq/

London https://youtu.be/bBOIDq-2O7k

Ft Wingate over pass https://www.facebook.com/matthew.gray.984/videos/1502087836929085

Paris https://youtu.be/Q5UbqkLM4gQ

Moscow https://youtu.be/GF0Gx95Ne0w

St. Louis https://youtu.be/hMMDtjAa5Pc

Fujairah https://youtu.be/QmeMLcnCC7g

Arizona https://youtu.be/pTd_01BvCYk

#flood #flooding

]]> https://paper.wf/field-notes/the-world-wide-flooding-is-striking Sun, 21 Aug 2022 03:06:10 +0000 More flooding https://paper.wf/field-notes/more-flooding <![CDATA[Corpus Christi, TX https://youtu.be/WYO_PupOecM Laramie Wyoming https://youtu.be/XSkC45GSSSI Las Vegas https://youtu.be/yCwJ3wF3Z0Q Washington DC and Maryland https://youtu.be/RINPSnLWoZI Sonora, near Mexico US border https://youtu.be/nDbGKZ7mX3c #flood #flooding ]]> Corpus Christi, TX https://youtu.be/WYO_PupOecM

Laramie Wyoming https://youtu.be/XSkC45GSSSI

Las Vegas https://youtu.be/yCwJ3wF3Z0Q

Washington DC and Maryland https://youtu.be/RINPSnLWoZI

Sonora, near Mexico US border https://youtu.be/nDbGKZ7mX3c

#flood #flooding

]]> https://paper.wf/field-notes/more-flooding Mon, 15 Aug 2022 02:38:53 +0000 The recent world wide flooding is striking this past week or so. https://paper.wf/field-notes/the-recent-world-wide-flooding-is-striking-this-past-week-or-so <![CDATA[Campania https://youtu.be/RojXzmavIwo Seoul https://youtu.be/LweniDuZwaE Denver https://youtu.be/0QqHf50UHC0 Second round in Kentucky https://youtu.be/TgUNUuhl3sA Death Valley https://youtu.be/KCww02FxL8Q Austria https://youtu.be/6NqUVKmNkU Senegal https://youtu.be/hL1yRx4pk5U Illinois https://youtu.be/DQV6zdqIj8A California https://youtu.be/B-u-ckAvUNM West Virginia https://youtu.be/FrjVdjtKUqM Arizona https://youtu.be/pTd01BvCYk Las Vegas https://youtu.be/E9-NSEfzH1Q Kentucky https://youtu.be/7mzBrAOA03A Fujairah https://youtu.be/QmeMLcnCC7g St. Louis https://youtu.be/hMMDtjAa5Pc Moscow https://youtu.be/GF0Gx95Ne0w Sochi https://youtu.be/sRgfEqEvq24 Derry https://youtu.be/lRYdFYlml6Q Stubaital https://youtu.be/L_xv1AlsXg0 Austria https://youtu.be/UeVeVRume3g Bangkok https://youtu.be/7V0hSPep21A #flood #flooding ]]> Campania https://youtu.be/RojXzmavIwo

Seoul https://youtu.be/LweniDuZwaE

Denver https://youtu.be/0QqHf50UHC0

Second round in Kentucky https://youtu.be/TgUNUuhl3sA

Death Valley https://youtu.be/KCww02FxL8Q

Austria https://youtu.be/6NqUVKmN_kU

Senegal https://youtu.be/hL1yRx4pk5U

Illinois https://youtu.be/DQV6zdqIj8A

California https://youtu.be/B-u-ckAvUNM

West Virginia https://youtu.be/FrjVdjtKUqM

Arizona https://youtu.be/pTd_01BvCYk

Las Vegas https://youtu.be/E9-NSEfzH1Q

Kentucky https://youtu.be/7mzBrAOA03A

Fujairah https://youtu.be/QmeMLcnCC7g

St. Louis https://youtu.be/hMMDtjAa5Pc

Moscow https://youtu.be/GF0Gx95Ne0w

Sochi https://youtu.be/sRgfEqEvq24

Derry https://youtu.be/lRYdFYlml6Q

Stubaital https://youtu.be/L_xv1AlsXg0

Austria https://youtu.be/UeVeVRume3g

Bangkok https://youtu.be/7V0hSPep21A

#flood #flooding

]]> https://paper.wf/field-notes/the-recent-world-wide-flooding-is-striking-this-past-week-or-so Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:31:53 +0000 the world is falling apart, society is crumbling https://paper.wf/field-notes/the-world-is-falling-apart <![CDATA[]]> https://paper.wf/field-notes/the-world-is-falling-apart Thu, 04 Aug 2022 03:37:02 +0000 L'odeur du jour 01 https://paper.wf/field-notes/lodeur-du-jour-01 <![CDATA[Another one that is currently strong is burning electric blood. They seem to have both an actual outer odor and an internal aspect to them. ]]> Another one that is currently strong is burning electric blood. They seem to have both an actual outer odor and an internal aspect to them.

]]> https://paper.wf/field-notes/lodeur-du-jour-01 Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:28:04 +0000 L'odeur du jour 00 https://paper.wf/field-notes/lodeur-du-jour <![CDATA[I've noticed that times or eras have a disincentive scent or scents. Currently there are a few. Right now as I write there is the brown sugar, cardboard, dental office smell. It trades off for a sewage line, broccoli, digestive odor that arises in the late morning. There is one more current odor that I can't remember at this moment. ]]> I've noticed that times or eras have a disincentive scent or scents. Currently there are a few. Right now as I write there is the brown sugar, cardboard, dental office smell. It trades off for a sewage line, broccoli, digestive odor that arises in the late morning. There is one more current odor that I can't remember at this moment.

]]> https://paper.wf/field-notes/lodeur-du-jour Tue, 26 Jul 2022 06:09:02 +0000 medical day https://paper.wf/field-notes/medical-day <![CDATA[Getting ready for a long medical day. Delayed care bleeding into the months out appointments. A nerve wracking situation. pandemichealth ]]> Getting ready for a long medical day. Delayed care bleeding into the months out appointments. A nerve wracking situation.

#pandemichealth

]]> https://paper.wf/field-notes/medical-day Fri, 08 Jul 2022 05:05:37 +0000 Unraveling and smoothing out the pain and suffering. https://paper.wf/field-notes/unraveling-and-smoothing-out-the-pain-and-suffering <![CDATA[Unraveling and smoothing out the pain and suffering. Listening and stilling the breath. ]]> Unraveling and smoothing out the pain and suffering. Listening and stilling the breath.

]]> https://paper.wf/field-notes/unraveling-and-smoothing-out-the-pain-and-suffering Mon, 04 Jul 2022 11:51:48 +0000