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Please, dear HFY writers, no more stories starting with “Bob sat on the bridge of the Earth Ship Big Birtha”
Why do so many HFY stories start with the OC standing somewhere waiting for the opening thing to happen? I’ve lost track of the stories I’ve listened to or read that start with some chuckle-froggy in some location with the lights blinking or the tools shining. You have done that to death. Please, dear HFY […]
7th June 2026 by
Fixing my ActivityPub and WebMention comments to make them play nicely.
I was struggling to get both comments and replies to post while only showing “facepile” for likes and boosts. I had no one to blame but myself as I coded the theme from scratch. I’m posting this so the next time I have this problem (there is always a next time), future me can look […]
6th June 2026 by
The email, social media, and IndieWeb Node I need (that will probably never exist), that I think authors would love
I need a special blend of stuff that might never exist. This is my attempt to dream out loud in the hope that this is the idea someone steals and runs with. What I want is a social media, Indieweb, blog, email, and personal note-taking app mashup that blends everything seamlessly together while also being […]
4th June 2026 by
Jukka’s blog and email list journey
Every now and then, I like to share the love by focusing on a blog I have found and enjoyed. Today I’d like to share Jukka’s blog. Jukka is a business geek from Helsinki, Finland. Long-time readers will know I love reading the blogs of my fellow geeks. For my focus in this introduction/review, I […]
3rd June 2026 by
7 fun posts to reply to (espeically if you use WebMention)
Sometimes you want to write a blog or a social media update, but draw a blank on what to say. Other times, you may crave interaction and a good chat. In these cases and more, you may wish to interact with these posts with a reply post, comment, or mention. In no order of sexiness, […]
16th May 2026 by
Artisanal hand crafted coding, writing, blogging, talking, and so forth
If you want something a bit more special than mass-produced (AI-generated) code and storytelling, I am available to hire at a moment’s notice at the highly artistic and rarefied rate of £10,000 p/hour. All real and made by an old-fashioned analogue 1.0 edition human being. Just saying. Also available: To be honest, I’d take a […]
14th March 2026 by
Emoji things code: thisCall()
So, I recently made a little toy I call Today In Emoji. It shows you some emojis that relate to the day. If you mouse over them, you get some text explaining what the relevance is, and some are links to more information. [skip to the code] It might look something like this: There’s a […]
6th March 2026 by
Exploring WebMention sources
Today, I took some time out of processing the loss of my dad to do some nerdy tech stuff with OpenMentions and WebMention sources. I was interested in which sites sent the most mentions to the openmentions.com endpoints. This is not especially important, but it could indicate who the most active and interested people are. […]
15th February 2026 by
The time I used diagramming for success
I had a project idea in my head that seemed too complex to work on until I tried diagramming it. The idea was a multipurpose CRM-like action/account system thing. I think it might best be described by my first diagram. I mean, just look at that nonsense. How was I supposed to make a database […]
12th January 2026 by
I upgraded my blog
My blog runs a handmade custom WordPress theme called LordMatt7 as it is the seventh complete rebuild since all the way back in 2005 when I first made a Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia mashup looking blog. Today I finally got fed up with the fact that there were no titles at the top. Which kind of […]
6th November 2025 by
5 writing prompts from the muse that I love
I am a contributor to the Muse of Last Resort blog. Not gonna lie, there are many prompts there that I love and desperately want to see some stories based on. This is a collection of five hand-picked prompts. Cinderella – the automaton who would be a girl In this reimagining of Cinderella that you […]
2nd November 2025 by
Considerations for adding an AMA feature
My initial question was “What is the best way to add some AMA (ask me anything) feature (like on Tumblr) to one or more of my websites?” I’d thought about it for all of ten seconds before I realised that “best” was entirely subjective. If you already know what we are talking about, feel free […]
23rd October 2025 by
Matthew is a writer, web dev, and geek from Kent (UK). He is the founder and current chair of Thanet Creative as well as head geek for Author Buzz. His ambitions include seeing a film or TV series based on something he wrote. Matt is also responsible for fixing stuff on AuthorBuzz.co.uk when it breaks.
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