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TIL the From
HTTP request header. Now used for crawlers, it was originally intended for allow human users to supply their email address to the server. Innocent times.
π Finished reading: HTTP Pocket Reference by Clinton Wong, in one day. ETags, anyone?
π» Checked the micro.blog logs, and the cert “expired” at 10:06 a.m. (EST), so the site was down for almost 2 hours. Previously.
π» Site was down for a few minutes (that I know of) due to an expired cert error. I checked the server and my cert was not expired. I rebooted nginx and it’s working again. π€·
π Started reading: HTTP Pocket Reference by Clinton Wong. Published in 2000, it’s still a good refresher, although distressingly it omits status code 418.
πΏ The Alamo 100
Alamo Drafthouse put out a list of 100 movies theyβd want on a desert island back in 2020. Sourced from all their creative directors across the country. I thought it was an interesting place to find β¦
πΏ I watched Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles last night. It’s so aggressively naturalistic, I had to sink in, but I found paying attention throughout well worth it.
πΏ Watched David Cronenberg’s The Brood from 1979. I wanted to like it more. Someday.
π Laurie and Rocco. #cat #cats

π Started reading: Middlemarch by George Eliot.
π Finished reading: First Love, by Joyce Carol Oats. What a precisely rendered master crafted gut punch. Loved it.
π Started reading: First Love, by Joyce Carol Oats.
π Finished reading: The Mythical Man-Month, by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. I liked the insights into managing software, and the time traveling to the computing industry circa 1975β1995. Took me 1 month and 6 days.
π΅ I found Wendy Carlos’ Switched-On Bach thrifting in Providence. First time I’ve heard it, and can recommend to all the #synthnerds #music.

π· π To celebrate adding images to my blog’s micro posts, here’s a #photo of Wiz on a rug.

Started Adam Wade’s storytelling class this past weekend and really loving it. He’s a raw, compelling, caring guy, and I’m really inspired by my classmates.
π Back in the saddle writing my music comedy about The Traveling Wilburys Solving Crime novella. At the moment, it’s all about getting the first two chapters right. #amWriting
π “Read” the short story The Simplest Equation by Nicky Drayden, via Levar Burton Reads. Really beautiful.
Tired: using the π emoji to advertise a #comedy show. Wired: using the π emoji to advertise a vegetable show.
π “Read” River’s Giving by Heather Shaw, Tim Pratt, and River Shaw over on LeVar Burton Reads. Cute, all ages holiday fantasy story.

Chris DeLuca is a writer/improviser/software developer based in New York (EST). Read more about me.
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