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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

MIssing #nurburgring - got to see it in 1999. Track map on my old ///M3 :)

Nurburgring track map decal on the back of a BMW E36 M3

Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I gotta say, if you are racing fan, check out the #nurburgring #n24 - I love F1, but this scene is such a breath of fresh air. So many different car classes! Being streamed on YT

in car view, looking up a hill at the Nurburgring, Nordschleife, the green hell monster of a race track (~170 turns, 25km)

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

wait? can we combine data sources? yep! for example: static config, web, and atproto: data-alap-linkitems=".orgs | :web:books:decentralization: | :atproto:feed:eff.org:limit=2:" examples.alap.info/bluesky-atpr...

One Alap expression can pull data from several different sources and merge the results into a single menu. Same grammar, same operators, mixed origins.

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Heya! I updated alap to 3.2 (create dynamic menus for ordinary links), and it supports :atproto: examples.alap.info/bluesky-atpr...

From the dynamic menu example: AT Protocol URIs (at://) have no default browser handler — they're a natural fit for Alap's Option of Choice pattern. This example shows two data modes: static entries in allLinks and dynamic results from the :atproto: protocol handler.

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

and a peek at :json: protocol, where we might get multiple fields, for use in making a lightbox or a lens (or just thumbnails alongside a menu....) that's all for now, except to say "look, a link does not have to be this fixed thing that just goes to one place.. we've been doing that 35 years!"

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

coming in alap 3.2, I wrote a tutorial that walks through how to write a protocol (reaching out to a data source that can at least give an array of labels and links). This one is :hn: (Hackernews)

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

alap doing async dynamic menu loading this is some :atproto:

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

live #atproto example. You can log into bluesky, and do searches, and those can become dynamic menus

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I am working away at alap 3.2, which will support local obsidian vaults... but also, one needs to get data into a vault in the first place :) so, alap 3.1 handles some #atproto and can call into json apis (and can use this to make a menu, a lightbox, or a lens) and obsidian is next

snapshot of conversions that I am writing to get data into an obsidian vault, so that alap can query obsidian, as part of a dynamic menu

supported types are: plain markdown files, and:
Known plugins: `hugo`, `jekyll`, `mkdocs`, `docusaurus`. Unknown names warn and are dropped.
also, rss feeds

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Ladies And Gents: alap.info I've been hinting about a project for a while... Web Links should offer choice, when it makes sense. beta + web site to check out simple expression lang, tons of examples yes, we can make dynamic menus that include #Atproto data apache license, see repo

a sample alap menu, launched from an ordinary HTML link, and it is ARIA compliant

sample of alap expressions
we have plain ids, .tags, @macros, :protocols: such as web and atproto, and *refiners* - all with parentheses grouping

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

something I have been thinking about for 30 years

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I was not just imagining things... (good thing we have standards 🤖)

Alt text: A grid displaying ten different types of USB connectors. From top left to bottom right, they are labeled: USB-C, USB 3.0 A, USB 3.0 B, USB-A, USB-B, USB MICRO-A, USB MICRO-B, USB MINI-B (5-PIN), USB MINI-B (4-PIN), and USB 3.0 MICRO B. Each label is accompanied by an image of the respective black USB cable head.

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

wow, how did I not know about Timeline in VS Code? Go to Explorer view and pick a file... good demo of this in 1st part of Jack's video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOjQ...

a list of edits made to a file
the timeline view in vc code

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

hey, @vscode.dev and @github.com ... this gets fixed soon, ya? I pay an extra fee for copilot each month...

copilot complaining in vs code that it has run out resources

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Guess what? AI can assist with procrastination! So, you have code to do... but.. you can keep pestering an AI to generate ever more elaborate implementation plans It will feel like you are accomplishing something and then, oh, look at the time! Time for Lunch

an elaborate looking implementation guide cover page, for doing Server Side Events with laravel, node, and redis

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Well, so much for my insight! I am still glad I grabbed the iPhone SE while I could. I had been stuck on iOS 15 with my trusty old 6s Plus. (the SE has 18, and will be able to use 19)

headline which comments on the tariffs: "smartphones and computers are now exempt from Trump's latest tariffs"

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

hoping to see a good video soon of the new #vscode copilot features. It looks like they are trying to catch up to Cursor. this bit looks promising: code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot...

a dropdown list in VS CODE. It has a list of LLM providers, such as Anthropic and OpenRouter

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

#andor season 2 trailer: wait wait hold up, which creature is this? An albino Wookie, or? Dont think I have seen this one in any #StarWars (?)

tall furry wookie inspired creature holding a gun, from the Andor season 2 trailer

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Oh, Melbourne.. how I wish I were there for #F1 season opener! (I went to this race in 2000). And... rain!

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I like your definition. I actually asked Gemini, and I think it is having a hallucination about Jack Dorsey:

grabbed screenshot from Gemini (GPT):
""Outie" in this context isn't a general term or meme. It's a specific, inside joke related to the Bluesky social media platform. It refers to Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter (now X), who is often seen as being "out" of the company and now involved with Bluesky.

The meme plays on the idea that Jack Dorsey, despite being "out" of Twitter, is still influential in the social media world and that Bluesky is his new focus. So, the joke is that even though he's "out," he should be using his influence to improve Bluesky, such as by adding GIF support.

It's a very specific, tech-insider joke. Unless you're familiar with the history of Twitter, Jack Dorsey's departure, and his involvement with Bluesky, the "outie" reference wouldn't make much sense."

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Was just watching The Sopranos Carmella leafing through a Sharper Image Catalog... And ya know, I miss that stuff, that time, the rl stores, etc

Text in the image reads "The Sopranos S3 E9: The Telltale Moozadell". The image is a snap from The Sopranos and likely shows "The Telltale Moozadell". Carmella Soprano is looking through a Sharper Image catalog.

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Damn it, I wanted to check out #DeepSeek To whoever is DDOSing DeepSeek... stop, your lunch is ready, go upstairs and get away from the keyboard 🤖

Banner on DeepSeek registration page, which reads: "Due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek's services, registration may be busy. Please wait and try again. Registered users can log in normally. Thank you for your understanding and support." -- apparently the site is being attacked in some way

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

can you start a share session w/remote tunnel, open up a vscode session in a browser for your second window, and change the theme for the browser session? It falls apart for the copilot stuff though :(

vscode shared to self, native electron and browser sessions of same edit

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Looks like #ProtonMail has been down for at least 30 mins. I'm not ignoring my emails - they're just taking a break somewhere in Switzerland.

screengrab of protonmail error which reads (and yes the quote is stating an error) : "Something went wrong
We couldn't load this page. Please refresh the page or check your internet connection.
Error: Servers are unreachable. Please try again in a few minutes"

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

"Good morning @bsky.app How are we all? I have a wee proposition, If you wouldn't mind giving me a few moments of your time.... Would you consider... Just letting us choose if we want to be followed by bots and scams!" Give us the option to approve followers.

Image of Dain Ironfoot, a dwarf lord from The Hobbit, riding a large war boar. He wears a suit of armor and a helmet, and carries a large axe. The background is a mountainous landscape with a cloudy sky

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

If you are a #dev and need to argue with something today... go into vscode and ask github copilot when it will have more LLMs available. It gets really upset about this.

Screenshot of an AI assistant in vscode. The assistant is claiming to not be running with an LLM that it has been referencing for weeks.

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

You find one of these signs and hope it somehow applies :) (or find your way into the tunnel under Fort Mason)

"Tsunami evacuation route sign with a blue and white design, featuring a wave graphic and clear directional text, mounted on a green pole against a blue sky, indicating a safe path to higher ground in case of a tsunami warning in San Francisco."

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

(my own, when replying to something similar ;)

"Image of a man standing in front of a dark, wavy background, reminiscent of Edvard Munch's 'The Scream'. The man, dressed in a dark suit, white shirt, and blue tie, has a balding head with gray hair and appears to be gesturing or shouting, echoing the anguished figure in the original painting."

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

It's getting close... 🥳🦋🎉

Bluesky user count screen grab. Close to 20 million! 19,626,291

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I just noticed that #MontyPython is on Amazon Prime Video, and ... well... let the mining for memes begin! 😋 #BBC #JohnCleese

John Cleese, in a Monty Python's Flying Circus skit, thrashing about in a lawn chair while cursing "Filthy bastard commies". This is a young John Cleese in a checked suit and tie.

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Sweet 16 Million! Congrats Bluesky 🎉🦋

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

presentation: looks fine behavior: collapsible? I'd advocate: * on expanded thread, w/column hover, make the line brighter, or thicker, or otherwise show a control to toggle to collapse (border-left-*) * when collapsed, show control on hover ('+', perhaps) could be parent/child, use data attr, etc

HTML markup that shows the basic structure of a post within a thread

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Heya @bsky.app am confused about something With many starter packs, the profile photos towards the bottom of the lists will be all empty. yet, if I click on those people, they do indeed have a photo. What's up with that? A happy bluesky'er (btw what do we call ourselves?)

vertical column of a few empty profle photos, as seen in a starter pack

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

#SaturdayRetroTech Vinyl's a thing - do you recall record changers? You'd stack 3-5 records, and as one finished, another would plop down.. .. didn't have to get up every 20 minutes to flip it... .. after the A sides played, you'd flip the whole stack and listen to the B sides. Fun memory 🎵

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

I want to start on dinner, but groceries are taking their sweet time....

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Daniel Smith @dansmithcreates.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Sunday evening dilemma (Dodgers vs Mets & Liberty vs Lynx @ the same damn time)

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