mark hysted

writing about living more intentionally with less noise

  • ActivityPub and ATmosphere

    Now running both ActivityPub and ATmosphere on my blog so it should be visible from Bluesky and Mastodon. In theory replies on both should become comments visible on the blog post, but there might be some weirdness.

  • i am a runner

    If I go running a couple of times a week am I a runner? I’ve started running again. It fell away to zero when we moved into our new house. I would run 5km once a week for a bit, then it would fade for a while then I’d come back to it. This has…

  • lost and found again – this time a water bottle

    Lose something, order a replacement, find it the next day. This is becoming an unfortunate habit — this time it was my favourite water bottle.

  • things I might dump in 2026 – april update

    In late 2025 I put together a list of things I would dump in 2026. Three months of the year are done, so how have I been getting on?

  • happy with my blog – now what?

    I am finally done with moving blog platforms. The tinkering has finally stopped, for a while at least.

  • testing ActivityPub

    Going to test the ActivityPub plugin for Wordpress. Some new functionality means it could really be useful on this site.

  • even the brits are fed up of the rain

    In the UK we are used to the rain, we get a lot of it.

  • as if by magic – the AirPod reappeared

    As disappointingly forecast in my previous post, the missing AirPod has reappeared.

  • for faffs sake – I lost an AirPod

    Ignored my own advice and purchased AirPods. Guess what, I have lost one.