mark hysted

minimalist. owns three compost bins.

  • 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 be come 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?

  • lost and found again – this time a water bottle

    This is becoming a bit of a theme, lose something, order a replacement, and then the lost item reappears. Earlier in the year it was an AirPod, now it is a water bottle. Couldn’t for the life of me locate my favourite water bottle, it is the one I tend to grab about 90% of the…

  • 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.