{"generator":"GNU social 1.2.0-beta4","title":"Notices tagged with blaugust","totalItems":7,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"1982 TRON prescience: <br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u201cWon't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop.\u201d \u2014 Walter<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>2026 students:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u201cHow do you know an assignment is AI proof? Because when it is, students cannot do it.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Professors\/comments\/1vkw6by\/how_do_you_know_an_assignment_is_ai_proof_because\/\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Professors\/comments\/1vkw6by\/how_do_you_know_an_assignment_is_ai_proof_because\/<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u201cI assign a profile essay. Have for 30 years. Student interviews a person, records it, writes a paper based off the recording. Citations are timestamps. Should be pretty easy. Has been easy pre-AI. Now, students cannot do it.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Snippet from professor\/student dialog:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>====<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Prof: \u201dStart with what you found interesting.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Student: \u201dHow do I know if something\u2019s interesting?\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Prof: \u201dYou\u2019re asking me how you find something interesting?\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Student: \u201dYeah.\u201d <br class=\"auto-break\" \/>====<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Chatbots \/ LLMs are not just \"the latest tools\" like using a calculator instead of doing arithmetic yourself.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Students are being robbed of curiosity, learning to discover and notice novelty, how to \u201cfind something interesting.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This isn't cognitive enhancement, this is a tool causing brain rot (loss of curiosity), even a developmental disability. Unclear if it is reversible.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>TRON quote citation: <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084827\/quotes\/?item=qt0406255\">https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084827\/quotes\/?item=qt0406255<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">TRON<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">TRON1982<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">AIproof<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">interesting<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">chatBot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">chatBots<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">LLM<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">LLMs<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">AI<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">brainRot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">AIbrainRot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">disability<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/225\/t1\/tron-prescience-programs-thinking-people-stop","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/225\/t1\/tron-prescience-programs-thinking-people-stop","objectType":"note","content":"1982 TRON prescience: <br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u201cWon't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop.\u201d \u2014 Walter<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>2026 students:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u201cHow do you know an assignment is AI proof? Because when it is, students cannot do it.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Professors\/comments\/1vkw6by\/how_do_you_know_an_assignment_is_ai_proof_because\/\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Professors\/comments\/1vkw6by\/how_do_you_know_an_assignment_is_ai_proof_because\/<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u201cI assign a profile essay. Have for 30 years. Student interviews a person, records it, writes a paper based off the recording. Citations are timestamps. Should be pretty easy. Has been easy pre-AI. Now, students cannot do it.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Snippet from professor\/student dialog:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>====<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Prof: \u201dStart with what you found interesting.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Student: \u201dHow do I know if something\u2019s interesting?\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Prof: \u201dYou\u2019re asking me how you find something interesting?\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Student: \u201dYeah.\u201d <br class=\"auto-break\" \/>====<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Chatbots \/ LLMs are not just \"the latest tools\" like using a calculator instead of doing arithmetic yourself.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Students are being robbed of curiosity, learning to discover and notice novelty, how to \u201cfind something interesting.\u201d<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This isn't cognitive enhancement, this is a tool causing brain rot (loss of curiosity), even a developmental disability. Unclear if it is reversible.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>TRON quote citation: <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084827\/quotes\/?item=qt0406255\">https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084827\/quotes\/?item=qt0406255<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">TRON<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">TRON1982<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">AIproof<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">interesting<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">chatBot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">chatBots<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">LLM<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">LLMs<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">AI<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">brainRot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">AIbrainRot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">disability<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span>","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/225\/t1\/tron-prescience-programs-thinking-people-stop","status_net":{"notice_id":116338},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"ai"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"aibrainrot"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"aiproof"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"brainrot"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"chatbot"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"chatbots"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"disability"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"interesting"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"llm"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"llms"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"tron1982"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-15:objectType=thread:nonce=139bacd6039c42b8","notice_info":{"local_id":"116338","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-13T07:01:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/225\/t1\/tron-prescience-programs-thinking-people-stop"},{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"Simple hashtag proposal for dates: datetags for the #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">indieweb<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In summary by example:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">2026_08_04<\/span> ISO8601 YYYY_MM_DD date of this post<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">2026_216<\/span> ISO8601 YYYY_DDD ordinal date of this post<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">2026_08<\/span> ISO8601 YYYY_MM month of this post<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Many of us posting on the indieweb often post about things in the past. Photos, events, or sometimes throwback posts. Hashtags communicate and aggregate what posts are about. Posts about the past are usually about a specific date in the past, or sometimes an entire month. Thus it makes sense to use hashtags for those dates and months.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I have been hashtagging such posts about the past for several years, and with some iteration have developed a convention that works for international readability, and is linked and indexed in #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">federated<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">hashtag<\/span> systems like #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">ActivityPub<\/span> (#Mastodon etc.).<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Examples of posts 10 years ago and this past week that use datetags:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2016\/153\/t4\/june\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2016\/153\/t4\/june<\/a> \u2014 monthtag and datetag<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/215\/t1\/watched-odyssey-metreon-70mm-imax\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/215\/t1\/watched-odyssey-metreon-70mm-imax<\/a> \u2014 normal and ordinal ISO8601 dates.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Additional possibilities to explore:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* yeartags \u2014 hashtags for entire years<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* timetags \u2014 hashtags for specific times, undated\/floating times<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>After several web searches I didn\u2019t find any prior proposals for hashtags for dates or times. Hopefully by hashtagging this post, future web searches will find this proposal.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Have you hashtagged your posts with dates or times? Share your examples!<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This is post 11 of #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100Posts<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">dateTag<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">dateTags<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">monthTag<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">monthTags<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">yearTag<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">yearTags<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">timeTag<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">timeTags<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">August<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2190 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/216\/t1\/hashtag-proposal-datetags","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/216\/t1\/hashtag-proposal-datetags","objectType":"note","content":"Simple hashtag proposal for dates: datetags for the #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">indieweb<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In summary by example:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">2026_08_04<\/span> ISO8601 YYYY_MM_DD date of this post<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">2026_216<\/span> ISO8601 YYYY_DDD ordinal date of this post<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">2026_08<\/span> ISO8601 YYYY_MM month of this post<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Many of us posting on the indieweb often post about things in the past. Photos, events, or sometimes throwback posts. Hashtags communicate and aggregate what posts are about. Posts about the past are usually about a specific date in the past, or sometimes an entire month. Thus it makes sense to use hashtags for those dates and months.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I have been hashtagging such posts about the past for several years, and with some iteration have developed a convention that works for international readability, and is linked and indexed in #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">federated<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">hashtag<\/span> systems like #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">ActivityPub<\/span> (#Mastodon etc.).<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Examples of posts 10 years ago and this past week that use datetags:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2016\/153\/t4\/june\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2016\/153\/t4\/june<\/a> \u2014 monthtag and datetag<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/215\/t1\/watched-odyssey-metreon-70mm-imax\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/215\/t1\/watched-odyssey-metreon-70mm-imax<\/a> \u2014 normal and ordinal ISO8601 dates.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Additional possibilities to explore:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* yeartags \u2014 hashtags for entire years<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* timetags \u2014 hashtags for specific times, undated\/floating times<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>After several web searches I didn\u2019t find any prior proposals for hashtags for dates or times. Hopefully by hashtagging this post, future web searches will find this proposal.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Have you hashtagged your posts with dates or times? Share your examples!<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This is post 11 of #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100Posts<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">dateTag<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">dateTags<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">monthTag<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">monthTags<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">yearTag<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">yearTags<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">timeTag<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">timeTags<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">August<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2190 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/216\/t1\/hashtag-proposal-datetags","status_net":{"notice_id":116330},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"100posts"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"100postsofindieweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"202608"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"20260804"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"2026216"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"activitypub"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"datetags"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"federated"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"hashtag"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"indiewebin"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"monthtag"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"monthtags"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"timetag"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"timetags"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"yeartag"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"yeartags"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-05:objectType=thread:nonce=ecb80ef401e1ffc1","notice_info":{"local_id":"116330","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-05T01:00:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/216\/t1\/hashtag-proposal-datetags"},{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"\ud83d\udcc0 watched \u201cThe Dark Knight\u201d on Blu-ray, still holds up.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link figure\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Dark_Knight_(2008_film).jpg\"><\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I saw it in the Metreon IMAX theater when it came out in 2008. About 28 minutes of it was filmed in 70mm film using IMAX cameras. The movie switched aspect ratios when it switched from IMAX to normal film. The 2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray also switched aspect ratios roughly at similar times. Nice to see that that was preserved.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>The movie has incredible pacing. No extra moments. I had forgotten how many quotes originated from The Dark Knight. <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/enwp.org\/The_Dark_Knight\">https:\/\/enwp.org\/The_Dark_Knight<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">BatMan<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">TheDarkKnight<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Bluray<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/215\/t2\/watched-dark-knight-blu-ray","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/215\/t2\/watched-dark-knight-blu-ray","objectType":"note","content":"\ud83d\udcc0 watched \u201cThe Dark Knight\u201d on Blu-ray, still holds up.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link figure\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Dark_Knight_(2008_film).jpg\"><\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I saw it in the Metreon IMAX theater when it came out in 2008. About 28 minutes of it was filmed in 70mm film using IMAX cameras. The movie switched aspect ratios when it switched from IMAX to normal film. The 2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray also switched aspect ratios roughly at similar times. Nice to see that that was preserved.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>The movie has incredible pacing. No extra moments. I had forgotten how many quotes originated from The Dark Knight. <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/enwp.org\/The_Dark_Knight\">https:\/\/enwp.org\/The_Dark_Knight<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">BatMan<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">TheDarkKnight<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Bluray<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span>","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/215\/t2\/watched-dark-knight-blu-ray","status_net":{"notice_id":116325},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bluray"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"thedarkknight"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-05:objectType=thread:nonce=24859e62e67f8864","notice_info":{"local_id":"116325","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-04T05:36:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/215\/t2\/watched-dark-knight-blu-ray"},{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"\ud83c\udf9e watched \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d at the Metreon in 70mm IMAX on opening weekend, and mostly enjoyed it. No spoilers in this post.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link figure\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Odyssey_(2026_film)_poster.jpg\"><\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>My pal Rohit (<a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rohit.khare.org\">@rohit.khare.org<\/a>) had bought tickets last year, had a spare, and invited me along last minute. After an early dinner at Cha Cha Cha (<a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chachachasf.com\">@chachachasf.com<\/a>) we made our way to the Metreon.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>There was a line to get in. I have never before seen a line merely to get into the IMAX theater. We only missed maybe 1-2 movie trailers.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Our seats were in the front row, only a few seats from the left edge. In general I would not recommend the front 3-4 rows at an IMAX theater because it requires craning your neck back, and lots of swiveling to see the entire screen. Ironically being near the corner helped minimize the latter. Despite being sold out, the seat to my left was empty so I was able to lean back kinda diagonally to take in most of the screen.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link figure\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:MPA_greenband_intro_card_(Toy_Story_4_greenband_trailer).png\"><\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>The film itself was excellent (as many others have said). <br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>There were parts that felt like they dragged a bit, yet also parts that felt rushed, where a bit more build-up before resolution would have hit harder. The only negative of the experience was the seating location in the IMAX theater, and the rigidness of the seats (they\u2019re quite old, not like newer, plushier reclining seats that most theaters have upgraded to.)<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>The best part of The Odyssey is despite all the action, it dives into a number of philosophical and other intellectual challenges, illustrated by the situations encountered and paths taken.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I recommend seeing this film with nerdy friends on the earlier side, grabbing dinner after and discussing the nature, ethics, decisions, actions of the characters, and consequences thereof.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I definitely want to see it again.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">TheOdyssey<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Odyssey<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Odysseus<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">IMAX<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">70mmIMAX<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">IMAX70mm<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Metreon<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">2026_199<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">2026_07_18<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/215\/t1\/watched-odyssey-metreon-70mm-imax","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/215\/t1\/watched-odyssey-metreon-70mm-imax","objectType":"note","content":"\ud83c\udf9e watched \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d at the Metreon in 70mm IMAX on opening weekend, and mostly enjoyed it. No spoilers in this post.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link figure\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Odyssey_(2026_film)_poster.jpg\"><\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>My pal Rohit (<a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rohit.khare.org\">@rohit.khare.org<\/a>) had bought tickets last year, had a spare, and invited me along last minute. After an early dinner at Cha Cha Cha (<a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chachachasf.com\">@chachachasf.com<\/a>) we made our way to the Metreon.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>There was a line to get in. I have never before seen a line merely to get into the IMAX theater. We only missed maybe 1-2 movie trailers.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Our seats were in the front row, only a few seats from the left edge. In general I would not recommend the front 3-4 rows at an IMAX theater because it requires craning your neck back, and lots of swiveling to see the entire screen. Ironically being near the corner helped minimize the latter. Despite being sold out, the seat to my left was empty so I was able to lean back kinda diagonally to take in most of the screen.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link figure\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:MPA_greenband_intro_card_(Toy_Story_4_greenband_trailer).png\"><\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>The film itself was excellent (as many others have said). <br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>There were parts that felt like they dragged a bit, yet also parts that felt rushed, where a bit more build-up before resolution would have hit harder. The only negative of the experience was the seating location in the IMAX theater, and the rigidness of the seats (they\u2019re quite old, not like newer, plushier reclining seats that most theaters have upgraded to.)<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>The best part of The Odyssey is despite all the action, it dives into a number of philosophical and other intellectual challenges, illustrated by the situations encountered and paths taken.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I recommend seeing this film with nerdy friends on the earlier side, grabbing dinner after and discussing the nature, ethics, decisions, actions of the characters, and consequences thereof.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I definitely want to see it again.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">TheOdyssey<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Odyssey<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Odysseus<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">IMAX<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">70mmIMAX<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">IMAX70mm<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Metreon<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">2026_199<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">2026_07_18<\/span>","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/215\/t1\/watched-odyssey-metreon-70mm-imax","status_net":{"notice_id":116326},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"20260718"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"2026199"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"70mmimax"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"imax"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"imax70mm"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"metreon"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"odysseus"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"odyssey"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-05:objectType=thread:nonce=562372874e24dcdf","notice_info":{"local_id":"116326","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-03T18:52:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/215\/t1\/watched-odyssey-metreon-70mm-imax"},{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"Over the years I and others have experimented with \"watch\" posts, short notes that express having seen a movie or TV show, sometimes with a link, and brief review or other commentary, like earlier today:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t1\/watched-spider-man-brand-new-day\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t1\/watched-spider-man-brand-new-day<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I was inspired by <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/Gregorlove.com\">@Gregorlove.com<\/a> publishing watch posts, and a few others have also done so, documented on the IndieWeb wiki page for watch posts:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/indieweb.org\/watch\">https:\/\/indieweb.org\/watch<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I like to use a leading emoji to indicate a watch post, and perhaps what specific kind of a watch post. After some iteration and reflection, these are the emoji that I have converged on for briefly expressing and distinguishing some watch posts:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udfa6 movie in a cinema\/theater<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u25b6\ufe0f online video whether a brief YouTube clip, an Internet Archive upload of an #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">IndieWebCamp<\/span> session, or a movie or show on a streaming service like Netflix.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In addition, I expect to use the following emoji for more specific watch posts:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udf9e analog film viewing, e.g. 70mm IMAX (like Chris Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey)<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83d\udcc0 DVD\/Laserdisc<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83d\udcfc videocassette<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83d\udcfa television, from over the air broadcast or cable like in a hotel room<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In-person live performances:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udfab concert or music festival<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udfad theater\/play, perhaps stand-up comedy<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udf9f other ticketed performances<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This seems like a good start for both recent movies I\u2019ve seen, and (likely) upcoming shows and events. I had a few thoughts for other possibilities and have added them to the Brainstorming section of that wiki page, where I expect the #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">indieweb<\/span> community will iterate further.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Who else publishes watch posts and do you use any emoji to indicate what kind of thing you watched (or where)?<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This is post 10 of #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100Posts<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">August<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2190 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/213\/t1\/welcome-to-august-blaugust\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/213\/t1\/welcome-to-august-blaugust<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji","objectType":"note","content":"Over the years I and others have experimented with \"watch\" posts, short notes that express having seen a movie or TV show, sometimes with a link, and brief review or other commentary, like earlier today:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t1\/watched-spider-man-brand-new-day\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t1\/watched-spider-man-brand-new-day<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I was inspired by <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/Gregorlove.com\">@Gregorlove.com<\/a> publishing watch posts, and a few others have also done so, documented on the IndieWeb wiki page for watch posts:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/indieweb.org\/watch\">https:\/\/indieweb.org\/watch<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I like to use a leading emoji to indicate a watch post, and perhaps what specific kind of a watch post. After some iteration and reflection, these are the emoji that I have converged on for briefly expressing and distinguishing some watch posts:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udfa6 movie in a cinema\/theater<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u25b6\ufe0f online video whether a brief YouTube clip, an Internet Archive upload of an #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">IndieWebCamp<\/span> session, or a movie or show on a streaming service like Netflix.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In addition, I expect to use the following emoji for more specific watch posts:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udf9e analog film viewing, e.g. 70mm IMAX (like Chris Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey)<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83d\udcc0 DVD\/Laserdisc<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83d\udcfc videocassette<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83d\udcfa television, from over the air broadcast or cable like in a hotel room<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In-person live performances:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udfab concert or music festival<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udfad theater\/play, perhaps stand-up comedy<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\ud83c\udf9f other ticketed performances<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This seems like a good start for both recent movies I\u2019ve seen, and (likely) upcoming shows and events. I had a few thoughts for other possibilities and have added them to the Brainstorming section of that wiki page, where I expect the #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">indieweb<\/span> community will iterate further.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Who else publishes watch posts and do you use any emoji to indicate what kind of thing you watched (or where)?<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This is post 10 of #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100Posts<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">August<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2190 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/213\/t1\/welcome-to-august-blaugust\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/213\/t1\/welcome-to-august-blaugust<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji","status_net":{"notice_id":116327},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"100posts"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"100postsofindieweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"indieweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"indiewebcamp"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-05:objectType=thread:nonce=1bd1af8a5c4d4230","notice_info":{"local_id":"116327","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-02T21:19:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji"},{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"\ud83c\udfa6 watched \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d in the Metreon Dolby Cinema this past Friday and really enjoyed it.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Took a half day off to recover from a long week &amp; last weekend, and decided to see the new Spider-Man movie. The theater was packed except for the front row. Lots of fans wearing Spider-Man gear.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>If you haven\u2019t seen the previous Tom Holland Spider-Man movies, you could watch only those three then this film and still have a great time. No significant dependence on other MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) stories in Brand New Day.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Optionally, you could watch the Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies before watching the third Tom Holland one, \u201cNo Way Home\u201d, for character development and additional narratives.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">SpiderMan<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">BrandNewDay<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">SpiderManBrandNewDay<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">2026_212<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">2026_07_31<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t1\/watched-spider-man-brand-new-day","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t1\/watched-spider-man-brand-new-day","objectType":"note","content":"\ud83c\udfa6 watched \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d in the Metreon Dolby Cinema this past Friday and really enjoyed it.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Took a half day off to recover from a long week &amp; last weekend, and decided to see the new Spider-Man movie. The theater was packed except for the front row. Lots of fans wearing Spider-Man gear.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>If you haven\u2019t seen the previous Tom Holland Spider-Man movies, you could watch only those three then this film and still have a great time. 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However in 2020 there were two! The organizer first moved it up to April, renaming it \u201cBlapril\u201d, then held another in August 2020 with the usual name and routine.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>See the IndieWeb wiki page for more details and history:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/indieweb.org\/Blaugust\">https:\/\/indieweb.org\/Blaugust<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>And this year\u2019s Blaugust announcement post:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdgirlthoughts.game.blog\/2026\/07\/15\/blaugust-2026-is-coming\/\">https:\/\/nerdgirlthoughts.game.blog\/2026\/07\/15\/blaugust-2026-is-coming\/<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>If you\u2019ve been looking for an excuse to start posting again to your blog or personal site, join the challenge and do it with friends.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>You may post about any topic, and simple note posts (like this one) are fine. <br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I am going to use this as an opportunity to resume my 100 Posts of IndieWeb effort for the year.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This is post 9 of #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100Posts<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">IndieWeb<\/span> <br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">August<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2190 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/055\/t1\/happy-twin-peaks-day\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/055\/t1\/happy-twin-peaks-day<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2192 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji<\/a>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/213\/t1\/welcome-to-august-blaugust","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/213\/t1\/welcome-to-august-blaugust","objectType":"note","content":"Welcome to August which means once again it is time for the Blaugust Festival of Blogging!<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In its simplest form, Blaugust is a blogging challenge \u201cto post 31 times during the month of August\u201d, typically once a day, however, doubling up (etc.) is allowed and provides the nice forgiving flexibility of catching up in case you miss a day.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Started in 2014, the challenge has been officially announced and organized every year since except 2017. However in 2020 there were two! The organizer first moved it up to April, renaming it \u201cBlapril\u201d, then held another in August 2020 with the usual name and routine.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>See the IndieWeb wiki page for more details and history:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/indieweb.org\/Blaugust\">https:\/\/indieweb.org\/Blaugust<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>And this year\u2019s Blaugust announcement post:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdgirlthoughts.game.blog\/2026\/07\/15\/blaugust-2026-is-coming\/\">https:\/\/nerdgirlthoughts.game.blog\/2026\/07\/15\/blaugust-2026-is-coming\/<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>If you\u2019ve been looking for an excuse to start posting again to your blog or personal site, join the challenge and do it with friends.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>You may post about any topic, and simple note posts (like this one) are fine. <br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>I am going to use this as an opportunity to resume my 100 Posts of IndieWeb effort for the year.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>This is post 9 of #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">100Posts<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">IndieWeb<\/span> <br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">August<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2190 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/055\/t1\/happy-twin-peaks-day\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/055\/t1\/happy-twin-peaks-day<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u2192 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/214\/t2\/watch-posts-movie-tv-emoji<\/a>","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/213\/t1\/welcome-to-august-blaugust","status_net":{"notice_id":116329},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"100posts"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"100postsofindieweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"august"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"indieweb"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-05:objectType=thread:nonce=107274fdb4f747da","notice_info":{"local_id":"116329","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-01T22:08:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/213\/t1\/welcome-to-august-blaugust"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/tag\/blaugust","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}