This rump week would be a better time than most to work on the pipes here, if not for my having to do actual work. [Note: Which is all good! There are some exciting news coming in early 2023 which yes, need my absolute attention even on a holiday. ] Still, I will dedicate a few hours transferring posts from the ole’ pelican-powered Infinite Regress — around since 2014 as a self-hosted blog and since 2012(!?) on SquareSpace — to using micro.blog full time.
It was an easy choice, driven by two factors: the Tufte theme for micro.blog is just that good of a look — thank you, @pimoore! — and posting from MarsEdit [Note: Via BBEdit for titled posts, such as this one. ] on an M1 Mac is just that good of a workflow. [Note: Also fairly expensive — the 2014 me would have balked at a $5–10/month subscription and two pieces of $50+ software — but at a certain point time becomes more valuable than money and if you haven’t already reached that point I hope that you soon do. ]
So, I will be happy with just a transfer of old posts, plus-minus switching up footnotes to marginnotes and sidenotes as needed. Time permitting, I will make a few tweaks to the page layout, colors and font, but these will be gravy. The Infinite Regress layout has lasted more than 8 years, and I can easily see this one lasting 8 more.
Speaking of IR, converting it to a digital garden-like website [Note: The link is to Maggie Appleton’s overview of the history of digital gardens, and if you haven’t been to her website before, you are in for a treat. ] is the next big project, one that will have to wait for the next infrastructure week.