Michael Harley
Michael Harley
Michael Harley
Hello, I'm Mike. I care about the IndieWeb, digital sovereignty, and the open web. I'm a developer and team lead based in Richmond, VA, and this site is my corner of the internet.
Latest Posts
Rachelle and I voted early yesterday morning. The only thing on the ballot was redrawing the Virginia congressional voting map. Yes means you're in favor of redistricting, and No means you're not. I voted Yes. I'm not in favor of...
Today was such a beautiful day in Richmond, and I decided to enjoy it by taking a tour around the city on my ebike. Since I'm in the market for a new bike shop, I rode out to Kul Wheels as they're an official bike shop of my bike brand,...
This post is in response to On AI-enhanced Writing. Pablo goes into a point by point critique of Arun Venkatesan's post, Ai-enhanced writing process [sic]. I know I have a minority opinion on this, but why not judge the thing that's...
I was selected to be a juror on a cold case rape from August of 1992. The victim had just graduated college and was staying with her mom over the summer while she waited for her own apartment to be made ready. The prosecution alleged...
Welp, it finally happened. I was called for Jury Duty. I think I must be a weirdo because I was curious and, honestly, looking forward to the opportunity to experience it. TL;DR # If I could send past me an email, this is what I'd want...
I last wrote about my smart home setup all the way back in 2023, so I've taken the time to fully update my setup. This time around, I've decided to do it as a slash page and I'll just update the page as needed. Link -> /smarthome/ Reply...
Good grief, I'm thinking and talking about AI too much. Sorry about that. I, too, am exhausted by it and after this, I will try my very best to stfu about it in public channels. In response to Re: No AI Badges, I learned that people are...
I really love when people use old school image badges on their websites. It's a real throwback to the old web. So my interest was piqued when I saw Andy's post about some icons they created. No AI Badges — Want to show visitors to your...
We got Mac at the same kitten adoption event as Polly. They were not from the same litter, but they both were kittens when we got them. We named him Mac, as in mac and cheese. We often call him Big Mac, Mac Daddy, Big Daddy, or Ole...
I'm on Mastodon, aka the Fediverse. A big reason people are there is because they do not like the big tech, corporate, algorithmic social media platforms, and they want more control of their social media identities and online lives. My...
Polly Pockets is the cutest, most snuggly cat we have. We got her and Mac at a kitten adoption event here in the Richmond area in 2024. I would describe her physical appearance as a medium/long hair, calico, ragamuffin mix. Polly...
Ten to fifteen years ago, I was pretty militant about my atheism. I'm from the south, you see, and so much is related to or about religion, so as an atheist, I thought I had to match the amount of religious expression I saw, with my own...
Ok so I've been working on the ole site some more. If your feed reader just got spammed, well I'm sorry about that. Logs! # I've finally added a /books log! I'm going to attempt to log my books here instead of Goodreads. I worry I will...