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.
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I cannot understand Mozilla. We took time off of X, but we’re back. The internet is changing again, so we’re here as an independent voice for our users and the open internet. @firefox · Jul 20, 2026 They either do not know who their user...
A smart thermostat was one of the first connected devices I purchased when I started building our smart home. I wanted automatic presence detection so the thermostat could set an away mode when we leave and "we're home" mode without us...
Let me start by saying happy belated anniversary to Absurd Pirate and Mrs. Pirate! I enjoyed reading their post, What I Learned About Relationships After Being With My Wife For 8 Years, which got me thinking about my own relationship...
A few weeks ago, the Canadian wildfire haze reached Central Virginia, where I live, and we noticed it as a haziness in the air. Well, I have an AirGradient Open Air (model O-1PST) outdoor sensor and two AirGradient ONE units (model...
That's the reason I've always felt that private journaling isn't for me. Is it an attention-seeking look-at-me kinda thing? I honestly don't think so. For me, writing in public adds more reflection to the words. I can sit for a good...
This is the companion to I own my books, where I made the case for stripping DRM and actually owning what I buy. This post is the machinery overview: how I store, serve, and read all of it from my own homelab. My books workflow # When I...
I love reading. I caught the bug as a middle-schooler when I got caught skipping school, and as punishment, I had to read The Chronicles of Amber and do a book report about it. Even today, opening a book and fanning the pages to get the...
Hi hello. Happy #Caturday! I would like to introduce you to our little weirdo, Lennie. Look at this little dummy! What a sweetie.Richmond, VA Lennie is the newest member of The Goblin Hoard. He was born 06/28/2025 and his gotcha date was...
Rachelle and I bought our house in Richmond in late 2022 and moved in early 2023. The ULTRALOQ U-Bolt Pro Z-Wave Smart Lock was the very first smart device I installed after setting up Home Assistant. Requirements # Our must-have...
Man, I've been circling on this idea for some weeks now and couldn't quite figure out the best way to open, but I think this is a great one: About a month ago, Flathub announced a ban on slopcoded applications. Evangelos “GeopJr”...
This is part 2 of my little webmentions series. In part 1, I outlined my incoming webmentions setup. This one will be much shorter because outgoing is a much more straightforward process. As with incoming, I prefer to avoid dependencies...
!journal: As I'm typing these words, it's 6:07am on a Sunday morning. I know it's humid out because the humidity is causing the finger print sensors on the door locks to beep. The cat feeders have just hit and the cats are milling about....
I'm unsure if everyone is really talking about webmentions or if I'm just noticing them more because I'm working on mine, but it certainly feels like the former.[1] A few weeks ago, I mentioned that my site now supports webmentions....
Welp, I'm doing it. I'm canceling my Pinboard subscription. I've actually been a Pinboard customer for a very long time. I found Pinboard way back in 2010 when Yahoo said they were sunsetting Delicious. It's my second longest used...
I've been scrolling the Bubbles new feed for a few weeks now. I think of it like trolling[1] for good feeds. This is a pretty high-volume feed so I can't click through every post so I end up just reading the title and trying to decide if...