The etymology of the word camera is enjoyable. It comes from a word meaning room/chamber via the Camera Obscura. If you don't know what sort of device that is you can watch this short video which has a modern photographer using it for his work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfRiBSEfCFQ

#Etymology #Camera #Photography #CameraObscura.

As I read a Facebook comment with ten identical emojis in a row I thought of a quote by Terry Pratchett.

> 'Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.'
> Eric (Discworld novel)

#TerryPratchett #PTerry #emojis

#GretaThunberg was arrested by #Danish police for protesting #UniversityOfCopenhagen's links with #Israel. I imagine this isn't the sort of publicity the university wanted.

The photo accompanying the news article isn't really flattering to Greta because she is chewing. It did make me happy when I focused in on her hands to see that her snack is very a #Swedish rye crispbread (#Knäckebröd). A sensible choice.

In Iceland we call it hrökkbrauð. I haven't had one in years but it makes me remember breakfast at my grandparents' house when I was little.

Maybe we should stop saying that the things we loved in our youth aged badly and instead say we aged better. That stuff was always bad so the change is within us.

When Russia invaded Ukraine the #NordicCountries decided they didn't want Russia to take part in #EuroVision. This year people in #Iceland tried to get a similar stance against #Israel and were told that would be too political and EuroVision isn't political.

Now the singer of the #Icelandic entry is at best naive about the situation while the song's writer has said the everyone should boycott this year's competition.

#BDS

What is the best non-invasive and #privacy respecting #email service?

I would buy more #BluRays if it wasn't such a hassle to rip them. I don't have a #BluRay player. I have enough things to plug into my TV. I do have a BluRay drive but there is a whole thing you need to do for it to work.

People who do actual #piracy do this all the time. They get a kick out of defeating #DRM. For the rest of us it feels like we are being kicked by DRM for the sole crime of buying #PhysicalMedia.

Have you ever talked to a librarian about the internet? Even back in 2003 when I started my degree in library and information science the internet was a huge part of our training. I was taught by people who were there every step of the way in the development of the internet (except DARPA).

@phiofx

The #Internet has all these amazing ways to disseminate information that should be controlled by librarians but keep being taken over and rendered useless by marketing departments.

A #Librarian is trying to help you find what you are looking for. A marketing department wants you to find what they are selling.

#GooglePodcasts is being phased out. #AntennaPod is the 'droid app your looking for.

I did not manage to connect my #Wordpress #blog to the #Fediverse (likely because it isn't in the root directory of the domain) but I did get my podcast (also Wordpress) to join.

@oligneisti@storiesoficeland.com

If you have your own domain and use #Wordpress it is extremely easy to connect to the #Fediverse. People really should do this.

@oligneisti@storiesoficeland.com

I am slowly realising that #PeerTube is so much cooler than I thought. Actually amazing. For those who make videos and rely on donors and/or selling their own ads it seems almost perfect.

Like so much in this corner the world, #Fediverse, #Linux, etc., the real problem is just convincing people to use all this great stuff.

The hidden folk at #Yuletide. I retell two related #folktales and speculate about what they say about contemporary society.

I recorded the episode and mentioned the then current state of the pending #VolcanicEruption in #Iceland. While I was doing so, an eruption started. I added a note on this before I uploaded it to Patreon. Now that I am releasing it for everyone, the eruption seems to be over.

https://storiesoficeland.com/home-alone/

#Elves #IcelandicFolklore, #StoriesOfIceland #Gender #Yule #Folklore

In this episode I decided to recommend #PodcastAntenna. I also talked about #RSS and the important role it plays in #podcasts.

I think #ContentCreators should help their audience understand their medium and also point them towards better solutions for accessing content.

RSS is the reason why podcasting is the only medium that is wide reaching and distributed. The corporations want to put podcasts in a walled garden. They (e.g. #Spotify) have tried and though they failed they will try again.

I went from writing this to listening to @taylorlorenz talk to @adamconover on #Factually about #SocialMedia. I was a bit disappointed that they didn't use the opportunity to plug their #Mastodon accounts because talking about the alternatives is a big part of changing the internet landscape.

Then I went on to listen to #BehindTheBastards talk about #AaronSwartz. Of course #RSS comes up.

What I think might be the most important single thing in the future of the #Fediverse and #ActivityPub is #WordPress. If they do it well it could be a game changer. It would raise the appeal for creators to have their own sites.

Of course I want WordPress' competitiors to try to outdo them, the important thing is that it would be done outside of the walled gardens.

The thing is that #RSS is the best. Social media sites don't like RSS because it breeds independence. Which is exactly why #creators should be using and *promoting* RSS. You can whine about the #algorithm or you can work on freeing your self from its clutches.

While I would love each #Creator to have their own site where they host their stuff I think that #RSS might work with a minimal structure.

Many people have a central hub which links to all their profiles. The extremely minimal addition would be just a link to an #RSSFeed people can subscribe to.

If people #CrossPost content then the feed should have one entry which links to the different platforms (or your self hosted one).

There could be an actual page with embedded content as well.

We keep treating #RSS as if it died. It is in fact wildly popular. #Podcasts show us how powerful this really simple syndication actually is.

The real problem is that people don't really understand that RSS is the underlying structure of a #podcast.

I could post recordings of myself talking on the web and almost no-one would find it. With an RSS-feed I can reach an audience.

"Imagine subscribing to a #creator or a publication like you subscribe to a podcast."

People might get it that way.