The why and how of backing up your Mastodon data
Your server or your Mastodon account could go away at any time. If you don’t want to lose your data, you should back it up. Here’s how to do that, and how to restore it later.
Category Archives: Web
Unbelievably, offensively useless chat with Healthfirst online support
A website that refuses access to critical documents is bad enough. Completely clueless chat agents who provide stock, bullshit, useless answers is much worse.
Comics Aggregator: workaround while “Nancy” is in transition
If you read the comic strip Nancy in the Comics Aggregator, you may have noticed that your comics page is loading slowly and displaying an error for Nancy. This is because Nancy has stopped publishing new strips temporarily while transitioning to a new artist. The slow page load is due to the fact that unfortunately… Read More »
How you actually should respond to that “183 million credentials leak”
What a recent Forbes article got wrong and what it should have told you instead.
Comics Aggregator: GoComics.com was broken, is now fixed
Overnight last night, GoComics.com was modified to deter bots, along with some other changes which broke the Comics Aggregator‘s ability to fetch comics from there.
How to stop Google from invading your privacy and others’ when you share links
“share.google” links are evil. Here’s how to get Google to stop spitting them at you.
Can’t log into Costco website, their technical support is useless
I spent nearly four hours of my time proving this isn’t my fault. I’m still doubtful that Costco will do anything to resolve the problem.
Some Comics Aggregator internals changed, let me know if you run into issues
I’ve had to rewrite a bit of the Comics Aggregator code to be able to add Alexandra Petri to it. Because this involved switching from one third-party library to another in code that doesn’t just impact Alexandra Petri, I may have broken something. I did some testing and everything seems to be working, but I… Read More »
Alexandra Petri added to comics aggregator
I’ve added the humor columnist Alexandra Petri, who previously wrote for The Washington Post and now writes for The Atlantic, to the comics aggregator. If you don’t feel the need to read her stuff Right Away When It Comes Out, then I would encourage you to use the “1-day delay” variant of her entry in… Read More »
Honest this time, “Vintage” comics are working now for Comics Kingdom
As far as I know, Comics Kingdom has finally fixed their daily emails well enough to make the comics designated as “Vintage” work properly in the comics aggregator. See the user guide for instructions reading Comics Kingdom in the aggregator. If you notice any comics that aren’t working, let me know.