Hello! Привіт! I'm James (/d͡ʒeɪmz/) (also capjamesg). My pronouns are he/him/his. I live in Scotland. This is my blog.
I hope this website can bring a little bit of joy into your day.
Writings
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Today
Published on under the Life category.
When I woke up this morning, I thought that I wanted to try something new. Instead of my usual routine of reading, I spent some time trying on different outfits, seeing which one felt like the best for the day. I had washed and dried my hair well last night so this felt like the perfect time for being more selective about an outfit.
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Announcing Subscribe Openly
Published on under the IndieWeb category.
The default experience for opening an RSS or Atom file in Chrome and Firefox is for the browser to show raw XML. Sometimes, feed files download when you open the link instead of showing XML. In both cases, the user experience is less than ideal. A raw feed file is unintuitive. What do you do with it? How does it work?
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Phoenix
Published on under the Music category.
I was trying to find my way. I was thinking my mind was made. goes the refrain in Big Red Machine, Fleet Foxes, and Anäis Mitchell’s Phoenix, a song that I have been listening to a lot this week. Listening to the song makes me both want to sing along with the same passion as you can hear in the voices of the artists, and also go to my piano and play the melody. I am not yet talented enough to sing while I play, but this song is among those that make me aspire to be able to sing and play one day.
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Drying my hair
Published on under the Stories category.
I love having long hair. But having long hair means you need to dry long hair. Without any plans this evening, I decided I would wash my hair and follow the routine I learned earlier this year. It does take more time, but when you have an evening without any plans what better thing is there to do than spend time doing something that feels good?
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The things around me
Published on under the Stories category.
After a great chat with friends, I took my AirPods out and heard the birds singing. I think the chirps and tones are particularly pronounced in the evenings and the mornings. Or maybe that’s when I am most attuned to hearing them – in the moments when I wake up when I’m still adjusting to the day, and the evenings where I can relax. I love the sound of birdsong.
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Bookmarks
Published on under the Coding category.
I love finding new links to read. I especially love exploring lists of links. But I struggle to publish lists of links myself. When I’m exploring the web, I get immersed in reading and taking notes and navigating between websites. Publishing link lists is a discrete step.