Seirdy
User autonomy, accessibility, privacy, and independent search engines.
seirdy.oneSeirdy is an independent blog covering security & privacy and indieweb & blogging. It is no longer actively publishing, though its archive remains worth exploring.
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Certificate Transparency in Firefox
.Firefox 136 looks poised to enforce Certificate TransparencyIt may be late, but combined with CRLite (), it may soon be the browser with the most robust Web PKI support.and its other Web PKI progressWhile I would still say that Chromium generally wins on the security front, I’m happy to see the gap narrow with time and to see Firefox occasionally inch ahead in some areas.
Why I choose Microdata
The four most popular ways to use RDF-based metadata on websites are RDFa-Core, RDFa-Lite, Microdata, and inline JSON-LD.I can’t use RDFa-Lite because I need HTML attributes. , which parses differently. I doubt all parsers upgrade correctly; some will try to parse RDFa-Core as RDFa-Lite. Conformant RDFa parsers upgrade RDFa-Lite pages to RDFa-Core despite many authors only being familiar with RDFa-Lite. I suppose resources like Schema.org and Google’s documentation only documenting RDFa-Lite ma...
Scrapers I block (and allow), with explanations
Introduction was full of documentation on each user-agent I blocked. Over time, other websites started using my file as a reference. I’m humbled by how useful others find my file.An old version of my filerobots.txtrobots.txtrobots.txtnote 1Unfortunately, a plain text file in a browser window isn’t the most readable experience for everybody. It has no headings for quick navigation, inconsistent support for soft line-wrapping, and poor support for hyperlinks.I’m compiling documentation on the b...
My workouts
I document my low-equipment at-home workout regiment. I currently do a three-day split: arms, back, and legs. Years ago, I had access to a gym. Now, I do the best I can at home with weights and bands.I can’t do a push/pull split: I don’t have enough push-based exercises to do with my equipment and limitations.I am closer to novice than expert. People have written books about this. Read those if you want serious advice. This is mostly something I hope to share with others when I seek advice them...
A clarification on Google Page Annotations
Reply to by google’s latest fuckery: if you write online, read thissolarbirdI agree wholeheartedly with being an absolutely antifeature, and recommend that others opt-out and/or protest the feature. I want to make a clarification that doesn’t invalidate your main points:Google’s Page AnnotationsawfulClicking annotations doesn’t navigate away from your site to a Google search; it triggers an overlay with infoboxes about the term you selected. It’s similar to the iOS “Look Up” option for s...
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