Tantek Çelik

Inventor, writer, teacher, runner, indieweb coder, and more.

  1. going to run @thenorthfaceECS #ECSCA 2016-12-03 marathon relay with @jentaylor_5, and AJ & @sallykallet!

    Endurance Challenge Marathon Relay number three for me and my 2nd ECSCA after missing last year due to injury.

    Looking forward to seeing and running with lots of @Nov_Project friends from around the country and now world!

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  2. @evanwolf good brainstorming. Now post them on your own blog in complete sentences & paragraphs for quoting & citing!

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  3. @robdolin will check. Need #tech usage guides more than ideas now.
    And post more on your site than Twitter! #indieweb

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  4. @obiwankimberly will do. Posting both short notes and articles on my site. Start with: tantek.com/2016/320/b1/managing-stress-anger-grief-be-productive

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  5. The first major problems I expect:
    1 Censorship (mass media, small groups, self)
    2 Surveillance 10-100x
    3 Subversion

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  6. This transition will be orders of magnitude worse than Clinton->GeorgeW for those that remember. Nixon is another comparison.

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  7. 54d. Decided to spend time every Sunday figuring out how to resist and fight all the bad things to come. Brainstorming with friends about what can and will go wrong starting 2017-01-20, and what are all the things we can do, no problem or action too small or too large.

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  8. a jpg. #BlackFriday morning, choosing to #optoutside with #NPSF from before #dawn to #sunrise. #nofilter

    Every day is a good day to opt outside, not just black friday.

    #sceneonmyrun #seenonmyrun #thatbridge #thatsfbridge #ggb #goldengatebridge #sf #sanfrancisco

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  9. Corrected permalink: http://tantek.com/2016/333/t4/run-ecsca-marathon-relay

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  10. My 2017-01-01 #IndieWeb Commitment: Own All My RSVPs To Public Events

    My 2017-01-01 #indieweb commitment is to own 100% of my RSVPs to public events, by posting them on my site first, and other sites second, if at all.

    RSVPs will be my third public kind of post to fully own on my own site:

    • 2002-08-08 100% articles: owned all my articles using my site
    • 2010-01-01 100% public notes: owned all my public notes, instead of tweeting
    • 2013-05-12 partial replies: owned all my replies to indieweb posts or @-replies to tweets (but not e.g. replies to public or private Facebook posts)
    • 2014-12-31 partial likes: owned all my favorites/likes of tweets (using my site, automatically propagated to Twitter, but not likes of Facebook or Instagram posts)
    • 2017-01-01 Planned: 100% of public RSVPs.

    For a while now I’ve been posting RSVPs to indie events, such as Homebrew Website Club meetups. Those RSVPs are nearly always multi-RSVPs that are also automatically RSVPing to the Facebook copies of such indie events.

    Recently I started to post some (most?) of my RSVPs to public events (regardless of where they were hosted) on my own site first, and then syndicate (POSSE) them to other sites, often automatically.

    My previous post is one such example RSVP. I posted it on my site, and my server used the Bridgy service to automatically perform the equivalent RSVP on the public Facebook event, without me having to directly interact with Facebook’s UI at all.

    For events on Eventbrite, Lanyrd, and other event sites I still have to manually POSSE, that is, manually cross-post an RSVP there that I originally posted on my own site.

    My commitment for 2017 is to always, 100% of the time, post RSVPs to public events on my own site first, and only secondarily (manually if I must) RSVP to silo (social media) event URLs.

    What’s your 2017-01-01 #indieweb commitment?

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  11. going to run the Hot Chocolate 15k SF on 2017-01-08!
    https://www.hotchocolate15k.com/sanfrancisco
    https://www.facebook.com/events/270325059990398/
    #raceeverything

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  12. “best way you can defy crap content … is to write your own blog on your own platform” @vboykis. #indieweb http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2016/11/20/fix-the-internet/

    [And yes, even just quotes from blog posts: post them on your own site first, syndicating them elsewhere (indieweb.org/POSSE) just for distribution. —t]

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  13. a jpg. Brought nephew2(9) to #NPSF #hillsforbreakfast this morning. #nofilter 📷 Laura McCloskey Green.

    Thanks especially to @taraewall for taking good care of him, @DeanKarnazes for the personal words of encouragement, @poleary87 for his bridge tag, and everyone else for all the high fives.

    When Dean asked him what he was thankful for, he said “living”.

    Nephew2 crushed 2 hill repeats and had a great time. I told him he earned his #novemberproject buff, gave it to him afterwards and he’s been wearing it ever since.

    #wakeupthesun #fromwhereirun #run #runner #heysweatdaily #runners #silhouette #silhouettes #backlit #thatbridge #thatsfbridge #goldengatebridge #ggb #sf #city #skyline #dawn #sunrise #seenonmyrun #sceneonmyrun #RUNPROGRAM #marin #marinheadlands #trail #trailrun

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  14. ran Spartan Turkey Trot 5k in 31:27 (MV, CA; 4°C)
    niece(6) & nephew2(9) both set PRs with 30:50!

    Nephew2 started with my dad, and my niece started with me. I tried to keep up with her but after about half a mile she started to pull away and I was unable to keep up! About 20 meters ahead of me she kept turning around and grinning, pleased with herself and perhaps rubbing it in.

    We passed my dad and nephew2 (they had started a few seconds earlier), and nephew2 caught up to me. I told him (with what little breath I had) that I could not keep up with her and that he should run and catch his sister.

    They apparently alternated running fast and "taking it easy" (maybe even walking?) until the final half lap around the Mountain View High track to the finish. 30:27. They’re both determined to get sub-30 next year.

    This was my first 5k race since I hurt my knee exactly a year ago, 2 days after I set a half marathon PR at the Berkeley Half (tantek.com/t4eQ1). It was also the coldest race I have ever run (39°F / 4°C), and despite wearing my @Nov_Project buff over my neck and mouth, had trouble breathing the cold air. I’m back to my race pace being breathing limited.

    Despite everything, it was still my second fastest 5k race (and Turkey Trot). And perhaps best of all, zero knee problems for the entire race.

    My niece and nephew2 were waiting at the finish line jumping up and down cheering me in, having finished less than 40 seconds ahead of me.

    We chatted and waited for my dad, heard the race announcers say his name, city, and incredulously his age. 38:18.

    This was the fifth Turkey Trot in a row that we have done as a family. fourth overall for me (skipped last year due to injury), and third in a row for my niece (who did her first two years ago in ~40min) and nephew2. Nephew1 skipped this one to instead cook some dishes for Thanksgiving. My dad has run all five years.

    Pretty darn grateful we are all able to enjoy this activity across three generations.

    Previously: tantek.com/2015/330/t1/cheered-turkey-trot-watched-prs

    Race links:
    https://raceroster.com/events/2016/10311/2016-spartan-turkey-trot
    http://runningintheusa.com/Race/View.aspx?RaceID=65396

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  15. a jpg. 🌴🌇 The sunrise after #NPSF doublegang looked extra bright despite the storm clouds. #latergram #nofilter

    Made it to @nov_project_sf early gang a few minutes late but finished all sets all the same. Did 9 more of each exercise (push-ups, leg lifts, tri dips, air squats) to round it up to 100 of each.

    Stayed for "normal" NPSF at 6:25 and took this photo just after.

    There's a noticeable difference between ~30 minutes of NP (which alone feels great), and resting briefly then doing ~30 minutes more.

    At least for me, I breathe easier and more fully, everything seem brighter, sounds seem more detailed, and smells & tastes are more intense. I feel more confident, capable, and resilient. I have a feeling the coming months & years will require all of that.

    #wakeupthesun #fromwhereirun #sunrise #justshowup #bringaheadlamp #novemberproject #doublegang #run #heysweatdaily

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  16. a jpg. Back at #track! Ran in #darkness & #mist, #stairs, and brought the #parents too! Thanks @butteronadonut for the track #selfies and leading our #trackattack week after week. #nofilter

    #fromwhereirun #tuesdaytrack #tracktuesday #npsf #kezar #stadium #run #runner #runners #heysweatdaily #RUNPROGRAM #justshowup

    My first full Kezar track session in a while. Maybe this year.

    Workout was 1600 ins/outs, 800 easy, 1600 ins/outs, stairs, abs
    I Did: 1200, 800, 400, 800, 400, stairs, abs

    Previously:
    * 2 weeks ago, made it @Nov_Project_LAX track at Burbank Highschool for 400 300 200 100 sprints, most of the workout
    * tantek.com/2016/040/t1/kezar-stadium-sections-burpees
    * Partial workout last year 2015-293
    * tantek.com/2015/287/t1/did-npsf-tracktuesday

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