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19 points by punk_ihaq · 15 comments

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kn100

Heh, my personal blog has exactly the same thing for a while. I always wondered if I died would a reader know before anybody IRL would?

  • punk_ihaqOP

    > I always wondered if I died would a reader know before anybody IRL would?

    I just started thinking about that yesterday, but I don't have many readers yet. My wife would definitely notice, though!

    > my personal blog has exactly the same thing for a while

    Woo, I'm not alone :) How did you go about implementing it? Was it live in real-time or delayed by a day like mine, and why did you decide to eventually remove it?

darknavi

A fun idea. I've been playing with all sorts of ideas for static websites and trying to figure out ways to make them feel more "live".

I was wondering about the heartbeat updates and replaying the data in "real-time" the next day is a really nice touch and allows a single deployment a day.

  • punk_ihaqOP

    Thanks! Curious what other ways to make them feel more "live" you've thought of already.

    The 24h replay started as a constraint and turned into the design. Anything closer to live means a server holding a websocket open and my watch draining its battery to feed it. My homepage is markdown and a GitHub Action, and I wanted to keep it that way.

cadamsdotcom

I know it's based on the author's pulse.. it'd be fun to base it on the host!

Being hammered by HN would quicken that pulse a bit ;)

saint-evan

Looove your kitten... How could I make one? I'm basically asking permission before I go raid your elements (inspect site)

scubbo

TIL the term "streetlifting"

  • punk_ihaqOP

    Streetlifting is an emerging strength sport that combines calisthenics and powerlifting. Athletes compete in weight classes by testing their one- rep maxes across up to four primary movements: weighted muscle-ups, pull-ups (or chin-ups), dips, and barbell squats.

bayesnet

Right now the HR is showing 48 bpm, so this has the fun side effect of demonstrating that the author is in pretty good shape.

  • punk_ihaqOP

    Thanks! I've been working out regularly for the past three years and eating clean and have noticed a steady decline in my rhr from the high 70s to the mid 40s now.

_ZeD_

there is a neko too! :D

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