Moving my personal blog and a new RSS feed URL (goodbye and thanks Micro.blog)

Hey :)

This is just a quick update on this post- RSS feed changes

I’m moving from Micro.blog to a new platform.

  • I am going to be moving to a new blogging platform this weekend (for my personal blog). Maybe tonight. It just depends how things go.
  • The aeryn.me domain will be moved to the new platform too.
  • The new feed URL will be at https://aeryn.me/feed/.
  • If you wish to continue to follow this blog in your feed reader, you will need to add it again because I am unable to add feed redirects on the new platform.
  • My Micro.blog-hosted site will remain live for some more months whilst I continue migrating posts. But will eventually disappear, I expect.
  • I do not intend to delete my account (I want to preserve timeline posts) but will let it lapse back to a free account.
  • I will most likely not be posting to Micro.blog anymore. šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø
  • I am now microblogging on Mastodon and still adding Micro.blog folks there gradually. I love that I can continue to follow, although there does feel like some distance now, which is a shame.
  • I cross-post from Mastodon to Bluesky too.

Lastly, although I will potentially write about Micro.blog again in the future, I just want to say thank you to Manton, support people, and the community. Thanks for making me feel welcome and being generally a friendly, supportive, and wholesome place.

Bye and see you around

Aeryn x

Edit to add: I think I may have figured out a RSS redirect at the new place. Not sure.


RSS feed changes

Hey,

I am migrating this blog (aeryn.me) to a new platform soon. And all existing RSS feeds will break.

I have set up a feed redirect on the current platform. If you would like to continue to follow my blog, please subscribe this new URL.

The new feed URL will be: https://aeryn.me/feed/

This URL will be the Atom feed address on the new platform, and should be a valid redirect until I complete the move. But I’m not sure all RSS feed clients will happily ‘subscribe’ to a redirect, or not.

So, if you subscribe and you don’t hear anything within a couple of weeks, please check my blog again. I’ll be posting RSS/Atom feed options on the new platform once I’ve moved over.


Album art for King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime by Faith No More. A stylized illustration features a fierce dog and a person in a suit with a badge against a bold red and black background

My soundtrack to 1995. šŸŽµ

This reminds me of kicking about in Northamptonshire with my partner in crime when we were students.

Faith No More are so important to me, and this album might be my favourite. And it’s 30 years old now 🤯

King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime by Faith No More (1995)


Album art for Leaders Of The Free World by Elbow. A drawing of a group of cartoonish figures in various poses.

My soundtrack to 2008/2009. šŸŽµ

When Seldom Seen Kid came out I became an Elbow fan and delved into their back catalog. At the time, I was busy diving into photography in a really big way. And this album reminds me of wandering around Manchester City centre with my camera and people I met through Flickr.

Leaders Of The Free World by Elbow (2005)


Album art for Dance Fever by Florence + The Machine. A woman with long red hair adorned with large flowers stands before a backdrop of a moon and butterflies.

My soundtrack to a very intense 2022. šŸŽµ

A medicine album that helped me through.

Dance Fever by Florence + The Machine (2022)


Album cover art for A Moon Shaped Pool (2016) by Radiohead, a black and white abstract piece with swirling patterns

This is the soundtrack to the breakdown of my life. 2017. šŸŽµ

It’s was an intensely painful and paradoxically beautiful time. My mind was breaking down and I was having all sorts of crazy experiences whilst desperately trying to stay out of hospital.

And this music was my solace. I played it on repeat for hours at a time. Day after day. I never did get sick of it.

It’s my favourite Radiohead album and it will always mean so much to me.

A Moon Shaped Pool (2016) by Radiohead


Album art for Anima by Thom Yorke with an abstract design with an upside-down silhouette of a person and bold orange text.

My soundtrack to 2019. For some reason I associate it with the first John Wick movie. Anyway, I just fucking love this album.

ANIMA by Thom Yorke (2019)


Album cover art for Some Friendly (1990) by The Charlatans featuring an abstract, distorted image of people

This is my soundtrack šŸŽµ to going to see my grandparents in Oxfordshire. I remember the way their house smelled (pipe tobacco) and the forests we drove through to get to them..

This album blew my young mind. And I listened relentlessly. ~1990s

Some Friendly (1990) by The Charlatans


Album cover art for wipEout The Zero Gravity Soundtrack by CoLD SToRAGE 2023

Wipeout was the game! I played it relentlessly and it was such a rush! The music was a massive part of that: tracks from this album, and the licensed music too. šŸŽµšŸŽ®

My soundtrack to the original PlayStation. 1995.

wipE’out'' - The Zero Gravity Soundtrack by CoLD SToRAGE (2023)


Album artwork for Hesitation Marks by Nine Inch Nails

Freedom. Longing. Grief. Relief. Repeat.

My soundtrack to moving to a new home and being newly single for the first time in a very long time. 2013.

One of my fave NIN albums tbh

Hesitation Marks by Nine Inch Nails (2013) šŸŽµ


My soundtrack to holidays on the North-West coast of Scotland as a teen. ~1990s

I used to listen to this album on a little cassette player that I bought from the Grundig electronics store in Mallaig.

Already, I was a fan of Clannad from the Robin Hood TV show. And this album became a gateway to more of their work, and later in life Celtic music generally.

It still brings happy memories of sitting by the sea listening to this on my tinny headphones.

Pastpresent by Clannad (1989) šŸŽµ


My soundtrack to becoming a parent. ~2000s

X&Y by Coldplay (2005) šŸŽµ