Along with duct tape and Velcro, I think one of man’s greatest inventions has to be the zip tie.
Thoughts
My new Keychron keyboard arrived today. After just 10 minutes of use, I’m 100% a mechanical keyboard convert… Now I need a good mouse to pair it with. Any recommendations? I’ve been using an Apple Magic Mouse forever.
And finally, all six sets of Phosphor Icons for Micro.blog have been made available as plugins. That’s it. I’m done flooding your timeline for the day, maybe…
Hot on the heels of last night’s mnml release, I’ve made some additional updates to fix some category related class output and add styling for the <figure> and <figcaption> html elements. Version 2.5.4 is the latest.
It’s been a minute, so for the new folks… Here’s the semi-irregular reminder that a Micro.blog t-shirt is available for purchase here.
I’ve been going down the rabbit hole of dumb watches lately. Today’s wrist check from my very small collection is the Bulova New American Clipper style automatic 96C130. Classic and simple for my minimalist tastes.
I’m working on a series of Micro.blog plugins to add the different Phosphor Icon Sets to your Micro.blog site. The first plugin for the “Regular” set is available now. More sets coming soon. A post how to use the icons will come in a few days.
I think I’ve found just about the most perfect Lofi Jazz station on Apple Music there ever was…
It can be frustrating how quickly the best laid task management plans can go awry because a seemingly simple little thing turns into a big gnarly thing. Today is shot. Officially moving all scheduled tasks to tomorrow…
Trying something different… I’m going to set my personal Mastodon instance aside for a bit and just use Micro.blog with its Fediverse features over the next few weeks to see if I like it better. If you saw me follow you from my dot-org domain, it’s legit.
The office has been watching the Big Bear eagle nest cam on the open space TV since before the chicks hatched. The juveniles are now about to fledge. Whenever one of them tests their wings, the whole office pauses to see if this the time that one leaves the nest. 🦅
I finally found the cable to my Garmin Instinct watch. It’s been so long, I’ve forgotten how to operate the darned thing. I hope the battery isn’t toast by sitting uncharged for so long…
A mnml Micro.blog theme update just dropped adding some cool features that have been requested by a few users…
I had an English Literature teacher my senior year of high school named King Wisdom (no joke!) who’s class you could pass by bringing him Rolos (also, no joke). Personally, I did not bring him Rolos, but I do think of what a character he was whenever I partake of them myself.
📷 A stroll along the river–or what we call a river in SoCal anyway–at lunch, deep in thought. I almost didn’t come back.
Thankfully, we’ve recovered from my hasty settings change day before yesterday.
Every now and then I forget my own rule to the rest of the team: Test in a sandbox, test it again as a user, then test once more as a different user before promoting it.
I caused myself way too much stress with this one…
While trying to catch up some lost time from the day, I thought I could enable a seemingly innocuous environment setting without testing it properly in a sandbox first.
What do you think happened?
You’re right! Shit broke and I can’t roll it back.
Yay me!
Waiting for Sequoia updates to complete on the Intel work laptop. 2 hours and counting so far…
If it were Apple silicon, I’d be back working already. 😑
My wife and I had a fantastic lazy weekend in Palm Springs with no agendas or timelines other than laying by the pool and dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant. Our time is over now and it’s back to the real world…
📷 Early morning coffee with a view.
Let this be a lesson, kids… Always double check the QA work of someone else. RV backup camera was NOT tested properly and still needs to be worked on. No pickup for Breezie happening today… 🤬
We get our RV back from the shop today. 🎉 It only took four weeks to get fixed–which is actually pretty good. Thankfully, the service contract we purchased covers the cost of it all. After I bring it home, we’re headed to Palm Springs for a mini-vacation weekend. ☀️😎🍹
I had the strangest dream… @manton showed up at my house with his pet kangaroo because a post I published somehow broke Micro.blog. After debugging and fixing it together, we watched family videos of my kids from 30 years ago, watched the sun set, and then he took pictures to remember the visit.
I had the best health insurance experience yesterday! While scheduling some costly tests, three incredibly friendly representatives went above and beyond to assist me. I barely had to lift a finger. This was not the American healthcare system I’m used to!
I had to zap the PRAM on my work laptop this morning to get it to boot properly. I haven’t had to do that to a Mac in years, maybe even decade, but my fingers remembered what to do without giving it any thought…
For those who may not have seen it, mnml v2.4.4 released…
Maybe it’s just me, but the Micro.blog web servers seem to be a bit snappier lately. I’m liking it…
Had a lunch date with my wife today at a place we haven’t been to in 15 or 20 years that overlooks the pier. Then we walked the pier afterwards. It was an enjoyable afternoon with my bestie. I’m a lucky guy.
I’ve been going to a local shoe store for more than 25 years that has a “spin the wheel for a free pair of shoes” game. In all those years, I’ve never won a free pair… Until today. Score!
Changes for a mnml update are nearly complete and may drop by the weekend.
I also have some great ideas in the works for my next Micro.blog theme…