I woke up a couple hours earlier than usual today, so I spent the time reorganizing my Obsidian vault and tweaking my OmniFocus setup.
I feel accomplished.
The date has been set for my TCAR surgery. Of course it’s the Wednesday before the Monday I was supposed to return to work. That means I’ll have to take a little extra time off for recovery. Dang it! I’m so ready to get back to the day job already.
I’m in a “simplify all the things” state of mind, which means I’m once again giving serious thought to moving my Fediverse (Mastodon) presence back to Micro.blog and spinning down my single user instance… 🤔
📷 Clouds
After a day of coding and house chores, it’s time to fire up the smoker to try a new smoked chicken recipe.
Life is good…
mnml: Pinned Post Feature
At the behest of @josephaleo yesterday evening, I took the time today to add a new “featured” or “pinned” post feature to my mnml theme for Micro.blog.
You can update to v2.7.1 in your Micro.blog plugins area soon if not already.
Here’s how the feature works…
Say you have a category you always want the latest post to stay pinned to the top of your home page for, no matter how many other posts in different categories you may publish. It might – well, does – look something like this…
After updating to version 2.7.1, all you have to do is set your preferred category name in the new mnml theme setting, like this…
In this example on my sandbox site, the latest post in my “Featured Post” category stays pinned on the home page, no matter what. When I publish a new post in the “Featured Post” category, it then becomes the pinned post at the top of the home page.
The category can be anything you choose. In the case of @josephaleo, he wants to pin the latest “Podcast” category post on his home page to feature his latest episode.
If you like this enhancement, or would like to simply support mnml’s continued development in general, buying me a coffee is always a pleasant surprise.
📷 The beach was not as busy as we thought it would be today…
Some mnml Updates
I was a little bored today, so I added a theme setting to my Micro.blog mnml theme that allows you to toggle post counts on or off for the archive page categories as well as tweaking some styles.
I also added the archive post count feature to the mnml: Archives by Year Micro.blog plugin, so you’ll have to update that plugin if you’re using it and want to show archive page category post counts.
I started wearing my Apple Watch more over the last couple of weeks to track cardio rehab efforts.
I realized this morning I’ve become a Slave to the Rings™ yet again…
It’s time (unintended pun) to put it away and go back to wearing a “real” watch.
I made some mnml related updates to both the theme and archive by year plugin that alphabetizes archive page categories and adds better styling for the archive year select menu.
I’m giving Zen Browser another spin today…
Back to Basics
The most effective way to change an organization, a company or a relationship is to identify the invisible centering forces and address them.
As I start ramping up my return to work, I’m giving deep thought to how I can better approach the challenges in front of me with a minimum of stress.
A big part of that is going to be centered around asking the right questions in the moment instead of just reacting to them.
In a weird and much appreciated twist, I’m starting to get checks BACK from my health insurance for co-pays made thanks to hitting my max out-of-pocket for the year. I’ll take it! 🎉
Rocking a new theme on the blog based on mnml. I think I’m going to keep this one to myself for a while…
I reactivated my @hemisphericviews subscription this morning, this time as a global supporter. You should support them too if you don’t already. @canion, @jason and @martinfeld are doing the people’s work. I’ve held off listening to any episodes until now in fear of laughing too hard.
It turns out the longer walk route is not quite as long as I thought it was. I need to add another quarter mile to hit or exceed my target. Easy enough…
Starting a reread of David Allen’s Getting Things Done with the intention of tightening up my task management when I return to work. I always catch a new idea when I read it.
📷 After three months, it’s finally beer day!
First up, a 33 Summers West Coast IPA at HB Brewing Company, downtown HB.
And then a Neon Rainbows Hazy IPA – also at HB Brewing Company.
Drats… I went for a longer and brisker walk than usual today, hoping to fully close a smart watch ring. Sadly, I somehow managed to pause the workout midway through, so no ring for me. That’s okay. I’ll make it up when we walk downtown for a beer and back. I know I got the work in…
The orientation for cardiac rehab went smoothly this morning. I’m already way beyond what most patients start at. The schedule is three times a week for the next six – though the program is really 12 weeks long. I should be in much better shape than I was pre-op by the time I head back to work. 💪🏻