Two take-aways from my one-pager edit, today.

  1. I can open an SVG file in BBEdit to get the vector information—no need to find the raw HTML online.
  2. I still don’t understand all of the components of the SVG data and how CSS interacts inside of the template I’m customizing.

But? It works.


As an HTML hobbyist, it is excruciating to constantly come up against the difference between what I think I know and what I actually know. This is how I learn best, but it is so humbling. I thought I understood including in-line SVG images. I’m progressing.


Crucial Track for April 20, 2025

"Highwire Days" by The Psychedelic Furs Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Hopefully I don't stay stuck in 80s references! I got to see Psychedelic Furs live once at the University of Florida Bandshell, back in the early 1990s. My first exposure to them was on a local radio show in the Minneapolis radio market circa 1982, and I borrowed the Mirror Moves vinyl from an acquaintance and taped it.

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I was diagnosed with ADHD back in the late 1900s, and recently I’ve learned enough to strongly suspect a second diagnosis. This knowledge does a lot to explain myself to myself, what I do and why. But let me tell you the gravity of the consequences does not stop revealing itself to me.


I wouldn’t say I’m never satisfied. But I would say that satisfaction with anything I work on is temporary. Today I’m thinking about the design of my vanity one-page website. I’m thinking about the link to it from Micro.blog, and I’m also thinking about a major CSS overhaul of my Micro.blog itself.


I stopped using my real name at restaurants. I have been using “Silver” because my beard is mostly grey. I figure that would help people wondering who was whom. But if I tell people “Silver”, what I see on the receipt is “Siler” and “Sliver”. So, problem not solved.


TIL that adding an RSS source to Micro.blog does require separate settings for replication, and therefore does allow distinct replication options. Micro.blog does not assume you want each source handled identically, even if that is your own intent.

Also?

Micro.blog does not know that a service you wish to replicate to will require an application specific password. Micro.blog does not know you my need an “@” symbol in front of your username.

You have to know.

And you may have forgotten you knew.


Some things just do not work in Safari on iPadOS. Some things just do not work in Safari on MacOS. I do try to stay Apple-native on Apple devices, though I do wish Apple allowed alternate web tech on iOS. But sometimes, I just switch to Firefox to get me over some bumps in the road.


Crucial Track for April 19, 2025

"Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What was your favorite song in high school? Why did it resonate? There are way too many songs from this period of my life to pick just one. As a result of this prompt, my brain decided to latch onto Simple Minds’ song Don’t You (Forget About Me). The song was written for the movie The Breakfast Club, which was released in February of 1985, when I would have been a Junior in high school.

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Might need to switch up strategies. My window for reading at bedtime is becoming more variable and shorter.