Testing Inkwell by Micro.blog
Running FreshRSS on Docker synced to Elfeed has served me well, but since I actually read most feeds on my Android, Inkwell’s beta is worth testing. Micro.blog expanding into RSS reading makes sense, and it looks pretty good so far.
Archive by month
So I guess I am on a roll?
Added a small square as a decorative element (a little square) for the dates in the posts. That’s the small change.
I also figured out why Manton’s plugin, for archive by month, didn’t work for me. It clicked when I realized what went wrong last time.
The plugin is meant to replace the default layouts/list.archivehtml.html, not the one I have, which is slightly modified by TinyTheme. So what I just went and snatched the code from the above and pasted it inside layouts/list.archivehtml.html, write after the condition to activate the microhook partials/microhook-archive-lead.html in there. Now I have an archive page built around years and months. Good stuff.
ISO dates are back
Got ISO dates working on my blog again, just like the old days. Had to dig into microhooks and Hugo’s recommendation (hat-tip goes to Claude for making those more understandable). Turns out that “2006” is not just some random year value that can be replaced. Don’t worry, I’ll tell you why anyway.
What makes a good blog good?
Up early (again) with coffee in hand, pondering what separates the blogs I actually enjoy from the noise. It’s not the platform—Micro.blog, Bear, whatever—or perfect grammar. At the end, it’s the human showing through. What do you think?
My blog on Manue’s Prople and Blogs today!
It’s 4 AM, and I’m up again. I really need this insomnia to go away.
Apple Watch after 2 years
Apple Watch, year 2: excellent jogging buddy, sleep-shaming device, and an overpriced vibrating meditation reminder bracelet. MS Teams got banned immediately. But it’s not all bad.
Apple Mail - highlight a part of an email, and it shows up in your reply. Email threads are sorted by chronological order.
Outlook - Highlighting does nothing. Copy-paste automatically defaults to the original fonts and style, not that of the email. Email threads (“conversations”) have two timelines in one: chronological and reverse-chronological.
I’m starting to think they have a position for “torturer” they hire for now and then.
We've built an AI so good it will kill us with its kindness
I tried Claude like everyone else, and came back terrified because I found the best teacher I could have hoped for.