The Week #81

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  • I made a lot of good progress on Tanzawa this week, releasing 3 big features.

    First, and most apparent, is support for themes. In my release celebration post I decided to adopt the Platinum theme on my blog temporarily. But the platinum theme is growing on me. I may keep it active for longer than a couple of days.

    Second, I added support for rel-me. I closed this ticket exactly 364 days after creating it. rel-me support will allow new Tanzawa users who haven't already registered their domain with IndieWeb services like Brid.gy, to prove that their domain and the Twitter/GitHub profile are indeed, the same person.

    Lastly, I added settings to allow you to change the site icon (⛰) and to paste a custom HTML snippet in the footer. The footer snippet is mostly because I got sick of git stashing each time I did a deploy with changes to the base_public.html file. You'll notice my icon is now Mt. Fuji as a) I always post photos of it on my twitter and b) it's purple-ish like the platinum theme.
  • I also made some more contributions to the indeweb-utils library. The library is starting to take shape, too and get a solid foundation. It's also fun helping other developers write better Python.
  • My composting bag came in and I started adding our food scraps to it each night. The suggested amount (up to 300 - 400g / day) easily fits everything we produce in a day. The experience of composting vs tossing it in the bin is much better too. No more basket in corner of the sink with a wet/sometimes slimey bottom and then smelling it when I open the trash can while I wait for burnable day.
  • Belated Christmas presents arrived from my mom. Leo scored this cool spinning top that lights up when it spins. More than that, it has a handle and release system to help you get the perfect spin. You put in the handle, wind it 2 or 3 rotations, press the button to release it.

    It's funny he got the spinning top as the day prior, he brought back a Japanese Koma for a top spinning contest they'll be having at school. Using this top requires a bit if finesse and practice to get really going. Naturally he prefers the easy one with lights. Such an American. 🤣
  • I've been keeping on my running schedule. Setting my goal for 2-days a week (achievable) vs 3-days a week (achievable sometimes) seems like it was the right decision.
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