Nostr notes by Di

#SilentSunday #Queensland ...

2026-09-06T08:51:28Z

#SilentSunday #Queensland

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2026-08-23T08:25:19Z

#SilentSunday #Queensland

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2026-07-05T02:01:08Z

#SilentSunday #Queensland

There are a lot of viz details in there that a really well done. ...

2026-07-02T22:54:01Z

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There are a lot of viz details in there that a really well done. Starting with the zoomed out chart of the whole timeline, then zooming right in to the start, connecting the text to the chart with matching text highlights and annotations, and then slowly walking through the timeline, zooming out along the way. Love it! Great work, Josh and team!

Even flipping the usual scrollytelling style of fixed background visual/foreground text to a more prominent visual with background text is rare and works well here.

Looks healthy! I reckon most of my red belly sightings are when ...

2026-06-20T05:54:06Z

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Looks healthy! I reckon most of my red belly sightings are when they are basking in the sun.

Extrapolating from a sample size of 2, I am now back to weekly ...

2026-06-20T05:15:07Z

Extrapolating from a sample size of 2, I am now back to weekly danger noodle sightings. The longing for a zoom lens has also increased.

#snake https://bne.social/@didoesdigital/116747419616374468

I've been learning about echidnas. Echidnas are the only ...

2026-06-04T22:15:06Z

I've been learning about echidnas.

Echidnas are the only mammals with actual beaks. And the only ones that can dig straight down. Their back feet face backwards. Echidnas form temporary pouches for babies that go away later. They have no teats.

A baby echidna is called a "puggle".

And yet it turns out we know relatively little about these elusive critters compared to other Aussie treasures. We don't know much about their diet, habitat, reproduction, and so on. We don't really know for sure where they are and how abundant they are.

But you can help! Share every echidna sighting you can! Building a baseline on the population is the first step. And tell your local council about any echidna road incidents.

If you live in Qld, be sure to bookmark the EchidnaWatch sighting form below or download iNaturalist to join the echidna detectives project.

https://wildlife.org.au/our-work/conservation-programs/echidnawatch/

#SilentSunday #Queensland ...

2026-05-24T10:34:04Z

#SilentSunday #Queensland

When are mandarins in season? I've added some mandarin ...

2026-04-27T02:59:47Z

When are mandarins in season?

I've added some mandarin variety data to my "Can I Eat It Yet?" project, especially for Queensland and Western Australia.

Apparently half of the fresh mandarins produced in Australia are grown in Queensland. Vic, NSW, SA each grow about 1 sixth of our total mandarin produce.

Imperial mandarins are typically the most popular because they're sweeter and have fewer seeds. But we produce more Afourer and Murcott.

https://didoesdigital.com/growing/seasonality/

#SilentSunday #Queensland ...

2026-04-19T02:08:15Z

#SilentSunday #Queensland

#SilentSunday #Queensland #Xanthorrhoea ...

2026-04-11T23:59:37Z

#SilentSunday #Queensland #Xanthorrhoea

Sanctuaries help protect bilbies from cats and foxes, giving the ...

2026-04-04T11:29:37Z

Sanctuaries help protect bilbies from cats and foxes, giving the vulnerable marsupial a chance to survive. And it's working!

#30DayChartChallenge

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2026-03-29T02:30:01Z

#SilentSunday #Queensland

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2026-03-22T04:22:05Z

#SilentSunday #Queensland

#SilentSunday #Queensland #BunyaMountains ...

2026-03-08T11:24:45Z

#SilentSunday #Queensland #BunyaMountains

Thank you!

2026-03-01T09:11:02Z

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Thank you!

I made another ART! I think I've got the hang of exciting ...

2026-02-19T06:25:34Z

I made another ART!

I think I've got the hang of exciting features like straight lines, using colours, changing brushes, and adding text using a font (Shantell Sans). I can even make speech bubbles.

For this, my third ever comic, I was confronted with alarming new challenges that I was less prepared for. Like drawing objects and people!

#comic #Procreate #LearningInPublic

A bit of drawing at the local cafe with a nice beverage

2026-02-15T04:48:05Z

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A bit of drawing at the local cafe with a nice beverage

Indeed it does, and I'm very fond of it

2026-02-08T08:22:36Z

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Indeed it does, and I'm very fond of it

#SilentSunday #Queensland ...

2026-02-08T03:25:38Z

#SilentSunday #Queensland

Wetland vibes ...

2026-01-06T12:52:59Z

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Wetland vibes

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2026-01-06T12:45:42Z

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Wetbirds

Just some wetlands #Queensland ...

2026-01-06T12:41:38Z

Just some wetlands

#Queensland

rummaging ramen

2025-12-20T09:00:57Z

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rummaging ramen

Have you ever seen a snake... rummage? #SnakesOfMastodon #snake ...

2025-12-20T04:15:30Z

Have you ever seen a snake... rummage?

#SnakesOfMastodon #snake #RedBelliedBlack #Queensland

Good for you! I wish more products had options to pay more to ...

2025-12-12T22:00:09Z

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Good for you!

I wish more products had options to pay more to make ads go away though. What a relief it would be if I could turn off ads for relatives' Facebook accounts! Like in Europe.

Aww

2025-11-29T13:06:19Z

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Aww

The best kind of alarm!

2025-11-29T03:04:22Z

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The best kind of alarm!

Good luck!

2025-11-15T06:17:25Z

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Good luck!

I recently bought some shorts from the men's department and ...

2025-11-12T08:54:00Z

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I recently bought some shorts from the men's department and the pockets are HUGE. I have never known such luxury! I could stash whole bandicoots in these pockets!

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2025-11-10T05:44:24Z

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#Brisbane

Me too

2025-09-27T04:54:00Z

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Me too

Found the cutest, tiniest little common tree snake in the garden ...

2025-09-27T03:26:59Z

Found the cutest, tiniest little common tree snake in the garden today while photographing some flowers. It was so small and blended in that I nearly missed it!

#SnakesOfMastodon #snake #Queensland

Thanks, I feel silly for doing that to myself and triumphant for ...

2025-09-22T04:20:07Z

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Thanks, I feel silly for doing that to myself and triumphant for solving it!

Fonts seemed ok in Firefox so I started using that more. And ...

2025-09-22T01:18:24Z

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Fonts seemed ok in Firefox so I started using that more. And Firefox Focus, which I'd installed but hardly used.

Finally, the penny dropped. A while back I toggled on the "Safari integration" setting *within* the Firefox Focus app, having no idea what that did and promptly forgetting about it. Turns out Firefox Focus is a browser AND a content blocker. It also has its own setting to block web fonts.

To bring back web fonts in Safari, I turned off the "Safari integration" setting in the Firefox Focus app. What a journey. I hope you enjoy this story of the woe I brought upon myself. Don't toggle settings you don't understand!

2/2

All the fonts on all the websites in Safari on my iPhone looked ...

2025-09-22T01:17:53Z

All the fonts on all the websites in Safari on my iPhone looked weird for literal weeks. Initially I thought there had been some questionable rebrands! Once I realised it every site, I couldn't work out why it was happening.

I thought maybe it was related to the Settings > Safari > prevent cross-site tracking setting, but turning it off did nothing.

I thought maybe it was the Settings > Safari > advanced fingerprinting protection setting, but turning it off did nothing.

I thought maybe it was the app I use for blocking ads/trackers, but turning it off did nothing.

But turning off Settings > Safari > "content blockers" would bring back the fonts! Why?!

1/2

Two for one, I didn't realise Firefox on my iPhone didn't ...

2025-09-06T02:53:04Z

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Two for one, I didn't realise Firefox on my iPhone didn't have strict mode turned on, thanks! It worked!

While clearing lantana (a weed) this morning, I yelped as I found ...

2025-09-06T02:07:01Z

While clearing lantana (a weed) this morning, I yelped as I found this lizard very close to my face. It it didn't budge but it kept a close eye on our crew as we moved away to give it some peace. I think it's an eastern water dragon? It was a happy find for the day. Look how marvellously long its tail is!

#LizardsOfMastodon #lizard #Queensland

What's the longest place name in Australia? What's the ...

2025-08-14T10:48:01Z

What's the longest place name in Australia?

What's the longest personal name ever used?

What's the best text to use to try out a font?

What's a pangram?

I cover them all in my latest post! The most ridiculous test data I use to stress test designs and web implementations:

https://didoesdigital.com/blog/stress-test-data-for-web-projects/

#WebDev #design

I'm extremely excited about seeing this cute little echidna ...

2025-08-04T09:21:59Z

I'm extremely excited about seeing this cute little echidna in the wild! Look at its little face! Look at that ridiculous waddle and its backwards feet! It even wants to be my friend!

#echidna #MonotremesOfMastodon #Queensland

I have this information and I don't know what to do with it. ...

2025-05-26T02:43:28Z

I have this information and I don't know what to do with it. Civic understanding is alarmingly low. I'm not sure how we'll make the changes our country needs if we don't know how to participate.

What can we do? What *is* working? How can we do more of that?

#Queensland #SilentSunday ...

2025-05-25T03:19:01Z

#Queensland #SilentSunday

I suddenly feel compelled to mention I'm away from the ...

2025-05-20T22:47:39Z

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I suddenly feel compelled to mention I'm away from the 7th–16th! 😁

I love hearing about the process behind these things. All the ...

2025-05-20T05:30:10Z

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I love hearing about the process behind these things. All the tradeoffs and wrong turns and clever tricks. Any chance of a Hacks/Hackers talk coming up? On any of the election vis work?

Ah yes, I have found myself using SVG attributes more than CSS ...

2025-05-12T09:46:03Z

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Ah yes, I have found myself using SVG attributes more than CSS styles just to make sure they survive the transition to Figma.

In this case the text layer seems to be empty (if I edit it then hit escape the text layer disappears from the layers panel just like Figma does with any new, empty, abandoned text element). I suspect that Figma doesn't support textPath at all so the element and its content disappear rather than just losing the styles.

Hmm, I have an SVG with a textPath to show some wiggly text and ...

2025-05-12T04:04:06Z

Hmm, I have an SVG with a textPath to show some wiggly text and now I want to do some post-processing on it in Figma, but when I open it in Figma, the text layer contains no text?

Any suggestions? Can I convert a text/textPath to outline/path in the browser using JavaScript somehow? Could I calculate the x/y/rotation of each letter using JavaScript somehow and replace the textPath? Have I missed some obvious, easy alternative?

#svg

You can now see all my recent charts and their stories in 1 ...

2025-05-06T05:06:22Z

You can now see all my recent charts and their stories in 1 place: https://didoesdigital.com/30-day-chart-challenge-2025/

#30DayChartChallenge

One mangrove tree can remove 0.3 tonnes of carbon from the ...

2025-04-30T13:43:32Z

One mangrove tree can remove 0.3 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere over its growth life. Mangrove forests can hold nearly 400 tonnes of CO2 per hectare in their living biomass and in the top metre of soil.

They're also cost effective to grow and maintain, so long as our communities continue to take care of them.

#30DayChartChallenge

That tree shaking and code splitting sure sounds nice.

2025-04-30T10:39:38Z

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That tree shaking and code splitting sure sounds nice.

I'm delighted to learn that the Queensland government ...

2025-04-27T06:24:24Z

I'm delighted to learn that the Queensland government measures the height and direction of waves along the coast.

They use it for things like planning construction, investigating erosion, emergency services during cyclone season, global wave monitoring and so on.

You can use it to plan surfing, fishing, and the like!

https://www.qld.gov.au/waves

#30DayChartChallenge #Queensland #waves

Apparently grey/charcoal/black shades of cars are less likely to ...

2025-04-26T09:59:53Z

Apparently grey/charcoal/black shades of cars are less likely to be seen on the road and thus involved in more crashes.

#30DayChartChallenge

☹️ sorry to hear it. I hope things are looking up.

2025-04-16T06:25:39Z

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☹️ sorry to hear it. I hope things are looking up.

Awesome. That's the stuff! My all-time favourite use of ...

2025-04-16T02:09:26Z

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Awesome. That's the stuff!

My all-time favourite use of bisect was finding an extremely subtle bug caused by 1-line change to a messy React Mapbox component. I had removed a ref as a dependency in a useEffect hook. The linter had reminded me that mutable values such as refs are invalid deps because they don't cause renders. Changing that line should have had no impact but it did! Doubt I would have worked out the problem without bisect.

This also reminds me of the value of small commits!

it's one of my faves

2025-04-16T01:31:32Z

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it's one of my faves

I also recommend spending some time with this web rendition of ...

2025-04-14T11:49:55Z

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I also recommend spending some time with this web rendition of Archie Moore's installation https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-12/archie-moore-venice-biennale-up-close/103789292

For today's chart challenge on "kinship", I wanted to ...

2025-04-14T11:05:31Z

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For today's chart challenge on "kinship", I wanted to try something around Aboriginal kinship systems but I was unable to find a suitable dataset or area to visualise.

The AustKin database website seems cool though, including kinship terminologies and social category systems from published and archival sources for over 607 Australian Aboriginal languages.

The University of Sydney also has a short video series online that covers the systems of social organisation that traditionally govern Aboriginal societies. It was a good watch:

https://www.sydney.edu.au/about-us/vision-and-values/our-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-community/kinship-module.html

The meaning of "mateship" can be positive or a bit spicy ...

2025-04-14T11:04:19Z

The meaning of "mateship" can be positive or a bit spicy and has changed over time. Have a read of the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateship

As an aside, I enjoyed the section on "mate":

"In Australia, a 'mate' is more than just a friend and is a term that implies a sense of shared experience, mutual respect and unconditional assistance.

"The term includes use in ways other than friendship like getting someone's attention, replacing a name, questioning a statement, letting one know to calm down and referring to someone in a rash or harsh way."

Mate.

#30DayChartChallenge

Nooooooo!

2025-04-04T06:39:52Z

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Nooooooo!

Me neither! Apparently we've planted an insurance population ...

2025-04-03T23:56:38Z

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Me neither! Apparently we've planted an insurance population in a botanic garden so here's hoping they make it!

Macadamia facts! Apart from being completely delicious and an ...

2025-04-03T08:16:46Z

Macadamia facts!

Apart from being completely delicious and an Aussie native and farmed near my home in #Queensland, macadamia nuts are darn near uncrackable unless you have a fancy macadamia nut cracker.

Which I do.

#30DayChartChallenge

Thanks, me too. I think the worst has passed.

2025-04-02T13:01:13Z

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Thanks, me too. I think the worst has passed.

Sure did, before the recall. Not sure if that's actually why ...

2025-04-02T12:50:04Z

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Sure did, before the recall. Not sure if that's actually why I'm crook but the timing is suspicious.

It's all I could manage… #30DayChartChallenge ...

2025-04-02T10:55:56Z

It's all I could manage… #30DayChartChallenge

Here's my first contribution to the #30DayChartChallenge ...

2025-04-01T02:32:25Z

Here's my first contribution to the #30DayChartChallenge 2025. Horrifying statistics about misinformation! But also hot tips to cope!

Four in five of us (adults in Australia) reckon: "The spread of misinformation on social media needs to be addressed."

And that "People need to be taught how to identify misinformation."

So we're starting there! This is the SIFT method:

S: Stop. Don't read a post until you know where the info is coming from. And stop if you're overwhelmed.

I: Investigate the source. Maybe hover over their social media profile. See what Wikipedia says.

F: Find better coverage. Before sharing, check if other websites (reputable ones) say the same thing.

T: Trace claims, quotes, and media to the original context. Check the date. Try reverse image search to see where pics came from. Read full quotes, not just ragebait headlines.

#DataViz #DataLiteracy #online

I caused the issue.

2025-03-26T13:01:30Z

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I caused the issue.

I finally fixed and closed a FIVE year old issue today! 🥳 ...

2025-03-26T11:43:04Z

I finally fixed and closed a FIVE year old issue today! 🥳

#OpenSource

living its best life

2025-03-26T03:01:46Z

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living its best life

I went to the local medical centre for an appointment. I walked ...

2025-03-25T23:32:07Z

I went to the local medical centre for an appointment. I walked across the car park, across the footpath, into the building, down the long hallway and around the corner into the doctor's office. We started chatting.

A toad hopped across the room.

How did it even get there?! This adventurous little potato not only evaded the notice of every patient and staff member in the building but ventured down an entire hallway where there's no water and no tasty treats to snack on just to hide out in the doctor's office. Is it in need of medical advice?!

Life in #Queensland!

My visualisation of Australian fruit and veg seasonality made the ...

2025-03-13T06:52:52Z

My visualisation of Australian fruit and veg seasonality made the Information is Beautiful awards longlist.

As the food bowl of Australia was flooded thanks to #CycloneAlfred, the information in the guide may be off for a bit until we recover!

#InformationIsBeautiful #DataViz #D3js

https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/6836-can-i-eat-it-yet-a-visual-guide-to-seasonal-fruit-and-veg

Thank you both for all your efforts. I also appreciated the bin ...

2025-03-08T22:53:35Z

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Thank you both for all your efforts. I also appreciated the bin chicken keeping us updated.

it turned into 5 posts and clocks in around 12,000 words with ...

2025-03-01T00:33:10Z

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it turned into 5 posts and clocks in around 12,000 words with code examples 😳 but they're published!

Any favourite pro tips, tricks, or examples you think I should ...

2025-02-22T00:01:27Z

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Any favourite pro tips, tricks, or examples you think I should mention? Anything you wish someone told you sooner?

In the spirit of writing the blog post I wish I'd had, ...

2025-02-21T11:41:04Z

In the spirit of writing the blog post I wish I'd had, I'm about 4000 words into explaining how to use Zod.

Oh I wondered what was going on. I think there's a ...

2025-02-20T23:41:01Z

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Oh I wondered what was going on. I think there's a "reopen editor with..." command where you can choose "text editor" instead of "image preview"

In a terrible turn of events, I must use a Windows laptop. Please ...

2025-02-10T04:35:14Z

In a terrible turn of events, I must use a Windows laptop. Please send me all of your best tips for making it tolerable 🙏

For the time being I probably won't need to do much development on it but I will need to interact with MS apps like Teams, Power BI, Outlook, … so please let me know what settings I might want to toggle.

Bonus points for reducing intrusive Microsoft spam or notifications, preserving privacy, and any full guides like this (but for Windows): https://didoesdigital.com/blog/set-up-macbook-2024/

Nice. I'm thinking puppy pics. A bit of course correction.

2025-02-05T09:07:21Z

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Nice. I'm thinking puppy pics. A bit of course correction.

Thank you, I needed this.

2025-02-05T08:43:37Z

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Thank you, I needed this.

Totally. Sometimes living with the rough edges of a few weird ...

2025-02-02T10:50:26Z

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Totally. Sometimes living with the rough edges of a few weird things in the editor is the lesser evil.

Haha I hope you did not get desperate enough to resort to hard ...

2025-02-02T10:41:43Z

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Haha I hope you did not get desperate enough to resort to hard coding!

I was loosely aware this setting existed and still had a hard time finding it 🤦‍♀️ Microsoft strikes again.

Would setting javascript.preferences.importModuleSpecifierEnding ...

2025-02-02T10:14:34Z

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Would setting javascript.preferences.importModuleSpecifierEnding to js help with that? https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_44#_auto-import-style-in-javascript

One reason I prefer vscode to neovim these days is that it generally needs less configuration and still works well for web dev. But it doesn't always get it right!

😁 we've previously had baby and adult turkeys visit us but ...

2025-01-29T03:45:36Z

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😁 we've previously had baby and adult turkeys visit us but they've been alright. I don't think there's enough building material for them in our yard so they get bored and go elsewhere 😅 here's hoping it continues that way: cute visitors without the hassle!

This one wasn't...

2025-01-29T03:35:19Z

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This one wasn't...

Big thanks to all the wholesome tooters out there that help set ...

2025-01-29T03:23:03Z

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Big thanks to all the wholesome tooters out there that help set the fediverse apart. Your happy toots make a world of difference.

Here, have a baby brush turkey. #BrushTurkey #ScrubTurkey #BirdsOfMastodon #Queensland

I quite like Mastodon. Unlike other social media that is ruled by ...

2025-01-29T03:20:03Z

I quite like Mastodon. Unlike other social media that is ruled by the algorithm, I have more control to minimise ragebait. It's wonderful to follow real humans just tooting about their day and their passions.

To help keep my feed wholesome, I do a few things:

- When a boost makes me sad, I turn off reposts from the person that boosted it.
- If there's a specific hashtag causing grief, I'll mute it.
- If someone's prone to rage tooting, I may unfollow them even if I otherwise appreciate their toots.
- I make vigorous use of mute filters. I mute whole words, partial words and hashtags. I'll often hide muted words behind a warning and make a point to only expand those toots if they appear in a thread that has otherwise sparked my interest. I'll scroll past in home or lists, etc.
- If there are no keywords to easily filter, I may mute the person for 30 days and revisit later.
- I generally don't follow brands or companies.

So far I'm doing that and subtracting the timezone offset ...

2025-01-14T11:33:12Z

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So far I'm doing that and subtracting the timezone offset from the minutes. And feeling very silly doing it.

And to convert the datetime-local value to a Date, I'm manually checking the length of the value to see if the seconds component has been normalised away. This also feels silly.

Times are indeed hard!

It seems like there are no built-in Date methods to produce a ...

2025-01-14T08:09:23Z

It seems like there are no built-in Date methods to produce a string in the format that the datetime-local input demands. That's just silly.

That said, using a native date/time picker sure is convenient: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/datetime-local

It is! I'm a bit on the fence about this detail though: ...

2025-01-07T04:25:39Z

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It is! I'm a bit on the fence about this detail though: "styling the feed prevents the browser from automatically opening a newsreader application"

What are my options for previewing and testing changes to an RSS ...

2025-01-06T23:55:39Z

What are my options for previewing and testing changes to an RSS feed locally before publishing it? Not just checking that it's a valid feed but that the content will render as intended. Even better would be if I could check that something like atom: updated elements will work properly.

Yesterday I used XSL to style a feed to preview it in the browser. That showed me how HTML would render, which is something. It had some drawbacks so it didn't give me a lot of confidence in it for predicting how the feed will behave in a feed reader. Straightforward enough for basic content checks though.

Anyway, using XSL to style an RSS feed is kind of neat: https://cassidoo.co/post/prettify-rss/

In Gracefully Retiring a Website, I wrote about the maintenance ...

2025-01-03T07:19:30Z

In Gracefully Retiring a Website, I wrote about the maintenance of side projects, archiving websites, and making ideas more resilient.

https://didoesdigital.com/blog/gracefully-retiring-a-website/

I thought this post was going to be a quick description of a project and I ended up questioning my whole (Internet) life philosophy.

#indieweb #webdev #javascript

What a cute blue scrollbar. It's fun to see the ...

2024-12-06T01:27:10Z

What a cute blue scrollbar.

It's fun to see the `scrollbar-color` property in use in the wild. It has limited availability in browsers (e.g. no Safari) but it's a delightful detail for browsers that do support it.

P.S. Today's a nice day to declare tab bankruptcy!

https://tylershores.com/post/what-do-you-do-about-all-of-your-browser-tabs/

thanks! Yeah, CSS counters are a delightful little underused ...

2024-12-02T05:26:29Z

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thanks! Yeah, CSS counters are a delightful little underused feature.

Everything you need to know about using CSS print styles for PDFs ...

2024-12-02T05:20:37Z

Everything you need to know about using CSS print styles for PDFs and actual printing!

https://didoesdigital.com/blog/print-styles/

I wrote this blog post/novel so you don't have to wade through decade-old posts to figure out what's legit for print/PDFs in 2024. Just jump to the section you need.

It's based on my experience writing print styles for my Next.js book and website, so there's book-specific info and a whole mess of front-end tooling details in there too. Who knew there were browser dev tools for simulating print media!

#webdev #css #print #pdf

I appreciate your toots about solar, EVs and similar. I'm ...

2024-11-14T04:22:25Z

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I appreciate your toots about solar, EVs and similar. I'm learning a lot! 😀

This is cute ...

2024-10-29T10:48:08Z

This is cute https://mastodon.social/@davatron5000/113385114516749185

This visualisation of weekly high-low pricing for food specials ...

2024-10-26T02:58:36Z

This visualisation of weekly high-low pricing for food specials empowers people dealing with the high cost of living.

It is so good!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-26/coles-woolworths-supermarket-price-specials-cost-of-living/104470674

Take that, big supermarkets!

me too! It's a little too small though. We need more ...

2024-10-23T23:59:54Z

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me too! It's a little *too* small though. We need more small/indie web!

I've been finding myself using more site searches (like ...

2024-10-23T22:03:09Z

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I've been finding myself using more site searches (like GitHub, SO, docs, news sites) and social apps (Slack, Discord) and sometimes smaller search engines like https://searchmysite.net/

Ahaha that's delightful, very good choice.

2024-10-10T05:56:13Z

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Ahaha that's delightful, very good choice.

Time to set up a new MacBook! First, I rename the device. In ...

2024-10-10T01:01:08Z

Time to set up a new MacBook!

First, I rename the device. In System Settings, General, About, Name, click on the name and rename it.

This name shows up in lots of places like "Find My" devices, Spotify ("listening on <Name>"), Firefox Sync, Backblaze, when other people Airdrop files to me, remote login sharing, and more. Setting the computer name also sets the local hostname too (but dashified with .local appended).

- Kept it short for UI like Spotify tooltips.
- Avoided personal details like my real name for privacy in public places.
- Made it specific and recognisable to me, so I can identify it among busy networks in public and from other devices in my household.

#macos #infosec #DiSetsUpAMacBook 1/n

I've been enjoying my uni bud's music, Hobanito ...

2024-10-01T08:20:42Z

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I've been enjoying my uni bud's music, Hobanito

https://hobanito.bandcamp.com/track/hate-on-me

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qCbFziH7mGJ2UflTOLiAF