Got an email from the place I got my car congratulating me on its two year anniversary. If not for the pandemic, I would have used it a lot more.
Month: August 2021
MapA Website Refresh And Dark Mode
I’m often adding features and functionality to my website. A location tweak, a new link, etc. But it’s been a while since I did anything major to the layout.
When I initially heard about dark mode support, I decided to wait until there was more support, then I just didn’t get around to it. It became a thing for applications to have dark modes, then dark modes that would activate based on a global system prference.
So, now my site, if you set your system to prefer dark mode, will show you a dark version of my site. Otherwise, it will show you a light version. I took a lesson from Jeremy Keith, who did this two years ago, and used something called CSS Custom Properties…another thing I haven’t used.
My WordPress theme is based on the original Twenty Sixteen WordPress.org theme. I ported back select improvements made from _s, the starter theme it was based on, as well as subsequent WordPress.org themes, such as Twenty Seventeen through the present.
There are a lot of other little tweaks I had to make in both this, and the plugins I develop for WordPress to support this. Style improvements, filters to add for additional functionality, etc.
It is still a work in progress, and I have other ideas and plans, but it is live. See if you can find all the other little tweaks.
Bought a photo scanner with an automatic feeder. Back in 2013-4 I paid for a service to scan thousands of family photos. Then I found more. This time, doing it myself. Went through 1200 photos in a day.
They keep telling me to have a bricktastic day.
Feeling nostalgic. This came out of my recent 1200+ photo bulk scan.
First he discovered a long-forgotten rail tunnel. Then he spent decades trying — in vain — to revive Brooklyn’s trolley system.
Just found out about Bob Diamond’s passing. I had the pleasure of going on one of the tours of the tunnel he rediscovered when I was in high school, even bringing one of my teachers along. I later went to visit the warehouse where they were working on the trolleys for his plan. It had been many years since I had seen him, and while he was an imperfect individual, I appreciated his vision.
Took me a while to find the pictures from this event after seeing Bob Diamond’s obituary.
A 96-year-old who fled the Holocaust finds a new way to be heard.
I was saddened to hear of her death. I would often meet up with her at the community pool upstate. She was always fond of talking to me.
Mr. Asner starred on the TV comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and later on the spinoff series “Lou Grant.”
I got several near chances to meet Mr. Asner at public appearances, and jumped at the chance, but it never worked out. Despite being of the wrong generation to watch Mary Tyler Moore and Lou Grant, I watched them in reruns. I recognized him as a voice actor, etc. He was acting up until the end and still has voice roles that have yet to come out. I am sad I will not be able to enjoy future work from him.