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box464

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Coder, manager, dog dad. Tech tinkering is my joy. Be kind.

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stefan, to fediverse
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I added some more FAQs to https://jointhefediverse.net/learn.

Is there anything else that comes up a lot from folks just learning about the fediverse?

box464,
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@stefan Stefan, thanks for putting this together. One of the things I wish I had better understood early on is how to use followed hashtags to refine the content in my timelines. That really helped me find accounts to follow and start interacting in the community. I see you're focusing on the fediverse in general, so I know it works a bit differently across platforms (Calckey = Antennas, for example)

yanlu, to random
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Here is a cute one! Iโ€™m very happy to show the new app icon for @woollyapp. It was really fun to work with fabric textures!

box464,
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@yanlu @woollyapp Love it! ๐Ÿ˜

courtney, to random

A year ago today, I came out as transgender. In that moment, I finally stopped pretending to be someone who I could never be.

This was the first year of my life where being me felt natural, unforced, and genuine. It's difficult to imagine those times before, feeling like I was lost in the woods. They don't seem real anymore.

Some family and friends turned their back on me - but for every connection I lost, another blossomed. I feel more loved than I ever have before!

Above all, I've learned to love myself. I look in the mirror and see someone I'm proud to be. Years ago, I worried whether this was the right decision. Today, I'm amazed I could ever have doubted it.

Here's to the first year of my life! I'm looking forward to many more ahead of me. โ˜บ๏ธ

box464,
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@courtney Thanks for sharing your story. Happy re-birth-aversary! ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŽ‰

box464, to random
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Interesting find tonight. You can load alternate stylesheets. Just add the "title" attribute to your <link>s and "alternate" to the rel tag. Makes theme switching a breeze!

&lt;link href="default.css" rel="stylesheet" title="Default Style" /&gt;  
&lt;link href="fancy.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Fancy" /&gt;

Out of the box it's Firefox only, but with a tiny bit of javascript you can make it work with all the other browsers, too. I'll blog about the specifics.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Alternative_style_sheets

video/mp4

box464,
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@cheeaun I remember those days. When you would create stylesheets that didn't just change the colors, but made your site look totally different. I think that was when CSS was really taking off and people were having fun with the concept.

This is the one I think about most. Same HTML, all kinds of creativity with CSS to bring your own idea to the content. The site is updated and still around, kind of an archive tho.

https://www.csszengarden.com/

box464,
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@cheeaun auto/light/dark mode wasn't enough for me this time, tho it probably should have been. Maybe I'll tone it down for the release.

jtomchak, to random

Iโ€™ve been mulling the idea of extending mastodon. Think about it similarly to how you currently use plugins for Wordpress. Additional functionality is added by the owner/admin or other users with privileges to do so. They can be added through the admin dashboard, or programmatically. An extension uses a set of hooks setup by the system itself and doesnโ€™t mess around with the core functionality in anyway. Decoupling the system itself ... https://jessetomchak.com/2023/05/08/ive-been-mulling.html

box464,
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@jtomchak check out @bonfire they have a similar concept with modules. https://bonfirenetworks.org

nectarmechanics, to random

Howdy all! In this weeks video we take a look at a classic, itโ€™s a vintage 1985 Slug! The question is: where does G1 fit in a modern collection? Check out my video linked below to find out!

https://youtu.be/d_8aDzVEKPI

icture of a vintage Slug transformer in his triceratops mode from the side
Picture of a vintage 1985 Slug transformer in his robot mode from the side with his arms posed
Picture of a vintage 1985 Slug transformer in his robot mode from the front

box464,
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@nectarmechanics Slug was my favorite as a kid. I still have him! A bit dusty, but still in great condition. Hearing it came out โ€œalmost 40 years agoโ€โ€ฆouch. ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿผ

box464, to random
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Tonight, I realized that when a post is submitted with visibility set to "Followers Only", none of the display that intent other than a tiny lock icon (sometimes). It's not differentiated well.

Yes, it's not a direct message, but it IS something the author wanted to specifically share with their followers rather than the general public.

In my , I tried a border glow for them. Makers of official apps can do better - this is just a concept! :blobcatcoffee:

box464,
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@JonathanMosen Hi Jonathon, I just listened to your Mona related podcast yesterday! Very informative, thank you. I'm glad Mona is providing much needed accessibility features and hope it inspires other apps to do so as well.

Mona does include the words "Followers Only", but easy to overlook. Better than other apps for sure, where it
appears as a tiny lock icon near the top of the post with no text, which is difficult to understand meaning and often ignored with all the other visual clutter.

jonafato, to random
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I'm increasingly see tech conferences recognize that "hybrid" events are actually two events happening at once, plus additional coordination to connect them. And I'm seeing some of these events take steps to staff those appropriately. This gives me hope.

box464,
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@jonafato Our hybrid events are now separated by a week. The online event occurs the week after the in person event and serves as a way to extend learning and interaction among attendees. Plus it provides better support for both versions from our staff.

box464, to random
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Have a site with an invalid SSL cert error that won't let you through? In Edge, just type "thisisunsafe" on your keyboard with focus on the browser warning page and you're in.

๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿ”

box464,
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It works in Chrome too!

box464, to random
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I was up too late having fun adding a few themes to the because sometimes you just need to do silly things. Here's a scooby-doo theme and I have to say I kinda like it! Maybe I should make it a Mona app theme. ๐Ÿ˜†

box464, (edited ) to random
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@radiant has a fun threading design. ๐ŸŒˆ

box464, to music
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Brandi Carlile in a breakout performance of "The Joke". Has me tearing up every time I hear it. ๐Ÿ˜ข

Let 'em laugh while they can
Let 'em spin
Let 'em scatter in the wind
I have been to the movies
I have seen how it ends
And the jokes on them. ๐Ÿ’“

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJqL1yIm9e0&list=FL85GPoI_MCwlsNrbt4M5gCg&index=11

box464, to random
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Microsoft Excel E-sports. Itโ€™s real. Honestly, more watchable than golf.

https://youtu.be/tNWPGhzhdMg

box464, to random
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As we edge closer to the Analytics switchover, I'm receiving more emails from our 3rd party site vendors with an interesting take. The basic message is this:

"UA is no longer going to work, we're not going to spend our time moving you over to GA4 ourselves because it's difficult. If you want to do it, you're on your own. Did we mention your existing data will be erased?"

Some have given alternatives or pointed to internally built analytic dashboards.

Not a good sign for Google.

box464, to fediverse
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I'm curious how "roll your own" backed personal websites are handling this influx of spam. What does it look like? How do you manage the incoming spam to your federated /inbox?

box464, to webdev
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Another find this weekend was the Dracula css theme. I mean, I've used it. But I didn't know how much fun the creators were having with it! Now it has a dear place in my heart. :BlobhajHeart:

Check out the site, really cute.

https://draculatheme.com/

The basic theme color palette can be found here:

https://github.com/dracula/dracula-theme

box464, to random
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Mona, an iOS and MacOS , is out of beta and available in the app stores. If you like full control of your UI and lots of customizations, this is definitely for you! @MonaApp

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mona-for-mastodon/id1659154653

box464, to webdev
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Add a style switcher to your site using the alternative stylesheets standard, which has been around for almost 20 years! Very simple to configure.

Have fun with it, add some retro flair with some modern techniques.

https://box464.com/posts/style-switchers/

box464, to fediverse
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states that an upcoming feature will be โ€œCross-platform postingโ€, although itโ€™s not quite clear what that means. Since the CEO constantly posts to Twitter, I assume that will be the first platform that gets integrated. But will it include or cross posting?

https://help.spoutible.com/support/solutions/articles/150000073237-features

box464, to music
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Hope you're having fun tonight, dancing or not.

๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿฝ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H5I6y1Qvz0

box464, to music
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Jill Scott can blend poetry and music like no other.

If you haven't had a chance to listen to her, I'd highly recommend checking out the album "Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2"

https://mrturner.bandcamp.com/track/cross-my-mind-by-jill-scott-mr-turner-mix

box464, to random
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has an app called which provides some basic "Getting to know SharePoint/Office 365" tutorials.

You can also include your organization's own training documents. It's nice.

But - Microsoft throws some "pay to play" guardrails and doesn't allow you to add links to external sites like YouTube. Lame.

You can get around it by creating a powerpoint and placing a YouTube or whatever link you want into a slide, then referencing the PowerPoint.

box464, to random
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has reached a feature freeze. Now I'm working on cleaning up the existing code.

**The final round of features:
**
๐Ÿ‘๏ธ Filtering

๐ŸŽจ Switching between five themes is now possible (Scooby Snack, Pink Panther, Mastodon, Dracula and Boring Blue)

๐Ÿ“ฑAdded PWA capabilities, because I've never done it.

Items I shelved:

๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธWellness Dashboard (You filtered 25 and hid 100 items from your timeline)

:mastodon: Display of author's fediverse platform and link to platform homepage.

box464, to photography
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Spring in the Hill Country, those 10 days between sweater weather and hell fire. It can be pretty tho. ๐Ÿ’

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