Last update 12/21/19 removed reply count buttons HTML and JS adding a note about switching to native micro.blog webmentions in the future Past updates added <ul> for shares back in Background As part of getting back into using micro.blog I’ve been working to customize my hosted site. One of the things I wanted to do was add webmentions rather then comments like Disqus. Webmentions are coming to MB at some point and most themes already contain references to them: …

Background A day or so ago someone posted in one of the micro.blog slack channels asking how to add a lightbox. I had been meaning to update my setup here on the blog and add a lightbox since my current images weren’t linked. Mostly though, I wanted to get rid of jQuery. So with that in mind we’re going to go through the first steps of adding a lightbox. We’ll first add it so images in individual post are linked. …

New Flow I’ve realized over the last couple of weeks that I have way more projects that I want to work on then time in the day. I just don’t have as much free time as I used to and can’t seem to burn the midnight oil anymore. I’ve tried a few methods to try and keep my projects well defined and under a manageable scope. Each has had its drawbacks and never quite worked. …

👋 Just getting ready to launch my Hugo powered blog. …