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@Moondeer Yeah, I stumbled upon your plug-in; it’s awesome and way more polished than my approach. Mine is mostly a proof of concept. Nevertheless, I thought it worthwhile to experiment with monkey patching the built-in highlight shortcode for two reasons.

First, it works without JavaScript, and second, Hugo template code “just works.” So no jumping through hoops is necessary.

But, with @manton rolling out changes today, my plug-in will probably soon be obsolete.

@canion Yes, absolutely. The first thing to try is wrapping the partial call inside a paragraph (p element). In this way:

> <p>{{ partial “reply-by-email.html” . }}</p>

That should result in the same amount of breathing space text paragraphs have between them. If that’s not enough, there’s also CSS for flexible styling. But give the above a try first, and let me know how it goes.

@ChrisHannah This resonates with me. I adore keeping a mix of new and seasoned technology around. My favorite version of Tetris is for Game Boy, so I will try keeping that old gray brick healthy until the end of time.

I also enjoy repurposing old gadgets. I have an old e-reader that I should breathe new life into. Put a good-looking frame around the e-ink screen and hack the device to show something useful. Maybe the current electricity price? That way, I can tell if it’s a good time or not to do laundry. 😅

My favorite old product, though, is a mechanical clock that once belonged to my grandpa. It ticks along tirelessly and has done so for the last 60 years.

My Game Boy turned 32 last year. I hope it’s still alive and well in 2049.

The top half of a grandfather clock against an eerie black backdrop. The case’s color is bone and the white clock-face features black numbers. Westerstrand Sweden can be seen at the bottom of the clock-face, and the hands show seven minutes until five o’clock.

@vincent What about the IKEA sounding Snabel-a? That’s the Swedish name for @ (at sign) translating to trunk-a or a with an elephant trunk. 🐘

Another suggestion is Krøllalfa, which would probably make @odd happy. 😊

@g 🥰 Tack för att du testar. Såg att du redan hunnit installera på din blogg, och det verkar ju funka hur bra som helst.

@maique Oh, that looks delicious. 😋 I might take up this practice as well. One routine in our household is adding joke items for the significant other to find during shopping: hugs & kisses, a life, poop, etc. A very grown-up thing to do. 😊

@maique 😂 So, are the list items only emoji or emoji with text? Emoji-only groceries lists sound like a great way to make shopping a fun challenge.

@amit You might enjoy Mr. Penumbra’s 24‑Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan.

> It’s a tale of books and technology, cryptography and conspiracy, friendship and love. It begins in a mysterious San Francisco bookstore, but quickly reaches out into the wider world and the shadowed past.

@renevanbelzen Sure, most things are automatable. But in this case, I’m sure @manton would rather find and fix the root cause instead of me and you patching up the symptoms, though. 😊

@jemostrom Verkligen. Ändå tog jag min sked, krusade ytan och ödelade alltsammans till oigenkännlighet strax efter att bilden togs. Så dumt.

@cygnoir Here’s how to add the bookshelf page to the main menu.

  1. Go to Design → Edit Custom Themes.
  2. Click Moondeer’s Bookshelves followed by content/bookshelf.md.
  3. Add a new line with menu = "main" right below the line type = "bookshelf".
  4. Click Update Template and wait for your site to rebuild.
  5. Celebrate! 🎉

@amit If you’re comfortable with JavaScript, you can add the query parameter format=jsonfeed to the URL and get JSON in return. Then it’s up to you what to do with that data and render it any way you see fit.

@pimoore Great idea! That will make it even easier for people with Tufte installed. How will you go about adding the partial call to the template? I guess you have to safeguard, so the theme won’t blow up if the person doesn’t have my plug-in installed.

@cygnoir @skoobz Yepp, it will work just fine with Tufte. Of course, every theme is different, so the actual inclusion of the link might differ depending on your setup. But the plug-in should be compatible with most themes.

I’ve evaluated the beta version of the plug-in with Tufte and documented one installation approach here.

@artkavanagh, I think you’re doing it right. But something weird is going on with micro.artkavanagh.ie. I can’t reach it from Safari or Firefox on my machine. Looks like some kind of certificate error.

Try editing your reply and use an image from a different website.

@jeremycherfas Yeah, I hear you. 😊 Would a built-in sharing function be less manual, though? I tried Newsblur’s share to Twitter option just now, and the experience was pretty similar. I ended up with a tweet draft and had to manually hit the Tweet button to post.

@jeremycherfas Maybe it’s not what you want, but couldn’t you just tap the article’s title to open up the web view and from there share the link to your preferred Micro.blog client?

@maique Thanks! Hehe, maybe I’m not the only developer with a couple of days off from work around the holidays. 😅

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