Toby's Log

I think I've got the issues with my wiki-blog's publishing to git fixed. Continue reading post "#4878"

I switched my blog away from WordPress and to my own wiki-blog software a little over a week ago. I did so even without an easy way to publish posts, as I had to create the date based folder structure, increment an id, enter formatted dates and other meta-data, and run a rebuild of my static list pages, all manually. After a fair amount of work, I now have an automated way to do most of this via CLI.

As of last night, this blog is no longer running on WordPress, as it had since 2003. I have removed it and related code, switching to my own wiki-blog software. It builds a blog from a directory structure of markdown files. I've been working towards simplifying my site for some time, managing content with files kept in a git repo, using less complicated setups, and being static generator capable. Removing WordPress was in the plans for a while, but it was complicated to migrate. I've been pushing hard towards it for the last month or so and finally decided to make the switch even though things aren't perfect and some things aren't implemented with wiki-blog.

Yesterday I got a letter from the IRS, a form CP5071. It said I had to verify my identity with them for them to continue processing my tax return. Continue reading post "#4875"

I'm glad to see that MacVim 183, released on April 8th, contains the fix for the…

I won two art pieces from my Uncle Tom's estate auction. They will go on my walls along with my Uncle Joe's and other art. Continue reading post "#4864"

Another of my uncles, Tom, passed away, and they're now having the first auction…

I've been working for some time towards moving my blog off of WordPress, towards a simpler and static friendly setup. In that interest, I have made a PHP script to copy the site data to a Markdown directory structure and copy the media files, called WP to Markdown. The file and folder structure is largely based on the URL path structure of a WordPress site using the default permalink structure. This will help me to reproduce a similar structure with the software that replaces WordPress, which I am in the process of writing.

Done with another tax year. I was hoping to get it done a little earlier, but at least it wasn't right up to the wire like it has been sometimes. Continue reading post "#4852"

I have decided to participate in CSS Naked Day this year. Continue reading post "CSS Naked Day"

We got quite a bit of rain the last couple days. I went by the Cuyahoga River today and it was really flowing. There was also lots of ponding all over the place, in yards in in the park. Continue reading post "#4804"

Sometimes it feels like Donald Trump's whole political career is an act, as if trying to prove his acting prowess after struggling in TV / movies. So much of what he does seems like over the top political satire, pulling bits from dystopians, dictators, authoritarians, oligarchy, mafia, corrupt officials, immoral business men, buffoons, and any other sort of powerful villain in that broad genre. He just keeps pushing at the edges of what he does. He was a Democrat for longer than not, and once said he'd run as a Republican because they're idiots. Part of me hopes one day he'll say "Gotcha". Whatever the case, he does not seem to care how much damage he does along the way and will gladly collect as much money as he can along the way.