My dad and I did some work on my chimney this weekend to help it last longer.
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WordPress dark mode for admin, quick and dirty
I have been loving that so many apps and sites have been moving to supporting dark modes. I find it easier on my eyes, especially in the evening / night. One place that I frequently visit that I’m disappointed doesn’t support dark mode yet is WordPress’s admin area.
There is a Dark Mode plugin that can add this, but it is primarily for the front-end of the site, which in my case already has a dark mode and I didn’t want to touch. Plus it’s a lot of third party code for something that should be built in and probably will be at some point. I decided it was time to look into if I could just inject a quick and dirty stylesheet to change some colors and improve the situation for now.
Continue reading post "WordPress dark mode for admin, quick and dirty"During my sick time at home, I discovered that Cosmic Osmo, Manhole, and Spelunx are available on Steam for modern computers.
Continue reading post "#3809"I’m still sick, but I tested negative for Covid a second time. I most likely just have a strong but quick cold.
Continue reading post "#3807"I’m sick.
Continue reading post "#3805"[update]er, not?[/update]
Yay, Facebook Messenger Lite (on Android) has finally got a dark mode. One of the last few apps that hadn’t had it that I use somewhat frequently. I find dark mode to be easier on my eyes in that I can look at it for longer.
I went to the Blossom Cleveland Orchestra concert last night with my dad.
Continue reading post "#3798"I’ve finally broken my streak in Wordle, at 195. Not because I didn’t get the word, but because I got it after midnight. Three minutes.
Continue reading post "#3793"I went to my first Cleveland Orchestra concert at Blossom since the pandemic.
Continue reading post "#3790"Ideas: Waste material as shade structures
I saw an article about cities doing various things to reduce heat, including lighter road surfaces and planting trees. Trees provide good shade and reduce temperatures, and are generally good for the environment, but can require quite a bit of water for dry areas. I got to thinking that we could build artificial tree-like structures to provide shade. But it would require a lot of material, and it would be undesirable cost-wise and environmentally to dig up new materials for this purpose. So I wondered about building them from waste materials.
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