A minor styling suggestion while using Posts Stats plugin with Marfa theme in dark mode. Add this snippet to custom CSS (‘Design’ -> ‘Edit CSS’) to fix background of alternate rows in tables.
@media(prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
tr:nth-child(odd)>td {
background: initial;
}
}
Thanks to Andrew for bringing this to my notice.
Defensive CSS by Ahmad Shadeed →
Defensive CSS is a collection of snippets that can help you in writing CSS that is protected. In other words, you will have fewer issues in the future.
A good friend who has gone indie had once suggested I should provide folks online an opportunity to support me when they benefit from my work. So, after hesitantly considering it for years, I finally decided to create a Buy me a coffee profile. And include a link on my blog.
These days so much of my free time is booked with calls to explain to people outside the software industry why crypto assets are such a destructive force and why I support forceful regulation to halt this financially corrosive enterprise from spreading further into markets.
Today’s posts mark the completion of 30 days of daily posting on my blog. It wasn’t a planned challenge. But I wanted to attempt a routine, in public, of sorts. Prone to miss at least a day occasionally, a streak of any kind is always difficult for me. Plus, a good thing is that I didn’t have to schedule any posts just to make sure I don’t skip a day. I had written all the posts on the day they are visible on the blog. Well, in Indian Standard Time, that is. Even the long-form essays.
With post-a-day done, can I take up another 30-day challenge? I always wanted to post at least a picture every day. But, I am not too much into photography. Or rather, I am not good at it. Plus the worsening environment outside with Omicron in the air, it becomes a tad more difficult to find different places every day. What else?
I managed to complete (and crush) the 2021 reading challenge, the third in a row — read 35 against the 24 targeted. It was a wonderful year in that sense. And I am challenging myself for more this year. 📚
There is something wonderful about a clean writing and reading interface. I am always a big fan of #platforms that build themselves on clean interfaces. It helps. Does it mean there is no place for flashy sites? Absolutely not.
I have come to a realization recently. Blogs have made web boring. Think about it. Every blog looks the same. All themes are more or less the same. A slight layout change here. A margin or padding there. Varied columns. But all look the same to me. You know that you are reading a blog.
Imagine if every page was custom. Well, let me help you. Check this site by Aegir. No, don’t just look at the homepage. Look at every post. Each post has different design. What brilliance! I am absolutely impressed and saddened at the same time. And jealous too. I wish I could create something like this. I can’t.
Well, why can’t I? I mean, why can’t I just create html pages? Isn’t that the first line of code I wrote?
I have been searching for the next audiobook to listen to and am just not able to find one. The book that I want to read is not available on the Audible catalog. And the books that Amazon recommends are absolute shit. Sigh! The search continues. 📚
I finished reading Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie today. I didn’t enjoy this Poirot adventure as I did his earlier ones. Sure, the plot, the mystery is interesting. But the way the story unfolds leaves me wanting for a lot more. It’s not a satisfying conclusion — too farfetched. Rushed. Maybe, I am done reading all the good Christie novels. 📚
I welcomed the first dawn of 2022 the same way as every dawn, a cup of tea with my wife. Every year, it’s the same, but with lots of hopes and wishes for a wonderful year to follow. With a positive vibe in the air! So here’s to another year of different sameness! 😊