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  • Missing Starbuck

    Missing Starbuck

    I was thinking a lot about Starbuck yesterday. He was the kind of cat who would let you hug him and bury your face in his fur and he’d let you. Even if he looked at you like he wanted to murder and eat you.

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  • I do leave the house, sometimes

    I do leave the house, sometimes

    Selfie at the park. Some Pokémon go research time with Brook.

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  • And then there were two (horses)

    And then there were two (horses)

    Met the newest member of the family today, Jay’s new horse Oliver!

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  • I used to write things.

    I used to write things.

    A lot. The words and feelings tumbling around in my head would flow onto the paper or screen to float away. Tumbling around each other until they broke through          my angst,          my sadness,          my fear,          my yearning. Poetry, so much poetry. Likely all bad.Short stories, not as many, but still the words flowed out. When…

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  • Lack of ….

    Lack of ….

    Love this version. Also, the typos are not mine… I’m sorry. Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part. I have a life and you are a full grown adult. someecards

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  • Icon fonts and accessibility

    A few good article links for icon fonts, why they are bad and how you can use them if you really need to. I’ve have been using svg-sprites from icomoon.io/app for a current project but have been considering how to convert them to CSS-based or icon fonts if the project implementation needs it..   Seriously,…

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  • Shaker’s New Home

    Shaker’s New Home

    https://www.facebook.com/blueheronridingacademy/posts/1176573645821285

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  • Slowly figuring out the code that FB Instant Articles doesn’t like

    So far: images inside links – either the image is stripped, leaving behind an empty <a> – or the image is converted properly and an empty link is somewhere else on the page Horizontal Rules are bad Classes on images inside of other tags are confusing Nested lists are confusing Next up… Hope FB approves my…

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  • Facebook Instant Articles

    Testing out Facebook Instant Articles integration using my blog. Very interesting. I see that I will be creating multiple custom transformer rules to deal with the more complex coding used in articles. The default transform doesn’t seem to understand things like linked images, etc.

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  • coding

    I despise when I accidentally use parentheses instead of brackets in my CSS

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  • Legendary scarf

    Legendary scarf

    I finally finished a yarn project. Since spraining my left ankle badly six years ago, I haven’t had a lot of luck knitting or crocheting. Finished this scarf tonight while watching the pilot episode of Legends of Tomorrow.

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  • Flickr photos updated

    As planned, I got the flickr photos updated before my birthday. Having a broken leg comes in handy when you need to do something sitting. Next up…. finish restoring UFO photos to my ravelry project notebook.

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