Matt Langford https://mattlangford.com/ en Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:13:53 -0500 https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/18/dads-that-carry.html Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:35:51 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/18/dads-that-carry.html <p>Dads that carry a satchel or small sling, what do you keep in yours?</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/18/looks-like-lmika.html Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:35:37 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/18/looks-like-lmika.html <p>Looks like <a href="https://micro.blog/lmika">@lmika</a> snuck in a new plugin specifically for Tiny Theme to <a href="https://sidebar-for-tiny-theme.micro.blog">add a sidebar</a> with your blogrolls. Awesome job!</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/16/the-festivals-are.html Sat, 16 Mar 2024 13:30:42 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/16/the-festivals-are.html <p>The festivals are starting!</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/60824/2024/e778ca9a8d.png" width="450" height="600" alt="Matt and Kalena Langford at a Louisiana festival."> https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/12/here-is-my.html Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:56:17 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/12/here-is-my.html <p>Here is my <a href="https://mattlangford.com/blogroll">blogroll</a>.</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/12/tiny-theme-works.html Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:32:31 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/12/tiny-theme-works.html <p><a href="https://tiny.micro.blog">Tiny Theme</a> works great with the <a href="https://www.manton.org/2024/03/11/recommendations-and-blogrolls.html">new blogroll feature</a> of Micro.blog. Just follow the <a href="https://help.micro.blog/t/recommendations/2671">docs</a> and you can display yours on any post or page.</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/11/yes-recommendations-and.html Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:23:54 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/11/yes-recommendations-and.html <p>Yes, <a href="https://www.manton.org/2024/03/11/recommendations-and-blogrolls.html">recommendations and blogroll</a> support will be baked into Tiny Theme.</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/11/im-very-late.html Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:38:19 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/11/im-very-late.html <p>I&rsquo;m very late to <a href="https://www.raycast.com">Raycast</a>, but I&rsquo;m loving it so far. Especially combined with <a href="https://folivora.ai">BetterTouchTool</a>.</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/04/we-recently-got.html Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:45:54 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/04/we-recently-got.html <p>We recently got an <a href="https://aranet.com/products/aranet4/">Aranet4</a>. It’s quite eye opening when you dive into CO2 levels and begin to understand what they mean.</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/04/tiny-theme-just.html Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:58:46 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/04/tiny-theme-just.html <p><strong>Tiny Theme 2.6</strong> just pushed out. Includes 4 new microhooks and a couple of minor bug fixes.</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/03/shes-back-at.html Sun, 03 Mar 2024 16:12:06 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/03/shes-back-at.html <p>She’s back at it. Getting the garden back under controller for this year.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/60824/2024/6510391af7.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Kalena Langford gardening"> https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/02/our-local-library.html Sat, 02 Mar 2024 17:01:03 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/02/our-local-library.html <p>Our local library system is switching from Overdrive to cloudLibrary and I don’t think there’s a single redeeming reason for the move.</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/01/i-am-building.html Fri, 01 Mar 2024 14:29:07 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/01/i-am-building.html <p>I am building a Testimonial/Review page for Tiny Theme. If you’d like to contribute, you can drop a testimonial or a link to a review in the replies to this post or by <a href="https://mattlangford.com/about/#contact">contacting me</a>. Every one I add will include the source name/link in return.</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/03/01/tiny-theme-was.html Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:21:49 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/03/01/tiny-theme-was.html <p><strong>Tiny Theme 2.5</strong> was just pushed out with more microhooks. Alongside the update is <a href="https://tiny.micro.blog">a new site</a> with improved documentation, tutorials, and examples (more will be added).</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/29/my-perfect-ereader.html Thu, 29 Feb 2024 20:27:20 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/02/29/my-perfect-ereader.html <p>My perfect e-reader setup is a Kobo Libra 2 with folio case, Bookerly font, and Overdrive connection.</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/27/its-kalenas-birthday.html Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:57:43 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/02/27/its-kalenas-birthday.html <p>It’s <a href="https://micro.blog/Kalena">@Kalena</a>’s birthday!</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/60824/2024/c245780bae.jpg" width="400" height="600" alt="Kalena Langford"> https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/27/my-current-lock.html Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:19:04 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/02/27/my-current-lock.html <p>My current lock and Home Screen. Went back to a lot off the defaults/basics.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/60824/2024/image.png" width="600" height="595" alt="iPhone Lock Screen and Home Screen example"> https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/21/german-chocolate-cake.html Wed, 21 Feb 2024 19:51:18 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/02/21/german-chocolate-cake.html <p>German Chocolate Cake is named after an American named Samuel German. 🤯</p> A Child Theme for Tiny https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/21/a-child-theme.html Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:03:10 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/02/21/a-child-theme.html <p><a href="https://tiny.micro.blog">Tiny Theme</a> comes fully designed out-of-the-box, but many people like to tweak things here and there. Perhaps you want to add a background or increase the width. As a quick example, I&rsquo;ve designed a child theme using only 3 lines of CSS.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/60824/2024/scr-20240221-iznf.jpeg" width="600" height="337" alt="Child Theme for Tiny Theme for Micro.blog"> <p>I&rsquo;ve added a background color, modified the page width, tweaked the margins, rounded some corners, and centered the header. You can copy and paste the code below into your Custom CSS (access it via the Design page on Micro.blog). Use it as is or modify it to your needs.</p> <script src="https://gist.github.com/MattSLangford/a62ad9a7b644518c0e8493a4ca9d6840.js"></script> <p>As you can see, making wholesale design changes to Tiny Theme is pretty easy.</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/21/the-new-apple.html Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:19:07 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/02/21/the-new-apple.html <p>The new Apple Sports app looks promising. I don&rsquo;t think there is a single quality scores app that focuses on, ya know, <em>scores</em>. They all try to inject videos, ads, subscriptions, news, etc. I just want the scores!</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/20/as-vincents-tinylytics.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:08:00 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/02/20/as-vincents-tinylytics.html <p>As <a href="https://micro.blog/vincent">@vincent</a>&rsquo;s Tinylytics crossed the <a href="https://vincentritter.com/2024/02/11/ways-to-support-my-work">2 million hits tracked</a> milestone, my little site passed the 20,000 hits (tracked by Tinylytics) milestone.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/60824/2024/709144e22a.png" width="600" height="337" alt=""> My Top 10 Historical Fiction Novels https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/18/my-top-historical.html Sun, 18 Feb 2024 21:26:18 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/02/18/my-top-historical.html <p>In <em>mostly</em> no particular order. As you can tell, I lean towards WWII, but there are a few exceptions.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3wjd8JA">The Nightingale</a> (my favorite)</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/48nSOnE">The Winds of War</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3wvf01F">Eye of the Needle</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/48grXK4">An Officer and a Spy</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/42HjRsT">A Gentlemen in Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/4bEWvYV">The Alice Network</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3SLh7pz">The Tattooist of Auschwitz</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3SNhXlV">The Pillars of the Earth</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3T327VD">The Four Winds</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3wo77LF">All the Light We Cannot See</a></li> </ul> https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/18/due-to-being.html Sun, 18 Feb 2024 20:25:50 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/02/18/due-to-being.html <p>Due to being a parent and the various activities my kids are involved in, I’ve recent had to reactive my Facebook account and sign up for GroupMe. They’ll probably make me increase my phone’s font size next.</p> https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/17/not-all-cool.html Sat, 17 Feb 2024 18:18:38 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/02/17/not-all-cool.html <p>Not all <em>cool</em> watches have to cost an arm and a leg. I love my Casio Wave Ceptor.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/60824/2024/7644d0a849.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Casio Wave Ceptor"> https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/14/what-watch-are.html Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:21:58 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/02/14/what-watch-are.html <p>What watch are you wearing today? For me, it’s a Seiko King Samurai with white dial.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/60824/2024/fd456989d4.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Seiko King Samurai with white dial"> https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/14/version-of-tiny.html Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:19:44 -0500 http://mattlangford.micro.blog/2024/02/14/version-of-tiny.html <p>Version 2.4 of <a href="https://tinyformicro.blog">Tiny Theme</a> was just pushed out and adds new <a href="https://mattlangford.com/2024/02/02/new-tiny-theme.html">Microhooks</a>, including the most powerful one yet. With <code>microhook-uncss</code>, you can enable a <em>designer</em> version of the theme that removes all default styling. You&rsquo;ll still get the power of Tiny and its HTML layout, but the CSS becomes fully yours.</p>