Rails TIL. In Rails 7 you need to render with a status code in order for Flash.now to appear.
Flash.now[:errors] = 'This is an error'
render :edit, status: :whatever_status
It’s wild because I could debug the view and see the Flash is set. But nothing displayed.
Just spent five minutes experimenting with adding things to Todoist via Apple Watch & Siri. Just plain doesn’t work. This is the actual reason I’m an occasional Luddite.
Things are happening…
Starting the week with more RSS feed hacking. Let’s see if progress is made.
A couple web form things I’ve never seen before.
Reading the first 2/3s of Robin Sloan’s Year of New Avenues has me excited! Getting the word out about projects has become rather challenging these days. I’m excited for new projects, and I’m excited for a world where they start being discovered again!
Using render.com, we don’t get much in the way of log retention or searchability. Any service recommendations? At this point I’m going with Papertrail. Logtail seems expensive. Datadog and Mezmo both seem built for something much bigger than what I need.
Had an intresting conversation with a friend today, which included his statement that the WALL-E dystopia is already here. “Give the average human a smart phone and Internet and you’ve changed the course of their life forever.”
Just pushed my All Time Favorites list out to Album Whale. This is a small portion of the eventual list. I will add albums from time-to-time as I remember them. This type of list is exactly why I added RSS to album lists as I imagine subscribing to other people’s feeds. 🎵
Countdown to Red Hot Chili Peppers (and The Strokes) pre-order. I should really think of a budget before I enter…
Read No Time Like the Future by Michael J. Fox 📚
Two MJF bios in one year seems like a bit much. I didn’t find this one quite as engaging as Lucky Man, but a worthwhile listen from my library.
I feel like every time there is a day I try to stay tech free, some random event puts me back on the computer/device. This time it is a new iPad’s screen pooping out.
Not that I know soccer, but…
It looked hopeful at times, but US just doesn’t have the passing control of the top teams. And they were missing defensive coverage a lot. They seem to have the athleticism, though.
So I have this idea. What if there were a service that combined your consumed things into one feed. It’d ingest RSS from, say, Letterboxd, Album Whale, and Goodreads. It would display this unified feed simply, and maybe allow some tagging. Perhaps it should be built…
Lots of lists have come through the past couple of days on Album Whale. Big thanks to the Micro.blog community for giving it a try! If you haven’t yet, I welcome you to sign up. Thanks!
Album Whale is open for signup! We’re just getting started and discovery features are on the way. It would be a tremendous help if anyone interested in what Album Whale can become could build a quick Top 10 list (Ex: Fav College Listens, Top Albums to Focus, Best of 2022, etc).
Also read Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein 📚
Read Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 📚
The right book, exactly. At exactly the right time.
I really quite enjoyed this book, but the Google / Silicon Valley love has not aged well, unfortunately. It was easy for me to dip into the book’s world, though.
Launching Album Whale this week. As it will launch with very few features, I think I’ll use a new Micro.blog account to serve as an update feed. It will probably be a Good Enough account with Album Whale as a category. Keeps us open for future blogging and a doevery.day feed.
Doing some video processing (I take them off of iCloud and put them on my NAS for easy family Plex viewing) and I’m reminded that this little ExifRenamer software is worth its weight in giving the author a PayPal donation every year.
DMB, been awhile.
A few days until this little creation becomes useful to my community again: www.owatonnaparking.com
What do you think happens when you click on this in macOS’s Apple Music?
Last mild day for the fall, so I went for a walk.
