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OK I’ve pushed an update to my Microwave theme that stops using FontAwesome icons and instead uses them from Bootstrap. When you get the chance to upgrade to 1.20.0, please do. If you see your icons stop working - it’s because …
When I get some time, I’m going to go through and make some changes to formalise my Microwave theme. I’ll upgrade my micro.blog subscription to Premium and make a proper page for it. I’ve a new theme on the way that’s …
I’ve just been reading the documentation on the Apple Music Embedded player whilst looking at a neat way to simplify the creation of ‘music’ posts on my blog and discovered they support an auto theme that honours the system colour …
Just merged an update to my micro.blog theme microwave that adds crosspost sources and some new social icons. Enjoy 😎
I’m on a roll! We’ve got the Apple Music Shortcode up and running this morning too. Embed music to your heart’s content.
I’ve made a shortcode for the Spotify embedded player in Micro.blog! Here’s a song that I’ve not been able to stop listening to. I’ll do an Apple Music one next. Give me a shout if you find any issues with the shortcode or …
Now the theme is done, it’s time to get cracking on my Apple Music/Spotify plugins for micro.blog. The plan is to tie it into some iOS shortcuts for quick and easy posting.
It took me a lot longer than I would’ve liked.. but I’ve got my first theme for micro.blog into the directory! Take a look at Microwave here and give it a spin!
A while back I started work on a plug-in for Micro.blog that would allow you to embed streaming players for apple music and Spotify. I completely forgot about it until I wanted to shout about an album I’ve rediscovered. With that in mind, I …
I am relentlessly getting banned from WhatsApp despite doing absolutely nothing. Does this happen to anybody else?
I’ve just used Legacy Scrobbler for the first time. It’s a nifty bit of software that scrobbles the plays on your iPod to last.fm. I get to have my cake and eat it now. Music on the iPod with all the stats of streaming. 🎶
I’ve got a new (old) toy! Remarkable how well this works given it must be fifteen years old. Even more remarkable is how good it sounds. Now to play around with modding it..
Rip CDs Automatically When Inserted with Ubuntu 24 & ABCDE
I’ve recently started to buy CDs again. Buying and having physical music is just great. The benefit of the CD being that I can rip it, and still access my purchased music anywhere. Couple that with an unnecessary requirement to automate as much …