On a simple one-page site, I wanted as much as possible to be inline in the single document request. I didn’t have a favicon, and I didn’t want browsers to make that extra request. I considered just adding an empty file, as I’ve done sometimes in the past, but that would still be an extra request. So I looked up if it could be inlined. It can be done, with a data URL. And using an SVG format, an emoji can be used for a cheap actual icon.
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Welcome, redbud tree
This past weekend, I bought and installed a tree in my back yard, an eastern redbud, after years of wanting some kind of redbud. I had been thinking of getting the smaller weeping variety, but this year I finally decided I’d be willing to get the native tree variety.
Continue reading post "Welcome, redbud tree"Finally got some rain after several weeks without. We really needed it. It had been getting to borderline drought conditions.
Continue reading post "#4045"I got stuck in quite a traffic jam on Route 8 north yesterday. Took me over an hour to get to my parents’ when normally it takes 20-some minutes.
Continue reading post "#4039"Today, I learned that raccoons can be predators. I saw one catch a chipmunk or small squirrel.
Continue reading post "#4032"I went to a Guardians game today. My first since they renamed to Guardians.
Continue reading post "#4028"I saw a strange, slow moving string of lights in the sky tonight. Apparently, a Starlink satellite launch.
Continue reading post "#4025"Today, another falling tree incident happened. As I was driving to my parents’ for dinner, coming around a turn, I came upon a fallen tree, all the way across the road.
Continue reading post "#4022"A friend of mine was commenting that Jaws got pushback for inciting fear of sharks / swimming with the low odds of getting bit by one, while The Birds didn’t get pushback in spite of the low odds of getting attacked by a bird. I opined that it was probably Big Beach instigating the pushback. I imagine with the tourism money they have a better lobby than Big Bird.
I have finally, effectively, fully said goodbye to Dreamhost after around 14 years.
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