If anyone ever writes AO3 fics that include text message convos, I wrote a little generator to create the CSS and HTML needed to style it nicely, with fallbacks for when the CSS is disabled: https://momijizukamori.github.io/txtmsg.html
It's based on CSS other people created and wrote a tutorial for on AO3 ( https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/14729722 ) though I did add a few tweaks to make it handle images better.
Cocoa shared a month ago
Hey! Are you looking for someone to make you a website, or maintain an existing one? Do you know someone who needs that in their life? I'm available for contract hire! Email me at carly@carly.website if you want to discuss and get a quote!
Oh jesus the fanbinding drama has made WIRED. Please, don't you have anything better to write about.
Fandom friends! What would you call a take about a series or character that is strongly supported by evidence in the text, but not directly stated by the text? Does the amount of evidence make a difference?
Cocoa shared a month ago
my network here is fairly small but this is worth a try.
Anyone in the Quincy, Massachusetts (US) area looking for a bike buddy? 20 miles or less as a rule (for now anyways). Slow pace for sure. I work a 9-5 schedule so best to.assume weekends...
#bicycle #bike #exercise #socializing #RoadBike #Quincy #MA #Massachusetts #Boston #US
Boosts appreciated
> see non-fanbinder friend on twt retweet anti-fanbinding rant > click through to see thread > it is, of course, the dramiones > bonus: thread qrts known wanker Requires Hate ranting about it too
(sorry if you got a double-notif, markdown issues)
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Cocoa shared 2 months ago
This year will be the 20th anniversary of @leonardr's #Python screen-scraping tool Beautiful Soup.
https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2024/celebrate-beautiful-soups-20th-anniversary/
Please contact me if you'd like to contribute to the celebration by any of:
* contributing to a "how Beautiful Soup was important to my life or career" anthology
* helping edit and publish that anthology
* funding printing the book
* throwing or speaking at a party on or around May 19th, 2024
* helping upgrade Leonard's PyCon travel so it's not just economy/coach
Cocoa shared 2 months ago
Cocoa shared 2 months ago
https://carlsfriends.net/source.html
this is the fun part of the internet
Cocoa shared 2 months ago
Boost if you like breakfast or want to guillotine billionaires
Cocoa shared 2 months ago
A progress shot from last night. I hope to find the motivation and focus to continue tomorrow.
Colour is not my strong suit & I'm figuring this out as I go.
But meanwhile, happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrate...
May the year of the Wood Dragon bring you stability and growth.
Cocoa shared 2 months ago
@gekidasa @geraineon @xieliansbignaturals
Well, thirst will make me try to drink a lot of stuff as long as it's a liquid. 
I've tried to read every single fic of my ship when there still were < 200 fics to read
Discussion with @xieliansbignaturals@blorbo.social reminded me that I never actually posted any of the modern Ghost Kings photos we took, mostly because uhhh they did not turn out very good (like this is the only mostly not-blurry pair one). Eventually we'll wear the outfits again and get better photos, I spent way to long tracking down a dark red t-shirt to cut up to not. #cosplay #TGCF #HuaCheng
Cocoa shared 2 months ago
I cannot emphasize this enough: if you are having a panic attack about the general state of your life - academics, your job, your relationship with anyone - and it's 9 pm or later, GO TO BED. Don't @ me with your special case objection that willfully misses the point, go the fuck to bed and consider what if anything needs to be done when well-rested and well-fed
I have had more personal crises than is advisable to admit to and so have many of my friends, I guarantee this is coming from extensive experience
Cocoa shared 2 months ago
I must not work on weekends. Working on weekends is the mind-killer. Working on weekends is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face the JIRA tasks that arrive on weekends. I will permit them to pass over me and through me. And when they have gone past I will turn the inner eye to see their path. Where the work-need has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Cocoa shared 2 months ago
To all the round little juncos in our backyard during the winter
Cocoa shared 2 months ago
I'm calling hot enby summer 2024
So, I am seriously considering running a little event for Gu Yun's birthday next month, of the 'one prompt a day for [x] days' variety where x depends on how many interesting prompts I can think up.
I think having it start on or end on his birthday makes the most sense, but I'm not sure which. Ending on it was my instinctive first pick, buuuuut then it overlaps with Lunar New Year (as his birthday is the day after Shangyuan).
Thoughts, anyone? I am not on fedi software that can make polls otherwise I would've done that, haha.
Figure I may as well ask this on the nerdiest of my social media sites - does anyone know of good intros/overviews of simple-to-intermediate mechanisms used in mechanical designs? Stuff in between 'simple single pulley' and 'planetary gear system', basically, with the additional context that I'd mostly like to get better at designing and building simple mechanics for like, cosplay and 3d printing projects, etc.