I’m feeling pretty smug.

I really should get into the habit of taking before & after pictures for major projects.

Pixelmator Pro is a fantastic app. I’m a bit perplexed that they don’t have type on a curve yet.

Poll: 97% Of Americans Support Taking People Who Violate Express Lane Limits And Launching Them Into The Sun - The Babylon Bee

people who try to sneak into the fast lane should meet the sun at a high rate of speed.

3M is an incredible company.

Working in the garage into the late evening is a lot of fun.

Micro.blog offers a podcasting plan to add on to your blog subscription. This is a great feature that I’ve been using for over a year. I record a weekly podcast featuring my three children called ChetCast.

I love how my short posts, pictures, long posts, and podcasts all flow together on the same timeline. I have a ChetCast page that lists all of my previously recorded episodes.

There’s a small downside to having a podcast running on your main Micro.blog subscription. If you submit your podcast to Apple Podcasts (or anywhere else), Micro.blog by default defines your podcast title and artwork based on your blog. So your blog title is the podcast title, and your podcast artwork is your Micro.blog photo.

Manton plans to add the ability for everyone to change the podcast title and artwork in the Micro.blog dashboard at some point in the future. Until that feature is available, you can make the changes yourself if you’re using a custom theme.

I’m using Kiko. Go to Micro.blog > Posts > Design > Custom Themes. In your custom theme, under Custom Templates, find the file, layouts/list.podcastxml.xml.

To change the title, find the <title> tag. It should have a series of curly brackets between the title tag.

Simply replace all of that text your new title, without any quotation marks, between the <title> tags. Mine looks like this:

<title>ChetCast</title>

To add custom artwork, first create your image. Make it a square between 1400x1400 and 3000x3000, ensuring the file is no larger than 512kb. Upload that image to Micro.blog (micro.blog > Posts > Uploads). Copy the URL, and then go back to the layouts/list.podcastxml.xml page.

Find the <itunes:image> tag. It should have a link that points to your Micro.blog site. Replace the link between the quotation marks with the link to the artwork you uploaded. Mine looks like this:

<itunes:image href="https://chetjcollins.com/uploads/2019/309bb431cb.jpg"/>

That’s it! You’ve customized your podcast feed title and podcast artwork. You should see the changes in Apple Podcasts after the next refresh.

Just getting a letter from the IRS causes my heart rate to spike. Even if it’s good news, I still don’t like the experience.

Glad to see that they’re still making these.

I guess I’m building shelves this afternoon.

Email aliases on your own domain are amazing.

Just a month until my son starts school. So much to get done! 🎓

“Daddy, Neil Armstrong has never been to the moon before. Do you think he’s afraid?” - My 5 year old after watching the Apollo 11 launch scene.

Apollo 11 🍿

Happy Moon Day! 🌖 🇺🇸

Just placed my first Field Notes order.

My kids are loving the fruits of summer. 🍓🍉🍑

When It Comes to Taxes, Sometimes It Pays to Say ‘I Don’t’ - WSJ

But they aren’t married and say one reason is taxes.

Dumb.