From 5ffb8ec228d603d2cd22c55941cd7910db720e0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JP Hastings-Spital Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 09:14:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update /now --- content/now/index.md | 18 +++++++++--------- layouts/shortcodes/last-updated.html | 1 + themes/hello-friend-ng/assets/scss/_main.scss | 4 +++- 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) create mode 100644 layouts/shortcodes/last-updated.html diff --git a/content/now/index.md b/content/now/index.md index 5beab43b..3d0a2814 100644 --- a/content/now/index.md +++ b/content/now/index.md @@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ draft: false type: timeless --- -Being intentional about what I spend my time on has been consistently rewarding through my life, so when I learned about [the Now movement](https://nownownow.com/about) I knew I'd be publishing [my own /now page](https://www.byjp.me/now) too. +> Being intentional about what I spend my time on has been consistently rewarding through my life, so when I learned about [the Now movement](https://nownownow.com/about) I knew I'd be publishing [my own /now page](https://www.byjp.me/now) too. +> +> I'm a little apprehensive about being _too_ openly public with lots of personal data, so this may be sparse at first! -I'm a little apprehensive about being _too_ openly public with lots of personal data, so this may be sparse at first. In 2023, before I knew of [the Now movement](https://nownownow.com/about), I started using a curiously similar mechanism at Deliveroo, as my duties as Principal Engineer stretched my context across a lot of different headspaces and teams. It's been extremely helpful, so I'm embracing this too! - ---- +{{< last-updated >}} I live in a lovely flat in North London with my fiancé {{< friend yvette >}}. We still feel like we're only recently home from our travelling Sabbatical, which took us through South America, Western Canada, Japan, and Singapore — we're missing the travel enormously! We were blogging (for part of that trip) at [adventure.awaits.us](https://adventure.awaits.us). @@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ My work at Deliveroo is very internally-facing at the moment, so there's not muc While London is trying to remember what the definition of "Summer" is, I'm spending time making things. I recently finished a 4-week throwing (pottery) course, and had a lot of fun making bowls and cups and vases — I'll post some pictures here when I pick them up from their final firing! I'm also putting a fair amount of time into this blog right now (you may have noticed) as a way to trying to find a faster way to ground for the regular lightning strikes of ideas I seem to be having since returning from my travels! -{{< figure src="sunset.jpg" title="We had a glorious sunset last night!" alt="A golden sunset over North London">}} +I'm _really_ enjoying slowly playing through [Viewfinder](https://thunderfulgames.com/games/viewfinder/) — it reminds ne a lot of Portal — wonderful puzzles, engaging story, lots of "ah ha!" moments. Definitely worth a play! -I'm _really_ enjoying slowly playing through [Viewfinder](https://thunderfulgames.com/games/viewfinder/) — it reminds ne a lot of Portal! +{{< openlibrary "9781929752300" >}} -{{< openlibrary "9781782394464" >}} +I'm only a few pages into [Cheap Complex Devices](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL8797982M/Cheap_Complex_Devices) and already loving it. Even the foreword has me thinking meta: should I trust the editor of the book when he says "skip the rest of the foreword", given that the editor is a character?? It's definitely not a book for sleepy bedtime reading! -I just finished reading [Ajax Penumbra 1969](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL21518724W/Ajax_Penumbra_1969?edition=key:/books/OL29181691M), the prequel to a book [I adored reading](/posts/reviews/books/robin-sloan/mr-penumbras-24-hour-bookstore.md) back in 2013 — I properly stretched out the reading of it, but it was gone too fast! I'm really considering re-reading that original book, as Robin Sloan had me chuckling and giddily page-turning right through this one again! +I've given up on the audiobook version of [The Dark Forest](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL39524585M/Dark_Forest) by Cixin Liu, it was too challenging for me to follow with the bitty audiobook listenings that, sometimes, are all I have. Perhaps I'll try this series again one day, people speak highly of the later books particularly. Instead I've started on the second (audio)book in Arthur C. Clarke's _Time Oddesey_ series: [Sunstorm](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3311262M/Sunstorm). I'm enjoying it so far; the carefully researched physics conundrum that looks like it'll be the setting for the book is engaging and intriguing! -I'm also struggling a little to stay interested in the audiobook version of [The Dark Forest](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL39524585M/Dark_Forest) by Cixin Liu (the sequel to [The Three Body Problem](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17267881W/%E4%B8%89%E4%BD%93)), but perhaps some weekend walks will get me back into it. +{{< figure src="sunset.jpg" title="Summer this year may not be hot or sunny, but we've had some amazing sunsets." alt="A golden sunset over North London">}} diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/last-updated.html b/layouts/shortcodes/last-updated.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fa055368 --- /dev/null +++ b/layouts/shortcodes/last-updated.html @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Last updated {{ partial "year-relative-date.html" .Page.Lastmod }} \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/themes/hello-friend-ng/assets/scss/_main.scss b/themes/hello-friend-ng/assets/scss/_main.scss index e9a123d5..a7856a1c 100644 --- a/themes/hello-friend-ng/assets/scss/_main.scss +++ b/themes/hello-friend-ng/assets/scss/_main.scss @@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ figure { max-width: none; width: 100vw; margin-left: calc(100%*0.5 - 50vw); + figcaption { + margin: 0 0.4rem; + } } @media (min-width: (760px * 1.5)) { max-width: 100vw; @@ -282,7 +285,6 @@ figure { figcaption { font-size: 0.8rem; - margin: 0 0.4rem; opacity: 0.6; &.left {