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Note

This page explores the concept of keeping a public journal, something I haven't done before. I'm still defining what exactly I should include in this journal. I'm currently making sure it's not too technical, or difficult to read.

2024

April

• Helped a good friend study for some certifications they are testing for. Felt great knowing they were no longer feeling as much pressure afterwards. 😊
• Learning more about Git. I recently signed up for an account on SourceHut.
  • Practicing adding remotes, renaming them, pushing to multiple remotes simultaneously.

March

• Backed up my past personal websites inside semanticdata.github.io using a different branch.
  • It now sits with a few other previous personal websites and blogs I have backup on the repo.
• Currently using Eleventy Vite to publish MiguelPimente.do.
  • The plan is to transition to a new starter I'm working on.
• Refreshed all my notes within Forgetful Notes. Revised the desktop layouts.
• Learning Nunjucks to use as templating engine within Eleventy.
• Revisited my GitHub Stars. Removed a lot of unused ones and added the interesting ones to my Raindrop.io public page. The rest can be found in this repository.
• Learning about HTTP Headers and how to apply them via vercel.json in the repository root.
  • Mozilla Observatory is my choice to check headers and other security evaluations.
• Took up the One HTML Page Challenge. Find my source code here.
  • This is not a short term project. Planning to add things as I learn, etc.
• I dropped Bulma in favor of TailwindCSS to use in my current project.
  • I'm also using DaisyUI that plays well with TailwindCSS.

February

• Discovered NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day.
• After checking out Astro, I decided it wasn't time to jump into it.
  • For now, using Eleventy feels adequate given my knowledge level.
  • I will definitely give Astro another go, once I am more comfortable with Svelte.
• Updated my Obsidian Starter Vault project.
  • Now includes more information about the CSS snippets, community plugins, and general workflows included in it.
• Forked these Obsidian Minimal theme CSS Snippets.
• Added new CSS Snippets to my vault. I'll probably end up posting them later.
• Republished my personal website using Eleventy and elva. Moved the site to semanticdata.github.io.
  • It is currently deployed with Vercel. Will use a different starter and drop elva soon.
• Contributions:
  • Added Spanish translations for Quartz in PR #822.

January

• Archived many of my inactive GitHub repositories.
• Compiled my GitHub stars in this repo with the help of maguowei/starred.
• Submitted Spanish translations for gethyas/doks-core.
• Started playing around with 11ty.
  • Taking a look at Eleventy Excellent, and Eleventy Garden.
• Learned about Astro. I'm playing around with it and some website starters.
• Discovered CUBE CSS, Utopia, and buildexcellentwebsit.es.
• Fixed the search module not working in Forgetful Notes.
• Gave Firefox TabSpace a nice cleaning. Published updated version.

2023

December

• Finally visited the Dominican Republic after more than 8 years without going.
  • I didn't really tell anyone about the trip. I just wanted to make sure I was able to actually go back at this time.
  • My main focus on the trip was to visit and spend time with family.
• Learned about Bulma. I'm checking it out as a CSS framework.
• Republished my personal website with serene.
• Renamed Zola Dinkleberg to Zola Guava.
• Published new Firefox extension:
  • ChatGPT in the Sidebar
  • New Tab Notes - This extension is helping me learn browser sync and storage management.
• Submitted new Zola Themes:
  • Mabuya
  • Zola Minimal

November

• Chrome extension Text Revealer was not available in Firefox, so I made a Firefox version.
• Updated my Obsidian Starter vault.
  • Now includes more information about backing up the vault and other general workflows.
• Playing around with Svelte, and Milkdown.
  • I like the pair, but I paused working on this for now.
• Republished my old blog in Spanish: Prose Poetry.
  • Recently found the canonical blog I wrote in 2010 and republished it.
• Contributions:
  • Fixed bugs for Zola Book outlined in Issue #18.
  • Submitted dark theme and toggle to the Anpu Zola theme. My changes were merged.