Picking featured images for my blog articles (the rare ones I actually write) is always something I forget about and don't enjoy. So instead I added a function to my Wordpress theme that just creates a social-ready image of the blog article's title as a styled headline.

GNU Terry Pratchett and x-clacks-overhead: The Internet’s Hidden Tributes to the Honored Dead

Across the internet, select websites are silently transmitting the names of deceased they wish to honor in their headers, a system inspired by an invention in Pratchett’s own Discworld: the clacks.

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Still really love the Chrome Extension I made that shows the memorials to the honored dead that people include in the headers of their websites. Always so amazing to see Sir Terry Pratchett's work continuing to echo and inspire in new ways. Gone too soon. GNU Terry Pratchett

I'm so far removed from D&D being my #TTRPG of choice that I still have no idea what's in this new WoW setting. It will be cool to flip through, I'm sure, but I can't remember the last time I played.

Gotta say, so far just shy of the second badge (of 18 total gyms, plus an Elite 8) Pokemon Rejuvenation is a lot of fun. Tons of fun Pokemon to catch, a storyline that's a bit more adult, and pretty challenging gameplay. Most Pokemon games you sort of breeze through the first gym, not so here

Hey so can we not

When I say this plant is PINK…

Luke 🌙@graycastlepress.com · last wk.

Got to see guttation on my aglaonema today!

Got to see guttation on my aglaonema today!

Welp, we've now watched seasons 7 and 8 of Love Island USA, and just started 6. 7 felt like a bit of a slog where 8 was more fun, so I'm hoping this one feels a bit less heavy

It feels really nice to be enjoying book design again. The whole visual language for Waywright is finally coming together. I can't wait to share this book when it's finished.

I've had "Starlight Sickness" by Helico Tele stuck in my head all day, and created a modified version of the classic "Hello, Dolly!" plugin for Wordpress. Pops a random lyric from the song onto the admin panel every time I change pages

With the updates to the Graycastle Press core theme done, made some progress on the new version of the Etherscouts website. The registration card all done in #CSS (with custom validation on the Scout ID format in the back end) is maybe one of my favorite #webdesign pieces I've ever made.

Made a lot of progress with the new Graycastle Press website redesign, and really happy with how it turned out. Much simpler design, far fewer plugins and other things in the background. Still have some pages and all of the blog to go through to fix the styling on, but happy so far!

Yeeessss blog article table of contents, sing to me!

Luke 🌙@graycastlepress.com · 2w ago

I'm so tired of the bloat that Wordpress plugins carry, so I'm challenging myself to do as much as I can with the redesign of the Graycastle Press website without using any of them. So far so good, and this core theme can get re-used with child themes across my few other websites pretty easily

I'm so tired of the bloat that Wordpress plugins carry, so I'm challenging myself to do as much as I can with the redesign of the Graycastle Press website without using any of them. So far so good, and this core theme can get re-used with child themes across my few other websites pretty easily

I dumped my email marketing tool subscription last week after the cost jumped from $12/mo to $33/mo (!!), and honestly much happier with my self-hosted solution. Rather than paying monthly for a service I use infrequently, I just pay for emails sent via Amazon's SES. Saved ~$400 a year!

My inner child is absolutely paralyzed for choice. Was hard enough when it was just three 💀

Washing machines should have built-in fans that run after you unload your wash to dry the damn things out versus just staying damn and getting musty.

Really happy with how the design for the Waywright Badge has turned out! Each Etherscout Handbook has a digital badge that you can earn by completing the game, and these are going to look great when I can eventually get them produced as physical patches. Making good progress on this game!

Why yes, the final rewrite of my game Waywright is going swimmingly. Why do you ask?

Oh my god I just told my husband that Love Island is my favorite TV show right now and I’m horrified.

Hold up, the story of Jack Vance’s “Madouc” is the same as the plot for Mamma Mia, the ABBA musical? Rad

Who's a good boy ? Oh yeah you're a good boy! Now go fetch!

MORE making out? This show had better be sponsored by Listerine

Luke 🌙@graycastlepress.com · last mo.

I’m watching Love Island for the first time, and this show is WILD. Like, WHAT. Also from a game design perspective, they really don’t hold your hand at all. I have no idea how this is a competition someone can win. They’re all making out a lot. WHAT.

I also learned that the name for this is an aptronym, “…a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner.” Other notable examples are meteorologist Sara Blizzard, chili pepper breeder Ed Currie, and American millionaire megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar.

Aptronym - Wikipedia

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Luke 🌙@graycastlepress.com · last mo.

The fact that Tito’s Vodka was founded by a man named “Tito Beveridge” is one of my favorite things I’ve learned this week

I’m watching Love Island for the first time, and this show is WILD. Like, WHAT. Also from a game design perspective, they really don’t hold your hand at all. I have no idea how this is a competition someone can win. They’re all making out a lot. WHAT.

The fact that Tito’s Vodka was founded by a man named “Tito Beveridge” is one of my favorite things I’ve learned this week

Tito's Vodka - Wikipedia

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Are people still calling posts on here skeets?

Took about 25 days, but just completed my re-read of books 1 through 7 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series Finally ready to start “A Parade of Horribles!”

some gay knights ⚔️

I miss you, Luna. And I will love you for the rest of my life. 🌙