Rambles that are fluffy, by fluffy
So, after many years of being aware of a problem with my sleep, I finally saw a sleep specialist. It was good to learn that whatever is going on can be figured out and treated.
What’s really frustrating is what led to me taking this long, and how much I’ve been shamed for having this disorder and how I’m yet still being shamed for having not taken care of it sooner.
Hey remember how several months ago Apple released a new variation on an established product line and everyone else already reviewed it?
Well, I just upgraded, despite having just bought an iPhone 8 last April. For Reasons.
What’s harder than setting up a new computer?
Re-setting up an account on the same computer.
So, it’s a new year, huh.
Might as well share some brief outlines of what I hope to accomplish this year.
Right now I’m sitting bored in a waiting room, so I decided to give CodeAnywhere a shot as a means of editing entries directly on my site, since that’s a use case I’ve mentioned as a possibility for the future.
Here are some of my observations as I run across them while writing this entry.
I’ve updated the Publ-templates-beesbuzz.biz repository, and also made it a lot easier for me to keep it up-to-date.
I also made it easier for me to put in webmention likes and stuff for things. And since this site is configured with fed.brid.gy support, maybe I can reply to Mastodon comments, like this one, which I have also marked as a “like” in this entry.
Anyway, boost it if you want to.
Update: fed.brid.gy continues to not actually behave in a way corresponding with how I expected. Oh well.
So, thinking about things more, the “profile URL” scheme doesn’t make sense for pure OAuth endpoints like Twitter, Facebook, etc. I’m thinking the API should provide two discovery mechanisms: one for profile-type (OpenID, IndieAuth/RelMeAuth, Mastodon), and one for SSO-type (OAuth).
I ended up writing a little embed widget to embed webmention responses/reactions into my blog posts. It all happens client-side, but so do Disqus comments so I figure that’s okay.
It only works with webmention.io as the webmention endpoint (although it could be modified to work with any endpoint that speaks the same query API), and I suspect Aaron might end up being a skosh annoyed with how I actually implemented it, but whatever. :)
Anyway, if you find any bugs with it or want to make improvements, for now you can submit an issue against the Publ website repository or you can just, like, comment here or something. Update, 7/9/2019 I have moved this into its own GitHub repository.
So, I’ve started yet another web programming project, a generic authentication wrapper library for Python. Because I need something like this for Publ and just want to do it once.
I am finally enrolled in Kaiser Permanente’s transgender healthcare program. (Why I didn’t get enrolled when I first signed up for it is a mystery, but whatever.) Today I finally received my insurance form for submitting reimbursement claims for my hair removal.
It gave me a diagnostic code of F649 with an explanation of “Uncomfortable with one’s gender.”
This is… not great phrasing.
