v0.4.0 released! Let’s talk future!:
Oh wow, I finally closed out the Publ 0.4.0 milestone. So, wow, this is a pretty big deal for me.
I feel like this is a pretty big deal :)
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I decided to set up a URL shortener on my short domain, aaronpk.com, thanks to some recent discussion in the IndieWeb chat.
I found an open source project that is basically exactly what I would have built if I had built my own: https://polrproject.org/
The installation wasn't seamless, but I'm familiar enough with the tech it's built on so I managed to get it set up. I also made one modification to it, which is that if you type in a short URL that doesn't exist, it redirects to the same path on aaronparecki.com, so that all my regular pages now automatically have a short URL.
This is definitely a lot nicer than my previous solution of adding URLs to a text file.
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Yesterday there was cilantro in my soup, and suddenly it tasted so much like soap that I couldn't eat it.
Over the last few months, I've noticed that cilantro has started tasting bad, but didn't really think much of it. I looked up the food sensitivity list of people who also think cilantro tastes like soap, and now I am super confused, because most of these are my favorite flavors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster#Specific_food_sensitivities
• Gins, tequilas, and hoppy beers are my favorite • I eat brussels sprouts, cabbage and kale all the time • I am a huge fan of coffee, always unsweetened • grapefruit juice is a staple in my fridge • I make my own tonic with quinine so that I can make it less sweet and more bitter than normal
So why is cilantro the one that tastes bad to me? And why did this change? I used to enjoy cilantro! I didn't think this sensitivity was something that could change in people over time.
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"text": "I added a page to my site with a list of all the IndieWebCamps I\u2019ve attended, as well as a copy of the photos when applicable. You can find it here.",
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Moved my reader actions inline... previously clicking an action in the reader would scroll to the top of the page, because that's where the editor was. It would helpfully scroll you back once the interaction was complete, but it was a bit clunky. :-)
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For quite some time there’s been a lot of fan speculation that Lars is AFAB and trans, with quite a lot of compelling evidence to that effect. It’s a thing I absolutely believe and I keep on hoping for confirmation in-show.
So, the Very Trans Narrative ending of Season 5 could lead to a future episode (or the upcoming movie) to finally answer this.
Here’s how I think it might happen.
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I've written a very hacky #Mycroft#REST webhook to run on a Mycroft box and allow you to integrate other apps with it. It's far from done, and it's super hacky at the moment, but it's working. I use it for some custom #HomeAssistant integrations & have a few other plans for it. It's available on #GitHub.
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"text": "Last year, I posted a JavaScript snippet that I've started using in all my projects that have an IndieAuth login form, which will automatically add the http scheme if you type a plain domain. This is particularly a problem because the iOS keyboard doesn't include the : character in URL mode.\n\nThe URL keyboard on iOS provides easy access to special characters used in URLs, except no colon!My solution last year was to automatically prepend http:// when a plain domain is entered. This works, but it would be nice if I could use https:// as the default. The problem is I can't assume everyone has https on their websites, and I don't want to have the flow error out when the site can't fetch your domain over https because it's only available on http.\n\nThe trick is that the frontend can tell the backend whether the https scheme was automatically entered or was user-entered. And then, the backend can attempt the https connection first, and if that fails, fall back to http, but only if\u00a0the https scheme was added automatically.\n\nThis provides the best of both worlds. If you explicitly enter https, then it will only\u00a0use the https URL. If you enter just a domain, then it tries https first, and only falls back to http if that fails due to an ssl error.\n\nThe revised code snippet is below. The change if you're using this code is that you have to explicitly opt in to this new behavior. The code attaches to all URL input fields, and then if it finds a corresponding field to add this toggle, it will switch to https by default instead of http, and add a \"1\" to your defined form field.\n\n<script>\n/* add https:// to URL fields on blur */\ndocument.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {\n function addDefaultScheme(target) {\n var auto_scheme = false;\n var default_scheme = \"http\";\n var auto_scheme_field = document.querySelector(\"input[name=\"+target.getAttribute('name')+\"_auto_scheme]\");\n if(target.value.match(/^(?!https?:).+\\..+/)) {\n target.value = (auto_scheme_field ? \"https\" : \"http\")+\"://\"+target.value;\n if(auto_scheme_field) {\n auto_scheme_field.value = \"1\";\n }\n }\n }\n var elements = document.querySelectorAll(\"input[type=url]\");\n Array.prototype.forEach.call(elements, function(el, i){\n el.addEventListener(\"blur\", function(e){\n addDefaultScheme(e.target);\n });\n el.addEventListener(\"keydown\", function(e){\n if(e.keyCode == 13) {\n addDefaultScheme(e.target);\n }\n });\n });\n});\n</script>\n\n\nTo use this code with the auto-https upgrade feature, just create any url type input field in the page, and create a hidden input field with a name that is the same as the url field with _auto_scheme appended. The value \"1\" will be written to this field if this code adds the default scheme.\n\n<form action=\"/login\">\n <input type=\"url\" name=\"url\">\n\n <input type=\"text\" name=\"url_auto_scheme\">\n <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Log In\">\n</form>\n\n\nThen in your backend, begin the IndieAuth discovery using the url value as normal. If that step returns an SSL error, then check if url_auto_scheme is 1, and if it is, modify the input URL to switch to the http scheme and try the discovery step again.\n\nThat little bit of frontend JavaScript and backend logic provides a great balance between usability and security for websites that ask users to enter URLs!",
"html": "<p>Last year, I <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2018/06/03/4/url-form-field\">posted a JavaScript snippet</a> that I've started using in all my projects that have an IndieAuth login form, which will automatically add the <code>http</code> scheme if you type a plain domain. This is particularly a problem because the iOS keyboard doesn't include the <code>:</code> character in URL mode.</p>\n\n<img src=\"https://aperture-media.p3k.io/aaronparecki.com/241cb2d5e5fbd7bba69fa10c7914cdf6cb8d28c48111332987c6fc03c2ed4643.png\" alt=\"\" />The URL keyboard on iOS provides easy access to special characters used in URLs, except no colon!<p>My solution last year was to automatically prepend <code>http://</code> when a plain domain is entered. This works, but it would be nice if I could use <code>https://</code> as the default. The problem is I can't assume everyone has https on their websites, and I don't want to have the flow error out when the site can't fetch your domain over https because it's only available on http.</p>\n\n<p>The trick is that the frontend can tell the backend whether the https scheme was automatically entered or was user-entered. And then, the backend can attempt the https connection first, and if that fails, fall back to http, but <i>only if</i>\u00a0the https scheme was added automatically.</p>\n\n<p>This provides the best of both worlds. If you explicitly enter https, then it will <i>only</i>\u00a0use the https URL. If you enter just a domain, then it tries https first, and only falls back to http if that fails due to an ssl error.</p>\n\n<p>The revised code snippet is below. The change if you're using this code is that you have to explicitly opt in to this new behavior. The code attaches to all URL input fields, and then if it finds a corresponding field to add this toggle, it will switch to https by default instead of http, and add a \"1\" to your defined form field.</p>\n\n<pre><code><script>\n/* add https:// to URL fields on blur */\ndocument.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {\n function addDefaultScheme(target) {\n var auto_scheme = false;\n var default_scheme = \"http\";\n var auto_scheme_field = document.querySelector(\"input[name=\"+target.getAttribute('name')+\"_auto_scheme]\");\n if(target.value.match(/^(?!https?:).+\\..+/)) {\n target.value = (auto_scheme_field ? \"https\" : \"http\")+\"://\"+target.value;\n if(auto_scheme_field) {\n auto_scheme_field.value = \"1\";\n }\n }\n }\n var elements = document.querySelectorAll(\"input[type=url]\");\n Array.prototype.forEach.call(elements, function(el, i){\n el.addEventListener(\"blur\", function(e){\n addDefaultScheme(e.target);\n });\n el.addEventListener(\"keydown\", function(e){\n if(e.keyCode == 13) {\n addDefaultScheme(e.target);\n }\n });\n });\n});\n</script>\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>To use this code with the auto-https upgrade feature, just create any <code>url</code> type input field in the page, and create a <code>hidden</code> input field with a <code>name</code> that is the same as the url field with <code>_auto_scheme</code> appended. The value \"1\" will be written to this field if this code adds the default scheme.</p>\n\n<pre><code><form action=\"/login\">\n <input type=\"url\" name=\"url\"><br>\n <input type=\"text\" name=\"url_auto_scheme\">\n <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Log In\">\n</form>\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then in your backend, begin the IndieAuth discovery using the <code>url</code> value as normal. If that step returns an SSL error, then check if <code>url_auto_scheme</code> is <code>1</code>, and if it is, modify the input URL to switch to the <code>http</code> scheme and try the discovery step again.</p>\n\n<p>That little bit of frontend JavaScript and backend logic provides a great balance between usability and security for websites that ask users to enter URLs!</p>"
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Post-IndieWebCamp hacking continues at the hotel bar! Made a few more minor improvements to Monocle:
• Defaults to "https" when you type in a domain, and if that fails, will fall back to http, rather than the other way around • Added a logout button • Added mobile screenshots to the wiki • Updated the indieauth-client-php library to bubble up things like ssl errors so that apps using the library can report errors better
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