Jeff Sikes

Jeff Sikes

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I work for a national non profit doing tech things. Overbearing dog dad, constant tech tinkerer.

https://box464.com

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Add a style switcher to your site using the alternative stylesheets standard, which has been around for almost 20 years! Very simple to configure.

Have fun with it, add some retro flair with some modern techniques.

https://box464.com/posts/s...

#HTML #CSS #CodeForFun

The Retro Magic of Style Switchers | Jeff Sikes

What’s a style switcher? Well, you know all about light and dark mode, right? Or, you might be more familiar with the term “theme” or “skin” - it’s all the same thing. A style switcher allows you to add themes or skins to your site. Style switchers are fairly common twenty years ago, as the magic of..

12:27 AM - May 09, 2023

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Ever wondered why the links you post on #Mastodon show nicely formatted preview cards and other just display a boring old link? Some may even show video and audio controls.

Why does it work sometimes and not others? In this latest deep dive, I dig into the code and get some answers.

Understanding Mastodon Preview Card Display Logic | Jeff Sikes

Ever wondered why some links you post to Mastodon show a nicely formatted preview card, but others don’t? It can seem random, even showing differently from app to app.

09:53 PM - Apr 15, 2023 (Edited)

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Recently needed some phone numbers I could call repeatedly for testing purposes. Check out my curated collection of interesting, odd, and funny numbers.

Remember, your phone can also CALL people! But you won't have to talk to a real person so it's all good. 😅

Have any to add? #funny #Retro

Touch Tone your Funny Bone | Jeff Sikes

Recently, my organization decided to switch our phone system to “soft phones”, meaning your work calls come in via a software app rather than having a physical phone at each desk. The pandemic obviously helped this along, but it worked so well, we decided to transition everything over and drop the p..

11:17 PM - Apr 05, 2023

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Moving 10 years of emails to another provider for my parents.

A decade of memories - all there. Bits and bytes on random servers across the globe.

No albums and letters to pass down anymore. This is it.

Social media content should have the same longevity and portability. Does yours?

Photo found in my parent's email. My grandfather is pictured at the top right, a member of the Cabot High School basketball team in the late 1920s.

10:50 PM - Mar 29, 2023

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Last #SpoutibleExperiment tonight! I'm marking this post again as "Only people I mention can reply", then I will quickly make an edit. Does the edit lose the permissions role assigned to the post? Edited! Can you reply to the post?

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09:11 PM - Mar 21, 2023 (Edited)

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Reply with your results to my previous #SpoutibleTesting post here, thank ya!

08:55 PM - Mar 21, 2023

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It's time for some #SpoutibleTesting again.

For this test, I have set the spout to "Only people I mention" but haven't mentioned anyone.

See if you can:
* Reply to my post BEFORE liking / respouting.
* Reply to my post AFTER liking or re-spouting.

Submit your results as replies to my next

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08:54 PM - Mar 21, 2023

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I never thought that the first place I would use a #PassKey for #authentication would be a site called omg.lol but here we are.

And it works well!

A login screen for the omg.lol microblogging site. Show a “Use a passkey” option to login. On the right side, is an ASCII art generated cat telling you to “Enjoy your stay”.

11:54 PM - Mar 20, 2023

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MacOS Emoji Shortcut 🙀

Today I learned a #macOS shortcut that just makes my day a bit brighter. 💡

Control - Command - Space

Brings up a nice little built in emoji picker!

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It’s the little things. ❤️

#MacOsTips #MacOsTip

Screenshot of the MacOS Emoji Picker! Ctrl - Command - Space

11:27 PM - Mar 20, 2023

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#TIL that the #MastodonAPI doesn’t have an “Only Return Posts with Media” parameter on all endpoints that return statuses.

See my post for a handy reference and more detail.

https://box464.com/posts/m...

Mastodon API - Media Only Parameters | Jeff Sikes

The official Mastodon API documentation has many endpoints that return collections of Status objects, but not all have the same parameters.

12:12 AM - Mar 20, 2023

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On this #LeaveTwitterDay here’s an article that walks through how to review the information Twitter is collecting about you and shares with advertisers. Might help you decide to take the leap!

It was an eye opening experience for me, 👀.

https://box464.com/posts/t...

Do you know yourself like Twitter knows you? | Jeff Sikes

Let’s get right to it, shall we? Hard truth.

06:21 PM - Mar 15, 2023

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#Spoutible should have hidden the bot sentinel percentages and just left a green, yellow or red dot.

06:41 PM - Mar 12, 2023

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There's a new competitor to LinkedIn that is a cross between a social feed, personal blog and a resume. It's quite interesting! Not a Spoutible competitor.

It's called read.cv, invite only at the moment. I have 5 invites to share total, so grab one and get your preferred account name while you ca

Join Jeff Sikes on read.cv

Jeff Sikes has invited you to join read.cv

01:13 AM - Mar 10, 2023

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An easy but useful #Apple #shortcut for iOS / iCloud+ subscribers. Get the most of the “Hide my Email” option! It’s easy to use when you’re in Safari or email, but sometimes you need to use the feature outside of those scenarios.

https://box464.com/posts/a...

Apple Shortcut for Hide my Email | Jeff Sikes

If you have an iOS device and an iCloud+ subscription, you can create random email addresses to use whenever you’re creating a new account, signing up for a newsletter or any field really that asks you for an email address.

12:27 AM - Mar 10, 2023

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#SpoutibleTesting again. Someone send me a DM! Let’s see how this works.

10:16 PM - Mar 06, 2023

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More #SpoutibleTesting today.

For this test, I have set the spout to "Only people I mention" but haven't mentioned anyone.

I'm going to reply. See if you can:

Reply to my reply without liking or re-spouting the original post.

Reply to my reply AFTER liking or re-spouting the original pos

04:14 PM - Mar 05, 2023

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So I think if you mark a post as “Only people I mention” and not mention anyone, anyone can like it.
Thanks #SpoutibleTesting friends!

However I just replied to my original thread and someone that had liked the original post could reply to my reply. Confusing.
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Jeff Sikes on Spoutible

Another #Spoutible #lab if y'all don't mind. Testing Reply Options for a few minutes. This spout allows replies from only people I mention, but not mentioning an

03:43 PM - Mar 05, 2023 (Edited)

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Another #Spoutible #lab if y'all don't mind.

Testing Reply Options for a few minutes.

This spout allows replies from only people I mention, but not mentioning anyone. Assuming it's a read only spout.

Try a reply, like or boost!

Send a DM and let me know what happened.

Thanks!

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03:31 PM - Mar 05, 2023

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Oh you know, just a Saturday night listening to the classics. #SesameStreet #batman #audiobook #GenX

A record album from the 1970s or 80s titled "Sesame Street Fever" which has Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster and Grover taking on the characters of the Bee Gees and John Travolta.

A Bat Man read along album from the mid to late 1970s.

10:13 PM - Mar 04, 2023

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After the 1,000th email from #NextDoor notifying me that Karen was upset over an employee not treating her like royalty, I finally logged in to refine my notification settings.

Y'all. There are 14 PAGES of Notification preferences to toggle. And no “Turn all notifications off” option.

The NextDoor website’s Notification Preferences section, showing 14 navigation areas on the left side. Clicking each of those reveals a scrolling page of even more Notification options.

10:17 AM - Mar 03, 2023

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Locked my #Twitter account this weekend and my collected "demographics" were…interesting. 😂

Turns out I enjoy everything from Animal Crossing to Anti-fascism.

Pleased that both ScreamQueens and kraftmacncheese found me a quality candidate for ads! 👍

Find out what your data says about you

Do you know yourself like Twitter knows you? | Jeff Sikes

Let’s get right to it, shall we? Hard truth.

10:20 PM - Feb 26, 2023

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Hi #Spoutible . Does anyone know of any upcoming federal U.S. #legislation to propose a nation-wide #GDPR #USLaw ?

New state laws are going to make our #Developer lives a lot of fun in the near future. 🙀

https://www.reuters.com/le...

U.S. data privacy laws to enter new era in 2023 | Reuters

Fredric D. Bellamy of Dickinson Wright PLLC discusses new state data privacy laws taking effect in 2023 and how they reflect the influence and philosophical foundations of the rights-based approach of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation.

09:56 PM - Feb 26, 2023

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Wrote a little article about using eleventy-fetch and the Marvel Comics Developer API. 🕸️🕷️ By the end, you’ll have a gallery of comic book covers from your favorite web slinger. Have fun, and learn something, maybe! But mostly have fun. #Eleventy

https://box464.com/posts/e...

Taking Eleventy into the Spiderverse with eleventy-fetch | Jeff Sikes

Let’s walk through the specifics of how to utilize the @eleventy/eleventy-fetch plugin to retrieve data from an API and use it in an Eleventy generated site.

12:29 PM - Feb 25, 2023

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Just got a box delivered. Inside were smaller boxes. Among those boxes were two well taped boxes labeled “empty box”.

Do you seriously think I’m not going to rip open a sealed box that is labeled empty?! What the Alice Schrodinger in Wonderland red pill / blue pill is going on here?

Two boxes, different sizes. Each is taped shut. A printed label has been attached to each box with the words “Empty Box”.

09:07 PM - Feb 14, 2023

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Things are zippy over here now!

07:52 PM - Feb 14, 2023

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Another #SpoutibleExperiment ! Can someone direct message me just so I can see the interaction?

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02:32 AM - Feb 09, 2023

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Alright, I have an odd request. Would someone reply to this message and allow me to delete it?

I have to be clear here that I don't know exactly what that does to your Bot Sentinel score or mine if we try this experiment....

#SpoutibleTesting

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11:53 PM - Feb 08, 2023

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#DogsOfSpoutible meet Maddie. Always a character. Also known as Shadow, Skittles, Two Socks. “Dog” when she’s in trouble…which isn’t often! ❤️🐶

My dog, Maddie. A corgi / German shepherd mix. Goofing it up for the camera.

12:27 PM - Feb 05, 2023

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Wish I could get 500 characters with #Spoutible ! Any plans for joining the #ActivityPub protocol and the greater #fediverse ?

01:33 PM - Feb 04, 2023

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