Blog: vibe check #3

scripts/list-posts.py

@@ -16,30 +16,30 @@ blog_posts = glob.glob('./src/content/**/*.md')
 hash_map = {}
 
 for file in blog_posts:
-    post = frontmatter.load(file)
+    try: 
-    print(post['title'])
+        post = frontmatter.load(file)
-    slug = post['slug']
+        slug = post['slug']
-    frontmatter_keys = post.keys()
+        frontmatter_keys = post.keys()
 
-    published_date = post['date']
+        published_date = post['date']
-    print(published_date)
 
+        # We want a datetime, note a date
+        if isinstance(published_date, date):
+            published_date = datetime.combine(published_date, datetime.min.time())
 
-    # We want a datetime, note a date
+        details = {
-    if isinstance(published_date, date):
+                'title': post['title'],
-        published_date = datetime.combine(published_date, datetime.min.time())
+                'date': published_date.isoformat(),
-
+                'book_review': 'book_review' in frontmatter_keys,
-
+                'preview': post.content[0:180],
-
+                'slug': slug
-    details = {
+                }
-            'title': post['title'],
+        hash_map[slug] = details
-            'date': published_date.isoformat(),
+    except:
-            'book_review': 'book_review' in frontmatter_keys,
+        print("!!!")
-            'preview': post.content[0:180],
+        print("Caught Error in following file, ignoring")
-            'slug': slug
+        print(file)
-            }
+        print("---")
-    hash_map[slug] = details
-
 
 with open('./src/content/posts.json', "w") as file:
     json.dump(hash_map, file)

src/content/blog/2021-01-27-albums-2020.md

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
----
-
-title: "My Top Albums of 2020"
-author: "Thomas Wilson"
-date: 2021-01-27
-draft: false
-slug: "2021-01-27-top-albums-2020"
-tags:
-  - project
-  - albums
----
-
-Just a quick blog post to highlight that I've published my 2020 _Top Albums of the Year_. You can find it [here](/albums-2020). Seriously, go check it out.
-
-I really enjoy making little specially art-directed pages like this. It feels very "this is what the internet was made for". It's just a quirky little bespoke designed page which oozes my love for music. No tracking, no adverts, just a quirky font and cool colour scheme.
-
-If you want to take a look at last year's albums, check out my [Top Albums of 2019](/albums-2019)
-
-Anyway, hope you're keeping well.

src/content/blog/2022-05-05-vibe-check-3.md

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+title: "Vibe Check #3"
+author: Thomas Wilson
+date: 2022-05-06T21:08:00Z
+slug: 2022-05-06-vibe-check-3
+draft: false
+---
+
+Three of the past four weeks have been a four-day work week.  It's been wonderful.  And yet still I'm posting this a week later than I'd like.  The weather has been overcast, but everything in balance, even good weather.  Still, _some_ rain would be nice.
+
+To burden the spring metaphor further, April has often felt like it's in service to future things.  Professionally, there's a lot of flow, with little turbulence (but high variation).  Personally, I'm doing things which bring me joy.  I don't feel a craving to have done something, but rather to be doing.
+
+I've re-started one-one French tuition with a woman on the internet living in the South of France, who doesn't speak much (any) English.  But we converse happily enough for an hour a week while I stumble my way through understanding 15% of what's said to me.  It's tough, but I think it's getting easier.
+
+I've read (mostly via audiobooks), and continued writing everyday.  I've purchased more inks for my pens (after purging my collection 5+ years ago).  Writing feels joyful.
+
+My task management system is being tested by a lot of things that need doing.  It's the corporially-struggling canary in the mines of my productivity.  I'm still undecided if the pressure of knowing the things I'm _not_ doing outweighs the benefits of knowing the things I'm not doing.  It's also okay to delete, defer, and re-schedule things.  Past me was optimistic about what present me could do.
+
+While we're moaning, I've also cut down on snacking as much as I could.  Nothing sweet before lunch, and no unintentional snacking between meals only.  No boredom biscuits.  I hate to say it, but I feel so much lighter during the day, and now I find myself less hungry less often. It took a few days to move past severe snack withdrawl.  Your body isn't always your friend, it's just a ~~serviceable~~ good house.
+
+Highlights of the month include: 
+
+- Sewing some spring-themed cushions, to replace the Christmas themed cushions (it is May)
+- Taking an adventure-themed staycation: climbing, canoeing, and cycling (plus a lunch after each) in a three day window.  Day four was recovery.
+- Being given Easter eggs and chocolate.  I _love_ chocolate (see snacking note above)
+- Seeing a school friend for their thirtieth birthday, and regressing ~50% of my life away with people I've not seen in about as long
+- Drinking red wine with a best friend while overlooking the botanical garden in Oxford
+
+Books I've read this month:
+
+- [Shadow of the Gods](https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/John-Gwynne/The-Shadow-of-the-Gods/25534879), by John Gwynn.  Strong recommend for this book for anyone with even a passing interest in fantasy.  Really fun, great concept, clearly written, there's a Rat God and a Dragon God.  Yes yes.
+- [Leviathan Wakes](https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/James-S-A-Corey/Leviathan-Wakes--Book-1-of-the-Expanse-now-a-Prime-Original-series/6888165), by James S A Carey.  Another strong recommend.  It's a book with space ships, and I'm far more versed in dead gods and trees that fight (see above), but this sci-fi romp has great characters draped over an epic plot.  I look forward to reading the entire series.
+- [This Party's Dead](https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Erica-Buist/This-Partys-Dead--Grief-Joy-and-Spilled-Rum-at-the-Worlds-Death-Festivals/26655491), by Erica Buist.  Picked this one up on a whim because I'm a sucker for a book about death.  I wasn't expecting it to be so memoir-y, but I've not put it down yet so she's doing something right.
+- [Islam Explained](https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Islam-Explained-by-Ahmad-Rashid-Salim-author/9781646113231),, by Ahmad Rashid Salim.  After realising that I knew precious little about the core beliefs of one of the world's major religions, I thought I'd do the bear minimum and read an "introduction to" book.  This book does exactly that, but sometimes with too much verbal padding.
+- [Amongst our Weapons](https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Ben-Aaronovitch/Amongst-Our-Weapons--The-Brand-New-Rivers-Of-London-Novel/26655429), by Ben Aaronovitch.  The latest in Aaronovitch's *Rivers of London* urban fantasy series, which is secretly a love letter to London but with river gods.  This is the first one I'm reading while not living in London and it's exactly the same feeling, I love it.

src/routes/blog.svelte

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 		display: grid;
 		grid-template-columns: 1fr;
 		gap: var(--spacing-base);
+		max-width: 100%;
 	}
 
 	.post {
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@
 		padding: var(--spacing-md);
 		transition: 0.2s;
 		border-radius: 8px;
+		max-width: 100%;
 	}
 
 	.post:hover {

src/styles/thomaswilson.css

@@ -46,12 +46,13 @@ body {
 	justify-content: center;
 	min-height: 100vh;
 	background-color: var(--gray-100);
-	padding: 24px 0;
+	padding: 24px;
 }
 
 .thomaswilson-container .section {
-	width: 95vw;
+	padding: 24px;
-	max-width: 700px;
+	width: 100%;
+	max-width: 750px;
 	font-size: 1.19rem;
 	line-height: 134%;
 	padding-bottom: var(--spacing-base);