Coral

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Your bird friend Coral, a library web developer and systems administrator, working remotely. Runs (despite their best efforts) on caffeine and rage.

#CovidIsntOver so mask up!

Websitehttps://sheldon-hess.org/coral
Current locationMaine, USA
GitHubhttps://github.com/csheldonhess
CoralSep 9, 2025

I admit: the blood pressure monitoring on the Apple Watch is tempting, *if it works*. I have a home blood pressure monitor, and it works fine—when I remember to use it, which isn't often enough.

But again, not with Apple's current political stances.

Show threadCoralSep 9, 2025

Ahaha!! In Firefox, there's a "Fonts" tab. https://devtoolstips.org/tips/en/list-used-fonts/

(I'm using Vivaldi for 90% of my web browsing these days, but I keep a copy of Firefox for these kinds of issues. And also for its containers.)

DevTools Tips

List the fonts used on a page, or an element

DevTools Tips
CoralSep 9, 2025

Does anyone know of a browser plugin (or any other tool) that can list *every font* used on a web page?

(I know about Developer Tools. I can go through and identify each font as I see it, provided I recognize that it's a different font. But we have two sans serif fonts in play that look too similar to me.)

CoralSep 9, 2025
@Texan_Reverend Hi there! I have a moderation/server rules question for you, as I look at changing servers: I reshare a fair few pro-masking/anti-eugenics posts, trying to get the word out about the ongoing pandemic and its effects on the most marginalized people in our communities. Would that be too close to proselytizing/preaching and unwelcome on kind.social? (Some folks use that term beyond just a religious context; some don't.) Thank you!
CoralSep 8, 2025
If travel ever becomes a possibility for me again, I'm going to Iceland to throw baby puffins (helpful)
CoralSep 5, 2025

As I'm bashing my way through some CSS overrides for a vendor product, I find myself reflecting on that time my whole team was like, "look, I will go with whatever formatting standard we decide on as a group, but my personal preference is ___" — and that "___" part just happened to match between all three of us.

It's nice working with folks who are objectively correct, in addition to being delightful people.

CoralSep 4, 2025

This is such a great "he's a little confused, but he's got the spirit" kind of thing that one of my LibGuide authors did. Like … is it accessible like this? No.

But I totally see how they got there, while trying to do the right thing.

Show threadCoralSep 4, 2025

Out of all these issues, obviously the only really bad one is the one with no workaround: some guides are simultaneously there and not there.

I was 90+% sure they hadn't been deleted, but the first step Springshare Support asked me to take was to look for them in the Guide Backup area, where deleted guides show up. They were not there.

They also had me look (again — I'd sent them a screenshot, which they acknowledged, it's cool) at my redirects list. Which wouldn't affect the "edit" view.

Show threadCoralSep 4, 2025
2) Updating the URL pointed to by a redirect results in a "success!" message, but the address does not actually update in the system. (Changing the name of the redirect is successful, though. And creating new redirects is also successful. So that was my workaround.)
3) It's impossible to remove the last "Expert" from a subject. (We don't have subject experts, so how they got assigned in the first place is a mystery. I'm prepared to assume it was an error on our side.)
Show threadCoralSep 4, 2025
Things that have happened to us:
1) Two "published" guides (that I know of) showing up in public widget lists and in the backend, but if you click to edit them they give a 404. If you try to visit their address, either by friendly URL or guide ID, you get a 404. But again: they show up in lists, which they would not if they'd been deleted.