BlogHide Resteemsdana-varahi (57)in photography • 5 years agoChristmas at the Botanics pt 01Myself and @antonchanning decided to check out Christmas at the Botanics in Edinburgh this year. We bought our tickets for the last weekend of November. Weather turned out dry and frosty, perfect…dana-varahi (57)in photography • 5 years agoPlants in AutumnNovember has a reputation for being really cold and dull but if you walk in nature with an attentive eye you will spot some real beauty. I love to look at small details, like the fluffy hair…resteemedantonchanning (59)in music • 6 years agoIron Maiden Limited Edition CD - Number 06660@dana-varahi and I are having a clear out and raising money to move country, from Scotland to Finland. For the right price I am willing to part with one of my prize possessions, and Iron Maiden CD…resteemedantonchanning (59)in finland • 6 years agoLearning Finnish: WordDiveI have been learning Finnish for almost a year now, and I thought I'd share a series of blogs reviewing the various learning methods and resources that I have come accross, some more helpful than…resteemedantonchanning (59)in politics • 6 years agoMy feelings on Brexit...Explaining how I have been feeling over the past few years seems a futile endeavour when it comes to convincing Brexit zealots to change their mind, so I largely have kept my feelings to myself.…dana-varahi (57)in technology • 6 years agoInstalling Linux for the first time.In this blog, I will share with you my experience of installing Linux for the first time. The process was not as difficult as I expected but it involved a learning curve. I have used Linux for 10…resteemedantonchanning (59)in art • 6 years agoRoslin Tree Stump TrollDana and I often experience pareidolia whilst on walks in nature, and sometimes also in more urban environments. We tend to treat such encounters as encounters with spirits because it can be more…resteemedantonchanning (59)in blockpress • 6 years agoWhere have we been?Me enjoying my holiday in Orkney with Dana Varahi Okay, @dana-varahi and I have not been posting on steem for a couple of months, or working on @blockpress. We had disappeared without notice and…dana-varahi (57)in life • 6 years agoSomewhere in ScotlandA snapshot from British reality through the eyes of a non-binary Pole thrown under the Brexit bus and living in hope of Independent Scotland. Somewhere in Scotland I grab my backpack and leave my…resteemedutopian-io (71)in utopian-io • 6 years agoMeet Utopian.io and SteemStem at VIRGO in Italy in September!Come meet Utopian.io! We are excited to announce the launch the dates for the first Utopian (mini)Fest, the MINI one! Following an invitation by the team at @steemstem to join their meetup at…resteemedblockpress (38)in blockpress-contest • 7 years agoBlockPress Palette Creation Contest! 15 SBD top prize, plus runner up prizes!Got CSS skills? Good at choosing a colour scheme? Then this is the contest for you! Unlike many content management systems, BlockPress enjoys a seperation of layout theme from colour palette .…resteemedantonchanning (59)in utopian-io • 7 years agoRandom Cat BlockPress module creation tutorial...Part of the power of BlockPress lies in its extensibility. Writing a module is fairly straight forward, only a few simple rules need to be followed. In order to reveal this simplicity ready for our…dana-varahi (57)in utopian-io • 7 years agoUpdated BlockPress documentation for beta releaseDetails As BlockPress is prepared for beta release, the time came to ensure the documentation was comprehensive and up to date. Themes and palettes Our wiki now has a list of both themes and…resteemedantonchanning (59)in blockpress • 7 years agoBlockPress: Browse Steem Content on an IPFS site...One of our medium term objectives for @blockpress is to get it working on IPFS. If you haven't heard of IPFS, it is basically the decentralised web. It has its limitations, in that it can only…dana-varahi (57)in photography • 7 years agoCruise on Moray FirthI was on a holiday last week and my family visited so we wanted to entertain them. I decided to book a boat cruise on board the Dolphin Spirit. It's a pleasure cruiser that advertises itself as a…dana-varahi (57)in photography • 7 years agoMuir of OrdIn my previous blog, I described my visit to Glen Ord Distillery . I took some photos on my way there and want to share them with you. The distillery is the only tourist attraction in this…dana-varahi (57)in photography • 7 years agoGlen Ord DistilleryGlen Ord Distillery Glen Ord Distillery is located in the Muir of Ord village and it produces Singleton Whisky for Asian export. This means that the only place in Europe that you can taste this…dana-varahi (57)in utopian-io • 7 years agoBlockpress supports js and jquery libraries for theme creationNew Features Javascript support for themes This new feature means that theme creators no longer need to embed their scripts in the HTML. Having separate javascript files in the theme folder…dana-varahi (57)in utopian-io • 7 years agoBlockPress mentions, Amber Theme and Icing PaletteNew Features Tags and Mentions The BlockPress Steem module allowed links on tags in the profile description and now I enabled this feature in posts and comments. I decided to also add links…resteemedantonchanning (59)in utopian-io • 7 years agoBlockPress now has permlinks and posts by tag.New Features Permlink support One of the challenges in building a functioning AJAX application is the problem of permanent links. Changing the content displayed on the page is one thing, but if…