Chris Weirup

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Jul 22, 2020
July Baking TallyJune was pretty light, and July is looking to be about the same. Coronavirus baking fatigue must be setting in. Well, I’m still doing some more in July.…
Jul 1, 2020
Joplin Web Clipper (Safari App Extension)A few weeks back I released a new Safari App Extension, Joplin Web Clipper for Safari. I’ve been using Joplin for a while as a note-capture tool (think Evernote replacement).…
Jun 30, 2020
June Baking TallyThe baking continues. At the end of June, here’s what I made: No-Knead Bread on 2020-06-05 via Jo Cooks. Made this back in April, where it turned out great.…
Jun 3, 2020
Capture Selection in Safari App ExtensionMy Joplin Web Clipper for Safari includes support for clipping any selection the user made in the current web page. The Chrome/Firefox version does a nice job of this by grabbing whatever the user selects from the browser window, parsing the selected DOM, and sending it to Joplin.…
May 25, 2020
May Baking TallyContinuing to bake (as seen in this post). As of 2020-05-31, here’s what I’ve made: Biscuits, via King Arthur Flour, but this time used that self-rising flour recipe and White Lily Self-Rising Flour.…
May 18, 2020
Private Window Status (Safari App Extension)This week I released a new Safari App Extension, Private Window Status. It solves a very specific problem. When in Dark Mode on macOS, I have a very hard time determining when a window is Private or not.…
May 3, 2020
Kitchen Sink FaucetI found time to replace our old, leaky kitchen faucet with this baby. Total time took about four hours, but about three of those were trying to get the old one out.…
Apr 27, 2020
April Baking TallyLike many people, I’ve done some baking to help manage time and stress during the coronavirus quarantine. Prior to this, I’ve upped my game a bit with some new equipment, which has helped.…
Apr 20, 2020
Limit Injected Script Scope for Safari App ExtensionsI’ve been working on a Safari App Extension in my spare time, specifically a web clipper for Joplin. I’ve never written a browser extension before (either the old style or new style for Safari), but it’s scratching my itch to build something useful with Swift.…
Apr 15, 2020
My First PostWell, here we go with my third (or is it fourth?) attempt at a personal blog. Now that I’m starting to do more personal programming, I’m looking to use this blog to capture some thoughts and share some of what I’ve learned along the way.…