This website is built using Hugo and deployed on Netlify. I’ve been very happy with both of these technologies since deciding to use them. I did find the Hugo documentation somewhat impenetrable: all the information and detail is there, but it’s a steep ol’ curve for a newcomer. I’ve surmounted that curve and this site now features statically hosted blog comments - including moderation functionality.

This post aims to step through the required config and to point out some salient points.


Google Analytics tracking of internal links within your own website is super-simple. Tracking outbound links is slightly more involved. Google tells you how, but this requires remembering to modify each outbound link’s onclick event handler.


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I’ve been developing a fairly complex macro for FreeCAD and wanted to split the code out into a module with separate files.


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I’ve been writing a Python macro for FreeCAD as a learning exercise on both subjects. I thought it would be nice to display the Circled Information Source unicode character as a tooltip icon in a GUI form. It looks like this: 🛈 (if your current viewing font supports it).

After attempting this for a couple of hours, I wanted to stop learning Python and head back to Java…


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I ❤️ emoji!

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