Tip № 80: Use currentColor in SVGs to Support Light/Dark Mode
Learn how currentColor lets SVG logos follow your site's light/dark theme, plus why you need to inline the SVG for it to work.
Introduction
I am a web programmer who likes to tinker with electronics, trains, computers, and whatever else I can get my hands on. Here are some of my postings.
I have recently (September 2026) redone the site using the Hugo static site generator. See About for all of the gory details.
Latest posts
About Bob № 29: Tony and the M&M’s
Why Tony could never look at M&M’s the same way again.
Adding a Moon Data Widget to Wview Website
Adding moon phase information to my weather station website — the code and the result.
Flashers in CircuitPython
Explore the stages of creating a programmable light flasher with the Trinket M0 microcontroller.
Pet Peeve № 40: There is no Such Character as “Forward Slash”
There really is no reason to call the "slash" character "forward slash."
Other stuff
Weather station
Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 with Wview-based website running my custom theme
[note: I am having hardware issues, my next big project will be fixing this site]
Text-mode Star Wars
I created a web to Telnet gateway for the text-mode version of Star Wars
[note: it is not working at the moment, I will work on it when I have time]
Interactive Fiction
Return now to those thrilling days of yesteryear where all you needed was a terminal, a modem, and an account on a mainframe.
My GitHub profile
See the few bits of my code that are public
Server status
UptimeRobot status page (password-protected)