What's new aboard

July 10, 2026

A note to the crew of PopsicleBoat — the small online harbor for creators I’ve been building — posted here for the harbor’s neighbors too.

The boat picked up some new rigging this week. Everything works the way it did before — these are additions, nothing you need to relearn.

Your words can dress up now. Posts, replies, and messages understand simple formatting: **bold**, *italic*, `code`, lists, quotes. Paste a link and it turns clickable on its own. There’s a small “Formatting tips” note under every writing box if you want the cheat sheet, and a Preview button right next to it that shows exactly how your words will land before you post them.

You can search. The box at the top of the sidebar finds posts, replies, and interests — anything you could browse to, findable in a few keystrokes.

You’ll know when someone replies. Your inbox has a new “Replies to you” section, and the inbox badge lights up when something’s waiting. No more checking back on a hunch.

You can follow the harbor from the open water. Every interest now has an RSS feed, and the whole site has one at popsicleboat.com/feed.xml. If you use a feed reader, paste any PopsicleBoat page into it and the feed shows up on its own. It’s a nice way to share an interest with a friend who isn’t ready to sign up — they can watch the tide from their reader until they want to say something.

That’s the batch. If something feels off — or the boat doesn’t do something you wish it did — reply and tell me. A real person reads every word.