IndieWebCamp Brighton 2024
I finally made it to an IndieWebCamp! It was a huge amount of fun and left me with many ideas, thoughts, and questions.
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Considering dinosaur colouration based on living animals
A fascinating and academic deep-dive into how studies of extant organisms and trends in living animal groups could be used to infer colouration and patterning in extinct creatures (specifically here […]
Re-evaluating px vs em in media queries
An overview of the state of media queries and accessible overrides (page zoom, text zoom, min/max font size settings etc.), seeking to determine which of em, rem, or px is the best option. Turns out […]
Andy's evergreen notes
Andy has built a career considering the impact of note-taking and ways to maximise it as a way to gain deeper insights and develop general knowledge. This notes microsite is one of their related […]
The LLMentalist effect
A brilliant deep-dive into the subtle psychological manipulation that occurs when interacting with LLMs and other so-called "AI" tools and the parallels inherent with con-artist tricks such as […]
Progressive
A wonderful overview of why progressive enhancement and inclusive design go hand-in-hand, and why both are still necessary and deeply useful techniques for modern web development. I particularly […]
Wombo art
Generate your own surreal landscapes and posters. Pick a style, give the algorithm a prompt, and just let it create something bizarre or wonderful. A great way to quickly iterate some ideas for […]
Copyleft trolls
A deep dive into the world of copyleft trolling and Creative Commons license abuse. I was unsurprised to see that automated systems are being used to target people with extortion rackets (similar to […]
The SPA morality play
Baldur has written a wonderfully paced, deeply interesting post on the whole SPA/MPA (AKA normal website) debate with one critical conclusion: SPAs are fine; MPAs are fine; anything will suck if […]
The world of CSS transforms
If you're new to (or unsure of) CSS transforms at all, I can't think of a better explanatory introduction than […]
Reality behind pub names
Some interesting facts taken from an article by Louise Crane in Ferment […]
Beer flavour wheel
An interesting diagram of beer tasting notes. As someone who has been tracking beer flavours for a few years, I'd like to compare my own word grid at some point; plus, this gives me some ideas for […]
The mobile performance inequality gap 2021
A frankly depressing look at the state of the mobile web in 2021. From lacklustre technological advancement in the past decade, to increasing device saturation, and the overuse of JavaScript, here's […]
The environmental issues of cryptoart
A depressing deep-dive into the world of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), cryptoart, and why crypto-anything is an ecological and social […]
Life happens
There's a lot I like about the IndieWeb community, but one of the best elements is a constant determination to strive to be better. Their recent adoption of an official "Life Happens" policy […]
Species guide to Leicestershire and Rutland
Niche? Sure 😂 But the Nature Spot website offers some excellent photo identification slides for a lot of species found across the UK. I've found it particularly useful for determining flies and […]
Panes of glass
A simple anecdote: window panes exist because it used to be too expensive to make larger sheets of glass. Over time that cost has decreased, to the point that it now costs less to create one large […]
Commute calculator
A brilliant tool for determining where in London you get to within a certain time from a given location. In other words: if I live at X, where can I commute to within Y minutes […]