Bookmarked Remove Cookies from YouTube Videos in WordPress. Here’s a handy code snippet which I copied into my inc/filters.php file that modifies WordPress’ default YouTube block to use the youtube-nocookie.com domain. /** * Modify YouTube Embeds to Disable Cookies. * * @link htt … | Continue reading
Likes Why I don’t write dev posts – Manu. The reason why I don’t write about dev stuff it’s because, like many others, I suffer from impostor syndrome. I’ve been working on the web for more than 12 years. I’m still convinced I don’t know shit. I can relate. My dev posts are few a … | Continue reading
Bookmarked The ethics of syndicating comments using WebMentions by @edent. I hadn’t read Terence’s post before writing down my own thoughts on replies and federation early this year. I’m still bridging for now, and my policy is still to take down anything on request from the orig … | Continue reading
When I was 12 years old, I taught myself html so that I could open and operate my own somewhat illegal online market for Beanie Babies… Chappell Ellison This is the kind of stuff that keeps me on LinkedIn. | Continue reading
Today I discovered Font Awesome has a bunch of fun “pro” icons in its current set, including this one based on Geordi La Forge from Star Trek: Even better, I also discovered levarburton.com uses this icon plus others from the set. | Continue reading
Likes Kottke.org Redesigns With 2024 Vibes. In thinking about how I wanted kottke.org to look and, more importantly, feel going forward, I wanted more social media energy than blog energy — one could also say “more old school blog energy than contemporary blog energy”. Blogs now … | Continue reading
Likes POSSE by Molly White. I love the elegant style of the feed and syndication links on Molly’s site. So glad she chose to make this her home page. | Continue reading
Likes Why I redesigned my home page? by Om Malik. Front of book, feature well, back of book. I dig the magazine metaphor for organizing a home page. | Continue reading
Likes Neatnik Notes · Neato. I’ve been working on content management and publishing systems for nearly three decades, both personally and professionally, and this feels like the right time to finally take what I’ve learned and direct it into a single awesome thing. Neato will be … | Continue reading
The Website Carbon Calculator recently updated its rating system, and it has been a while since I tested my website. So let’s see the results. My home page, which is an index of the most recent 10 posts scored a B today: “cleaner than about 66% of all web pages globally”. My web … | Continue reading
A good trade union leader friend of mine once said ‘you know, the only thing I’ve ever seen come from a little bit of fascism is, like, a lot of fascism.’ Adolph Reed, Jr. I took some time to listen to this latest update to a speech Adolph Reed, Jr. has been giving, based on… | Continue reading
Rather than being a performative gesture, an accessibility statement can be a useful thing to feature on a personal website. | Continue reading
Bookmarked On Eggs by Laurel Schwulst. How do you know when the container you’ve constructed around yourself is truly healthy and nurturing? When is a self-made sanctuary actually too protective? What constitutes a loving boundary, and when is that boundary actually cutting off n … | Continue reading
Bookmarked Go ahead and block AI web crawlers by Cory Dransfeldt. Just used Cory’s extensive list to update my own robots.txt file. | Continue reading
Bookmarked Thoughts on embedding alternative text metadata into images by Eric Bailey. At a high level, storing alt text as metadata is not a bad idea. In fact, reading the sentiment expressed makes me happy. It is a step above indifference or downright hostility—two frustratingl … | Continue reading
Likes Notes on facilitating technical discussions in meetups by James. A significant part of my responsibilities as host is ensuring that everyone feels included. Nobody wants to join a meetup that they think is interesting and then feel like they don’t quite fit in. For this to … | Continue reading
Likes Is Making Websites Hard, Or Do We Make It Hard? Or Is It Some of Both? by Jim Nielsen. In my experience, using default web mechanics to build websites — especially on behalf of for-profit businesses — takes an incredible amount of discipline. Self-discipline on behalf of th … | Continue reading
Likes gilest.org: Doing weeknotes. Doing weeknotes explains what weeknotes are, how they work, and how to write them. It includes lots of practical tips and real-world examples. It’s quite short, so you can read it in about half an hour or so. | Continue reading
I’m a bit puzzled why my profile image doesn’t always show up when I leave a comment on another website. I’ve noticed this a lot lately with other WordPress sites…I have a WP site, plus a Gravatar, and a microformats (IndieWeb) h-card as well. Am I missing something? | Continue reading
In reply to Websites as gardens of the Internet ecosystem by Tracy Durnell. After moving back to the American Southwest last year, I’ve taken an interest in desert xeriscaping, gardening that requires little or no water beyond what the natural climate provides. I’m sure there’s a … | Continue reading
Likes Eye-pleasing type specimens by Tracy Durnell. | Continue reading
Bookmarked Bookmarklets for testing your website by Jeremy Keith. In my mind, there are two different approaches to making a bookmarklet. One kind of bookmarklet contains lots of clever JavaScript—that’s where the smart stuff happens. The other kind of bookmarklet is deliberately … | Continue reading
I’d like to automate something simple on my website: When I use the IndieBlocks Bookmark block, I’d also like to automatically apply the Bookmarks tag to my note. This is just a note to self to write a little plugin or something to automate this. | Continue reading
This whole ordeal has me rethinking Jetpack and Automattic. | Continue reading
Bookmarked Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon’s Toxicity by Sean Tilley. Here’s the thing: if you were to take the ActivityPub specification from the W3C, and implement it as specified, you’d end up with something that wouldn’t correctly talk to any service in use today. … | Continue reading
Pros of using WordPress: the plugin ecosystem. Cons of using WordPress: the plugin ecosystem. | Continue reading
For years I tuned my eye to carefully recognize the shapes that make an Optima or a Bodoni and now I'm afraid I can't read like a normal person anymore. | Continue reading
Transitional typefaces were pioneered in the late 18th century and remain popular today for newspaper and book printing. | Continue reading
Not talking about a beer label today, but a type classification for fonts like Garamond. | Continue reading
Bookmarked Restaurant Menu Trends – The New York Times. We gathered 121 menus from restaurants all over the country. Together, they offer a glimpse into the tastes and values of today. | Continue reading
Likes One World, One Web, One Love by Aaron Gustafson. Molly [Holzschlag] recognized the power of the web—and the Open Web in particular—to connect people and communities for the betterment of all humans. Sure, she saw the downsides too and would grumble about them quite often, b … | Continue reading
A peek behind the curtain at my website's ActivityPub settings. | Continue reading
Oh yeah, Apple’s Macintosh computer is 40 years old now. My first Mac was the eMac, a discounted all-in-one “education model”, purchased at my college bookstore in 2004 with money earned from a summer job. This was the first computer I bought, and the first computer I used that w … | Continue reading
Likes Notes on making a Digital Garden with WordPress by Chuck Grimmett. | Continue reading
I have a little MoMA perpetual cube calendar in my home office and just realized I hadn’t adjusted it since October 20. Guess its been that kind of month. | Continue reading
I think responsible use means dialing up the ratio of creation to consumption for me, too. If I’m to convey that it’s better to be an active part of shaping the world than just being a passive consumer of it, that’s what I have to do. This is true in all things — a core,… | Continue reading
Inclusive Sans is a text font designed for accessibility and readability. It is inspired by the friendly personality of contemporary neo-grotesques while incorporating key features to make it highly legible in all uses. Check out the background and specimen images on GitHub, or t … | Continue reading
I do like this idea. A short (very short) list of favorite media (books, music, games) on one’s own website. Everything on the list has either had a lasting emotional impact on me, or changed the way I think in a significant way. A few pieces of media are listed here because I be … | Continue reading
Thanks to WordPress, Hum, and iwantmyname, I now have a personal link shortener for my website. Now I can do dumb stuff: like http://nicks.im/son redirects to my about page. | Continue reading
Want to read The Age of Insecurity by Astra Taylor. In this urgent cultural diagnosis, author and activist Astra Taylor exposes how seemingly disparate crises—rising inequality and declining mental health, the ecological emergency, and the threat of authoritarianism—originate fr … | Continue reading