Bit of a slow month. I started working on a Books section on my website and worked on a complex membership table build.
Work
- I spent some time building a complex membership table build and am planning a blog post about it. I was not able to replicate the designers vision 100% - I got pretty close. I wonder if other web designers would have solved it the same way.
Projects
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I've renamed this section to projects, was freelance, but makes more sense to talk about side projects now that I'm not actively taking on new freelance work.
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Since I took a deep dive into being more privacy-aware and wanting to own more of my content, I deleted my Goodreads a few years ago, ended up trying a few alternatives (better privacy) but then ended up using two services and sort of stopped logging books I'd read. So I've started adding a 'read' books section to my website.
Personal
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One of my favourite hip hop/gangsta rap artists, Coolio, sadly passed away. I spent the day listening to his music.
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I ended up visiting the local A+E with excruciating kidney pains which turned out to be kidney stones. I was sent for a CT scan which happened a few days after the hospital visit. It was confirmed I have kidney stones and now I am waiting to speak to or be seen by a urologist.
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My daughter and I got new skateboards. I just got a new board; just moved my trucks and wheels to it. She got a complete skateboard. I attempted cutting my name into the grip tape but it messed up when trying to stick it down that it ripped, so I bought see-through grip tape instead so the blueish colour from the top of the board can be seen.
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My youngest is still ill but doctors still don't know the cause. Quite a few trips to the hospital for blood tests and doctor visits.
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Have added all the music I listed to this month - previously it was just podcasts but I'm not really finding the right time to listen to podcasts.
📺 Watching
📖 Reading
- Adding Social Share Links in Eleventy
- Creating a progressively enhanced accordion with the details and summary elements (and 11 lines of JavaScript)
- The difference between : and :: in CSS
- Meet the top layer: a solution to z-index:10000 - Chrome Developers
- Validating HTML
- CSS container queries are finally here - Ahmad Shadeed
- Designing Better Error Messages UX — Smashing Magazine
- The Ballad of Text Overflow - TPGi
- So your designer wants stuff to overlap
- Year two in the books - Dana Byerly
- One month with NextDNS. - Ru
- 10 Common Vegan Stereotypes (Do They Check Out?) | The Minimalist Vegan
- CSS isn't broken: Tailwind, utility classes, and CSS architecture
- HTML Markup Tips for Developing Accessible Websites
- How to Use localStorage in JavaScript: an Easy Guide
- Peering into the accessibility of Dark Mode
- Getting Clients to Care About Their Website Long Term
- Showing File Types in Links
- Let’s get logical
- Brief Note on Super- and Subscript text
- Denialists, Alarmists, and Doomists
- Naming things in JavaScript
- Why custom properties don't work with the url() CSS function
- Merge request conventions for less cognitive load - Mike Street - Lead Developer and CTO
- Contextual Spacing For Intrinsic Web Design | Modern CSS Solutions
- The Patchability of the Open Web
- Designing for the Unexpected
- Am I on the IndieWeb Yet?
🎧 Listening
- Turn It Up: A Short History of Drum & Bass
- LTJ Bukem Yaman Studio Mix 1 1991
- Frost - Back to business
- V Podcast 114 - Hosted by Bryan Gee
- Slipmatt - World Of Rave #347
- DJ EZ presents NUVOLVE radio 069
- DJ Aphrodite 2010 Melodic Mix CD
- Club Classics Mini Mix - Ministry of Sound
- Slipmatt - Slip's House #100
- DJ EZ presents NUVOLVE radio 068
- Aphro Classic Mix with New School Double Drops
- Slipmatt - World Of Rave #346
- V Podcast 113 - Bryan Gee w/ Need For Mirrors
- DJ EZ presents NUVOLVE radio 066
- Slipmatt - World Of Rave #345
- DJ EZ presents NUVOLVE radio 065
- V Podcast 112 - Hosted by Bryan Gee
- Slipmatt - Slip's House #098
- DJ EZ presents NUVOLVE radio 064
- Hospital Podcast 442 with Etherwood
- LTJ Bukem Yaman Studio Mix The Rebirth 1996
- Mark Archer - Live on Deepvibes Radio 13.03.21
- Slipmatt - World Of Rave #344