I Don’t Remember the Last Time I Checked Mastodon
I post and reply from my website these days, so I actually need a Mastodon account?
Tag: web
How I Develop Pure Commons Apps
A couple of people have asked, so here's my process for developing the Pure apps.
Do you use :visited on links?
I always made the :visited attribute for hyperlinks look the same as links that haven't been visited, but now I'm questioning that behaviour.
A friend asked for help setting up a blog, so I went with #Pureblog (obviously).
We went from nothing to fully working blog, with all the customisations she wanted in about 25 minutes.
I know I'm bias, but I love how flexible and powerful Pure Blog is becoming.
Gamifying Snacking with Snacker Tracker
Evening snacking has long been a problem for me, so I built a tool to help me gamify it, which is working well so far.
Toot.community is shutting down
Sadly, toot.community is shutting down in October. This post talks about why Jorijn has made that decision.
Every time I look at Sven's blog I get jealous. I loved his previous design so much I copied it (with his permission). His new design is so fun and it's making me want to make mine more fun (no copying this time though).
I'm just not sure I have the time at the moment. 🤔
No, I don't want you to summarise the page!
I'm getting sick of LLMs being everywhere. Let me use you how I want to use you, then get out of my way!
Search Is Broken
Online search is objectively broken no matter which service you use.
I'm quite liking #Vivaldi, especially now I have dark/light mode switching working in #Ubuntu.
If it sticks, I'll play with their email and RSS integration next.
It's Just Broken: Oh WordPress
WordPress really is a nightmare, and this post by Pup On Tech really capsulated that!
I'm off GitHub
GitHub has now been officially replaced with Codeberg.
Thoughts on Leaving GitHub
I've been thinking about leaving GitHub, and here's my plan.
How I Discover New Blogs
Finding a new blog to read is one of my favourite things to do; it genuinely brings me joy. Here's how I do it.
Update on the eBay Scam
Here's an update on my recent concerns about being scammed by someone on eBay.
I Think I've Been Scammed On eBay!
I think I've been scammed selling a watch on eBay and it turns out I have absolutely no recourse.
My WordPress - A Private In-Browser WordPress Install
WordPress now has a private in-browser only version that you can use. Pretty neat.
Sunsetting The 512kb Club
All good things must come to an end, and today is that day for one of my projects, the 512kb Club.
Firefox AI Killswitch
Firefox have come through an delivered and actual AI killswitch in the browser.
Quick Clarification on Pure Comments
Clarifying that you can use Pure Comments anywhere, not just on Pure Blog.