A post under the wire
Peaking out from under my rock to look forward.
Filed under "Writing"
Defaults 2024
Things I currently use. And things I'd like to use.
Year in nothing to review
The fourth year's a charm for dropping the ball.
Defaults 2023
Things I currently use. And things I'd like to use.
Ye olde Twitter archive
Unleashing 15 years of chit chat into the wild.
Year three in the books
Three years already?
Hot HTML Summer housekeeping
The fun continues.
Hot HTML Summer: Wrap up
Endless Hot HTML Summer.
Hot HTML Summer: Dialog
Winding down with a dialog.
Hot HTML Summer: Details and summary
Details, details.
Hot HTML Summer: Other inline text elements
A suprising amount of unknown information.
Hot HTML Summer: Focus
Stay focused.
Hot HTML Summer: HTML APIs
More things I will eventually learn about.
Hot HTML Summer: Template, slot, and shadow
Finally, an understanding.
Hot HTML Summer: Audio and Video
Things I know nothing about.
Hot HTML Summer: Images
Eager for images.
Hot HTML Summer: Forms
Forms in good form.
Hot HTML Summer: Tables
The dog days of Hot HTML Summer are upon us.
Hot HTML Summer: Navigation
All the ways to get around.
Hot HTML Summer: Lists
Lists!
Hot HTML Summer: Links
Sharing is caring.
Hot HTML Summer: Text basics
We've reached the 'made a CodePen' stage.
Hot HTML Summer: Attributes
Things are getting real.
Hot HTML Summer: Headings and sections
Sectioning is important.
Hot HTML Summer: Semantic HTML
Portending of a Hot Aria Role Summer to come.
Hot HTML Summer: Metadata
Interesting backstories, flexibility, and social cards.
Hot HTML Summer: Document structure
Foundational knowledge abounds in this section of the course.
Hot HTML Summer: Overview
Off to a good start with plenty of little things I didn't know.
Hot HTML Summer
Getting the party started with the Learn HTML course.
Junk Drawer updates
New content and a homepage update.
Upgrading to Eleventy 2.0.0
A step-by-step for an incredibly easy process, again.
Regaining momentum
Trying to get the ball rolling again.
HTMHell: Reading the meter
Considerations when using the meter element published at HTMHell.
Shifting things around
Figuring a few things out around here, and maybe elsewhere.
Logical Junk Drawer
I used logical properties for a new site, and I liked it.
Year two in the books
Year-in-review, part two.
WordPress & Eleventy part two: Eleventy
Some considerations for using WordPress as a headless content management system for Eleventy.
WordPress & Eleventy part one: WordPress
Some considerations for setting up WordPress to use with Eleventy.
Behold the Junk Drawer
Another new site! And a new article or two on the way.
Two new sites
New sites, existential quandaries and burnout.
Upgrading to Eleventy 1.0.0
A step-by-step for an incredibly easy process.
Finally adding a dark theme
A minor health scare was the prompt I needed to add a dark theme.
Dear HTML element
A collection of love letters to HTML tags.
Time is on your side
The HTML time element is both useful and easy to use.
The accidental project
When an existing project suddenly needs a new home.
Year one in the books
A year-in-review of sorts.
The sprucing party continues
The homepage and Projects landing page get a freshening.
A bit of sprucing up
Addressing an initial annoyance and adding something unexpected.
Migrating the Pile
Using Pocket, Airtable and Eleventy for a personal bookmarking site.
How to turn off Browsersync ghostMode in Eleventy
A quick how-to.
Do New York City mayoral candidates have accessible campaign sites?
Nine candidates, ten review criteria, how did they fare?
Testing Forestry CMS with Eleventy
I created a test site to learn about using Forestry CMS with Eleventy.
Annual Kentucky Derby 8 ball
Unintentionally tracking my dev skills.
Quick fix and a test
Two great resources and testing out something unrelated.
Horse Racing Datasets redesigned
A redesign and port to Eleventy is finally in the books.
Ugging along
A brief catch up on slow progress and other items of note.
Random Replay Generator spiff up
Wrapping up the end of the year list by knocking off one final to-do.
Dynamic heading levels in Eleventy
While looking around a repository at something else I discovered this clever approach.
Using Airtable with Eleventy
A long-winded look at getting Airtable data into Eleventy.
Update on the end of the year to-do list
A quick update on the quick note about some work I'd like to get done by the end of the year.
End of the year to-do list
A quick note to keep myself honest about some work I'd like to get done by the end of the year.
Responsive and Accessible Data Tables
Giving an old project a new home provided an opportunity for an upgrade.
Manually splitting CSS files in Eleventy
Don't want to use a bundler? Eleventy makes it easy to manually split your CSS.
Fun with image optimization
Over the weekend I updated the site to use next-gen image formats, and it was kind of fun.
Finally, a new site
After many fits and starts I finally have a proper site. Let me tell you all about it!
Using Eleventy data files for frequently used links
Have a set of frequently referenced links? A global data file can come in handy.