Posts in “Web”

I Think YouTube Is Throttling Me Because I’m Using an Ad-Blocker

YouTube has felt really sluggish when navigating between pages recently, and I think it's a deliberate thing by them, because I'm using an ad-blocker.

📅 03 February 2024

My Thoughts on Kagi Search

I've been trying Kagi Search for the last couple of weeks; my trial has now ended and I've decided to subscribe. Here's why...

📅 18 January 2024

Don't Change Your RSS URL

I love RSS. My RSS feed reader is the page I visit most on web, I think. So it's very frustrating when folks update their site, but don't redirect their RSS feed - please remember to do it, people.

📅 13 January 2024

Using ChatGPT to Write Code

I wanted to make a small change to the CSS on this site, but wasn't sure how to do it, so I asked ChatGPT to write some code for me.

📅 28 October 2023

Some of My Favourite Fonts

Matt Birchler recently posted some of his favourite fonts to Mastodon, so I thought I'd share some of my own favourites here.

📅 27 October 2023

Running a Social Platform as Someone Who Dislikes Them

As co-admin of one of the largest tech instances on the Fediverse, it's ironic that I struggle with social platforms so much.

📅 02 August 2023

Bring Back the Humble Forum

Social media is fucking us all up. I'd love to go back to the days of forums, where there was no popularity contests, or "influencers".

📅 26 July 2023

How It All Connects

There's some automation on this site that posts to various places, all via RSS. Here's how it works.

📅 10 July 2023

The Blank Box

I've been staring at a blank box for a little bit now, trying to work out what to write. This has never happened to me before. I think I know why...

📅 12 June 2023

Underline Your Links

Jatan talks about why you should have underlined links to make things discoverable and accessible for your readers.

📅 15 May 2023