Posts in “Web”

Ditching YouTube (Kind Of)

I recently wrote about how YouTube was throttling my connection. I'm sick of YouTube's shenanigans, so I've ditched them...kind of.

📅 25 February 2024

Building an Archive of My First Blog

My first ever blog was hosted on Blogger, and Google loves to delete shit, so I've decided to replicate that site and host it myself.

📅 18 February 2024

Ending my Kagi Search Subscription

After nearly 6 weeks, I've decided to end my extended trial of Kagi search, it gives little value over DuckDuckGo and is a waste of money.

📅 06 February 2024

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