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📅 10 November 2020

A Nod To The 90s Web

I've re-designed this site in a way that nods back to the 90s web. Think Geocities, AOL, scrolling marquees and animated GIFs. The 90s web was a cool place to be, and now I've brought some of it back with this website.

📅 05 November 2020

Trying To Go Green With Local Fonts

I've made some changes to the font stack on this website. This site now uses local fonts and this post explains why.

📅 23 October 2020

Replacing FreshRSS With Miniflux

FreshRSS is a good RSS reader, but I recently decided to switch to Miniflux. This post talks about why I decided to switch.

📅 18 October 2020

Looking After An Aquarium - How Much Work Is Involved?

Fish are such easy pets to look after, right? You just pop them in a tank, feed them once a day and change the water now and then. Easy. This post explores how much work is involved in looking after an aquarium.

📅 04 October 2020

The Apple Walled Garden

I recently posted about my new Apple Watch on Fosstodon. I assumed I'd get some feedback about the Apple walled garden, so I wanted to take some time to elaborate on my thoughts about the walled garden.

📅 30 September 2020

Thinking About New Hardware

I'm thinking about replacing my desktop and laptop, but I'm not sure which way to go. In this post I want to explain my needs and hopefully get some help from you.

📅 26 September 2020

WordPress Creator Vs The Jamstack

📅 20 September 2020

Making A Light Website 08 - Replacing Images With CSS

So My Light Website is looking pretty good at this point, but we can still improve things. In this post we will look at replacing the banner images with some CSS to make the site quicker and lighter.

📅 19 September 2020

Static Site Generators Revisited

I've been a WordPress advocate for a while now, but I decided to use a static site generator for a new project. So, has my opinion on SSGs changed?

📅 11 September 2020