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Dealing with Ads in 2020
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Dealing with Ads in 2020 is an interesting look at the problems and challenges of integrating and displaying ads in the best possible way. The article slash case-study from Christian Schaefer…
Synchronising Directories with Unison
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Every once in a while I need to get two folders synchronised. In the past I used a synchronisation app to get this done, but somewhere along the way of macOS system updates, it stopped working and I…
Who Can Use - Color Contrast Check
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WhoCanUse is a helpful tool to test the color contrast of different color combinations and informs you about the contrast ratio and the WCAG grading. While it might not be 100% perfectly accurate, it…
City View
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Another Hong Kong view that never gets old. Hong Kong seen from the ferry piers during the daily light show.
Typographic Illusions
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A collection of free tools for demonstrating typographic phenomena, for anyone teaching or studying typeface design. Typographic Illusions is a great resource and the above quote sums it up nicely.…
Sticking With The Defaults
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As previously mentioned, when I upgraded to Catalina, some of the things I had gotten used to to for many years, stopped working. The biggest issue seemed to be the app switcher. I’ve used LiteSwitch…
The Beautiful Side
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On what has been the worst weekend for Hong Kong in 22 consecutive weeks of protests, it’s good to remember and see some of the beauty of this amazing city. The city view from Victoria Peak never…
Write It Down
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Every once in a while I come across a blog post that strikes a chord. It might only take one line, but that line makes you realise or understand. It’s not you didn’t know. It’s not it’s something…
AirPods Pro Page Performance
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Yesterday I posted the below tweet and it received a lot of attention. It brought some good comments and positive exchange, which made me think about it more. The new AirPods Pro page is a strong…
Using The Platform
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These are some good thoughts from Tim Kadlec on quotes from the Shop Talk Show podcast on the web platform and how it tries to provide us with the best foundation possible. I absolutely agree that in…
Kirby 3.3.0-rc.2
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A few days ago Kirby 3.3.0-rc.2 has been released and I‘m now giving it a spin. It‘s a long list of changes, fixes and additions containing a lot of good stuff. It feels really good to run a site on…
Pixelated Population
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I’m a fan of data visualisations and this campaign, resurfaced from 2008, depicts the amount of animals in a certain species by the amount of pixels used in their image. This is a great way of…
The Last Boat Sunset
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Enjoying the last sunset and evening on the boat of my friends. Always a nice getaway within the city.
From Kirby to Twitter
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For a long time I wanted to be able to post newly published articles and possibly more stuff from my site directly to Twitter. I like the idea of POSSE (Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate…
Upgrading to macOS Catalina
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A week or so ago I upgraded to macOS Catalina. Most of the macOS updates over the last couple of years have gone very well, but I have become a little more conservative in upgrading, since once in a…
Owning Your Content - A Love Letter to My Website
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Having my own website says I care about what I do beyond clocking in and out and cashing a paycheck. It shows I’m proud of what I create. […] But the real truth is that as long as we’re putting our…
Great Support Makes Loyal Customers
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The other day I had a connectivity issue with the macOS app of ProtonVPN. The app wouldn't stop loading after launch. I couldn't find a way to solve the issue, so I send an email to customer support.…
HEX Color Codes Explained
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I really liked this thread by Corey Ginnivan explaining the theory behind HEX color codes. I always found understanding this well can help a lot with adjusting or finding matching colors. For a long…
Quick-Fixing macOS Audio Woes
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Recently the audio on my Mac sometimes stops working for an unknown reason… It‘s been happening with video in browsers and Tweetbot. I'm not sure what it is and where it‘s coming from, but here‘s a…
Affecting Power Usage
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An interesting article on How Web Content Can Affect Power Usage, how it works and what to do to improve it. Users spend a large proportion of their online time on mobile devices, and a significant…
Images to Kirby Content Directories with Bash
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While working on a new section for my blog, I needed to convert a directory of images into a Kirby content file structure. I‘ve had some prior scripts from when I moved my blog from WordPress to…
Redacted
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A helpful tool I came across in the latest Dense Discovery newsletter: This handy web app allows you to easily redact parts of an image. Just drag the image into the browser and start redacting.…
Dev Lids
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After seeing a short Twitter thread about laptop stickers and what others’ laptops do look like, I remembered this fun site, collecting only that: Stickered laptop lids. If you’re into that kind of…
The Effect of CSS Filter Grayscale
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Recently I wrote about the grayscale CSS filter and how I used it for an image hover effect. While I played around with it, I noticed that the filter not only works on the image it‘s applied to, but…
Conference Talks for The Rainy Days
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This week is yet another rainy and wet one in HK. There‘s been way too much of that this year. And it‘s always good to have something to do when going out is not really the amazing thing to do.…