That Inner Doubt
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When I read this , I just thought to myself: Yes, yes and yes. To be a writer, to be successful at anything, we have to create like no one is watching, listening, or reading. We…
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…Learned. …Remembered. …Share. Learning is key and never stops. Enjoy the things I learned, remembered or simply want to share.
Diving into the ::before and ::after Pseudo-elements
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This is a very comprehensive post by Will Boyd on the ::before and ::after pseudo-elements which covers basically everything you need to know to make use of them is a variety of…
Work with CSS, Instead of Against It
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While at first I didn't like the title “ Why is CSS Frustrating? ”, I finally got to read it and it covers a few good points. I think I still don’t like the title much, since it…
Native Lazy-Loading as HTML Standard
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Pretty nice that the proposed native lazy-loading for images or rather the loading attribute now made it into the HTML standard . A while ago Chrome started out with this idea and…
Progressive Enhancement as Approach and Mindset
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The most common misunderstanding of progressive enhancement is that it’s inherently about JavaScript. That’s not true. You can apply progressive enhancement at every step of…
What A Blog Is
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Today I had a little time to catch up with the growing list of unread articles in my RSS reader and came across this short post on Marc’s blog. It’s so simple and I…
02022020
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Today, 02.02.2020, is a special day, because today’s date is a palindrome, which can be read forwards as well as backwards. What makes it even more special is that a date like…
Kung Hei Fat Choi - To The Year of The Rat
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A happy Chinese new year! Today is already the second day of the lunar new year and this year, it is the year of the rat. It also marks the eleventh CNY to me, which takes it…
Kirby 3.3.2
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I did skip the last update to 3.3.1 because I didn’t find the time, but have finally managed to update my site to the latest Kirby 3.3.2. After the rather huge update to 3.3.0 ,…
Digital Gardens
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This article and the idea of a “Digital Garden” also got me thinking about the way information could be presented and I like the idea of curating content for sections a bit more.…
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%…
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…
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…
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…