Oooh weeee, we got this sweet new custom emoji picker in @ivory! :prami_contented: :blob_thank_you:
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The caregivers I rely on every day—and without which I wouldn’t be able to work my well-paying tech job—don’t make enough to “meet minimum standards of living in their community” and this calculator illustrates that: https://livingwage.mit.edu/
Wow. CleanShot X is amazing. That is all. https://cleanshot.com/
Not sure the word “gardens” in the phrase “walled gardens” is really holding up.
This mix is so comforting. https://synthwave.live/video/Iu80vyCIesI/
My personal site runs on WordPress, and I think I have an only-recently-expired GravityForms license. Or could potentially use some other plugin.
Not super excited about doing that, but it is an option.
I need to put up a fairly simple survey that will need to collect a few text fields, but also possibly a file upload.
I am assuming less than 100 responses (probably much less).
It doesn't have to be free, but as it's kind of a one-off, I'd like to avoid a subscription.
What is a good service I can use for this that won't be too much of a hassle?
New Now page using omg.lol! https://now.blakewatson.com
Read “Just normal web things” by @hbuchel (https://heather-buchel.com/blog/2023/07/just-normal-web-things/) and I second all of these, especially the scrollbar bit.
There seems to be a terrible trend where the scrollbar gets neglected and forgotten. That’s a shame because it is a useful tried-and-true UI control. More about that:
https://blakewatson.com/journal/neglecting-the-scrollbar-a-costly-trend-in-ui-design/
Is there a site somewhere that gives you color palettes that exclusively consist of named CSS colors?
Asking because I recently discovered that lightblue on black looks amazing. https://codepen.io/blakewatson/pen/QWJoaER
I released A Fine Start v2.4.0 this week. Added two ways to search your new tab bookmarks.
Want to work on NASA projects? My company is looking for a Senior Frontend Developer (US remote). I’ve been here for four years now and love it.
I looked at the clock right at 11:11:11.
Of course everybody knows the best Death Cab album is Give Up by The Postal Service. 😊
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I was trying to get to get some work done when suddenly my brain decided that it needed to see a list of all Death Cab for Cutie albums ranked RIGHT NOW.
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My wheelchair's joystick stopped working when I got back home from a doc appointment. So I swapped out the joystick for the one on my previous chair. It worked, but turns out the orientation of that one is off by like 45 degrees. So I had to rewire my brain on the fly in the heat just to get out of the van and into the house. Took about 30 minutes.
Related: this is the best Coke Zero I’ve ever had.
I was looking at Firefox’s comparison page and noticed that even though they conclude that Firefox is the winner (obviously), Microsoft Edge actually ticks every checkbox they present.
I was… surprised, to say the least.
(Edit: I shared the wrong URL)
“You don’t hear about TextMate because TextMate is old. What would I tweet? Still using TextMate. Still good.”