Hey, my name’s Chris,and I’m ravenous for CSS.I’m Chris Burnell, a Canadian Front End Developer hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia now living in London, England. Right now I’m working for Squiz as a Lead Developer, helping organise London Web Standards and State of the Browser, and I’m perpetually rabbit-hole deep-diving. This is where I think, write, and share my passion for the web.Latest Posts permalinkin reply to a previous noteUpdate: still not caught my own tail—I'll get back to that when I find my way out of these rabbit holes, and on that note, I bumped up to 1.708 commits/day as of today. Continue to do with that information what…published 29 November 2021noteDeep Dive into ColourHow to make powerful use of CSS Variables, colour spaces, and the cascade using Bowhead.published 28 November 2021 · 2 responses to Deep Dive into ColourarticleHot Posts permalinkSassy Lobotomised OwlManaging spacing between elements and components on your page can be a tiring task if undertaken manually. This is where the lobotomised owl comes in: a short, simple snippet of CSS that simplifies this whole process for you. In this article I’ll explain how I make use of it in a more dynamic way using a SCSS mixin.published 14 January 2020 · updated 29 November 2021 · 30 responses to Sassy Lobotomised OwlarticleTime to Cache UpFor a long time I’ve been searching for a sound solution to storing the entire webmention history of my blog, as packaging it up with the rest of the repository was not cutting it for me. Enter the world of async.published 23 November 2020 · 12 responses to Time to Cache UparticleBrowse the ArchiveLatest Projects permalinkspark-line (v1.0.4)Turn any array of integers into a fun little chart. Lends well to “automusic”.Bowhead (v0.2.2)Memorable and maintainable design tokens in SCSS.Useful pages:SearchHot PostsPopular PostsIndiewebListeningUsesCVLatest projects:spark-line (v1.0.4)Turn any array of integers into a fun little chart. Lends well to “automusic”.Bowhead (v0.2.2)Memorable and maintainable design tokens in SCSS.See all projects →
in reply to a previous noteUpdate: still not caught my own tail—I'll get back to that when I find my way out of these rabbit holes, and on that note, I bumped up to 1.708 commits/day as of today. Continue to do with that information what…published 29 November 2021note
Deep Dive into ColourHow to make powerful use of CSS Variables, colour spaces, and the cascade using Bowhead.published 28 November 2021 · 2 responses to Deep Dive into Colourarticle
Sassy Lobotomised OwlManaging spacing between elements and components on your page can be a tiring task if undertaken manually. This is where the lobotomised owl comes in: a short, simple snippet of CSS that simplifies this whole process for you. In this article I’ll explain how I make use of it in a more dynamic way using a SCSS mixin.published 14 January 2020 · updated 29 November 2021 · 30 responses to Sassy Lobotomised Owlarticle
Time to Cache UpFor a long time I’ve been searching for a sound solution to storing the entire webmention history of my blog, as packaging it up with the rest of the repository was not cutting it for me. Enter the world of async.published 23 November 2020 · 12 responses to Time to Cache Uparticle