Articles

There are 19 published Articles.

2018

1. Numerals, Romanticised

   🖼️ For a better part of the year, I’ve been working on a Jekyll-based Progressive Web App, BloodBuilder, for managing my...

   07 November 2018

2. Variables for Both

   Now that CSS Custom Properties, or CSS Variables, are becoming a solid standard, I’m using a method to map their...

   15 October 2018

2017

1. Crossing Guards

   🖼️ Throttle back on your scroll events and watch out for the IntersectionObserver!

   09 November 2017

2. No Three Snowflakes Are Alike

   🖼️ I developed a Sass function to generate a list of unique pairs given a List or Map of data, so...

   03 November 2017

3. Unique Pairs in Sass

   🖼️ In creating a from-scratch grid for a redevelopment project, I was using Sass to loop through various bits of data...

   16 June 2017

4. Remapping Ranges in Sass

   Great inspiration can sometimes be found in exploring available opportunities and embracing new ideas. In this article, I’ll try to...

   15 June 2017

2016

1. April LWS Talk

   I gave a talk at London Web Standards and asked the question, So how can we write media queries that...

   29 April 2016

2. Shoot for the Moon

   🖼️ Don’t be half-minded when dealing with fractions and pixels. How can we ensure all browsers interpret fractions in our CSS...

   23 March 2016

3. An Extended Response

   If you’ve dabbled in Sass before, you’re likely familiar with @extend and @mixin, but is there any use-case for @extend?...

   18 March 2016

2015

1. Backscratching Revisited

   🖼️ I revised my original technique for styling default elements and took it a step further to scratch the greatest number...

   08 June 2015

2. Theming Pinboard

   🖼️ I recently decided I would embark on the task of theming Pinboard. Here’s how I did it.

   12 March 2015

2014

1. On Your Marks, Get Set, Wait

   🖼️ What’s really important when reading an article online? Content should always come first, and give users the option for more...

   22 September 2014

2. A Slice of Heaven

   We know that webpages are composed of text and boxes. Lots and lots of boxes. But with the power and...

   27 August 2014

3. Let’s Look Back

   🖼️ I haven’t published a new article in a while now, but I haven’t been twiddling my thumbs. Let’s look at...

   09 February 2014

2013

1. I’ll Scratch Your Back, And Mine Too

   🖼️ I’ve been playing around with CSS content and attribute selectors recently, and came across a useful trick for styling default...

   29 October 2013

2. Viewport Woes

   🖼️ I’ve been around the block and seen just about every combination of variables and syntax in viewport meta tags. What’s...

   29 August 2013

3. Persistent Shadows

   🖼️ How easy is it to keep a shadow’s direction consistent whilst rotating an element?

   18 June 2013

4. Annoying Navigation CSS

   🖼️ Navigation is crucial to a functional website. It is how your users find the information they're after; get it right,...

   16 June 2013

5. First Article Ever

   🖼️ Well, I’ve finally gotten my site up and running to a point where I can consider it to be a...

   15 June 2013

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