Over the last couple of months I’ve made some small improvements and additions to 🐋 Bowhead, which is now at version 0.2.1. Since last posting about it, I’ve cleaned up the documentation, added some minor bits and pieces, and used…published 26 August 2021note
✅ went to All Day Hey! Live 2021 on 06 May 2021 There are some talks I’m immensely looking forward to this year; though, I'm sure the entire show will knock my socks off again! 🧦💨published 05 May 2021note
✅ went to Yo Ho Ho! ‘Tis the season for some RUM on 08 December 2020 It’s nearly Christmas so what better way to celebrate than with two talks about RUM? Jonathan Fielding will be exploring how you can capture and analyse performance data from your visitors using services like Segment and BigQuery. Tim Vereeke will be digging…published 07 December 2020note
✅ went to London CSS Holidays on Ice on 10 December 2020 Join us to close out the year with a truly global perspective on the ways that CSS is evolvingpublished 29 November 2020note
✅ went to Programmed in Pencil October 2020 on 28 October 2020 Programmed in Pencil is a bi-monthly meetup that brings together engineers from across the tech industry to listen to talks on digital product engineering. Register quickly here!published 28 October 2020note
✅ went to Jamstack Toronto: 11ties on 11 November 2020 11 min ⚡️ talks on 11ty, on 11/11 Register for free here!published 26 October 2020note
I've been going through @wesbos’s JavaScript30 challenges, enjoying it a lot, and I completed challenge #17 today. Check out my log of completed challenges, follow along with RSS, or even join in if you’re interested!published 23 October 2020note
✅ went to SAE Extra: Anti-racism, one line of code at a time on 11 November 2020 SAE invites our web lecturer Dominic Patmore to host a panel event with tech professionals on how we take down racism in tech. Register for free here!published 15 October 2020note
✅ went to London Web Performance October on 13 October 2020 We’re back from our extended summer break with talks by two of our organisers, Simon and Andy… Simon will be talking about the psychology and physiology of speed, why slow sites are irritating and how that feeds into visitor behaviour and…published 12 October 2020note
in reply to JavaScript30 Day #02 - Wes Bos’ JavaScript30 course, grouping operator, HOCs in ReactJS. by Ru SinghUh oh, I’ve been found out… Ru totally sniped me with her call-out, in the best way possible! I guess I better double-down and make this a proper thing for myself—30 days, 30 JS challenges—let’s do this! I made a little Eleventy…published 07 October 2020note
✅ went to Jamstack Conf Virtual 2020 on 06 October 2020 Jamstack conferences host speakers, workshops, and more for learning to design, develop, & deploy modern web projects. Join us online October 6–7, 2020. Register here!published 20 September 2020note
Discovered that I can make custom waveforms for use with my noisy sparklines. Swapped from the humble sine wave to a an "Ahh" sound—like I used to go crazy for on early MIDI keyboards!published 10 September 2020note
✅ went to London CSS Endless Summer on 10 September 2020 This time our speakers take us on a very human journey, an arc from the history of CSS to its new New, from the vector-sharp lines of modernity to the messy glory of experimentation and play Join us once more… in…published 07 September 2020note
🚚 Bowhead is now at version 0.1.8, which adds a few things and fixes others, namely cleaning up what files are packaged for npm so as to send as little as necessary. If you're looking for a barebones SCSS solution for…published 07 September 2020note
📦 Packaged up a bit of SCSS I’ve been happily using into a thing called Bowhead (it’s a whale, but I totally swear the filesize is tiny) and I’d love your feedback! https://chrisburnell.com/bowhead/published 26 August 2020note
in reply to a previous noteEleventy is a go! Managed to migrate all of my content, pages, and a whole lot more. Article about the transition coming soon!published 06 August 2020note
✅ went to #ViennaCalling on 29 July 2020 An online meetup for people who work on the web, featuring talks by Andy Bell, Cassie Evans and more! What a hell of a line-up. Super excited for this evening! https://twitch.tv/webclerkspublished 29 July 2020note
in reply to Keith J GrantThanks Keith. Aw, this makes me so sad. I hope that we at least get to see a flourishing and full-of-life Hyrule in the sequel. I loved exploring the broken and devastated world in BotW, but I do wish there…published 12 July 2020note
in reply to Keith J GrantNooo, what a terrible disappointment! BotW is one of my all-time favourite games and I've been stoked for the 2nd… Do you happen to have a link to the full news from Nintendo?published 12 July 2020 · 1 response tonote
Finally made a solid start on my rebuild on Eleventy. Hoping to get all the content-y stuff finished up tomorrow, then time to think about redesign. 😬published 10 June 2020 · 1 response tonote
✅ went to All Day Hey! Live 2020 on 07 May 2020 First time going and, as usual, immensely looking forward to it!published 06 May 2020note
in reply to Playing music on the web by Neil MatherI've been using Odesli [https://odesli.co] (formerly Songlink) for a bit of time now, and although I haven't heard any feedback about it, provides links out to multiple platforms like I think you're looking for!published 17 March 2020note
✅ went to London CSS March 2020 on 12 March 2020 First time going and immensely looking forward to it!published 27 February 2020note
I must be in a bad mood this morning because @_iamarek told me, “you look like someone was using tabs” (instead of spaces) and I can't disagreepublished 25 February 2020note
Shoutout to the good ol' days when @ForgottenMG, @pwiddop, @redsoniafb and I would get amazing Malaysian food for lunch as the Ninja Turtles :')published 24 January 2020 · 1 response tonote
in reply to https://www.mathewpacker.com/2020/01/2020-01-04-21-49-44/Hey, thanks! That means a lot! 😄published 15 January 2020note
🖼️ Pig's Ear Beer Festival, third year going. As usual, couldn't be happier, but seriously missing @dletorey!published 06 December 2019 · 2 responses tonote
🖼️ 🥖 Made some bomb-ass warm and fluffy breadsticks last night. They were far more amazing than my terrible photo of them, honest. 🗒 Recipe here: https://chrisburnell.com/recipe/breadstickspublished 27 November 2019 · 3 responses tonote
✅ went to HalfStack London Conference 2019 on 22 November 2019 Excited for @halfstackconf today! First conference with @dletorey where neither of us are organising too.published 22 November 2019 · 1 response tonote
Recently tucked away a bulk of the meta information about my posts behind a visibility-toggling button. Not sure it's the best solution for my meta-heavy posts, but cleans things up for now, at least.published 28 October 2019note
in reply to a previous tweetThat being said, I'm nearly positive you'll love it. Wes is a fantastic teacher and his enthusiasm is infectious!published 10 October 2019note
in reply to Justin AveryI'd consider myself a beginner; I found it very approachable, and it strengthened my core JS knowledge, making me more confident to explore more advanced topics. I think it's best to have some basic experience with JS, but that's it!…published 10 October 2019note
in reply to Justin AveryI very highly recommend @wesbos's course, ES6 for Everyone: https://es6.io/published 10 October 2019note
in reply to Andy BellI've been thinking about this ever since you posted it, and this realisation resonates really strongly with me. Coding is a means to an end for me now, rather than coding for its own sake, and hey, bonus I'm getting…published 09 October 2019note
Interesting. Everyone who insists I should be more involved and interested in politics seems to have a very specific context they want me to get involved in. Almost like they have an agenda and what I think doesn't actually matter to…published 25 September 2019 · 1 response tonote
✅ went to IndieWebCamp Brighton 2019 on 19 October 2019 – 20 October 2019Really looking forward to IndieWebCamp Brighton 2019!published 21 August 2019 · 1 response tonote
Shout-out to @codefundio https://codefund.io for their fantastic service and above-and-beyond team. I cannot state strongly enough how kind and understanding they are—they get the highest possible recommendation from me!published 15 August 2019 · 8 responses tonote
in reply to @totalplayIt makes me so sad to see this tweet coming from this account.published 27 June 2019note
in reply to Reply Targets, a previous article@Anonymous Do you have any ideas how to present this metadata in a way such that information doesn’t get lost?published 24 June 2019note
✅ went to Homebrew Website Club London on 26 June 2019 Bout time I show my face at Homebrew Website Club again, and, as usual, I cannot wait! Looking forward to seeing everyone again. 😄published 21 June 2019note
@monosnap Figured I’d add to the heap of people reminding you that your subscription model is laughably bad and has lost all trust I ever had in your company.published 20 June 2019note
in reply to a previous noteI think I'm going to try to make this happen. For a long time I have been building my site on a mostly vanilla Jekyll set-up as an example of a complex site that works on GitHub Pages, but I…published 19 June 2019note
I would love to try switching my site from @jekyllrb onto @eleven_ty, but it looks like such a huge undertaking, as I have heavily customised the way I use Jekyll. Anyone got any pointers or quick changes I can make…published 10 June 2019 · 1 response tonote
So I decided today to remove trailing slashes from my URLs and forgot that it would affect the URLs of posts in my feeds. Apologies if I’ve bombarded you with old entries!published 03 June 2019note
Another 🐇 🕳 idea… Input a YouTube channel URL → The channel’s Atom feed is added to your Microsub "YouTube" channel. YouTube subscriptions without a Google account. No idea how original this idea is, but for now I’ve built https://chrisburnell.com/get-youtube-feed/published 03 May 2019note
in reply to Bridging the Indieweb and the Fediverse with Bridgy Fed, part 1 by Neil MatherNeil, this is both remarkably well-written and informative! I have to agree with all the points you’ve raised, particularly about the high barrier to entry for non-technical folks wanting to get on the Fediverse, but I think with posts like…published 02 May 2019note
in reply to Ana RodriguesI definitely have improvements to make, but at present I use the Twitter API to create a tweet, and I pull the URL of the tweet from the response into the front-matter/YAML of the Jekyll post which I then commit…published 11 April 2019note
in reply to Jacky AlcinéThat's totally fair—I think development can and should be a joy wherever possible! I don't think that strict adherence to a standard trumps happiness—I think the opposite—but I do often wonder if there's a middle ground and how to get…published 10 April 2019note
I still fail to see what benefits arise from shortened variable names. Why is "currPag" preferable to "currentPage", "btn" preferable to "button"? Without context, I'm guessing what the author intended, and this only makes verbal discussions about it all the…published 09 April 2019 · 2 responses tonote
Up too late, again, working on my latest rabbit hole project. So close!… but got to sleep.published 05 April 2019note
in reply to Vincent PickeringReally enjoyed reading this—looking forward to more!published 03 April 2019 · 1 response tonote
in reply to @untappd_supportFantastic! That was quick! Thank you so much. 😊published 02 April 2019note
@untappd_support Who should I contact about my application for an API key? It’s been way more than 10 days, and I don’t think my application has been rejected, but obviously I don’t know for sure…published 02 April 2019 · 4 responses tonote
If I ever get Untappd API access I would love to try writing some code to help people syndicate check-ins, toasts, comments, etc. back to their own websites. Another rabbit hole for another day.published 30 March 2019 · 1 response tonote
in reply to Aaron Parecki🖼️ Fantastic photo. Reminds me of this piece that I saw just over a month ago at the National Gallery Singapore MINIMALISM exhibition. https://www.minimalism.sg/published 17 March 2019 · 1 response tonote
A handful of my superpowers: I always sit on the second sock when I sit down to put on the first. I always check the time at 12:34. But what happens if my first superpower ever fails? Does my day shift enough to…published 26 February 2019 · 6 responses tonote
in reply to Dom PatmoreI find the non-self-hosted version of @1Password really clean and easy to use on both my laptop and phone. Although it’s not free, I don’t mind paying a bit for the ease of use. I share it with family and…published 22 February 2019 · 3 responses tonote
✅ went to IndieWebCamp Online 2019 on 09 March 2019 – 10 March 2019I will be attending https://2019.indieweb.org/online My first IndieWebCamp! Can’t wait.published 18 February 2019 · 1 response tonote
Overjoyed to be celebrating the greatest milestone of my life today. Eight wonderful years with my best friend, girlfriend, partner in crime, and love of my life, Rachel. Stoked for the next byte!published 08 February 2019 · 8 responses tonote
✅ went to Homebrew Website Club London on 27 February 2019 I’m going to the Indigenous & Micropub #hwclondon Special! 🎉 Are you? https://hwclondon.co.uk/meetups/20190227published 29 January 2019 · 1 response tonote
Late night coding means I’ve managed to create a clear division between my website’s various post types. And alongside that, I’m now using NewBase60 for my shortened URLs, which happens for each of my posts automatically. 😌published 13 January 2019note
✅ went to Homebrew Website Club London on 09 January 2019 Indieweb: A New Hope 🚀 meets Return of the Chris 🙌… Can’t wait to attend HWC London again!published 22 December 2018note
Switched my main browser from Chrome to Firefox this week. Can’t say I miss anything in particular. Only gripe so far is having to change my muscle memory for keyboard shortcuts, which I’m sure will be a quick transition.published 20 December 2018 · 6 responses tonote
😔 wasn’t able to go to Homebrew Website Club LondonSadly, I won’t be able to attend, but if you’ve ever been curious about content ownership, IndieWeb, or new ways to tinker on your website, Homebrew Website Club London is unbelievably welcoming and inspired me a great deal. Highly recommended…published 11 December 2018 · 1 response tonote
I gave a lightning talk in 2016 about writing readable and maintainable code, and @DvBerzon is doing some fantastic research in this area that really intrigues me. I’m eagerly waiting for the next phase of research and results! http://howreadable.com/published 11 December 2018 · 3 responses tonote
🖼️ I un-linked my Facebook account from Spotify a little less than a month ago. So here’s my year of music #SpotifyWrapped ☹️published 06 December 2018 · 1 response tonote
Super pleased to say that I just gave a short presentation about #indieweb to my team at work, and I didn’t butcher the explanation too badly, so everyone’s on-board! Feels great to be a part of this community and welcome…published 06 December 2018 · 5 responses tonote
🖼️ Been looking forward to Pig’s Ear Beer Festival since last year. I'm in heaven.published 05 December 2018 · 3 responses tonote
At long last, I’ve managed to add the ability to edit my existing notes through my Micropub endpoint, and given my track record of totally making no mistakes, this is a good thing. #indiewebpublished 04 December 2018 · 3 responses tonote
Listened to Hardwired, a new EP by @mitch_murder, just about all weekend, and I can’t recommend it enough! Check it out if you’re into punchy 80s synths https://mitchmurder.bandcamp.com/album/hardwiredpublished 03 December 2018note
I’ve made an average of 1.498 commits/day to my website over the last 5.5 years. ~670 of those commits contained fix in the commit message. Do with that information what you will while I continue to endlessly chase my own tail.published 29 November 2018 · 5 responses tonote
I’ve sat down with three developers this week to help them diagnose some errors, but as soon as I sat down the errors mysteriously vanished. Anyway, hit me up if you want a quote for me to come sit next…published 02 November 2018 · 5 responses tonote
Learned today that the price to renew a domain I’ve owned for several years has increased by ten times because it’s a premium domain. RIP nyer.audio.published 09 October 2018 · 2 responses tonote
Been waiting a while for this, and boy, does it ever deliver. https://open.spotify.com/album/2MdTsQBOs71AZuqETMyLY2published 04 October 2018note
Been keeping track of musical albums I’ve enjoyed recently at /music. Let me know if you have any recommendations I should check out!published 04 October 2018note
If this makes it onto Mastodon 👋, it means my Micropub endpoint is syndicating correctly!published 01 October 2018note
🖼️ I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that…published 01 October 2018 · 4 responses tonote
🖼️ Had the joy of visiting the Bond in Motion at @ldnfilmmuseum a few weeks ago and got to see this bad boy DB5 in all its (blue-tinted) splendor.published 13 September 2018 · 13 responses tonote
Couldn't be happier with how #SotB18 turned out this year. It was an honour and a pleasure to be involved in organising such an incredible event. Massive thanks to all of our speakers, attendees, sponsors, and supporters. We couldn't have…published 08 September 2018 · 12 responses tonote
Today at #hwclondon I’ll be attempting to enable my Micropub endpoint to accept JSON #indiewebpublished 25 July 2018 · 1 response tonote
✅ went to Homebrew Website Club London on 25 July 2018 Looking forward to this again!published 02 July 2018note
in reply to a previous tweetIf this makes it onto both Twitter and my website (PESOS for now), then it looks like my endpoint is working!published 29 June 2018 · 1 response tonote
Rolling my own Micropub server is proving immensely difficult. Way out of my depth. Feels good to learn, albeit slowly, though.published 21 June 2018 · 1 response tonote
Drinking coffee out of a sub-standard mug today because some mug has taken my mug!published 19 June 2018 · 7 responses tonote
Added @adactio’s Canvas Sparklines to my site, to further visually demonstrate the vast spaces of time between my posts! Next step: create less vast spaces of time between my posts (read: publish more).published 15 May 2018note
in reply to Dave Letorey🖼️ I don’t think that’s a good idea.published 01 May 2018 · 1 response tonote
At my first Homebrew Website Club meetup! Planning how to roll my own micropub endpoint... #hwclondon #indiewebpublished 24 January 2018 · 6 responses tonote
Every rose has its thorn. @CodePen just crashed on me for the first time in over a year. Still using it everyday though. :)published 25 October 2017 · 1 response tonote
🖼️ This is my first Note that I'm posting and syndicating automatically!published 18 October 2017note
Anyone using IntersectionObserver seen intersectionRatio>1? I’ve been rounding this attribute, toFixed(n), to help keep things clean.published 15 October 2017note