Join us for two great talks about the Eleventy community and caching data with Eleventy Fetch.
note2023 5 posts Permalink ¶
Sad to be missing the wonderful in-person atmosphere of All Day Hey this year, but counting myself lucky that I can watch the talks online anyway!
noteDynamic Heading Borders
I found a useful trick for achieving the long-standing design of Level 2 Headings across my website.
noteThis month we have two presentations that promote joining the Indie Web by adding your social content to your 11ty site plus adding webmentions to like and comment across the web!
noteTune in to hear Zach's State of Eleventy and learn what's new and changed for Eleventy v2! We're also pleased to welcome new speaker Lene Saile to explore considerations for organizing the config file.
note2022 12 posts Permalink ¶
WebC, a new HTML-driven file format from Eleventy’s creator, the venerable Zach Leatherman, has very much piqued my interest, so I’m really looking forward to hearing more about it, sinking my teeth in, and starting to use it myself!
noteHappy to announce that I’ve released version 1.0.0 of Eleventy Cache Webmentions! Although it introduces some breaking changes for earlier versions, 1.0.0 makes it a lot easier to attach Webmentions to your pages as data using eleventyComputed. Check out my…
noteDelighted to be once again organising and attending State of the Browser, this year being the tenth edition and taking place at the incredible Barbican Centre in London!
noteJust updated eleventy-cache-webmentions to version 0.2.0, a shallow first attempt at making the package work with any Webmention server, not just Webmention.io.
noteI’ve got a quick little nugget of CSS to share today, a selector containing all interactive content.
noteHappy to say the sparklines are going well—pushed an update yesterday, in fact, to allow them to inherit the color of wherever they are in the DOM for the colour of the line itself. Still working on posting a bit more!…
noteThis month we're excited to have Nick Taylor show us how he does automatic syndication using Eleventy and Dev.to as a CMS. Also Ben Myers is back to show how they cloned Wordle using 11ty and edge functions!
noteWhat a pleasure to attend in-person this year!
noteDavid East will show us how async shortcodes work and Sia will preview how all the pieces would fit together for a serverless e-commerce site.
noteFinding Purpose in CSS
I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. As I like to think CSS is my strongest language (the ego on this guy, honestly), your simile with the layout of a keyboard was spot on—layout, in particular,…
noteFixed a bug in eleventy-cache-webmentions from a silly assumption I made about determining a since value to get new Webmentions when the cache exists.
note10000
It’s been nearly nine years since I last updated my website's logo, the ethereal Raven, but sixteen years since I began my journey into web development. To commemorate reaching a 5-bit milestone, this year seemed like a good one to…
note2021 8 posts Permalink ¶
This looks like an incredible line-up, and, completely predictably, I cannot wait!
noteThoroughly looking forward to attending this short meetup this evening to learn more about 11ty Serverless and the Data Cascade!
noteFun stuff I’m proud of achieving on my website recently: finished building and released eleventy-cache-webmentions as a working and publicly-avaliable Eleventy plugin, which automates retrieving and sorting of Webmentions as well as being as kind as possible to the Webmention.io API automatic…
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…
noteFinally figured out the problem with how I was caching Webmention avatars. One of those typos that got away for… maybe more than a year?…
noteAfter another year of hard work and planning, pleased to be putting on 2021’s edition of State of the Browser!
noteOver 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…
noteThere are some talks I’m immensely looking forward to this year; though, I'm sure the entire show will knock my socks off again! 🧦💨
note2020 24 posts Permalink ¶
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…
noteJoin us to close out the year with a truly global perspective on the ways that CSS is evolving
noteProgrammed 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!
note11 min ⚡️ talks on 11ty, on 11/11 Register for free here!
noteI've been going through @wesbos’ 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!
noteSAE 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!
noteWe’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…
noteUh 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…
noteJamstack conferences host speakers, workshops, and more for learning to design, develop, & deploy modern web projects. Join us online October 6–7, 2020. Register here!
noteDiscovered 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!
noteThis 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…
note🚚 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…
note📦 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/
noteEleventy is a go! Managed to migrate all of my content, pages, and a whole lot more. Article about the transition coming soon!
noteAn 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/webclerks
noteThanks 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…
noteNooo, 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?
noteFinally 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. 😬
noteFirst time going and, as usual, immensely looking forward to it!
noteI'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!
noteFirst time going and immensely looking forward to it!
noteI 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 disagree
noteShoutout to the good ol' days when @ForgottenMG, @pwiddop, @redsoniafb and I would get amazing Malaysian food for lunch as the Ninja Turtles :')
noteHey, thanks! That means a lot! 😄
note2019 40 posts Permalink ¶

Pig's Ear Beer Festival, third year going. As usual, couldn't be happier, but seriously missing @dletorey!
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🥖 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/breadsticks
noteExcited for @halfstackconf today! First conference with @dletorey where neither of us are organising too.
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@RealSnarkyPuppy at @RoyalAlbertHall last night. Unbelievable show!
noteRecently 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.
noteThat being said, I'm nearly positive you'll love it. Wes is a fantastic teacher and his enthusiasm is infectious!
noteI'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!…
noteI very highly recommend @wesbos’ course, ES6 for Everyone: https://es6.io/
noteI'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…
noteInteresting. 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…
noteReally looking forward to IndieWebCamp Brighton 2019!
noteShout-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!
noteHappy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 Hope it’s a good one, eh! 🍁
noteIt makes me so sad to see this tweet coming from this account.
note@Anonymous Do you have any ideas how to present this metadata in a way such that information doesn’t get lost?
noteBout time I show my face at Homebrew Website Club again, and, as usual, I cannot wait! Looking forward to seeing everyone again. 😄
note@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.
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…
noteI 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…
noteSo 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!
noteAnother 🐇 🕳 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/
noteNeil, 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…
noteI 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…
noteThat'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…
noteI 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…
noteUp too late, again, working on my latest rabbit hole project. So close!… but got to sleep.
noteReally enjoyed reading this—looking forward to more!
noteFantastic! That was quick! Thank you so much. 😊
noteMy username is chrisburnell
note@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 I don’t know for sure…
noteIf 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.
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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/
noteI sit on both socks.
noteLifelong Superpowers
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…
noteI 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…
noteI will be attending https://2019.indieweb.org/online My first IndieWebCamp! Can’t wait.
noteEight Years
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!
noteI’m going to the Indigenous & Micropub #hwclondon Special! 🎉 Are you? https://www.hwclondon.co.uk/meetups/20190227
noteWorks for me. Can’t wait!
noteLate 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. 😌
note2018 33 posts Permalink ¶
I am indeed! Can't wait 😀
noteIndieweb: A New Hope 🚀 meets Return of the Chris 🙌… Can’t wait to attend HWC London again!
noteSwitched 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.
noteSadly, 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…
noteI 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/
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I un-linked my Facebook account from Spotify a little less than a month ago. So here’s my year of music #SpotifyWrapped ☹️
noteSuper 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…
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Been looking forward to Pig’s Ear Beer Festival since last year. I'm in heaven.
noteAt 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. #indieweb
noteListened 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/hardwired
noteThat cuts deep. I don't even want to go there.
noteI’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.
noteAn excellent event I attended in Brighton with friends from work.
noteI’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…
noteLearned 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.
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Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁
noteBeen waiting a while for this, and boy, does it ever deliver. https://open.spotify.com/album/2MdTsQBOs71AZuqETMyLY2
noteBeen keeping track of musical albums I’ve enjoyed recently at /music. Let me know if you have any recommendations I should check out!
noteIf this makes it onto Mastodon 👋, it means my Micropub endpoint is syndicating correctly!
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On its own: 5/5. In the forest: 6/5.
noteLiving Deliberately

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…
noteDB5

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.
noteCouldn'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…
noteToday at #hwclondon I’ll be attempting to enable my Micropub endpoint to accept JSON #indieweb
noteLooking forward to this again!
noteHappy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 Have a good one eh
noteIf this makes it onto both Twitter and my website (PESOS for now), then it looks like my endpoint is working!
noteRolling my own Micropub server is proving immensely difficult. Way out of my depth. Feels good to learn, albeit slowly, though.
noteMugged
Drinking coffee out of a sub-standard mug today because some mug has taken my mug!
noteAdded Jeremy Keith’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).
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I don’t think that’s a good idea.
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noteAt my first Homebrew Website Club meetup! Planning how to roll my own micropub endpoint... #hwclondon #indieweb
note2017 8 posts Permalink ¶

Crispy Fried Noodles
noteWhoa. This ’97 beat tape from Kanye is incredible.
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Fresh keys.
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Game night! 😊
noteEvery rose has its thorn. @CodePen just crashed on me for the first time in over a year. Still using it everyday though. 😄
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This is my first Note that I'm posting and syndicating automatically!
noteAnyone using IntersectionObserver seen intersectionRatio>1? I’ve been rounding this attribute, toFixed(n), to help keep things clean.
note"Why don't you smile more?" Thanks for asking!
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