I’ve read a lot of articles in the past week about folks kind of discovering working from home and telecommuting for the first time as a serious thing. I’m finding myself eye-rolling at some troubles folks are having – but then I remember I’ve been doing this for over 12 years. I’ve all but forgotten […]
Done with Google’s Feed
For the past year or so, I’ve been using Google’s Discover feed from my phone’s home screen for part of my daily news habit. It’s been mostly okay and often relevant. But, little paper cuts have finally hit my annoyance threshold.
I ❤️ Glitch
Lately, when I start tinkering with a side project, I reach for Glitch.
Generating a Firefox static theme from a web page
Folks would like to export their themes from Firefox Color as standalone theme add-ons. These can be submitted to AMO and allow for further advanced tinkering not supported by the theme editor in Color. Up until today, I was thinking that we’d need to do this with server-side code like an AWS Lambda function. But, with more due diligence, I realized all the pieces exist to make this happen completely in the browser.
Insultron2000 is here to serve!
It was a rainy, chilly day this past Sunday. I had been meaning to work on Picodon. But I was feeling low enthusiasm for that project. So, I spun my Wheel of Side Projects. It landed on “ActivityPub insult bot”–a similar theme but it felt like something I could actually get working in a day. So, Insultron2000 was born!
When Yak Shaving is The Point
I’ve been working on some side projects lately. I feel good about that. But, I usually don’t finish them. I feel bad about that. I always feel bad about that. But, maybe I shouldn’t be so hard on myself.