Hi Folks,Normally we'd deliver quick bits to you, as we do every Friday. Today however, we are essentially closed for business; standing in solidarity with the people of Minnesota and all people…

Tools I've used in my tech life that help my son in school…

This post is another installment of the series dedicated to building sightread.org. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. When I was writing the last blog post, it occurred to me that I'm still optimizing images by ha…

This guy built an autonomous flying umbrella (powered by drones) that automagically follows you around in the rain. (A possible counter to a personal raincloud?)…

It’s no secret that newspapers across the country exist in a fragile ecosystem. Automattic has long supported journalism and local media with investments in publications and platforms like Longread…

Towards the end of 2025, I wrote: I think I might change things up in 2026. Instead of waiting until the end of the year to write all the little reviews at once, I think I should write a review…

Me, Stacey, and Miriam kicking it talkabout about CSS Scope & Mixins: Daniel and I chattin’ about playing the long game…

Jason Santa Maria’s new independent design practice has a great name and a great logo, befitting the quality and character of his work. And the site, an appropriately simple introduction,…

Early last year I ventured out on my own again, taking on contract design work after a long stretch away. Not long after, I settled on a name to work under, and now I’m excited to share th…

2,545 feet of elevation gain, microspikes, and age. Jen and I are ascending. The hike starts immediately with it. This was tougher than the last time. That last time was seven and a half…

Read the book, Typographic Firsts Velocity is an attention-grabbing all-caps sans serif with horizontally tight letterforms that prioritize compactness without feeling cramped. Its high degree of curv…

You can make cool beveled, rounded, notched, scooped, and elliptical borders with the new CSS corner-shape property!…

There was an excellent in-store performance from Kula Shaker at Truck Oxford tonight. They played songs from the new album Wormslayer: ‘Lucky Number‘, ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’, ‘Be Merc…

I got a lot of ideas for side projects rattling around in the old tin can. As part of my “No new projects” initiative, I’m trying to jump on building prototypes so I can decide if I want to expl…