Misc

Cross-posting to My Socials

Looking to start blogging and using the socials a bit more these days. Trying out Bluesky, Twitter, and Mastodon again – figured I’d give my new cross-posting to social services a shot. LinkedIn, Twitter, and Mastodon are all using Buffer’s auto-post plugin for WordPress called WP to Buffer, which sends out auto-magically when new posts […]

Japanese vintage original woodblock print in navy.

Favorite Haiku

Over the years, I’ve collected some haiku poems that speak to me personally. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. On nature Wind lifting the quail tracks with the snow. Nasira Alma Autumn. Turning off the radio to listen. Ernest J. Berry Late afternoon. The porch icicle lit from within. Ernest J. […]

Mount Fuji From Mizukubo (1932) print in high resolution by Hiroaki Takahashi. Original from The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

You Don’t Need College?

Taking a quick break from my web captions series as I work through bug review with Mozilla, and also happen to be on kid duty this evening. I wanted to share a bit about my journey as a designer to encourage those that either may not have the resources for college, don’t want student debt, […]

Head of a rabbit (1821) drawing in high resolution by Jean Bernard. Original from the Rijksmuseum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

New CSS Hacks to Target Safari

While trying to create a new scalable way to support Dynamic Type on iOS devices, I ran into a snag where it also affected Desktop Safari font sizes. After playing around, I came up with what I believe to be new Safari and iOS CSS targeting hacks. /* iOS browsers */ @supports(font:-apple-system-body) and (-webkit-touch-callout:default){} […]

Cerfs from L'animal dans la décoration (1897) illustrated by Maurice Pillard Verneuil. Original from the The New York Public Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

State of the site 2021

Last year I started this site back up again as a place for me to post content. I’ve posted about random thoughts, design, accessibility, tips & tricks, or processes that work for me. I’d like to reflect on the state of the site so far for 2021. Goals for the state of the site 2021 […]

Rain Landscape (1911) drawing in high resolution by Wassily Kandinsky. Original from The MET Museum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

Live Finally

After years offline and relying on 3rd party social media, my site is finally back online! Why I’m Back The independent web is dying. Massive (and helpful) services such as a Google, Facebook, Cloudflare, Medium, and so on are consuming everything. While this does create some ubiquity on the web, it presents a few concerning […]