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James' Coffee Blog
16 Aug 20:06 • James' Coffee Blog

Golden

Look at the hills! I remark every week at a particular point on a journey through the countryside. They span for miles, I think to myself. The scene is awesome, in the traditional sense of the word. On a bright, clear night like tonight there is often a slight haze above the ...

James' Coffee Blog
16 Aug 20:06 • James' Coffee Blog

Between

On the bus this morning, I listened to an album by Death Cab for Cutie, a band whose music I enjoy. As the songs passed by, I noticed there were occasionally small pauses at the end of a track. A few seconds – no more than four or five – but enough to feel that this pause may...

Matthias Ott
16 Aug 19:18

Alright, VfB! Let’s do Chrystal Palace things! 😁🤍❤️

James' Coffee Blog
16 Aug 09:22 • James' Coffee Blog

An incremental migration

I recently moved to using Ghost to manage the posts and pages on my website. With Ghost, I now have a user-friendly web interface in which I can format my blog posts and pages. I am especially enjoying the ease with which I can upload images. When I publish a page, a webhook ...

James' Coffee Blog
16 Aug 09:22 • James' Coffee Blog

Morning web weaving

This morning I have been doing a bit of work on my website. With a cup of coffee by my side, I have worked on something that I have had on my TODO list all week but haven’t gotten around to: enabling incremental builds for my static website. This feature means that whenever I...

Matthias Ott
15 Aug 09:15

Do you use Shiki (https://shiki.matsu.io) or Prism (https://prismjs.com) for syntax highlighting?

I’ve been using Prism on my site for years now – any reasons for why it could make sense to switch?

Matthias Ott
14 Aug 15:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwskv2G0X8A

Matthias Ott
14 Aug 09:24

So they are really trying to replace the Dollar with crypto, huh? 🧐 That’ll be quite the change …

Matthias Ott
14 Aug 00:03

Dave Grohl’s Sound City documentary is pretty amazing! 🥁🎸😍
(And there’s even the real Rupert Neve in it.)

James' Coffee Blog
13 Aug 18:04 • James' Coffee Blog

Dates in notebooks

The first thing I would write in my notebook at the start of a class in school was the date, followed by a title. The date was among the only text that would occupy the margin. Dates helped me find information. Memories of writing dates in notebooks came to me this week when...

James' Coffee Blog
12 Aug 08:09 • James' Coffee Blog

A foggy morning

When I woke up, the hills outside were mostly invisible through the fog. A thick haze – an autumn fog – enveloped the landscape. In these moments, my mind turns to what is immediately in front of me – the trees. The trees are starting to change colour, I thought to myself. Wi...

James' Coffee Blog
11 Aug 20:48 • James' Coffee Blog

Digital, physical

When the Internet Phone Book was released, it came up in several calls I was in. I had a copy of the book on the table next to me so that I could bring it out. Knowing that some people may not have seen the book – or heard of the project – showing the physical copy had signif...

James' Coffee Blog
11 Aug 20:48 • James' Coffee Blog

Collaborative web weaving

At last week’s Homebrew Website Club, we had a discussion about making websites collaboratively. The discussion made me think back to the time when several participants all edited the same web page at the same time. The setup was an Etherpad – a web-based collaborative text d...

James' Coffee Blog
11 Aug 20:48 • James' Coffee Blog

What is the web equivalent?

Interface design is intertwined with real-world metaphors. Computers save information to files. Files are stored in folders. We can open one or more windows to view different applications. We put files we no longer want into the rubbish bin (trash can). While looking for more...

Matthias Ott
09 Aug 19:57

Where is #CSS subflex when you need it? 😁

Matthias Ott
06 Aug 18:15

Edit: Even More Synths! 🥳

https://matthiasott.com/notes/best-free-synthesizer-vst-plugins-in-2025

James' Coffee Blog
06 Aug 14:09 • James' Coffee Blog

Worth watching, asking, knowing, doing, repeating

I was featured in Dense Discovery’s Worthy Five series, in which participants are invited to share five things that are worth seeing/doing/watching/asking, et cetera. Dense Discovery is among my favourite weekly newsletters. I recommend subscribing! When I write for other s...

James' Coffee Blog
06 Aug 14:09 • James' Coffee Blog

Browser extensions I use

I have been thinking a lot about tech tips lately. How should I document the tools I use or configurations I have that improve my experience using technology? While I think about this, I wanted to start by publishing a list of browser extensions I use. I use Firefox every d...

Tantek Çelik
06 Aug 02:27

Finished the #Skyline50k #trailRace in 9:34:51 yesterday! My 3rd best 50k, and first 50k in over two years since the Marin Ultra Challenge 50k in 2023.It was quite the journey to get back here, and a lot went well in this race. From training to preparing and planning, the tem...

James' Coffee Blog
05 Aug 22:15 • James' Coffee Blog

Coffee conversations

Inspired by Ben, Zachary and Courtney, I’m going to make an offer: join me for a virtual coffee chat! For the next two weeks, I’m going to keep 9am - 11am UK time on Wednesdays (excluding August 6th) and 6pm - 7pm UK time on Thursdays open for coffee chats. We can chat about: ArtPoetryMaking websitesThe future of the webDesigning technologyInterface designYour favourite Taylor Swift songOr just say hello! If you’d like to chat, feel free to email me at readers@jamesg.blog with the time that works best. I’ll send over a calendar and Zoom invite in which we can meet. I look forward to saying hi!