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Scripting News ●

Video demo of the new categories editor in WordLand. I wanted to be able to add new categories and edit the descriptions of existing categories without having to leave WordLand. I feel that categories are an important part of writing. It will be in v0.5.12, coming shortly.

Adactio ●

A tiny taxonomy of meetings

Meetings can be frustrating. But they don’t have to be. A lot of the frustration comes from unmet expectations. You go into the meeting expecting one outcome, and when it doesn’t materialise, you declare the meeting a waste of time. But had you gone into that same meeting w...

Manuel Moreale ●
• Manuel Moreale

Web Accessibility. Help needed.

This is the current situation: I’ve been working as a freelance web dev for almost 15 years at this point and as a one-man-show it’s goddamn hard to stay on top of everything. Browsers are constantly evolving, specs are constantly evolving, the tools we use—or we’re supposed...

Chris Aldrich Updates instantly via WebSub. ●
• Chris Aldrich

Yellow Royal FP on a dining room table next to a blue vase full of yellow flowers. In the background we see a book case with some books and ceramics on it. A framed yellowed map hangs on the wall in the background.
Spring flowers next to the 1961 Royal FP typewriter.

Manton Reece ●

Mavs fans needed a win after losing Luka. Happy for them. And Spurs with the second pick… Amazing. Going to enjoy reading the conspiracy theories about this one. 🏀

Manton Reece ●

From a “lunch with” profile of Sam Altman in the Financial Times:

I find Altman brimming with confidence as our conversation ranges from AI products to the existential question of an AI future that a handful of optimistic technologists are steadily leading us to, whether we like it or not. Radiating ambition, he sounds like a man convinced of his own destiny.

Perhaps you have to be a little overconfident to attempt this. Meanwhile most people are upset that Sam uses the wrong kind of expensive olive oil.

James' Coffee Blog
• James' Coffee Blog

The blank whiteboard

When I am motivated to make new things, my whiteboard becomes a living space. I jot down notes day and night: things I want to do, ideas I want to explore, phrases that come to mind. The ideas I am ready to turn into reality — wireframes, essay ideas, website thoughts — “grad...

Manton Reece ●

It’s that time of year again when I realize I’ve let Redis memory get completely out of hand, 45+ GB, so forking to save is mostly impossible. Think I’m going to take some time to truly trim out the bloat.

Scripting News ●

Google may be forced, for the public good, to sell Chrome, or spin it off as an independent company. Who would you want it not sold to? If it were independent how would it make enough money to maintain the software? What should change? What should not?

Scripting News ●

There must be a group of librarians somewhere exploring ChatGPT-like products as a completely new library experience.