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• Mark Rogers
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• Mark Rogers
The surprising variety of national flag dimensions
Updated July 21, 2026, to include Vatican City, Togo and Niger.
A pet peeve of mine is seeing flags with the wrong dimensions. Maybe I should learn to move on, but I can’t help it.
Designers with a love for visual consistency are quite happy to show you every country’s flag ...
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• Mark Rogers
Explore the hundreds of articles I have posted over the years
I’ve decided that Archive sounds dry and musty. It’s a rare reader who would venture into a section of a blog called Archive.
So I’m rebranding to Explore.
All my hundreds of post titles are still listed by date and you can click on them to read the articles.
But you can als...
Newsonaut
• Mark Rogers
A design trap at the playground
Sign at a playground
A design trap is when you start off with what seems like a good idea, then cling to it even when it obviously isn’t working.
It appears that happened with this sign. I have obscured the name of the local body that made it because they had good in...
Newsonaut
• Mark Rogers
Your metablogging is awesome
Re: Your Metablogging is Lame as Hell
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Are you an enthusiastic newcomer to blogging? Write about it!
Do you have tips and tricks that other bloggers might like? Tell us about them!
Did you learn something about blogging that you feel needs to be told? Share it!
Are you blogging about blogging because you think it’s a good way to get attention on Bubbles or Bear Discover? Well, that is kind of annoying. But I’ll read it anyway!
Newsonaut
• Mark Rogers
The search symbol that needs only seven characters
Back in the day, reporters would record their phone interviews by attaching a suction cup to the back of the earpiece part of the handset. It was attached by wire to a machine that did the recording.
You can still buy them.
There was a time when their use was widespread enou...
Newsonaut
• Mark Rogers
The many ways to explore blog posts from personal sites
I have a new page in the main navigation, but it took me three tries to give it a name that seemed right.
It’s basically a list of links to feeds that allow you to explore and discover blog posts from independent, personal websites.
In my opinion, you’ll find lots more inter...
Newsonaut
• Mark Rogers
Learning to write on your own is good exercise for your mind
There’s a steep hill at the end of the block that goes through a park with a nice view of the city. It’s the equivalent of about six blocks long.
At one time, I would be huffing and puffing by the time I got to the top. If my wife was with me, I would jokingly tell her to le...
Newsonaut
• Mark Rogers
My 11ty experiment has turned into a time travel story
I took another stab at creating an 11ty site, and this time succeeded. Not only that, but I’ve decided to grow the Neocities blog I made into a work of fiction complete with story and character arc.
There are many 11ty tutorials, but the one that caught my eye was this one f...