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2026

Vendor lock-in is hostile to the Fediverseoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2026

2025

YouTube is crap, so I fixed it.original ↗
31 Oct 2025
Fixing SMTP timeout issuesoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2025
DeGoogling adventures: PeerTubeoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2025
On digital hygieneoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
Let’s talk about backups.original ↗
8 Aug 2025
Altnets: the solution to slow broadband?original ↗
30 Jul 2025
Today the Online Safety Act went into full force in the UKoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2025
Joe Crawford is not my real dadoriginal ↗
23 May 2025
Poking at my <kbd>original ↗
24 Apr 2025
Fixing unresponsive headless Raspbery Pi Zerooriginal ↗
14 Apr 2025
DIY ESP32 presence detection ruined by a web developeroriginal ↗
12 Apr 2025
Building a combination smart mirror and smart speakeroriginal ↗
16 Jan 2025
How to replace Netflix and Google Photos with your own home server, part 3original ↗
7 Jan 2025
How to replace Netflix and Google Photos with your own home server, part 2original ↗
7 Jan 2025
How to replace Netflix and Google Photos with your own home server, part 1original ↗
7 Jan 2025

2024

Redesigning Mastodonoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2024
The Art Deco PCoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2024
It’s not been a good week for my Proxmox serveroriginal ↗
4 May 2024
Time for a changeoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2024
Fixing the NO_LCP error in Lighthouseoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2024
Homelab update: hardwareoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2024

2022

You can never have too much storage.original ↗
11 Oct 2022

2021

The Xbox 360original ↗
20 Jul 2021

2019

Rebuilding my PCoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2019

2017

The cobbler’s children have no shoesoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2017

2015

Automatically marking HTTPS linksoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2015

2013

On Forums, and why they’re a Good Thingoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2013

2012

Local WordPress development with a better wp-config.phporiginal ↗
31 Oct 2012
Why your business needs a websiteoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2012
Load JQuery from Google’s CDN with local fallback in WordPressoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2012

2011

Setting up the Perfect Web Development Environment, Part 2original ↗
25 Sept 2011
Setting up the Perfect Web Development Environment, Part 1original ↗
18 Sept 2011
Adaptive Content (with a dash of jQuery)original ↗
27 Jul 2011
Your Client Does Not Know More than Youoriginal ↗
1 May 2011
April Fool’s Day, 2011: best of the weboriginal ↗
1 Apr 2011
On Responsive Design, Grids and the Golden Canon of Web Page Constructionoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2011
Ideas of Marchoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2011
It’s Rebecca Black Friday, and the Internet Goes Wildoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2011
Skype Annoyancesoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2011
Web Fonts, Anti-Aliasing and @font-faceoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2011
Self-Assessment: a taxing experienceoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2011

2010

Localhost slowdown: cracking poor performance in TortoiseSVN and Zend Serveroriginal ↗
28 Dec 2010
WordPress Multisite table helloriginal ↗
27 Dec 2010
The Real WTF is…original ↗
27 Oct 2010
On Interfaces, Plugins and the finer points of Application Designoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2010
Twitter gets a facelift: the new Twitter interface deconstructedoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2010
Installing and Configuring SVNServe and TortoiseSVN on Windowsoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2010
Social Media Marketing: You’re Doing It Wrongoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2010
Improving the User Experience with Browser Sniffing: UX Tips for a Better Websiteoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2010
When plagiarism doesn’t pay: the story of Matt Earnshaw, David Airey and Jon Hicksoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2010
Mistyped URL? Duplicate content? .htaccess and mod_rewrite to the rescueoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2010
TLA Confusion = Comprehension FUBARoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2010

2009

On the Importance of a Coding Standardoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2009

2008

Parsed, tenseoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2008
XP SP3original ↗
26 Jun 2008

2007

(For the sake of tradition) Hello, world!original ↗
10 Dec 2007

2005

Time I took a look at getting this thing off the ground again.original ↗
31 Aug 2005

2004

It seems I’ve cocked up the layout slightly in my mucking about with ems and relative sizing.original ↗
19 Nov 2004
Redesign progressoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2004