I compare three different approaches to minifying HTML.| alexwlchan.net
If you're using an image as your background, remember to set a fallback colour as well, especially if you're in dark mode.| alexwlchan
While trying to add some simple overlay labels, I stumbled into a sharp edge of a complex CSS feature called "stacking contexts".| alexwlchan
I've simplified the palette, changed the font, and given several elements a more consistent visual appearance.| alexwlchan
Since I posted my thoughts on the collapse of Unbound, author, journalist and drinks historian Henry Jeffreys has written about his experiences as an Unbound author in The Critic. His article, Balancing the books, provides some evidence of things I speculated about in my post, in particular the way Unbound co-founder John Mitchinson seems to […]| What I Think About When I Think About Reading
This is an opinion. I’ve provided links to information available online, most of which is open to interpretation due to a lack of transparency on the part of the main actors. I’m not ac…| What I Think About When I Think About Reading
I don’t write this blog in the same style that I write my academic papers. I guess that’s obvious. Different audiences, different purposes. Sometimes people ask me about the differences betwe…| patter
Here’s what I’ve written over at the new site recently: Happy 400th Thanksgiving from EWED Inflation: Get Concrete, Get Specific Starship: Quantity has a Quality of its own Gi…| Pursuit of Truthiness
For the next few months I’ll be guest blogging at Economist Writing Every Day. My first post there just went live, check it out: Bad Jobs Exist| Pursuit of Truthiness