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@adactio@mastodon.social

Mediocre middle-aged white man from Ireland living in Brighton, England working with Clearleft.

I play traditional Irish music on mandolin and I play slide bouzouki in the band Salter Cane.

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MoritzGiessmann, to random
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@adactio I noticed your site adactio.com serves different content on your feed url depending on how you visit it. A website in the browser, the feed content when using curl. I like the idea of explaining feeds to people who don’t know how to use them. I’d love to know how you implemented this, since it seems like a very good idea.

adactio,
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@MoritzGiessmann I use this XSL file to style the RSS feed: https://github.com/genmon/aboutfeeds/blob/main/tools/pretty-feed-v3.xsl

adactio, to random
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  1. When publishing an article on the web, avoid padding it with unnecessary words.
  2. A picture is worth 1000 words.

Therefore, the best editing you can do is to remove a picture (especially if it's stock photography or AI slop).

🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/21173

Edent, to books
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I'm trying to read "Soul of a New Machine".

Two chapters in and it just feels… dull.

A fairly bland corporate biography - almost a hagiography.

Does it get better / more interesting?

adactio,
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@Edent Nope. Here’s what I wrote after reading it:

https://adactio.com/journal/16272

“No matter how you dress it up, it’s a chronicle of a bunch of guys—and oh, boy, are they guys—making a commercial computer. Testosterone and solder—not my cup of tea.”

adactio, to random
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Journal: InstAI

I object.

🔗https://adactio.com/journal/21156

adactio, to random
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On the web, JavaScript should only do what only JavaScript can do.

🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/21154

adactio, to random
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Journal: Speculation rules and fears

Browser are user agents, not developer agents.

🔗https://adactio.com/journal/21149

adactio, to random
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Journal: Fluid

Going from delight to default in one straight line.

🔗https://adactio.com/journal/21146

adactio, to random
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Journal: Speculation rules

A performance boost in Chrome.

🔗https://adactio.com/journal/21139

adactio, to random
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Today is a good day to revisit this episode of the Clearleft podcast with @cassiecodes, @tink, and @laura:

https://podcast.clearleft.com/season02/episode03/

🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/21134

DavidDarnes, to random
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question: Who are you reading, watching or listening to when you want to know more about Web Components?

adactio,
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@DavidDarnes

I like the cut of these people’s respective jibs:

adactio, to random
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Journal: Baseline progressive enhancement

If a browser feature can be used as a progressive enhancement, you don’t have to wait for all browsers to support it.

🔗https://adactio.com/journal/21128

jonhicks, (edited ) to random
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Apple Music Top 100, first 10!

  1. Robyn - Body Talk 🙂 🎧
  2. Eagles - Hotel California 🙂
  3. Travis Scott - Astroworld 😴 🎧
  4. Rage against the Machine 👍
  5. Lorde - Pure heroine 😐 🎧
  6. Usher - Confessions 😖 ⏭️ 🎧
  7. Burial - Untrue 😍
  8. Solange - A Seat at the Table 🤗 🎧
  9. Tyler the Creator - Flower Boy 😐 🎧
  10. George Michael - Listen with Prejudice 😫 🎧

Enjoyed Solange, but others felt like a slog!

🎧=First time listening

#applemusic100

adactio,
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@jonhicks 😮

adactio, to random
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Journal: Germanity

A trip back to the Black Forest.

🔗https://adactio.com/journal/21122

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