brucelawson

brucelawson, 6 months ago to random

Good to see that the day after David Cameron, the man who gave us Brexit and austerity, returned to government the news is about 2 million UK households unqplugging fridges to save money, kids working Deliveroo, and UK to loosen post-Brexit chemical regulations further.

brucelawson, 7 months ago to random

Is there an 11ty plugin that replicates the HTML outlining algorithm that will calculate & rewrite the 'real' heading levels of <h1>s etc nested in <sections> at build time?

brucelawson, 4 months ago to random

I wrote a small note on Apple, the DMA, and malicious compliance https://brucelawson.co.uk/2024/apple-and-malicious-compliance/

brucelawson, 6 months ago to random

Happy Diwali, to chums who celebrate it. Let us hope for peace and light for everyone in the world.

brucelawson, 4 months ago to random

Delighted to read that AudioEye has dropped its ludicrous lawsuit against @aardrian and "agreed to make a financial contribution of no less than $10,000 to National Federation for the Blind". Hopefully they will also send Adrian on a lovely 2 month holiday and pay for every punk gig he ever wants to attend (plus beers), to apologise. He's truly one of the best people in the accessibility world. https://adrianroselli.com/2024/01/audioeye-has-dropped-its-suit-against-me.html

brucelawson, 4 months ago to random

I've been working with that there @sil on a translations infrastructure for a CMS. We needed more precison than just "en", "fr" etc for languages, for zh-hk etc. "are the language codes always xx[-yy] ?" he asked me. "Yeah", I replied like a n00b. Today I checked then spec (BCP 47):

brucelawson, 6 months ago to random

I mixed up the word "jacuzzi" with "yakuza".
Now I'm in hot water with the Japanese mafia.

brucelawson, 6 months ago to random

I got a fab Humpty Dumpty figurine in Aldi. It comes with Aldi King's horses, and Aldi king's men.

brucelawson, 4 months ago to random

German fascists held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss a “masterplan” for mass deportations to an unnamed state in northern Africa that would provide space for up to 2 million people, in the event of the party coming to power. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/10/politicians-from-germany-afd-met-extremist-group-to-discuss-deportation-masterplan

brucelawson, 7 months ago to random

How much battery does rendering your website require? "One fundamental problem that homeless and vulnerable people currently face is the issue of recharging their devices. Many homeless people put themselves in danger in order to access power for their devices, trespassing private property and using outdoor power sockets… This puts them at risk of altercations, violence, or even arrest." (PDF: https://thamesreach.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Lemos-and-Crane-Empowerinh-Digital-Technology.pdf)

brucelawson, 6 months ago to random

As I prepare to handoff a new headless CMS system for fast and accessible sites to my chums at Barnardo's, I was explaining some of my architectural choices to colleagues. My 2006 'Constitution for a new website' still succinctly lays down the law, 17 years later! https://brucelawson.co.uk/2006/constitution-of-a-new-website/

brucelawson, 8 months ago to random

EU has named Safari and Chrome as "core services" that Apple and Google must not self-preference in EU. Weirdly, iPad OS is not on the list. https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/6/23859570/european-union-commission-digital-markets-act-gatekeepers-apple-google-meta-microsoft

brucelawson, 4 months ago to random

A fascinating article evoking the recent, but bygone milieu of 70s London https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/jan/23/nicholas-saunders-forgotten-genius-changed-british-food

brucelawson, 6 months ago to random

What's everyone using these days to manage their CSS, make sure it's hard to write clashing styles but reduced unused CSS on any given page? I prefer not BEM style convention-only things. Are CSS Layers + a convention good? Any 11ty-friendly build tools?

brucelawson, 8 months ago to random

MI5 are looking for a Senior Accessibility Specialist https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3725568765/ You could be SC007: The Spy who Audited Me.

brucelawson, 7 months ago to random

""In medieval Europe executioners also taxed lepers and prostitutes, and controlled gaming houses. They were also in charge of the latrines and cesspools, and disposing of animal carcasses." < a precursor to 'full stack developer' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executioner

brucelawson, 7 months ago to random

The Sad Bastard Cookbook: "Life is hard. Some days are at the absolute limit of what we can manage. Some days are worse than that. Eating—picking a meal, making it, putting it into your facehole—can feel like an insurmountable challenge. We wrote this cookbook to share our coping strategies." https://traumbooks.itch.io/the-sad-bastard-cookbook

brucelawson, 7 months ago to random

This is the felonious feline bastard who stole my Turkish meatball last week in Goreme. There's a 125 Lire reward for his capture.

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brucelawson, 8 months ago to random

" We must hold CEOs accountable in the same way that we do their employees or dissolve the role entirely. A chief executive must meaningfully contribute in a way that is measurable and delivers clear value for the company. Failing that, I would argue that the opaque role of the CEO should be the first one to be replaced by artificial intelligence.” https://www.businessinsider.com/ceo-replace-ai-job-employees-executives-save-money-salary-2023-9

brucelawson, 7 months ago to random

This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/1082189/data-poisoning-artists-fight-generative-ai/
The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.

brucelawson, 8 months ago to random

So, goodbye,
Dan Wootton.
Off you fuck,
to be forgootton.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/sep/27/why-laurence-fox-turned-on-dan-wootton-gb-news-rant-apology

brucelawson, 6 months ago to random

Despite what the knuckle-draggers claim, most Brits are positive about immigration: "The latest poll, for 2022, shows that for the first time a majority of respondents thought immigration was very positive for the UK economy (59% ranking between seven and 10), enriched the country’s cultural life (58%), and made the country a better place to live (56%)." https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/03/most-british-people-hold-positive-view-of-immigration-survey-reveals

brucelawson, 8 months ago to random

Digital Accessibility Manager job at Citizens Advice Bureau https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/citizensadvice/Job/JobDetail?JobId=2153

brucelawson, 8 months ago to random

Farewell, Molly Holzschlag https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090523_molly_holzschlag/tucsons-molly-holzschlag-known-as-the-fairy-godmother-web-dead-60/

brucelawson, 6 months ago to random

Lots of Righties are wetting their pants that some people want to demonstrate for a ceasefire so close to a day that commemorates a ceasefire.