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rachelandrew

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Content lead for Chrome DevRel at Google. Opinions (and cats) my own.

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My office this morning as I start the trek to . Happy to see BA have reinstated the old work area in the Concorde Room and designated it a quiet zone.

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And my office in the sky, courtesy of an operational upgrade to First Class.

rachelandrew, to CSS
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There's been a lot of discussion about masonry in CSS recently. I wrote about the Chrome team's proposal to help clarify why we have concerns with bundling masonry in with grid, and to show that a separate spec doesn't mean fewer features. https://developer.chrome.com/blog/masonry

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I know weird opinion, but if it’s “Chrome only” it’s not the Web.

It’s Flash, but worse.

rachelandrew,
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@jamie @thomasfuchs As the person responsible for Chrome developer content, if that happens on one of our sites, it's a mistake. There are clear guidelines about what a "web standard" or "on the standards track" means, and I try to make sure they are used correctly.

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Today's running mission was to find bluebells and wild garlic. We succeeded, though we got very wet and muddy in the process! Shout out to my running buddy who brought tupperware on a run to collect garlic.

A wide angle shot of tall trees in a wood.
Close up of bluebells next to a mossy tree.
Bluebells and wild garlic.

rachelandrew,
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@DavidDarnes Up behind Long Ashton golf club. Feels like the middle of nowhere but is just up the hill from Bedminster.

paul, to random
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The popover API lands in Baseline

Exciting update for web developers - the popover API has landed in all modern browser engines. This will allow developers to more easily create contextual overlays on their sites. I'm looking forward to seeing the creative ways devs leverage this new capability to enhance user experiences.

https://web.dev/blog/popover-api?hl=en

rachelandrew,
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@brucelawson @paul DevRel loves a bit of leveraging, I'm constantly removing the word from content destined for our sites.

Meyerweb, to random
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Reality is being written by a malfunctioning Markov chain generator.

(Hat tip: @cstross)

rachelandrew,
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@Meyerweb @cstross That's a regular day in Somerset. That's just down the road from me.

mia, to random
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Good morning. I woke up in this place. I guess I live here now.

So far we're rolling with a 'stacked boxes' aesthetic.

rachelandrew,
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@mia Oooh it looks like a great space. Maybe you can find some old photos of the front when it was a store.

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Some thoughts about having aphantasia, the inability to create images in your mind. https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2024/04/21/on-having-no-visual-memory/

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Well, it appears our ‘big car’ is fucked, and even if I want to spend the £3-4k I'm being quoted to fix it, I can't find anyone to do the work for months (timing chains = big job).

A lot of new & used cars are so bloody expensive and ugly/unexciting at the moment, and wondering if this is the time to finally make the leap to an EV. We do a lot of miles from Oxfordshire to Glasgow and back, and wonder if the infrastructure is there yet in the UK.

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@jonhicks I have a Hyundai Ioniq which I love, infrastructure is better than it was, you need to plan where to stop but it's not too difficult.

rachelandrew, to random
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Facebook seems to be suggesting I share a new x-ray.

zachleat, to random
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you pay for the health insurance for your teeth separately—practically speaking your teeth are out of network from your body

rachelandrew,
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@zachleat It's the same in the UK. While there are NHS dentists (if you are able to find one) most people pay for (NHS or private) dentistry, and vision. Which is wild especially given several cancers and other issues are picked up by dentists and opticians.

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The cats have discovered a hole in a raised bed which I think is made by rats. Not sure what to do about that. Get in a rat catcher? Just accept I own rats now?

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Been getting all up in the sky again, after a reasonable amount of standing about pointing at clouds.

View from inside a glider just after takeoff. The orange to g plane is towing.

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A little post to mark the official end of the company I began in 2001. Just a few words because, unusually for me, I can't figure out what I really want to say. https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2024/03/23/closing-time/

rachelandrew,
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@scottjenson I've had people report this before and I have no idea why, it's just WordPress.

jonhicks, (edited ) to random
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‘The Mortimiser' is something I’ve been chipping away at for a few months now.

It uses the Bob Mortimer naming formula of ordinary first name with a noun/nonsense/mundane word. Who will you be today? Kenneth Warhammer? Agnes Buttery?

That's all it does. Nothing fancy!

https://hicks.design/else/mortimiser

rachelandrew,
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@jonhicks This could be put into excellent service as a name generator for animals up for adoption at rescue centres. Who wouldn't want to adopt a cat called Tim Tetrapack or Bob Console Error?

rachelandrew,
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@jonhicks To be honest I'm now considering getting another cat purely so I can call it Bob Console Error.

rachelandrew, to random
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My soup maker packed up. I use it all the time to make lunch, so I thought I'd get a new one. What is going on at Morphy Richards that they sell this many different soup makers?

I mean, one is even called the "perfect" soup maker. Once you have the perfect one, why not stop selling all the other similarly priced ones? https://www.morphyrichards.co.uk/collections/soup-makers

rachelandrew,
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Maybe this is how you get promoted when you work for an appliance manufacturer. Invent a new soup maker.

rachelandrew,
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@yatil Soup makers are great. I just chuck whatever random veg are lurking in my fridge into the thing, turn it on, 30 minutes later soup! And they have a keep warm function, so I can go start it off whenever is convenient and go get my soup in a break between meetings etc.

rachelandrew,
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I think I might pass on the "Perfect Soup Maker" and go for "Total Control". Which magazine seems to rate that one, and I feel I want to be in control of my soup. I don't want my "perfect" soup rampaging round the kitchen and scaring the cats while I'm in a meeting.

rachelandrew, to random
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Sad that A Book Apart will no longer be publishing new titles. They were a very special publisher. It's great that the back catalog will still be available to buy though.

https://abookapart.com/blogs/press/a-new-chapter-for-a-book-apart

rachelandrew,
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A Book Apart did for technical publishing what An Event Apart did on the stage. They gave new ideas space. It's very rare, most of the time people want you to write or speak about the latest popular thing. I was very lucky to be part of both, and the industry has benefited massively from their vision and their trust in the authors and speakers they worked with.

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