Weeknotes - w/c 27th May 2019
My notes from the week, including an HTML attribute I didn't know about and my performance at an open mic night.
Journal
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Reading List - 30th May 2019
This week's hot Frontend web dev links
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Alcohol Free
I've knocked the booze on the head, so here's a look at some of the non-alcoholic beers I've been enjoying (or not).
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A dream about my Grandad
I had a lovely dream last night about my Grandad, who we lost about 20 years ago. He was a popular man and whilst not without his flaws, he was a hero of mine. I admired him greatly.
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My Photo Highlights of 2017
It's New Year's Eve, 2017 and, as I sipped my morning coffee, I spent some time looking through my photo album and reflecting on the year. This year has definitely had its ups and downs for me, but the downs aren't represented at all in my camera roll. I only seem to capture the highs, and frankly I don't think that's a problem.
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Aggregate 100
I took part in the Aggregate 100 last weekend. A 100km gravel enduro race comprising four timed stages of varying (but I’m assured atypically long) distances, each over the hilly and at times pretty technical off-road course on the bridleways, singletracks and forest roads of the North York Moors.
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A box full of loose bricks and partially dismantled spaceships
I’m currently somewhere near the middle of a huge project I've undertaken at work. A total refactor of the web app's CSS. Over the 6 or so years we've been working on the product, the CSS codebase has grown bigger and messier as we’ve added features and redesigned certain aspects. When features have been built on a tight deadline, refactoring old CSS to fix specificity clashes has been pretty low on the list of priorities, and so the number and length of selectors has grown.
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I don't know my place on the web anymore
I’ve been thinking recently about my ‘web presence’. I don’t blog anymore. I haven’t in years. I’d like to get back into it but I suffer from the same problem I always have - whilst I enjoy writing, I don’t really feel like I have anything to write about.
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Twenty Twelve
I've been thinking back on the year. What an amazing 12 months it's been for me.
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Jet2 Flight LS477 - Leeds to Las Palmas
After half of a fairly fitful night's sleep the opening strains of The Band's Cripple Creek burst from the alarm clock like a slate sliding down the roof. We are awake and ready to go on holiday. A few final items are packed, teeth brushed and we're on the road, riding through the dark to West Yorkshire for a departure from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.