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I have two little kids, and one of the best things I’ve done for them this year is hosting taste tests. Anytime I’m at a store or market and see different varieties of something affordable, like apples Ill buy one of each. Then, when I get home, the whole family joins in a big, elaborate taste test

Cant wait to get my hands on a PS5 Pro. Hearing many great things about it already. Money is a little tight at the moment with a lot of birthdays and Christmas coming up so will try and get one in January/February. https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/11/mind-boggling-horizon-forbidden-west-has-the-best-console-image-quality-ever-on-ps5-pro

If you’re in London, there’s a lot of art to see this winter! 🎨👏 https://theglossarymagazine.com/arts-culture/london-art-exhibitions/

Who else is tinkering with the bluesky app to improve it? (non-bluesky employees) [contains quote post or other embedded content]

📝 Testing HTML With Modern CSS (With modern CSS selectors, you can do almost all your accessibility and best practice testing in CSS itself.) https://heydonworks.com/article/testing-html-with-modern-css/

I've seen too many talks about AI that are gushing praise, or doom and gloom. @tink.bsky.social gave an amazing balanced talk on the practical uses, and pitfalls of AI and accessibility. #ffconf

“Fix My Code was confident, but incorrect…” #FFConf Sounds like the guy who shows up in my twiiter mentions

all in

my main “bluesky tip” is simply — like and follow posts and people you enjoy seeing in your feed, and “show less” what you don’t enjoy. “training” Discover algorithm takes annoyingly long for now — but it does get more specific with time, and the team will be making it more responsive. data helps.

it's 2024 and we're still educating people on the ethics of reusing other people's work thought we were meant to have flying cars by now

I love learning color theory and this talk by @matuzo.at at #BTConf did not disappoint. I learned about how color is represented and different color spaces and so much more that I want to dig into!

log on and lock in

One of my longstanding pet peeves. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

mom look, I'm on the company twitter for important professional reasons

Made a start of this during commute, will put some effort in it later this weekend go.bsky.app/2SBeqea Feel free to add accounts in the comments

Time to go full tilt #CSS with @bell.bz at @ffconf.org #ffconf

Tips for tricking people into thinking you are a great cook: Double the butter Double the salt Use chicken broth instead of water

i’m seeing this a lot on here. 💖 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Sorry folks I was unaware of this rule. Here is cat, pls forgiv [contains quote post or other embedded content]

more pictures of comet in various bowls and baskets over the years [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Such a pretty and therapeutic game, I really need to replay the franchise

The best software is built by engineers who have empathy for their users. They're fully dialed into their needs.

I've just published a new blog post: In which I share that I've completed another of my "50 before I'm 50", and may have accidentally found a new hobby. I've released a video game. https://www.rhyswynne.co.uk/50-before-im-50-release-a-video-game/ #gamedev #development #godot

Delightful talk about the history of styling the web with @miriam.codes at #btconf.

Great talks yesterday at #btconf and I loved this bit of philosophy from @jessicahische.bsky.social.

Lotus Agenda was so far ahead of its time (ad from 1988) Full-size: https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1988-08/page/n23/mode/2up

Hello, I'm Daniel 👋 On my blog www.idaszak.com/newsletter/ you can find content about: ⚙️ Software Engineering, 📖 Documentation, 🧠 Leadership and Soft Skills. https://www.idaszak.com/newsletter/

What is the scientific explanation behind this behavior? I do this all the time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]