Retweeted simonw:
But really Mastodon is a return to personal blogging, loosely disguised as an open source Twitter clone I think this is great!
November 07, 2022
July 29, 2021
Retweeted simonw:
Getting the impression that the very idea of generating HTML server-side at runtime is alien to a sizable portion of web developers these days It's either static files generated at build time or HTML created exclusively by JavaScript on the client Maybe we need a catchy acronym
November 02, 2017
Retweeted simonw:
I love how the fact that unicode chars are referred to by their name IN CAPS makes everyone seem even more angry buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/…
August 16, 2013
In Reply to simonw:
@simonw third tallest - the new one in Shanghai just outgrew it. It doesn’t look as good as this one, though.
August 13, 2013
Retweeted simonw:
Good lord... the Monorail episode of the Simpsons first aired over 20 years ago.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_vs.…
July 23, 2013
Retweeted simonw:
The Onion's series on the royal birth has some excellent photos theonion.com/channels/royal…
May 26, 2012
Retweeted simonw:
Moonwalking bagpipes is a very good start #Eurovision
November 09, 2011
Retweeted simonw:
moustair.tumblr.com is fun/odd/a-little-frightening
November 03, 2011
Hot'n'cold. youtube.com/watch?v=e_TIOf… /via @simonw
June 23, 2011
Retweeted simonw:
Today I learned that alt-clicking the WiFi icon in the OS X menu bar displays extra information about your current network
March 06, 2011
Retweeted simonw:
Admiring Lego Carcassonne by @iamcal http://www.iamcal.com/lego-carcassonne/ - the custom interlocking mechanisms are particularly neat
February 09, 2011
Retweeted simonw:
Mike Davies explains why the new #!tastic Gawker redesgn is a web architecture error of epic proportions: http://j.mp/fMlcuO
September 27, 2010
Retweeted simonw:
Says @monkchips: "since the #oathpocalypse i appear to be *less* trusting of new third party twitter apps using oauth" - yes, absolutely
May 07, 2010
Retweeted simonw:
So apparently Ajax means "uses JavaScript" and HTML5 now means "doesn't use Flash"
January 19, 2010
In Reply to simonw:
@simonw: I just got an Error 500 when I entered a place with an ß in it.
November 11, 2009
Retweeted simonw:
Bah, new-style retweets still show up as "RT blah" in the text version of my Twitter stream, I'm going back to favourites #grumpyoldman
November 06, 2009
What @simonw said: https://twitter.com/simonw/status/5474577350
October 20, 2009
In Reply to simonw:
@simonw: And here's the article about hack girls from 2008: http://bit.ly/3kXpu2 interesting contrast, indeed.
September 26, 2009
"The usability of the real world sucks." (@simonw)