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Christian Alder
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Building websites, playing board games, editing videos.

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January 27, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Carefully trying to navigate the Google Admin panel to delete my Workspace Business Starter sub, but also not delete three YouTube channels in the process 😨

Might need to transfer onto a fresh gmail account 🫤 Or keep the workspace on a Cloud Identiy Free plan?

It's confusing as fuck tbh.
January 25, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Just spotted a Natterjack Toad 🐸 (I think? It's my first sighting)

Every time I go outside there is interesting wildlife to be found! 😊

#Portugal
January 23, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Affinity helping in a big way to make all these favicons 📐

Just need to slice it and then it'll export where I need in one click. Temporary dev-mode neon pink ftw.

I'm using the sizes recommended from this in-depth guide: evilmartians.com/chronicles/h...
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Ok so Alien: Earth was amazing and now I’m just going to sit here waiting for season 2.

Feels so refreshing to see a Xenonorph in daylight too, I swear I’ve only seen them in dark dingy conditions before. I’m here for tropical xeno!

Also…👁️
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 AM
I could sing the praises of @polypane.app forever 🤩

I made use of this nifty 'Head order' tool today as I went on my quest to understand and wrangle the stuff in my .

Such a great visualization to fix things up! (Mine looks like the sorted order now)

More info:
polypane.app/docs/meta-in...
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Making my way through this amazing talk by @csswizardry.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHyA...

It's really helping me to understand and respect the

By far the best takeaway I had is how to structure everything properly going forward, so we can get the best speed 🤩
Harry Roberts - Get Your "head" Straight
YouTube video by beyond tellerrand
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January 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Spending some time today tidying up and getting a better understanding for sitemap.xml, robots.txt, humans.txt, and a whole bunch of tags for <head> 😊
January 22, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I get stuck with this spinning for ages, every time.
January 22, 2026 at 10:01 AM
So, what’s our favourite way to block AI bots from our sites? Do they work? Is this all futile?

I found this maintained list I might add to my own robots.txt 🤔

github.com/ai-robots-tx...
github.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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The next #11ty Meetup will be on 4 Feb at 1pm Eastern. In this episode, Josh shows us how 11ty helped him build a Laravel application, and @stefn.co.uk sets up guardrails for using LLMs with 11ty.

All info including add to calendar at 11tymeetup.dev
THE Eleventy Meetup
Join the Possum Posse to learn more about Eleventy! We're a new virtual meetup all about Eleventy and the tools and skills that support developing on Eleventy.Sign up for email updates
11tymeetup.dev
January 21, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I can't remember who I saw on here talking about Sleep Token, but thank you 🙏 Glad I gave them a listen.
January 20, 2026 at 8:11 PM
January 20, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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I helped my pal @chriskirknielsen.com fake a fieldset-legend layout (where the “legend” overlays and clips a containing border).

My technique, plus a few alternatives: cloudfour.com/thinks/fakin...

#CSS #WebDev #WebDesign
Faking a Fieldset-Legend
Using CSS to make a heading overlay and clip the border of its own container.
cloudfour.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Help, I've been attacked ❤️‍🩹😧
January 18, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Going through some intense lower back pain, and hoping it's not kidney / kidney stone related (again 😩)

This is a good reminder stay well hydrated and drink plenty of water! 💧
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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This is like when you're a kid and you spend three months very explicitly telling your dad what toy you want, and then he shows up Christmas morning with an ashtray he clearly just bought at the gas station.
Also new in v1.114 today: cashtags! Like hashtags, but for stocks.

Tag your posts with #$AAPL, #$NVDA, whatever, then tap to see everyone else's equally unqualified analysis!
January 16, 2026 at 1:44 AM
We wanted something short to watch for our lunch breaks, so we’ve started What We Do in the Shadows.

It’s brilliant 🦇
a blurry image of a man 's face with a white collar
Alt: A short gif from What We Do in the Shadows with actor Matt Berry dressed as a vampire, and shouting “BAT!”, turning into one.
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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The Index #155 is here with a nice mixed bag of links to inspire you in the year of the personal website, blogging and getting away from the US tech industry. Brought to you by State of the Browser conference.

piccalil.li/the-index/155/
The Index: Issue #155
The Index #155 is here with a nice mixed bag of links to inspire you in the year of the personal website, blogging and getting away from the US tech industry. Brought to you by State of the Browser conference.
piccalil.li
January 14, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Finally got around to starting Dungeon Crawler Carl today.
It's a lot of fun! 📚
January 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Issue 82 - Eleventy: 2025 in Review, Got simple docs? Alex Zappa brings the juice! Vanessa Sickles' portfolio site, An update to Learn Eleventy, Bash your way to a blog, Sveltia CMS, Start with beer, Exploring a baseline, v2 of Podcaster, Eleventy Live!... https://11tybundle.dev/blog/11ty-bundle-82/
Issue 82 - Eleventy: 2025 in Review, Got simple docs? Alex Zappa brings the juice! Vanessa Sickles' portfolio site, An update to Learn Eleventy, Bash your way to a blog, Sveltia CMS, Start with beer, Exploring a baseline, v2 of Podcaster, Eleventy Live!
11ty Bundle Issue 82
11tybundle.dev
January 11, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Slicing and dicing in DaVinci Resolve today, to remove the "ummmm", extra long pauses, and shorten the final thing 🎞️
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Slightly diminish a band

Fallingleaf
Slightly diminish a band

Twice
Slightly diminish a band

The Seasoning Girls
January 10, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Could I get some recs for a low budget, decent, audio recording solution for two people talking? 🎙️🙏

- We'll be inside, next to each other.

- It can be one mic, or one each (We currently have a mic each)

- It doesn't need to connect to camera, It could be internal or direct to the computer tbh.
January 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM