For the first time in a long time I wrote a little love song.

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

Stephanie Shirley is perhaps one of the lesser known tech pioneers, but she shouldn't be. Back in the 60s she saw the potential for women in tech, setting up a company for them to code from home, going by the name Steve because it was a man's world. RIP Dame Shirley

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We're looking for an Associate Accessibility Specialist to join the @TetraLogical.com team:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Also here if Linkedin is not your thing:
misc.tetralogical.com/careers/2025...

Closing date is Wednesday 21 May.

#accessibility #a11y #UK

Trying something new - creating a woodblock print from scratch. Still early days and it’s already more challenging than I thought! Mind you, Japan’s the perfect place to give it a try.
blog.daniemon.com/2025/05/04/c...

For people who live in Japan:

If you've used @retirejapan.bsky.social for financial info (and you should ), please share how it’s helped you.

Ben’s been running RetireJapan for 10 years this month. Hopefully he’ll continue for 10+ more years!

www.retirejapan.com/blog/retirej...

I’m not a Trekkie (😱) but this list of commercially available chairs featured in Star Trek is fascinating. Even a couple of Ikea ones in there.

www.ex-astris-scientia.org/database/cha...

Would love to see this for other shows & films so I can eat breakfast on the throne of Ming the Merciless.

If you're on Android and you get this notification, tap it, do not tap "Got it" (it's a deceptive label that really means "accept"), hit "privacy settings" instead, and turn everything off.

Ideally, these are things that ought to exist. In practice, Google sadly hasn't proven trustworthy about it.

If you live in Japan, I’ve made a few updates to Japan Daily News that you might like:

* Daily Japanese proverb
* Yen exchange rates
* Weather summary for Tokyo

(And the podcast is still going too)
japandailynews.com

For people interested in Japan, NHK (the public broadcaster) has a wide selection of free on-demand English TV programmes about the country & culture.

E.g.
Zero Waste Life:
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
Train-related:
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
My Street Piano:
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

There are many privacy guides out there, often just generic blog fillers, but this one by @theatlantic.bsky.social is actually good.

Practical next steps + good advice such as “treat AI chatbots like social media” + setting a reminder to review privacy settings.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Very sad to hear of the passing of Molly Holzschlag.

So much energy and selflessness, directed towards making the web a better place for everyone.

Gone much too soon but her impact lives on.

www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

Web developers, if you’ve ever wanted to add a visual label to web content, e.g. “New” next to a link, here’s how to do it without adding extra elements.

blog.daniemon.com/2023/09/04/h...

Gracias to @patrickhlauke.bsky.social for advice. Thank me for the good bits, blame him for the bad bits. 😜

When I talk to comic book artists I always emphasize the importance of clearly separating their planes of depth. This rule is only for comics and does not apply to Turkish photographer Sami Uçan.

Do you write HTML? OpenUI
is developing a proposal to create an exclusive accordion from

elements and we need your input (poll, but leave comments if needed)

github.com/openui/open-...

Someone told me that this app may seem very empty because of this default setting that requires replies to have 2 likes or more before they show up.

Indeed! I changed it so that all replies show up, and suddenly the place seems much more lively. I highly recommend changing it in your settings.

If you need a Zoom alternative, Whereby is nice. You can use as a little bit of a white-label service for a full-on branded virtual event.

Or use their meetings product for basic video calls. Browser-based. No downloads.

https://whereby.com/

New from me on SitePoint: I walk you through the basics of CSS sizing units including the new view port relative and container query relative units.