blakewatson

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Practical Front End Philosophy(jaredgorski.org)
9 points by blakewatson 5y ago|0 comments
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Speaking in code: hands-free input with Talon(blakewatson.com)
2 points by blakewatson 5y ago|0 comments
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by blakewatson 5y ago
This. There's nothing wrong with using mature technology that is still being developed. LAMP is still a perfectly fine choice if it's what you want to use.
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by blakewatson 5y ago
I can't help but worry about Hoefler&Co's subscription service, cloud.typography. Monotype use to offer an affordable subscription called the Monotype Library Subscription. I still have it since, fortunately, they continue to
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by blakewatson 5y ago
I can’t imagine not being able to modify an existing note. What if I made a typo? That would drive me up the wall. I’m currently using Craft. Previously I used Simplenote and, before that, Notational Velocity (and nvALT). My standard for no
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by blakewatson 5y ago
_writes this down as a National Novel Writing Month idea_
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by blakewatson 5y ago
I was just looking at this site earlier today independently of HN. I revisit it several times a year, mainly because I can’t get enough "scale of the universe" comparisons (if you know any good ones, please send them my way). I es
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by blakewatson 5y ago
I always have cognitive dissonance about this kind of stuff. I read this article and “In defense of the modern web” and I feel like I agree with both of them. I think new things don’t necessarily make older things obsolete. We have printers
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Signal vs. Noise Is Closed(archive.signalvnoise.com)
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Epic corporate jargon alternatives(mattwatson.org)
101 points by blakewatson 6y ago|96 comments
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by blakewatson 6y ago
For Mac users, combining the desktop app NetNewsWire with the service Feedbin is a pretty sweet combo.
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by blakewatson 6y ago
I don’t claim to have any insight whatsoever, but I can’t help but think about all those decades old (now hilarious) articles about how the internet is a buzz word and hasn’t really lived up to its hype.
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by blakewatson 6y ago
Hard same. If something is really important to me (aka... catastrophic if lost) I try to make sure it's backed up onsite (backup drive on my desk) and offsite (one or multiple cloud services). Otherwise I try to diversify services and
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by blakewatson 6y ago
I've never liked the built-in new tab pages in browsers. I made my own years ago never looked back. Since 2017 I’ve run my new tab page as a small SaaS.
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The making of d20 version 3(blakewatson.com)
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Guthib(guthib.com)
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by blakewatson 6y ago
I did something similar with Stylus a while back. I made it light on dark. I didn't mess with the font sizes (even though, yes, they are too small imo). https://gist.github.com/blakewatson/dcfa8350f279b1fce7a7cd96.
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What football will look like in the future(sbnation.com)
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by blakewatson 6y ago
Due to my disability, I have times during the day where I need to use my computer laying down flat. I'm not really able to use a chair like this, but I've been wondering how to pull it off laying in bed. Right now, it's just
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by blakewatson 6y ago
Some people just want to watch the world burn. :)
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by blakewatson 6y ago
I came here to say the same thing. :) I also wish I could see the hourly rate in the search results or at least in the profile (it seems like you have to click "Book..." currently).
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You might be bipolar if(brettterpstra.com)
2 points by blakewatson 6y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: A site for listening to synthwave mixes from YouTube(synthwave.live)
1 points by blakewatson 6y ago|0 comments
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Finishing Side Projects(blakewatson.com)
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by blakewatson 6y ago
Yeah this happened to me as well.
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by blakewatson 7y ago
And 3 hours later, VisionShot finished importing my 2,000+ screenshots lol.
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by blakewatson 7y ago
I don’t know if this was intentional or just a happy accident, but I’m really glad that the menu bar app doesn't disappear automatically on mouse click. It means I can type into the search input with the macOS Accessibility Keyboard wi
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by blakewatson 7y ago
This also hurts my app ( https://afinestart.me/ ) because the free, no-account-needed version stores users' bookmarks in localStorage (only the web version though, the extensions have their own, more persistent local sto
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Negative effects of LocalStorage expiry for 1Password(bugs.webkit.org)
4 points by blakewatson 7y ago|2 comments
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Tips for setting up and teaching online classes during Coronavirus closures(dylanmclemore.com)
1 points by blakewatson 7y ago|0 comments

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