Here I talk about the things that I like that don't fit in with the theme of my main website. Topics will likely fall into the realm of nerdery, with hobbyist programming and web development, tech gadgets, and maybe video games and books.
I worked out a simple solution to truncate my list of topics using only CSS. It's the only part of my website that really relies on JavaScript. It's wouldn't really be a heavy load for a script to run, but I didn't want to iterate over elements and individually hide them by applying a class to elements one at a time. It seemed like an unnecessary amount of computation, and I thought there was a lighter way to do it.
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I've managed to find some time to spend at my computer recently, after all the festivities and flu. I decided I would continue working on the accessibility and ARIA compliance on my main website. Next on the list was the filter search that I use on my index pages.
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2026 has been slow getting started for me. I was just about done with Christmas and New Year celebrations, ready to get back to life's usual flow, but then I got a damned flu.
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This is the second year that I've opted to stay away from my computer (in a recreational sense) throughout the lead up to Christmas. I feel better for it. As much as I enjoy working on my various projects, December can always feel like there isn't enough time to get everything done, especially around work and catching up with friends and family.
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I've found something in Publii to nag about, although it's not really the fault of Publii per se. It's more to do with loose specs and lack of standardisation elsewhere, and the issues this can then cause.
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