Reply links in RSS items

I’ve added a couple of links to the bottom of RSS items here on meyerweb: a link to the commenting form, and a mailto: link to send me an email reply. | Continue reading


@meyerweb.com | 3 years ago

Accordion Rows in CSS Grid

Another aspect of the meyerweb redesign I’d like to explore is the way I’m using CSS Grid rows to give myself more layout flexibility. | Continue reading


@meyerweb.com | 3 years ago

Forever and Ever

Sometimes, what is still is the most transient of all. | Continue reading


@meyerweb.com | 3 years ago

Better Image Optimization by Restricting the Color Index

Let’s talk about image optimization. | Continue reading


@meyerweb.com | 4 years ago

Pseudo-Randomly Adding Illustrations with CSS

On using structural CSS selectors to create the appearance of randomness while remaining usefully predictable. | Continue reading


@meyerweb.com | 4 years ago

It's Time to Get Static

If you are in charge of a web site that provides even slightly important information, or important services, it’s time to get static. | Continue reading


@meyerweb.com | 4 years ago

Woodworking SVG (and Other Real Life Encounters)

For the holiday break this year, I decided to finally tackle creating an indoor work space. I’d had my eye on a corner of our basement storage room for a while, and sketched out various rough plans on graph paper over the past couple of years. But this time? This time, I was d … | Continue reading


@meyerweb.com | 4 years ago

Running Code over Time

I’m posting this on the last day of 2019. As I write it, the second post I ever made on meyerweb says that it was published “20 years, 6 days ago”. It was published on the second-to-last day of 1999, which was 20 years and one day ago. | Continue reading


@meyerweb.com | 4 years ago

Twenty Years (and Days) Later

On December 6th, 1999, I published the first blog post on meyerweb.com. | Continue reading


@meyerweb.com | 4 years ago

“Considered Harmful” Essays Considered Harmful

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@meyerweb.com | 4 years ago

Digit hex codes allow for interesting color values

There’s a long history in computer programming of using hexadecimal strings that look like English words to flag errors. Come see how I turned a bunch of them into colors. | Continue reading


@meyerweb.com | 5 years ago

Firefox Variable Font Support

If you get reports that a font isn’t doing the variable thing you styled, but it’s working fine for you, keep “check their operating system version” on your list of diagnostic tests. | Continue reading


@meyerweb.com | 5 years ago

Firefox's :screenshot command

An update on the :screenshot (formerly screenshot) command in Firefox, which I first wrote about in 2015. | Continue reading


@meyerweb.com | 5 years ago

Securing Web Sites Made Them Less Accessible

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@meyerweb.com | 5 years ago

Reasons for Reset CSS (2007)

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@meyerweb.com | 5 years ago