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New Sep 9, 2024
Life Check â„–2
I'm not so sure I like calling these "Life checks"...perhaps going forward I will call them something else. Maybe time to bring back The Web Witch's Grimoire but make it monthly. Mu...
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New Oct 18, 2024
Web Witch's Grimoire: September 2024
September was incredibly busy across work and personal life. I am out of a routine and trying to find my way back to writing regularly (among creating in general) while also making sure I spend ti...
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New Nov 1, 2024
The `` and `` elements are getting an upgrade
Form controls are notoriously difficult to style, something the web community has been talking about for years. In 2019, when I was still at Microsoft, I had been working with Greg...
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New Nov 4, 2024
Web Witch's Grimoire: October 2024
October was once again a blur in which I tried to soak up all the autumn vibes in between trips. I headed back to Seattle & Bellingham for another wedding party in the bestie group. I managed t...
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New Nov 19, 2024
Brief and practical tips for public speaking
Six years ago the thought of standing on a stage to give a talk made me physically ill. Six years later and 30 times on stage giving a talk, it still actually does make me physically ill but not to su...
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New Nov 30, 2024
Web Witch's Grimoire: November 2024
I am writing this from the desert where we've had a lovely few days of food and football (both American and English). I've found this trip a bit harder to adjust to the timezone and environment and ha...
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New Dec 1, 2024
Using the ':not()' pseudo-class to remove styles from ':last-child'
I was re-designing the footer for my blog when I added a list of social icon links. I needed to add some padding between them, as one does, and was preparing to apply padding to the left of each ic...
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New Dec 6, 2024
You can pay for that: How web browser features get built
As I have spent the last 6 months starting to explore the rather precarious position we've placed web ecosystem in, with regard to how browsers are maintained and funded, I thought I'd dive into an...
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New Jan 5, 2025
2024 Book Roundup
My goal for 2024 was to read 30 books. I had set a stretch goal despite not meeting my 2023 goal. I finished 31 books in 2024 and I am damn proud of that. I found myself prioritizing reading and...