About the Past Year - 2024

Copying code from code blocks, without having to manually select it all first, is very handy convenience feature. But despite having published a ton of code snippets on this website, adding copy functionality wasn’t a top priority so far. A bit sad, considering that it can be done in less than an hour, using only 61 lines of vanilla JavaScript...

I saw a couple of posts about a “blog questions challenge” pop up in my feed reader this week (written by Leilukin, Hedy, or Luke, for example) and decided to participate. It’s a collection of interesting questions, and I enjoyed reading what other people had to say so far. Below you’ll find my answers. Why Did You Start Blogging in the First...

Omnivore was shut down in late 2024 See: One of my favorite read-later apps is shutting down This article can be considered lasrgely obsolete, but the approach might apply to other services/tools. – It’s been a productive year so far - I’ve managed to add a couple of cool new things to this website, which is something I’d been planning to do for...

It’s that time of the year again: here’s my extended “frozen /uses page” for late 2024. Whenever multiple applications are listed, p marks private use, w marks software that I (have to) use at work. Changes compared to the previous year are highlighted using colored text. Mail Client: Proton Mail (p), Outlook PWA (w) Calendar: Proton Calendar...

Others wrote about their share of the “Millennial nostalgia”, and I enjoyed reading about their memories very much: My Millennial Memories Millennial Energy The following is a list of some of the things I remember from growing up in the 1990s and early 2000s in Central Europe. Lifestyle Trading cards NBA Basketball in elementary school Pokémon...