What to do with trade show lanyards?

Almost exactly two years ago—huh!—Cay Horstman configured his Linux machine for 2× HiDPI, including some tweaks I was unaware of. He also summarised why you’d want to do this: At first I didn’t care because my external monitor didn’t change, and just set the resolution to 1920x1200. But when I traveled over Christmas, I got curious. Would it be...

Clara and I are faced with a predicament thanks to our renewed interest in hi-fi and retro(ish) console gear in the lounge. Namely, how do we track what device is connected to what input? There are three key challenges: The TV only has inputs numbered 1-8, which isn’t helpful. Some devices publish a name via the HDMI spec, such as the AppleTV....

Long-time Twitter and now Mastodon friend @Franksting has a new blog, and he’s started with a topic near and dear to me: If a product team has done a good job, users will clearly understand a new feature’s value and they can turn it on whenever they choose. And this, which should be stapled to the forehead of every manager and decision maker...

One thing I didn’t do in my twenty-year anniversary post was thank the specific projects and software that make this blog possible. I apologise for this massive oversight! The Hugo static site generator is the first one I want to call out. I’ve bounced around almost a dozen CMSs here since 2004, but I’ve been on Hugo since 2016. I first moved to...

I should be more thankful that the systems surrounding me work as well as they do. There is so much that happens behind the scenes that make our lives possible and pleasant, from the power grid and water systems, to telephony wiring and mobile reception. I take it for granted that I plug stuff in, or connect to something, and it just works. Good...