Dave Everitt
@daveeveritt.bsky.social
art+code, short stories, singer-songwriter, band member for decades. Web standards and accessibility, core web language advocate. Ruby and Nanoc. Lightweight glue, strength of weak ties.
from my notebooks on magic square patterns: how n-addition can preserve the magic line vector while retaining the numerically "magic" properties, in certain squares
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
from my notebooks on magic square patterns: how n-addition can preserve the magic line vector while retaining the numerically "magic" properties, in certain squares
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8
Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...
38d.gs
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8
Always valued Sara Souedan's thinking and work - first on SVGs and now on accessibility.
www.sarasoueidan.com/newsletter/i...
www.sarasoueidan.com/newsletter/i...
Rethinking Dark Mode Image Strategies with Media Queries in HTML
— The personal website of Sara Soueidan, inclusive Web UI engineer
www.sarasoueidan.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Always valued Sara Souedan's thinking and work - first on SVGs and now on accessibility.
www.sarasoueidan.com/newsletter/i...
www.sarasoueidan.com/newsletter/i...
@gallery.ca - disappointed that images aren’t appearing here? www.gallery.ca/collection/a...
John MacGregor
The National Gallery of Canada is home to one of the finest collections of Indigenous and Canadian art in the world, and is dedicated to amplifying voices through art.
www.gallery.ca
September 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
@gallery.ca - disappointed that images aren’t appearing here? www.gallery.ca/collection/a...
Any Perl programmers out there, need a little help after trying all day:
stackoverflow.com/questions/79...
stackoverflow.com/questions/79...
July 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Any Perl programmers out there, need a little help after trying all day:
stackoverflow.com/questions/79...
stackoverflow.com/questions/79...
Awhile ago I wrote this for complete beginners and as a handbook for non-tech students I was teaching then. Still valid, might simplify even further: leanpub.com/webcodingfir...
Web Coding First Steps by Dave Everitt [Leanpub PDF/iPad/Kindle]
A thorough step-by-step in basic HTML and CSS - build a basic responsive website and learn a little on the way
leanpub.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Awhile ago I wrote this for complete beginners and as a handbook for non-tech students I was teaching then. Still valid, might simplify even further: leanpub.com/webcodingfir...
Want to swap from Wndows? New blog from a knowledgeable friend: penguinpower.info
Penguin Power – Demystifying Linux and open source for normal people
penguinpower.info
July 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Want to swap from Wndows? New blog from a knowledgeable friend: penguinpower.info
Why do I always see things coming from the distant horizon, go on about it into the void while people share their dinner pics, then just suffer from fatigue when it all finally arrives and everyone's going "oh this, ah, this!"?
June 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Why do I always see things coming from the distant horizon, go on about it into the void while people share their dinner pics, then just suffer from fatigue when it all finally arrives and everyone's going "oh this, ah, this!"?
Protect elephants: keep the global ivory ban
action.eko.org/a/keep-globa...
action.eko.org/a/keep-globa...
Protect elephants: keep global ivory ban!
Elephants are being slaughtered so their tusks can be turned into trinkets. And now, some governments want to make it legal. Japan and South Africa are pushing to overturn the global ivory trading ban
action.eko.org
June 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Protect elephants: keep the global ivory ban
action.eko.org/a/keep-globa...
action.eko.org/a/keep-globa...
freedom of speech… as long as you don't say the wrong thing…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
When the revolution doesn’t come documentary
They are the children of the Black Panther party – the self-styled Panther cubs. Born into the 1970s revolutionary movement for Black equality and self-determination, they have lived in the shadows of...
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
freedom of speech… as long as you don't say the wrong thing…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Protect OpenAI's public mission - stop its transition to a for-profit.
action.eko.org/a/protect-op...
action.eko.org/a/protect-op...
Protect OpenAI's non-profit mission
Elon Musk is basically running the US (into the ground).Mark Zuckerberg's net worth went up by $5.8 billion yesterday and his company Meta is a hotbed of lies and hate that is poisoning our society.No
action.eko.org
May 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Protect OpenAI's public mission - stop its transition to a for-profit.
action.eko.org/a/protect-op...
action.eko.org/a/protect-op...
Reposted by Dave Everitt
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people that it isn’t racism, it’s just “anti-DEI”.
May 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people that it isn’t racism, it’s just “anti-DEI”.
delighted to see that the "build-free-process" is gaining traction. allways taught student the 3 core languages as fundamental skills before (if ever) flying off into fashionable complexities gomakethings.com/bye-bye-buil...
Bye bye build steps
I’m removing all build steps from all of my websites.
I’m just so damn sick of having to install NPM scripts and run CLI commands every time I want to update my CSS or JavaScript.
Today, I ripped out ...
gomakethings.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
delighted to see that the "build-free-process" is gaining traction. allways taught student the 3 core languages as fundamental skills before (if ever) flying off into fashionable complexities gomakethings.com/bye-bye-buil...
Sometimes, new music actually sends shivers and exites. BIG SPECIAL! youtu.be/Qz789gGHFDA...
BIG SPECIAL - DESPERATE BREAKFAST (Official Video)
youtu.be
April 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sometimes, new music actually sends shivers and exites. BIG SPECIAL! youtu.be/Qz789gGHFDA...
Turn off toxic algorithms action.eko.org/a/turn-off-t...
Turn off toxic algorithms and protect kids online.
Netflix’s Adolescence show has sparked a wave of anger over the devastating impact social media platforms can have on kids.Hundreds of vulnerable teens, like the show’s star, Jamie, are being pushed d
action.eko.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Turn off toxic algorithms action.eko.org/a/turn-off-t...
One of my favourite developers Ada Rose Canon on Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) ada.is/progressive-...
Push Notifications and Progressive Web Apps
Introducing setting up progressive Web Apps with the Web App manifest, service workers & push notifications.
ada.is
April 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
One of my favourite developers Ada Rose Canon on Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) ada.is/progressive-...
before I cleaned it up, I used my decision-maker lol… it's here (for now) if you want to give me feedback daveeveritt.github.io/decision-mak...
April 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
before I cleaned it up, I used my decision-maker lol… it's here (for now) if you want to give me feedback daveeveritt.github.io/decision-mak...
not as active as I still am on FB but hey,
April 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
not as active as I still am on FB but hey,
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/02/12/gop-jostles-for-power-while-devising-more-ways-to-punish-migrants/
“This state is not in trouble because of undocumented human beings who give their all to society, it is because politicians who ignore the real needs and crises, in favor of political stunts,”
“This state is not in trouble because of undocumented human beings who give their all to society, it is because politicians who ignore the real needs and crises, in favor of political stunts,”
GOP jostles for power while devising more ways to punish migrants • Florida Phoenix
Gov. Ron DeSantis and his abettors in the Legislature have been at each other’s throats, trying to see who can summon up the most repulsive legislation to further punish undocumented immigrants in the Sunshine State and shamelessly take credit for it. They’ve settled on a common approach now, but DeSantis was steaming after House Speaker […]
floridaphoenix.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/02/12/gop-jostles-for-power-while-devising-more-ways-to-punish-migrants/
“This state is not in trouble because of undocumented human beings who give their all to society, it is because politicians who ignore the real needs and crises, in favor of political stunts,”
“This state is not in trouble because of undocumented human beings who give their all to society, it is because politicians who ignore the real needs and crises, in favor of political stunts,”
Gold or a bio-diverse habitat? Help buy land to add to an existing nature reserve and prevent a mining company from buying it instead.
https://action.eko.org/a/buy-and-protect-the-most-species-rich-place-on-earth
https://action.eko.org/a/buy-and-protect-the-most-species-rich-place-on-earth
Buy and protect the most species-rich place on Earth!
This is mind-blowing: there’s a place in the Amazon that scientists argue has more species per square kilometer than anywhere else on the planet. Ferocious jaguars, emerald green boas, powerful harpy
action.eko.org
April 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Gold or a bio-diverse habitat? Help buy land to add to an existing nature reserve and prevent a mining company from buying it instead.
https://action.eko.org/a/buy-and-protect-the-most-species-rich-place-on-earth
https://action.eko.org/a/buy-and-protect-the-most-species-rich-place-on-earth
UK responses to 47-related crackdowns can be reported here https://goodlawproject.org/trump-edi-attack/
Have Trump’s attacks on EDI hit you at work? | Good Law Project
Use the form and let us know the nature of your enquiry, so we can pass it to the relevant team as quickly as possible.
goodlawproject.org
March 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
UK responses to 47-related crackdowns can be reported here https://goodlawproject.org/trump-edi-attack/
Send all those "only 2 genders" to this. But they wouldn't "believe" (as if it's about "belief") the facts anyway.
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/04/croonian-lecture/
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/04/croonian-lecture/
Life with two X chromosomes | Royal Society
Croonian Prize Lecture delivered by Professor Edith Heard FRS
royalsociety.org
March 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Send all those "only 2 genders" to this. But they wouldn't "believe" (as if it's about "belief") the facts anyway.
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/04/croonian-lecture/
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/04/croonian-lecture/
Protoweb is putting up archives of sites that modern browsers don't handle, or that have long since disappeared. Useful for web history research. This is Zeldman's, who ypu'll know if you know ypur web decelopment history! https://protoweb.org/2025/02/18/www-zeldman-com-jeffrey-zeldman-presents/
www.zeldman.com - Jeffrey Zeldman Presents - Protoweb
Jeffrey Zeldman is not a name that typically appears during discussions surrounding the web of old. While he was fairly well-known across the internet during the late nineties, it seems as though the passage of time has relegated him to obscurity. While understandable – he’s far from the only person who can fit into […]
protoweb.org
March 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Protoweb is putting up archives of sites that modern browsers don't handle, or that have long since disappeared. Useful for web history research. This is Zeldman's, who ypu'll know if you know ypur web decelopment history! https://protoweb.org/2025/02/18/www-zeldman-com-jeffrey-zeldman-presents/