Jon Pearse
@jonpearse.net
Freelance web dev, musician, coffee drinker, glass half-full. He/him.
Mostly to be found on Mastodon: @jonpearse@front-end.social
Mostly to be found on Mastodon: @jonpearse@front-end.social
Anyone in the UK getting extremely slow resolution from
@quad9dns.bsky.social at the moment? Currently seeing queries taking up to 3.5s, with more than a few timeouts for good measure :/
@quad9dns.bsky.social at the moment? Currently seeing queries taking up to 3.5s, with more than a few timeouts for good measure :/
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Anyone in the UK getting extremely slow resolution from
@quad9dns.bsky.social at the moment? Currently seeing queries taking up to 3.5s, with more than a few timeouts for good measure :/
@quad9dns.bsky.social at the moment? Currently seeing queries taking up to 3.5s, with more than a few timeouts for good measure :/
I’ve just realised that my 15 year self-employment anniversary managed to sneak by uncommented yesterday. I keep thinking that I should write about the whole thing at some point, but there’re so many folk who’ve written about it, I’m not sure what more I can add.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I’ve just realised that my 15 year self-employment anniversary managed to sneak by uncommented yesterday. I keep thinking that I should write about the whole thing at some point, but there’re so many folk who’ve written about it, I’m not sure what more I can add.
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Been using Apple Music a lot more after watching @jjbbllkk.bsky.social’s recent video about Spotify.
Anyone know who I can harass at Apple so they actually fix the prev/next track functionality when using shuffle. Such a basic bit of UX that has been unusably broken for too long…
Anyone know who I can harass at Apple so they actually fix the prev/next track functionality when using shuffle. Such a basic bit of UX that has been unusably broken for too long…
July 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Been using Apple Music a lot more after watching @jjbbllkk.bsky.social’s recent video about Spotify.
Anyone know who I can harass at Apple so they actually fix the prev/next track functionality when using shuffle. Such a basic bit of UX that has been unusably broken for too long…
Anyone know who I can harass at Apple so they actually fix the prev/next track functionality when using shuffle. Such a basic bit of UX that has been unusably broken for too long…
Creative folk who’ve ditched the Adobe stack: what’re your favourite Photoshop replacements?
I’ve been trying to love the Affinity suite for about a year; Designer and Publisher are fine, but while Photo has some nice touches, I just… don’t love it. I’m curious as to what other folk are using.
I’ve been trying to love the Affinity suite for about a year; Designer and Publisher are fine, but while Photo has some nice touches, I just… don’t love it. I’m curious as to what other folk are using.
June 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Creative folk who’ve ditched the Adobe stack: what’re your favourite Photoshop replacements?
I’ve been trying to love the Affinity suite for about a year; Designer and Publisher are fine, but while Photo has some nice touches, I just… don’t love it. I’m curious as to what other folk are using.
I’ve been trying to love the Affinity suite for about a year; Designer and Publisher are fine, but while Photo has some nice touches, I just… don’t love it. I’m curious as to what other folk are using.
Heading back home after three days cosplaying an extrovert at a trade show with/for a client. It’s been incredibly tiring but a lot of fun. Got a laundry list of things I/we want to do as a result, but first I need to lay down and not move for at least 12 hours.
June 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Heading back home after three days cosplaying an extrovert at a trade show with/for a client. It’s been incredibly tiring but a lot of fun. Got a laundry list of things I/we want to do as a result, but first I need to lay down and not move for at least 12 hours.
Oh great: my train has been ‘upgraded’ to a Voyager. I wonder how well this one has been maintained…
June 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Oh great: my train has been ‘upgraded’ to a Voyager. I wonder how well this one has been maintained…
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had to try CSS filter + SVG glass displacement on webcam input – crank saturation for cheap gold ✨
June 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
had to try CSS filter + SVG glass displacement on webcam input – crank saturation for cheap gold ✨
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havin' a play with: backdrop-filter: url(#glass);
Gecko/Webkit 🙏
Gecko/Webkit 🙏
June 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
havin' a play with: backdrop-filter: url(#glass);
Gecko/Webkit 🙏
Gecko/Webkit 🙏
… I’m going to have to add this to my next project as an Easter egg, aren’t I?
Due to the Coriolis effect, loading spinners in the Southern hemisphere spin the other way.
June 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
… I’m going to have to add this to my next project as an Easter egg, aren’t I?
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Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds
A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…
etsc.eu
June 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
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… dear gods of bsky: can we have post editing, please? I might possibly have gotten a little too used to it on masto, and it would save the amount of post-delete-repost cycles I go through 😆
June 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
… dear gods of bsky: can we have post editing, please? I might possibly have gotten a little too used to it on masto, and it would save the amount of post-delete-repost cycles I go through 😆
To summarise the past couple days at #cssday for the bsky folks: wow! I expected it to be good, and I was very much not disappointed.
Also very glad that I’m also taking next week off so I can mess around with all this cool new stuff! :D
Will definitely be back next year, see y’all then!
Also very glad that I’m also taking next week off so I can mess around with all this cool new stuff! :D
Will definitely be back next year, see y’all then!
June 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
To summarise the past couple days at #cssday for the bsky folks: wow! I expected it to be good, and I was very much not disappointed.
Also very glad that I’m also taking next week off so I can mess around with all this cool new stuff! :D
Will definitely be back next year, see y’all then!
Also very glad that I’m also taking next week off so I can mess around with all this cool new stuff! :D
Will definitely be back next year, see y’all then!
I forget who I was talking to at #cssday yesterday about poisoning AI via YouTube subtitles, but here’s a video explaining how it works in any case :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEDF...
(I wonder if there’s a way of doing something similar on the web, but without completely screwing over AT users)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEDF...
(I wonder if there’s a way of doing something similar on the web, but without completely screwing over AT users)
Poisoning AI with ".аss" subtitles
YouTube video by f4mi
www.youtube.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I forget who I was talking to at #cssday yesterday about poisoning AI via YouTube subtitles, but here’s a video explaining how it works in any case :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEDF...
(I wonder if there’s a way of doing something similar on the web, but without completely screwing over AT users)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEDF...
(I wonder if there’s a way of doing something similar on the web, but without completely screwing over AT users)
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Having a lovely time at #CSSDay - thank you all for following me into the weeds of value resolution!
My slides & demos are online: slides.oddbird.net/mixins/cssday/
My slides & demos are online: slides.oddbird.net/mixins/cssday/
CSS Day, NL: CSS Functions & Mixins
what can we do with CSS functions and mixins,
how will they be different from the Sass tools that inspired them,
how can you help in the spec process,
and what other features might this open up in the...
slides.oddbird.net
June 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Having a lovely time at #CSSDay - thank you all for following me into the weeds of value resolution!
My slides & demos are online: slides.oddbird.net/mixins/cssday/
My slides & demos are online: slides.oddbird.net/mixins/cssday/
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June 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Also, those wanting to maximise their #FOMO and follow along through the medium of short-form posting, @joshtumath.uk will almost certainly be posting like a madman!
(also, there’re livestreams, but… y’know)
(also, there’re livestreams, but… y’know)
Back again! #cssday
(will be occasionally posting to Mastodon; if you see me come say hi! #notUnfriendlyJustShy)
(will be occasionally posting to Mastodon; if you see me come say hi! #notUnfriendlyJustShy)
June 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Also, those wanting to maximise their #FOMO and follow along through the medium of short-form posting, @joshtumath.uk will almost certainly be posting like a madman!
(also, there’re livestreams, but… y’know)
(also, there’re livestreams, but… y’know)
Back again! #cssday
(will be occasionally posting to Mastodon; if you see me come say hi! #notUnfriendlyJustShy)
(will be occasionally posting to Mastodon; if you see me come say hi! #notUnfriendlyJustShy)
June 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Back again! #cssday
(will be occasionally posting to Mastodon; if you see me come say hi! #notUnfriendlyJustShy)
(will be occasionally posting to Mastodon; if you see me come say hi! #notUnfriendlyJustShy)
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Back when I was finding my feet in tech everybody was buzzing about building positive change. Somewhere along the way, something changed. Fortunately for us though, tech is not the first industry forced to defend itself against dubious practices.
What might we learn if we were to look elsewhere?
What might we learn if we were to look elsewhere?
Looking elsewhere - Robb Owen
Against the backdrop of mass layoffs, LLMs, site-builders and vibe coding what does it mean to conscientiously build for the web, and where do we go from here?
robbowen.digital
June 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Back when I was finding my feet in tech everybody was buzzing about building positive change. Somewhere along the way, something changed. Fortunately for us though, tech is not the first industry forced to defend itself against dubious practices.
What might we learn if we were to look elsewhere?
What might we learn if we were to look elsewhere?
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Hello. Your Jewish pal here. Antisemitism is becoming more difficult to define. This is deliberate and intended to alienate us from the oppressed people with whom we should be making common cause.
This - from the former Prime Minister of the UK, no less - is *dripping* with coded antisemitism.
This - from the former Prime Minister of the UK, no less - is *dripping* with coded antisemitism.
In case you missed it in The Other Place, Liz Truss has gone properly fucking nuts.
June 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Hello. Your Jewish pal here. Antisemitism is becoming more difficult to define. This is deliberate and intended to alienate us from the oppressed people with whom we should be making common cause.
This - from the former Prime Minister of the UK, no less - is *dripping* with coded antisemitism.
This - from the former Prime Minister of the UK, no less - is *dripping* with coded antisemitism.
So apparently when the good folk at BBC Good Food rebuilt their website, they seem to have forgotten that people might want to print recipes out.
What used to be a single A4 page (with 2x ads) is now 3 sheets; complete with 2 sets of tags, star ratings, alternative recipes (!) and whitespace.
What used to be a single A4 page (with 2x ads) is now 3 sheets; complete with 2 sets of tags, star ratings, alternative recipes (!) and whitespace.
May 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
So apparently when the good folk at BBC Good Food rebuilt their website, they seem to have forgotten that people might want to print recipes out.
What used to be a single A4 page (with 2x ads) is now 3 sheets; complete with 2 sets of tags, star ratings, alternative recipes (!) and whitespace.
What used to be a single A4 page (with 2x ads) is now 3 sheets; complete with 2 sets of tags, star ratings, alternative recipes (!) and whitespace.
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The bear inside the box is Paddington, the bear outside the box is Marginton
February 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The bear inside the box is Paddington, the bear outside the box is Marginton