Mark Boas
@maboa.bsky.social
Developer, cook and hedge trimmer. Co-founder of Trint and Hyperaudio. Knight Mozilla OpenNews fellow. Exploring media accessibility.
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@jakearchibald.com Any plans to support this feature in Firefox? caniuse.com/wf-highlight
Custom highlights | Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc
caniuse.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
@jakearchibald.com Any plans to support this feature in Firefox? caniuse.com/wf-highlight
Saw the Buzzcocks on Saturday. Cue Buzzcocks earworms ever since. I like the Buzzcocks but could do with a break.
October 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Saw the Buzzcocks on Saturday. Cue Buzzcocks earworms ever since. I like the Buzzcocks but could do with a break.
Our first ever apricot harvest...
June 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Our first ever apricot harvest...
Months in order of preference:
1. May
2. June
3. September
4. August
5. July
6. April
7. March
8. October
9. February
10. January
11. December
12. November
1. May
2. June
3. September
4. August
5. July
6. April
7. March
8. October
9. February
10. January
11. December
12. November
May 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Months in order of preference:
1. May
2. June
3. September
4. August
5. July
6. April
7. March
8. October
9. February
10. January
11. December
12. November
1. May
2. June
3. September
4. August
5. July
6. April
7. March
8. October
9. February
10. January
11. December
12. November
Oranges conserve remarkably well in a cool and dry environment. Though more difficult to peel, I have no qualms about eating a well preserved month-old orange, although I do wonder if any of the sugar has turned to alcohol.
April 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Oranges conserve remarkably well in a cool and dry environment. Though more difficult to peel, I have no qualms about eating a well preserved month-old orange, although I do wonder if any of the sugar has turned to alcohol.
I'm pretty sure there are bands I don't listen to because I get them confused with other bands.
Viagra Boys and Vengaboys, for example.
Viagra Boys and Vengaboys, for example.
January 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm pretty sure there are bands I don't listen to because I get them confused with other bands.
Viagra Boys and Vengaboys, for example.
Viagra Boys and Vengaboys, for example.
Not a big fan of new year resolutions, but a focus of 2025 for me will be about expanding the communities and networks I'm part of.
January 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Not a big fan of new year resolutions, but a focus of 2025 for me will be about expanding the communities and networks I'm part of.
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Rather than allow other browser engines to install-to-homescreen on iOS, Apple is removing the feature entirely in the EU.
Some features are tied to install-to-homescreen, such as push messages. Apple is unshipping those for EU users.
We need to act now: open-web-advocacy.org/apple-attemp...
Some features are tied to install-to-homescreen, such as push messages. Apple is unshipping those for EU users.
We need to act now: open-web-advocacy.org/apple-attemp...
Immediate Action Needed! - Open Web Advocacy
Apple has officially announced that they attempting to kill web apps in the EU, which will have ramifications worldwide
open-web-advocacy.org
February 21, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Rather than allow other browser engines to install-to-homescreen on iOS, Apple is removing the feature entirely in the EU.
Some features are tied to install-to-homescreen, such as push messages. Apple is unshipping those for EU users.
We need to act now: open-web-advocacy.org/apple-attemp...
Some features are tied to install-to-homescreen, such as push messages. Apple is unshipping those for EU users.
We need to act now: open-web-advocacy.org/apple-attemp...
I wrote a little bit about what I got up to in 2023 and what 2024 has in store...
maboa.it/2023-a-retro...
maboa.it/2023-a-retro...
January 4, 2024 at 7:23 PM
I wrote a little bit about what I got up to in 2023 and what 2024 has in store...
maboa.it/2023-a-retro...
maboa.it/2023-a-retro...
The new cybertruck mini....
November 10, 2023 at 12:48 PM
The new cybertruck mini....
It may have taken half the morning but the vacuum cleaner is fixed! Fixed I tell you!!
October 5, 2023 at 10:55 AM
It may have taken half the morning but the vacuum cleaner is fixed! Fixed I tell you!!
The often unspoken complication of having solar panels is the meteorology skills required to decide whether to turn the dishwasher on.
September 20, 2023 at 10:39 AM
The often unspoken complication of having solar panels is the meteorology skills required to decide whether to turn the dishwasher on.
Yes I did just record 10 seconds of background noise to test a speech-to-text API, and yes it does treat it differently to a file containing absolute silence.
No text is produced in both cases, which is good.
No text is produced in both cases, which is good.
September 19, 2023 at 3:57 PM
Yes I did just record 10 seconds of background noise to test a speech-to-text API, and yes it does treat it differently to a file containing absolute silence.
No text is produced in both cases, which is good.
No text is produced in both cases, which is good.
Music software has always been a bit quirky.
September 19, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Music software has always been a bit quirky.
96 degrees in the shade (by Third World) is so last century.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwE5gfZlMZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwE5gfZlMZY
THIRD WORLD - 96 DEGREES IN THE SHADE
This song is about the execution of Paul Bogle (ca. 1820 -- 1865) a Jamaican Baptist deacon and is a National Hero of Jamaica. He was a leader of the 1865 M...
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August 24, 2023 at 1:23 PM
96 degrees in the shade (by Third World) is so last century.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwE5gfZlMZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwE5gfZlMZY
A double album of Nick Drake covers you say? The version of Pink Moon by AURORA is sublime and very gorgeous https://open.spotify.com/track/7fHzjaSpIqRPXP2s5hJS1M?si=8edcf65a0c7b45a9
August 14, 2023 at 1:51 PM
A double album of Nick Drake covers you say? The version of Pink Moon by AURORA is sublime and very gorgeous https://open.spotify.com/track/7fHzjaSpIqRPXP2s5hJS1M?si=8edcf65a0c7b45a9
Proud to be a '6 Music Dad'...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/08/bbc-6-music-radio-station
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/08/bbc-6-music-radio-station
From weird nostalgia to weak formats, 6 Music is having an identity crisis | Daniel Dylan Wray
In trying to shake off the ‘6 Music Dad’ tag and not be thought of as an indie rock hub, the BBC radio station isn’t sure what it wants to be any more
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2023 at 10:35 AM
Proud to be a '6 Music Dad'...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/08/bbc-6-music-radio-station
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/08/bbc-6-music-radio-station
I wrote about media accessibility and the steps you can take to make sure *all* users can take best advantage of your audio and video on the web.
https://maboa.it/media-accessibility/
https://maboa.it/media-accessibility/
Media Accessibility
I’ve been working on media accessibility for several years now – this post is an attempt to collect my thoughts on the subject and provide a useful resource. Accessibility is not a new word, altho...
maboa.it
July 12, 2023 at 10:49 AM
I wrote about media accessibility and the steps you can take to make sure *all* users can take best advantage of your audio and video on the web.
https://maboa.it/media-accessibility/
https://maboa.it/media-accessibility/