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Matthew Howell
@matthewhowell.net
Web person.

An enthusiastic believer in the Web and all things HTML and CSS. Developer/designer/generalist and–sometimes–other kind of person. Perpetually the only employee at Reasonable Company.

Also an American-Kiwi in Auckland.

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An underrated aspect of continually working on your personal website is that when you build it locally you can fill in your archive pages by including all of your unfinished drafts and feel more productive lol
October 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Continuing to hack on my new machine setup, now have homebrew automatically updating its bundle file on installs and uninstalls.

Even comes with homebrew style CLI output!

Hat tip to @knowler.dev for the idea, thanks!
January 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Chicken pizza for when only 50% of the kids like cheese.
November 28, 2024 at 7:16 PM
#Auckland has a new 18m-tall tree for the holidays this year, placed right outside its busiest train station.

And it’s beautiful! Went to the parade today in the CBD and thousands of people walked by and took photos. Kids pointing and smiling.

All around well done.
November 24, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Definitely forgot and then it was tea! You should get a hashtag going for this, maybe
November 21, 2024 at 10:45 PM
A few years ago I bought a used Fuji X-T10, which is now about 9 years old. It still performs beautifully, all the buttons and dials are still clicky and crisp.

And Fuji’s color science and film simulations continue to be unbeatable.
November 20, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Sometimes walking around Auckland be like
November 19, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Living abroad and explaining America to your friends from other countries be like...
November 15, 2024 at 7:09 AM
I am once again asking for help understanding #ATProto

Can anyone walk me through the scenario in which a bad actor buys or gains control of Bluesky (the company).

How and where can users move their identity? Most will not want to run a PDS. Will there (realistically) be other relays or app views?
November 14, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Loaf number 1? Or loaf number 2?

#baking
November 12, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Dumb AI meme that never really took off. Reposting it. #AI
November 12, 2024 at 5:38 PM