Sander van Dragt's Notes

• Sander @ July 16, 2024 at 10:38 am

  I've archived my php-activate project as I encountered a breaking bug between the version of PHP used and composer commands. I'm not prioritising looking into this right now, and switched back to using update-alternatives. #projects #phpactivate

• Sander @ July 16, 2024 at 9:18 am

  Sometimes I want to monitor a page for changes, for example news articles where the publication has contacted someone for comment. This week I'm trying out Distill Web Monitor as a browser extension and optional desktop app and it has nice features such as a very extensive notification system (desktop, email, audio) and visuall diff, monitoring of specific parts of the page etc.

  

  Just a tip if you're looking for something similar. #software

• Sander @ July 15, 2024 at 10:53 am

  Small tip: In Firefox you can enable tab previews on hover by setting the following preference: browser.tabs.hoverPreview.enabled to true

• Sander @ June 24, 2024 at 1:50 pm

  Found an interesting article with a positive take on useful features that modern blogs should have. The Hacker News comment thread shows that whether a feature is considered useful is very subjective.

  I'd like to go further and state that most of the usability and user experience enhancements should be implemented as browser add-ons, so that they can be installed if the user sees it as a positive enhancement to their reading experience.

  The old-school view is that the reading experience is the domain and the responsibility of the browser, and we have collectively gone way beyond what a website should offer in terms of behaviour. #technology

• Sander @ June 14, 2024 at 1:18 pm

  energy saving #linux style:

  $ sudo crontab -l
  0 1 * * * shutdown -P

• Sander @ June 13, 2024 at 9:01 am

  

• Sander @ June 12, 2024 at 4:11 pm

  Trying out a new 2024 theme I've started working on. It's not super clear yet where a new post begins, and it's a bit bland. #lamb #projects

• Sander @ June 7, 2024 at 8:39 am

  Bandcamp celebrated their 40th birthday last month by removing its most useful feature, it's no longer a BandCamp Friday every month!

• Sander @ June 7, 2024 at 8:29 am

  Most mobile “games” are like being a Sponsor on the Hunger Games: spend money dropping in some booster food for the contestant, who you have no control over. Is it time to reclassify these premium currency manager apps under the Finance category they belong to? Using their family's credit card, it's training multiple generation of kids to become hedge fund managers gambling their own future. My review of NASCAR Manager: 0% interest gained #games #iap

• Sander @ April 19, 2024 at 10:02 am

  Schrödinger's login: if I am able to comment as a member, but see a login form when I click on my account, was I logged in or not?