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Tag: web

  • RSS reader showing duplicate copies of the news story "Barbie 2? 'We'd love to,' says Warner Bros boss", and an entry from BBC Sounds.

    BBC News... without the crap

    BBC News' RSS feed has lately started getting duplicates because they're mucking about with guids. Also what's with the iPlayer and BBC Sounds content in there? Let's "fix" that for them, shall we?

    Read more - about 3 minutes (603 words)

    • Article
    • 10 comments
    • posted 9 March, 2024
  • Photograph of a boxing match, but with the heads of the competitors replaced with the ActivityPub and RSS logos (and "AP" or "RSS" written on their clothes, respectively). RSS is delivering a powerful uppercut to ActivityPub.

    RSS > ActivityPub

    RSS is better than ActivityPub. Fight me.

    Read more (358 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 8 March, 2024
  • Screenshot from Netscape Columns: Web Site Stories: the Coming Soon page is now laid out in two columns, but the expected launch date has been removed.

    Netscape's Untold Webstories

    Back in 1996, Netscape promised to publish a series of articles about making the best of the Web. With help from the Wayback Machine, let's see how that turned out for them, and learn a little about late-1990s web design as we go along.

    Read more - about 13 minutes (2934 words)

    • Article
    • posted 2 February, 2024
  • A white man wearing a spacesuit sits on a pebble beach using a laptop.

    They See Me (Blog)Rolling

    Inspired by Tracy Durnell, I've for the first time since 2008 started publishing a 'blogroll' of people I follow (now, dynamically-produced from my feed reader!).

    Read more - about 3 minutes (533 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 18 December, 2023
  • I don't want your data

    Manu doesn't want your data, and I don't either.

    Read more (245 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 7 December, 2023
  • Screenshot showing a "perfect" Lighthouse score for danq.me, with the corner peeled-back to show fragments of WordPress PHP code behind.

    Making WordPress Fast (The Hard Way)

    Lots of guides explain how to improve WordPress performance easily. This guide is different. I'd like to share the hard ways in which you might squeeze even more speed out of your WordPress site.

    Read more - about 17 minutes (3993 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 4 November, 2023
  • .well-known/feeds

    .well-known/feeds is a draft standard by which a site can publicise an OPML-based list of feeds (or other metadata) associated with it, that I literally dreamed-up last night. What do you think?

    Read more (66 words)

    • Note
    • 13 comments
    • posted 23 August, 2023
  • 512kb.club

    Proud to say that danq.me is the newest site to be admitted into Kev Quirk's 512kb club. Let's keep the web lean!

    Read more (23 words)

    • Note
    • posted 2 August, 2023
  • Photo showing a mobile phone, held in a hand, being used to take a photograph of a rugged coastline landscape.

    Short-Term Blogging

    Next time you've got something to share or a personal project, why not start a blog?

    Read more - about 3 minutes (516 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 25 July, 2023
  • Fabricated screenshot from Microsoft Edge, browsing 3r.org.uk: a "privacy" icon in the address bar has been clicked, and the resulting menu says: About 3r.org.uk. Connection is secure (with link for more info). Privacy and Cookies (with link for more info). Cookies (3 cookies in use) - Strictly necessary (2 in use), dropdown menu set to "Default (accept, delete later)"; Optional (1 in use), dropdown menu set to "Accept for this site". Checkbox for "Treat third-party cookies differently?", unchecked. Privacy (link to full policy): Legitimate interest - this site collects username, IP address, technical logs...; Consenmt - this site collects email address, phone number... Button to manage content. Button to "Exercise data rights".

    How a 2002 standard made 2022 bearable

    Somewhere, in another timeline, the P3P standard is alive and thriving and saving us from cookie/privacy popovers.

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1377 words)

    • Article
    • 9 comments
    • posted 24 April, 2023
  • Screenshot showing my webpage, "The Page With No Code". Using white text (and some emojis) on a blue gradient background, it describes the same thought process as I describe in this blog post, and invites the reader to "View Source" and see that the page genuinely does appear to have no code.

    The Page With No Code

    View Source shows nothing, but the page has content. The Page With No Code is the kind of puzzle that makes web developers unhappy.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (654 words)

    • Article
    • 11 comments
    • posted 11 January, 2023
  • Reply to The ethics of syndicating comments using WebMentions

    In reply to Terence Eden, Dan says that he considers it's morally-acceptable for a personal website to take a reactive approach to the moderation of comments syndicated via WebMentions, and explains why.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (609 words)

    • Reply
    • posted 3 December, 2022
  • 428: Precondition Failed ("You're still sleeping with your ex-!?")

    Breakups as HTTP Response Codes

    408: Request Timeout = "You keep saying you'll propose, but you never do", and 18 other HTTP response codes expressed as relationship breakdowns.

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    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 22 November, 2022
  • Screenshot showing Sisyphus carrying a rock up a long numbered gameboard; he's on square 993 out of 1000, but (according to the rules printed below the board) he needs to land on 1000 exactly and never roll a double-1 or else he returns to the start.

    Sisyphus: The Board Game (Digital Edition)

    I implemented a terrible digital version of a truly stupid board game idea. My excuse is illness, I guess?

    Read more (174 words)

    • Article
    • 39 comments
    • posted 21 November, 2022
  • Screenshots showing STS-6, listing the most-recent blog posts on DanQ.me, in two different display styles.

    Spring '83 Came And Went

    As the sun begins to set on Spring '83, I finally finish implementing my server for the protocol, way too late for anybody to pay attention or notice.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (795 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 20 November, 2022

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