Fred Collman

sometimes something bad happens to you and it's not entirely your own fault. it might only be 70% your fault, or even as low as 40% your fault

Now, more than ever: public service broadcasting.

On my way down to London for Pip Blom tonight. The first of four gigs this week and I could really do with not losing my voice ahead of job interviews next week...

It's quite easy to cancel your Disney+ subscription, you only have to press the "Cancel Subscription" button 5 times.

Why would I want to shit my own pants when the pants-shitting machine could do it far more efficiently?

Tom Hanks, but larger

The phrase "may their memory be a blessing" can feel like something people just say. But every time somebody amazing dies I'm struck anew by the beauty of how a life well-lived and in service to others (which is itself a gift) transforms into yet another offering (often, a lesson in how to live)

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

THREE HUNDRED MILLION books is a hell of a contribution to society. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is an incredible achievement. Donation link here for anyone able to give a few quid: donate.imaginationlibrary.com

This is pure pure joy. RIP to Dolly Parton, one of our best humans.

It should be a tri-state toggle: light mode, dark mode, edna mode (prefers-reduced-capes: reduce)

I have spent the afternoon on my beanbag flicking through blogs. Sometimes it's nice to remember that there are good human things on the Internet as well as all the shite.

Phoebe Bridgers covering Lithium in the Live Lounge; Slayyyter belting out a Hole cover. The 90s are alive and well baybeeee youtu.be/fAOdTCeivEk?...

Squirrel Flower, Weezer and Westside Cowboy all released albums yesterday and yet somehow this Brandon Flowers country album is my favourite of the bunch

I've been writing CSS for over a decade and yet I still trip over basic layout stuff on a regular flex-basis

Pineapples are fucking great

Bin Day cometh.

This Syncular explainer is one of the best technical long-reads I've come across in a long time. syncular.dev/blog/offline...

Ugh, GitHub Actions are down and I was hoping to get a big release out before the end of the day. Ah well, maybe I can squeeze it in in the morning.

Oh cool, we're at the "Elon Musk declares war on moon" stage of societal collapse.

say what you will about AI, always-on voice recording and auto dictation has been a game changer for my workflows. Save post and close app. Yeah Footlong meatball sub on white. No veggies. Don't toast it. Ranch and barbecue sauce. Yeah, ranch and bargecue sauce. More. More. Little more please

It is *wild* how slow Android file system performance is. Reading a folder of ~500 text files takes less than a second on my laptop. Reading that same folder takes TWO MINUTES on my phone, regardless of any concurrency I throw in there.

¡Campeones de hidratación!

New York New Jersey I love you, but you're bringing me down. 30 more minutes of really underwhelming football on the way.

How the hell am I going to remember to stay hydrated after the world cup is over?

Extra time not ideal for my 10k time tomorrow, but let's not pretend it was going to be a rapid one anyway

Why don't you just...have another beer then?

Glad I stayed up for the England game. Cracking atmosphere and great football from both sides

On July 4, 2007, Chris Coyier, a web designer, established the CSS-Tricks portal. The portal brings web designers daily news and tutorials from the world of web design. #WebDesignHistory

writing the lyric “concrete jungle where dreams are made of” and it becoming the single biggest new york anthem has gotta feel like the worst version of when you have a post with a typo go viral

Love this story but also it’s not great that basic free market competition responding to demand is so fun and surprising

The cheese fridge in my local Waitrose has broken and people are losing their fucking minds

Holy shit. I cannot believe we didn't bottle it. City fucking bottled it for us!

That won't be enough! Woohoo! #Eurovision

Absolutely phenomenal reaction from Look Mum No Computer to getting 0 points in the public vote. What a lovely lad, a job well done. #Eurovision

Australia, Bulgaria, Moldova the standouts. Germany and Romania also solid #Eurovision

Oh ok, it's Delta's night

These supply chain attacks are so grim. Hats off to the open source maintainers who are managing to respond so quickly.

Really pleasing to see just how poorly Reform did in Oxford. Nowhere close to a single seat, even in a local election.

the dumbest feed idea I have ever had, please enjoy

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