Blog Posts
My ramblings & thoughts.
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Don't require password for sudo commands as non-root user
Sometimes you don't want to have to enter your password every time you run a sudo command - this blog post walks you through disabling that.
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SCSS Reverse direction
There may be a point in your CSS coding that you want to know the opposite of a direction (e.g. up, down). This function allows you to pass it a...
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How I kicked a millennial habit
Changing habits is hard - especially when it's being part of your lifestyle for so long. After watching a video, I decided to address my...
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The Digital Bucket List for People in the Web
Last September I gave a talk at Bytes 2016, a mini-conference for people in the web about my digital bucket list for people who work with the...
Guest Posts
Below are posts I have written for other blogs & companies
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Render Conf 30th March 2017 - A review
For Liquid Light
On 30th March, I took the many trains over the many hours required to get to Oxford from Brighton and attended Render Conf. In it’s second year, this conference already seems to have gained quite an online following. The line-up was jam-packed full of reputable names you’ve heard and people with brains jam-packed full of info.
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How can I score 100 on Google PageSpeed Insights?
For Liquid Light
PageSpeed Insights (PSI) is a tool developed by Google to rank the speed of your website. There are a few things it doesn’t look out for, such as code validation or usability but it’s a good starting point at getting your site up to scratch.
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What's new in Feefo v3?
For Liquid Light
Feefo, the customer feedback and review website, launched version 3 of their product at the end of September. Although customers had no choice to be updated to version 3, what does this mean for users, customers and developers using the platform?
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Building a Vue v2 JS app using Vue-router
For Liquid Light
Vue JS is a javascript framework which has recently released version 2. Allowing you to display, manipulate and navigate data, Vue is a React, Knockout and Angular competitor. This blog post walks through building a web app with Vue Router.
Side Projects
I like to keep my hands busy in my spare time
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Does This Have That?
A website which allows you to find out if a device has a service. E.g. Does Xbox One have Netflix? This came about as I was trying to find out if an Amazon Fire TV stick had certain services. After finding a blog which informed me it did, I went ahead and bought one - only to find out it doesn't. It was a real struggle to work out what services devices do have.
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Rat:o
A simple web app that allows you to do work out ratios of things. This tool is used daily by me and the team at work and can be used not just for dimensions of images and videos but for font sizes and percentages.
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Hovélo
Hovélo is a casual cycling group I started in 2014 as a way of meeting other cyclists in Hove, East Sussex. The group meets every Sunday morning by Hove Station for a ride through the country-side. Since it's inception, the group has gained over 100 facebook members and Sunday rides regularly feature a good group of people.
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