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Reply to: A modern font loading strategy with the vanilla JS FontFaceSet.load() method
Chris Ferdinandi's suggestion of using FontFaceSet.load() to prevent FOIT seems overkill. What's wrong with font-display: swap;?
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Goodbye Google Analytics, Hello Fathom
Big news! This site is no longer using Google Analytics and I’ve switched to a self-hosted version of brand new analytics product Fathom.
Fathom is very simple. It only tracks 4 things: Unique Visitors, Page Views, Time on Site, and Bounce Rate. It shows me a chart of page views and visitors and then gives me … -
...you wouldn't believe how often I'm told I'm not allowed to use the letter "Q" in passwords...
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Reply to Hardware Issue - when did hard drive space get like this?
Hardware Issue (Aquarionics) So, I am a professional system administrator. It says it on my business cards and everything. Every couple of months, when I have to explain to the receptionist at the London office that yes, I do work here, and so Nicholas Avenell (Aquarionics) wrote:
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(My first hard drive for the Amiga 600 … -
What is a "Bag of Choppy"?
dobegood posted to Reddit:
My mum just used the phrase "we'd be in for a bucket of custard." I'm not sure if this is a real phrase or she's having a stroke. Please advise.
dobegood
My mother once described her new cat, which was very skinny when she got it, … -
8 words
Ruth wrote:
Coming out to my mother as bisexual was something I thought about for years before finally taking the plunge. Braced for tears and recriminations, I was amazed and pleased to be greeted only with love and support.
Which was why telling her I was poly remains one of the most difficult things I've … -
strange dream
Beth wrote:
Last night I had an utterly bizarre dream in which I was at the Q party, which for some reason was at Dan and Claire's huge sprawling country bungalow. The sun was shining and everyone was running about in the garden. I wish I could remember more, I do remember having a … -
Dumping for Dummies
Ruth wrote:
Wow, it's been nearly a month since I put finger to key for the sake of this old thing. In case anyone's wondering, I was feeling hurt and a bit isolated due to the total lack of concern you all showed when I had my first taste of bereavement (with the notable … -
Contraception advice please Claire Q!
Liz wrote:
A huge thank you to everyone who posted support last week. I felt alot better knowing that other people believed me.
Thankfully simon believed me too and the whole thing has made us a lot stronger.
Could I please ask for some advice from claire. Simon and i are having incredibly bad luck. The second … -
Sian wrote:
I'm hoping to get a laptop for me birthday, any suggestions people who know about these things? Before I end up buying one just because it's pink or has Hello Kitty on it or something. I just want something basic, but not rubbish. Help?
Before somebody suggests that I will be the best … -
Open All Night
Matt R wrote:
Guys, I really need your support here and I know that it's very last minute.
There's a comedy open mic night tomorrow in The Angel and, not only am I performing in one of the slots, I'm also the MC. This is a big thing for me so if you could all come … -
scan.co.uk
Ruth wrote:
We are in the process of ordering a new computer. Most of the bits are coming from Scan. Now, their range is lovely, and their postage policy is reasonably sensible, but they have a dumb policy on debit cards.
If you pay with a debit card (instead of a credit card), you can … -
Sian wrote:
Going to be registering a website thingy tonight to mess around with. Any hints/tips/advice from all you people who know about this stuff would be gratefully received. I am, after all, officially computer illiterate.
Register your domain name with somebody respectable (won't rip you off or otherwise fuck up) like Easily, who'll give … -
Reflections
Ruth wrote:
Something surprised me today. I was looking through the various blog-posts relating to the nastiness with the Union, and I was quite shocked to realise how many of the people that I (certainly now, probably always) think of as nightliners are now, in fact, ex-nightliners.
And I thought about the influence that those … -
Yay, my underwear from Figleaves turned up today, I have new bras…
Ruth wrote:
Yay, my underwear from Figleaves turned up today, I have new bras which fit. Now my breasts look enormous, which is a bit scary...
Let me see, let me see!
(awaits slap)