https://frills.dev/ All blog posts and updates from Frills en-GB 1440 https://frills.dev/blog/2026/february/stardew-valley/Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2026/february/stardew-valley/ https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/ Nolan articulates the impact of AI on developer crafters. The first time I have seen this take on AI written and I resonate heavily with it. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/ https://frills.dev/blog/2025/november/actual-burnout/ Processing my time spent signed off work Fri, 28 Nov 2025 13:01:43 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2025/november/actual-burnout/ https://frills.dev/blog/2025/september/indie-web-burnout/ Talking about where my head is at with this website and my energy. Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:19:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2025/september/indie-web-burnout/ https://tarnoff.info/2025/06/05/quick-tip-wcag-doesnt-round/ That's it. That's the tip Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://tarnoff.info/2025/06/05/quick-tip-wcag-doesnt-round/ https://ashley.dev/posts/feedback-is-not-an-attack/ A thoughtful exploration into giving and receiving feedback. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://ashley.dev/posts/feedback-is-not-an-attack/ https://frills.dev/changelog/250612/ Fixed a small update I did to the reply IDs on my guestbook in March that totally broke the submissions Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/250612/ https://frills.dev/blog/2025/june/circadian-rebellion/Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2025/june/circadian-rebellion/ https://www.placestoread.xyz/ Parks around the world handpicked by the internet that are perfect to sit down in and enjoy a book. Sat, 24 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.placestoread.xyz/ https://frills.dev/blog/2025/05/test-decap-md/ Testing Decap Wed, 21 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2025/05/test-decap-md/ https://frills.dev/blog/2025/may/overwatching/ No Mercy. Fri, 09 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2025/may/overwatching/ https://frills.dev/blog/2025/may/i-want-a-cms/ Tired of the friction! Thu, 08 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2025/may/i-want-a-cms/ https://frills.dev/curios/media/ Movies, TV shows, podcasts I have enjoyed Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/curios/media/ https://frills.dev/experiments/html-named-colors/ Filterable HTML named colours with colour contrast values and copy functionality Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/experiments/html-named-colors/ https://frills.dev/changelog/250402/ ✨Added Curios 🔥 Removed Art from main navigation ✨ Added Site Map 📦 Moved Orla shrine to Curios Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/250402/ https://frills.dev/blog/2025/april/april-fools-day/ An April Fools origin story Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2025/april/april-fools-day/ https://alttextselfies.net/ A project that explores written self-portraits. Very neat! Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://alttextselfies.net/ https://frills.dev/blog/2025/march/blog-challenge/ Tagged by the lovely Xandra. Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2025/march/blog-challenge/ https://frills.dev/blog/2025/march/ostara-spring/ The Wheel turns to Ostara. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2025/march/ostara-spring/ https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap Mimics the functionality of a KVM switch, which historically would allow you to use a single keyboard and mouse to control multiple computers. Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap https://frills.dev/blog/2025/february/i-got-a-mac/Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2025/february/i-got-a-mac/ https://frills.dev/experiments/nice-things-people-said/ CSS envelope of lovely messages for the 32bit.cafe Valentines 2025 challenge. Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/experiments/nice-things-people-said/ https://github.com/Heydon/principles-of-web-accessibility A set of high-level guiding principles for approaching web accessibility. Written by Heydon Pickering Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://github.com/Heydon/principles-of-web-accessibility https://frills.dev/changelog/250107/ 🐛 Fixed unstyled list markers showing on iOS ✨ Added microblog 🔥 Removed changelog from homepage 🌷 Updated favicon from Microsoft Fluent flat to 3D Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/250107/ https://frills.dev/blog/2025/january/the-witches/Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2025/january/the-witches/ https://frills.dev/blog/2025/january/i-got-an-iphone/Fri, 03 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2025/january/i-got-an-iphone/ https://artemis.jamesg.blog/ Artemis is a calm web reader for following your favorite websites at a slower pace, updating only once per day. Built by James. Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://artemis.jamesg.blog/ https://choochooworld.com A research project by Lusion, aimed to create an enjoyable mini game for all ages, demonstrating web technology's potential. Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://choochooworld.com https://frills.dev/blog/241122-legends-lattes/ A cozy book by Travis Baldree Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/241122-legends-lattes/ https://frills.dev/blog/241108-fill-up-your-cup/ A limmerick? Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/241108-fill-up-your-cup/ https://frills.dev/changelog/241101/ Unspookify theme Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/241101/ https://frills.dev/changelog/241002/ Spooky theme 🎃 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/241002/ https://frills.dev/changelog/240906/ Updated Webring links for Gen Lissa due to change in ownership Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/240906/ https://ismy.blue/ A colour naming test designed to measure your personal blue-green boundary. Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://ismy.blue/ https://eieio.games/essays/the-secret-in-one-million-checkboxes/ Heart-warming story about community, hacking and drawing with checkboxes Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://eieio.games/essays/the-secret-in-one-million-checkboxes/ https://frills.dev/changelog/240618/ Added global h-card in the footer Updated microformatting of blogs and bookmarks Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/240618/ https://frills.dev/blog/240614-gemini/ A haiku Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/240614-gemini/ https://frills.dev/experiments/hiraeth/ Belonging and longing and homesickness Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/experiments/hiraeth/ https://frills.dev/blog/240605-shooting-satellite/Tue, 04 Jun 2024 01:27:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/240605-shooting-satellite/ https://frills.dev/curios/art/ Drawings and doodles Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/curios/art/ https://frills.dev/changelog/240603/ Added Art collection Removed Now page (merging with About) Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/240603/ https://moku.blog/ let people know what you're eating! Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://moku.blog/ https://adactio.com/journal/21160 Jeremy Keith drops a truth bomb about Google, MDN and other corps real biggest asset. Tue, 28 May 2024 13:20:00 +0000 https://adactio.com/journal/21160 https://frills.dev/curios/orla/ A shrine dedicated to my Labrador Wed, 08 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/curios/orla/ https://eyy.co/tools/artifact-generator/ Add some crunch to your pics. Wed, 08 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://eyy.co/tools/artifact-generator/ https://js-naked-day.org/2024 Archive of participants for the JS Naked Day 2024 event Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://js-naked-day.org/2024 https://frills.dev/blog/240411-anon/ Response to Kev Quirk's 'What About Anonymous Blogging?' Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:51:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/240411-anon/ https://benmyers.dev/blog/native-visually-hidden/ Ben Myers explores ideas for how we could turn .visually-hidden into something native to the browser. Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://benmyers.dev/blog/native-visually-hidden/ https://frills.dev/changelog/240409/ Updated some HTML semantics Added 3 new webrings Updated CSS variables to HSL Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:30:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/240409/ https://frills.dev/blog/240409-css-naked/ Showing off my semantic <body>! Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:30:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/240409-css-naked/ https://css-naked-day.github.io/2024.html Archive of participants for the CSS Naked Day 2024 event Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://css-naked-day.github.io/2024.html https://alexsirac.com/webmentions-make-me-sad/ Alex talks about connection on the Indie Web and how webmentions do or do not help with that. Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://alexsirac.com/webmentions-make-me-sad/ https://frills.dev/blog/240404-anniversary/ Favourites, highlights and the evolution of this website Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:41:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/240404-anniversary/ https://frills.dev/changelog/240326/ Added Webmention support, but don't really know what I am doing Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:15:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/240326/ https://frills.dev/blog/240325-breakfast/ What I eat and think about breakfast Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:05:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/240325-breakfast/ https://philwilson.org/blog/2024/03/web-publishing-for-yourself/ "I do sometimes wonder if other people browse the web in the same way that I do." Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://philwilson.org/blog/2024/03/web-publishing-for-yourself/ https://frills.dev/blog/240315-give-blood/ Tonight, I am going to go and give blood. Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/240315-give-blood/ https://medium.com/@timberners_lee/marking-the-webs-35th-birthday-an-open-letter-ebb410cc7d42 Collaboration, compassion, creativity - 3 C’s were Tim Berners-Lee's original intention for the web. Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://medium.com/@timberners_lee/marking-the-webs-35th-birthday-an-open-letter-ebb410cc7d42 https://feedcanary.com/ RSS feed watcher that emails you if it’s missing or invalid. Sat, 02 Mar 2024 02:20:00 +0000 https://feedcanary.com/ https://rss-is-dead.lol/ Type in your Mastodon URL and explore RSS feeds in your network. Really heckin' awesome. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 02:40:00 +0000 https://rss-is-dead.lol/ https://frills.dev/changelog/240301/ Added RSS feeds to site metadata Updated RSS feed visuals Merged experiments RSS feed into blog feed Added bookmarks RSS feed Fri, 01 Mar 2024 02:20:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/240301/ https://lynnandtonic.com/thoughts/entries/a-decade-of-working-remotely/ Lynn reflects on 10 years of working remotely with a list of thoughts and observations. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://lynnandtonic.com/thoughts/entries/a-decade-of-working-remotely/ https://frills.dev/changelog/240221/ Added name phonetics using the WebSpeechAPI Added greeting based on user timezone Added GMT time-based status Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/240221/ https://frills.dev/changelog/240220/ New 88x31 button! Way more flavour in it than before! Joined the Bukmark club Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/240220/ https://rknight.me/blog/more-things-you-can-do-on-your-website/ Robb's extension on James' 100 things you can do on your personal website blog post. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://rknight.me/blog/more-things-you-can-do-on-your-website/ https://frills.dev/changelog/240216/ Added tinylytics Added blog posts kudos! Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/240216/ https://frills.dev/blog/240216-life-in-pics/ Delciously crunchy compressed pictures. Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/240216-life-in-pics/ https://sive.rs/hellyeah This resonates. Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://sive.rs/hellyeah https://tilde.32bit.cafe/~ribose/events/valentines2024/ Archive of submissions for the 32bitcafe 2024 Valentines event Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tilde.32bit.cafe/~ribose/events/valentines2024/ https://frills.dev/blog/240214-valentines/Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/240214-valentines/ https://frills.dev/experiments/valentines-ascii-heart/ A curation of hearts and love themed ASCII art for the 32bit.cafe Valentines 2024 challenge. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/experiments/valentines-ascii-heart/ https://frills.dev/blog/240212-accessible-ascii/ A little how-to, based on W3C recommendations Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/240212-accessible-ascii/ https://frills.dev/blog/070224-this-website-is-personal-girls/ My thoughts, my feelings, my perceptions Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/070224-this-website-is-personal-girls/ https://sandspiel.club/ A sandbox to play with the elements and see how they interact whilst making pretty art Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://sandspiel.club/ https://a-website-is-a-room.net/ Thesis project by Nancy Wu, when she realised that certain websites give her a sense of shelter and rest more than others Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://a-website-is-a-room.net/ https://www.andycarolan.com/ Andy is a talented illustrator and designer, every now and again he opens commission slots for profile pics. He's very friendly and created a profile pic for me in record time. Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andycarolan.com/ https://heynote.com/ Notepad on crack (not a code editor) Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://heynote.com/ https://ooh.directory/ Discovered via Brandon Writes' link page, Ooh Directory is a collection of categorised blogs, curated by Phil Gyford. Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://ooh.directory/ https://dev.to/therubberduckiee/explaining-ssh-to-my-uber-driver-38a Jessica Wang breakdowns down what SSH is with images and easy-to-understand concepts. Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.to/therubberduckiee/explaining-ssh-to-my-uber-driver-38a https://mccormick.cx/ Chris makes stuff. He made Rogule, Doodle Rogue Tileset, DoodleCSS, and other cool things! Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://mccormick.cx/ https://32bit.cafe/holidays2023/display/ Archive of submissions for the 32bitcafe 2023 holidays event. Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://32bit.cafe/holidays2023/display/ https://frills.dev/changelog/240110/ Added Bookmarks collection Added Now page Updated Experiments list page styling Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/240110/ https://flamedfury.com/bookmarks/ This Bookmarks collection is inspired by Flamed Fury. They are an active indieweb community member that seems to have an unending supply of interesting links. Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://flamedfury.com/bookmarks/ https://frills.dev/blog/240109-bookmark-dump/ A new year digital spring clean. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/240109-bookmark-dump/ https://frills.dev/changelog/231213/ Updated lists to be styled using the ::marker pseudo element instead of using list-style: none to improve accessibility Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/231213/ https://frills.dev/blog/231213-practical-accessibility/Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/231213-practical-accessibility/ https://frills.dev/blog/231207-edit-everything/Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/231207-edit-everything/ https://frills.dev/changelog/231206/ Added Christmas theme toggle Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/231206/ https://frills.dev/curios/avatars/ Picrews, commissions, drawn GPOYs Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/curios/avatars/ https://frills.dev/changelog/231117/ Added randomised avatars to the homepage Added an avatar collection Added a sticker collection Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/231117/ https://frills.dev/changelog/231115/ Sizable underlying structure update. Added All RSS feed. Updated About page. Removed Thoughts (no thoughts, just vibes). Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/231115/ https://frills.dev/blog/230911-silence-of-the-girls/Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/230911-silence-of-the-girls/ https://frills.dev/changelog/231102/ Added explanation of JavaScript usage to Colophon Added 2 new webrings to the homepage: Ladies of the Links and Gen Lissa Removed Halloween theme toggle Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/231102/ https://frills.dev/blog/231102-dealing-with-seasons/Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/231102-dealing-with-seasons/ https://frills.dev/blog/2023-october/Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2023-october/ https://frills.dev/changelog/231026/ Added Orla's dream woofs mp3 and a video to her Shrine. Neocities supporter means I can upload any file type 😈 Added latest posts and Neocities profile link to homepage Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/231026/ https://frills.dev/experiments/css-ghost/ Pure CSS ghost created for the 32bit.cafe Halloween 2023 challenge. Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/experiments/css-ghost/ https://frills.dev/changelog/231023/ Added comment moderation to guestbook and wrote a blog post about it. Added cursor sparkles to homepage Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/231023/ https://frills.dev/blog/231023-add-moderation-to-comment-widget/Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/231023-add-moderation-to-comment-widget/ https://frills.dev/blog/231021-my-developer-story/ A brief history of how I got into web development Sat, 21 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/231021-my-developer-story/ https://frills.dev/changelog/231019/ Added a Shrine for Orla. Gutted I couldn't embed an mp3 of her dream woofs as Neocities doesn't support it. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/231019/ https://frills.dev/changelog/231011/ Added a Guestbook. Go say hi! 🥰 Revamped my About page into more of a dashboard type thing. My previous one was making me cringe 😩. Going to work on it some more later but wanted to get the initial change out there! Wed, 11 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/231011/ https://frills.dev/changelog/231005/ Updated Accessibility declaration: Updated WCAG version from 2.1 to 2.2 Added contact details for reporting Removed to do list as it wasn't adding value Updated descriptions of Accessibility resources Implemented new homepage dashboard! Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/231005/ https://frills.dev/experiments/css-tarot-card/ Pure CSS Tarot card 'Three of Swords' depicting a heart pierced by three swords, surrounded by clouds and rain. Using and extending CodePen's challenge palette 'Perfect Purple'. The card flips on hover! Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/experiments/css-tarot-card/ https://frills.dev/changelog/231001/ Added RSS feeds for changelog and experiments Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/231001/ https://frills.dev/changelog/230930/ The start of the Changelog!! Added Halloween theme toggle 👻 Added Vegan Banana Bread recipe Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/changelog/230930/ https://frills.dev/blog/230928-vegan-banana-bread/Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/230928-vegan-banana-bread/ https://frills.dev/experiments/css-skull/ Pure CSS skull, he's kinda cute. I made this in 2018, and is definitely due for a rebuild/refactor Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/experiments/css-skull/ https://frills.dev/blog/2023-september/Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2023-september/ https://frills.dev/experiments/change-background-colour-with-range-input/ Use the range input to change the colour of the background Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/experiments/change-background-colour-with-range-input/ https://frills.dev/blog/2023-august/Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2023-august/ https://frills.dev/blog/230727-tiny-things/ I adore tiny things. Here is a list of tiny things I love. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/230727-tiny-things/ https://frills.dev/blog/2023-july/Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2023-july/ https://frills.dev/blog/230627-mushrooms/Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/230627-mushrooms/ https://frills.dev/blog/230615-forest-bathing/Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/230615-forest-bathing/ https://frills.dev/blog/2023-june/Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/2023-june/ https://frills.dev/blog/230525-dev-rabbit-hole/ Recording some interesting links I found on a short but inspired link spree. Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://frills.dev/blog/230525-dev-rabbit-hole/