In the following few days, I will (hopefully) explore how to make interactive and animated SVG parts. There are a few goals behind this: To understand d3.js, one has to understand SVG first. I want to create a unique progress spinner component. Sadly, Inkscape does not seem to be a …
Just realized that Kahuna has already included print style in their CSS, so that printed posts will be mostly black-on-white. It saves ink and promotes clarity. My CSS hacks had interfered with this and caused the printed pages to have a weird header. It has now been fixed.
Anyone interested in typography will probably ask me this question: Why is there no ligature for “fi” in the site title, de finibus? And for some time I thought the answer was: “I would like to, but Adagio Serif does not come with one.” Which is completely wrong. Adagio Serif …
The first iteration of the site logo, or the favicon, has a few problems. It is monochrome black, meaning that it looks horrible on dark backgrounds. And for many situations, such as the favicon or an iOS/Android desktop shortcut, I cannot even control the background color. The two parts forming …
This is the first reorganization of posts on my blog. In the beginning, I said that I did not care about content organization, I just wanted to write something, and there are no intended readers at all. However, as of now I already have 17 posts, this post not included. …
Since I have included a code snippet of more than twenty lines in my last article, it seems that it is now time to get some proper syntax highlighting. After a short survey, and by excluding the plugins that are no longer maintained and the plugins that obviously does not …
Since I found myself desperately lacking modern front end skills, I decide to spend some time in creating an example Angular app. This article covers the following questions: What are some interesting UI component libraries I discovered? How can I embed my Angular app to my WordPress posts?
This time I do not plan to change much of my color scheme. Instead, it is an attempt to fine-tune details and deepen my understandings.
So far I have been living with a make-do color scheme. One of the reasons is that while Kahuna has lots of awesome options for controlling the color scheme, not everything is achievable from the settings, and some CSS hacking is needed. Of course, I am not afraid of CSS …
Technically, I should have written this article while I set up WordPress for the first time. However, this brings up the ancient paradox of “chicken or egg?” Now that the egg is ready, it’s time for the chicken to hatch.
