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1. Migrating from macOS to Ubuntu

   My primary laptop is a MacBook Pro from 2015 — the last of the great keyboard era. But it's also closing in on four years old, which is about the time when things start to go wrong. I'm a freelancer. My laptop is literally how I earn a living. If it

2. 

   Pick up the second edition of CSS Master

   In 2015, I wrote my first solo book on Cascading Style Sheets: CSS Master. The book, aimed...

3. CSS Variables For Fun and Profit

   The idea of CSS variables has long been bandied about in web circles. Eventually it found its way into our workflows with pre-processors like Sass and Less. Now, however, variables are part of standard CSS thanks to the CSS Custom Properties for Cascading Variables Module Level 1 specification. They're widely

4. Meet the #RRGGBBAA CSS color syntax

   CSS color is about to get interesting. CSS Color Module Level 4 introduces new color spaces such as hwb() and lab(), and a color-mod() function that will let us change how we blend colors for the web. But it also introduces some syntax changes to the mix, such as hexadecimal

5. Using multiple SSH keys with GitHub

   Everything federal employees do in their work capacity is potentially subject to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Use your personal email — or GitHub account — for work purposes, and your not-at-all-government-related communications could be exposed to the world. That's how I ended up with two GitHub accounts. And it's

6. 45 Seconds on the California Coast

   The view from the Pacific Surfliner train 777 from San Diego to Los Angeles. April 17, 2017.

7. Block distractions with /etc/hosts

   Boost your productivity with this one simple trick.

8. No seriously: Don't use @extend

   Using @extend is usually a bad idea. This post explains why.

9. 

   My 2016: QuitoHongKongVegas

   2016 was a garbage fire culturally and politically. But personally? It was pretty great.