I moved in to my brand new Peveril Homes house on 9 June 2023. I was so excited to be buying my first home and was absolutely elated on the day. I was expecting a few minor hiccups and snags, nothing major, but the problems that followed quickly turned my excitement into a bit of a nightmare!
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Why won’t my scrollable container scroll? How to fix horizontal scrolling within a flexbox layout. I’m writing this because I recently had an annoying issue where I could not get a container to horizontally scroll its contents while it was within a flex box.
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Pokémon GO has grown massively since its launch in 2016, gaining over 166 million users in 2020 according to stats published by Business of Apps. That’s a lot of users! And while Niantic make regular updates to the game, adding new mechanics, UI improvements and fixing bugs — they’re a bit of a Slowpoke when it comes to creating a dark mode.
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During Apple’s WWDC keynote in early June 2021, one thing that stood out from all the other announcements, for me, was the new UI design for Safari. Safari is central to the experience across Apple devices and this redesign spans all platforms with one design format for macOS and iPadOS, and another for smaller iOS devices.
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Earlier this year I was commissioned by Georgina at Lilymelts Workshop to design a new logo for use on products and across digital channels such as her website and social media.
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raweGauge jQuery plugin
Introducing raweGauge, a basic jQuery plugin that transforms a set of radio buttons into an animated number gauge. Perfect for making surveys and forms easier to use and more attractive.
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Improving MacBook battery performance
A quick post on improving battery performance for MacBooks, more for self-reference really, but hopefully others might find it useful.
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Filtering content in Kentico
Standard repeaters are a great all-in-one web part for displaying content, but sometimes you need finer control over the output. This post will show you how to create a content filter for news articles, so that content can be filtered by the categories: Press Releases, Product News and Partner News. Continue reading “Filtering content in Kentico”
Lego Iron Man Minifigures
These Iron Man Lego minifigure concepts were designed in collaboration with @iritweets for his Iron Man 3 Hall of Armour Lego concept over at Lego Cuusoo. The four figures are concepts of Mark 2 to 5 Iron Man suits, which are not currently available from Lego. Continue reading “Lego Iron Man Minifigures”