@sambaldwin

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British designer based in NYC
Websitehttps://sambaldwin.info

On the Microsoft Edge team, we're introducing a new way to draw separators between items of a grid, flexbox, or multicolumn layout. We think it overcomes a lot of the limitations of existing techniques, and we would love to hear your feedback to help us shape the final design.

https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2025/03/19/minding-the-gaps-a-new-way-to-draw-separators-in-css/

Minding the gaps: A new way to draw separators in CSS

Drawing separator lines between various sections of a webpage is a common design technique, which can help to structure the content and make it more readable, as well as more aesthetically pleasing. As we'll see in this article, there are techniques

Microsoft Edge Blog

Today, February 12, is loyal beagle Gromit's birthday. Happy birthday, Gromit! (The Wrong Trousers, 1993)

#Movies #Film #Cinemastodon #Letterboxd #Gromit #TheWrongTrousers #WallaceAndGromit #StopMotion #Claymation

Magenta doesn’t exist; our brains make it up https://youtu.be/CtLOH_uRg-M
Magenta: The colour that doesn't exist – BBC REEL

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

YouTube
There's something so great about making connections between notes that were written several years apart (my oldest note here is from 2014). Very much feels like tending to a garden
I've been enjoying dipping my toe into using Obsidian (in conjunction with iA Writer – hooray for plain text). Some features I like: open random note, foldable everything (headings, nested lists, etc), and unlinked mentions
*Really* enjoying using @ivory

I am looking for someone to take over the https://alt-text.org project. There's a working prototype and lots of low hanging fruit to start with, and I'll be available for any help you need.

One larger task is to rewrite the backend in Rust. It's primarily CPU bound and Node is not ideal. I've just released an implementation of the image matching algorithm used in Rust, which was always the biggest hurdle: https://github.com/alt-text-org/image-match-rs

If you'd like to hear more, please DM.

Boosts welcome

Alt-Text.Org

A library of alt text written by humans, in progress. Stay tuned for a roadmap.

more excited to load custom fonts onto my kobo than i am e-books
OD-11 back in stock in the US *and* discounted?! Too tempting… https://teenage.engineering/store/od-11
OD-11 the original carlsson sound

wireless loudspeaker made to play all your music, from any device. the unmistakably warm and relaxed carlsson sound has returned. pair two or more together for wireless stereo. available in six different colors.

teenage engineering
The `font-stretch` CSS property:
cc/ @csswg
Stretches glyph outlines
15.4%
Selects width variants
17.7%
No idea, never used it
57.9%
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9%
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