Steven Garrity

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Show threadSteven Garrity23h ago
@siracusa Has anyone stepped up to make the Siracusa EV Stupidity Report website where we can see which models pass and fail on your various criteria?
Show threadSteven Garrity2d ago

@siracusa YES! We turned down a Mustang Mach E for a lower-quality-feeling Hyundai Kona EV mainly due to stupid door handles.

It was the prospect of having to explain how to open the door to every person who got in our car for the life of the car - that was a deal-breaker.

Show threadSteven Garrity3d ago
@ichris Mom? Is that you?
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silverorange4d ago

A quick update from silverorange-land, which includes Manitoba again!

🧑‍💻 A great new front-end dev on our team

👩‍⚕️emrap.org has a new CEO & a hand in making HBO's The Pitt so realistic

🦊 New work with Mozilla

🚗 CarPlay & Android Auto support in EM:RAP's apps

https://www.silverorange.com/blog/digest-may-2026

silverorange digest May 2026 Edition

In this edition of the silverorange digest: Nathan from Manitoba A new CEO at EM:RAP The Pitt, season 2 Mozilla’s mail migration Carplay & Android Auto Recommended reading Nathan from Manitoba After our only employee living in Manitoba relocated back to Ontario last year,…

Show threadSteven Garrity5d ago

@scottjenson I always assume there are complications and constraints behind the scenes that lead to a release like this. Smart people working in good faith can sometimes put out work that's a step backwards.

That said, I couldn't help but have some fun predicting the future of these icons.

Show threadSteven Garrity6d ago
@knowler Probably a United Nations thing.
Show threadSteven GarrityMay 20
@sil That's the tiniest gradad I've ever seen!
Steven GarrityMay 20
Michael W Lucas May 20

Overheard by a friend:

"You never see a cybertruck in the parking lot of the library."

Steven GarrityMay 19
silverorangeMay 19

CSS aficionado @maureenholland writes about the enduring value of the CSS float property:

https://www.silverorange.com/blog/float

Floats are dead! Long live floats!

For a long time, front-end developers had a limited number of layout styling options. This resulted in some creative hacks around the existing browser features. The float property, in particular, was wrangled into many configurations now much better suited to multi-column, flex,…

Show threadSteven GarrityMay 18
@ichris This isn't a suggestion - because I don't know the platforms well enough - but did you consider just using Ghost for the blog and newsletter?