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Force Backblaze on Mac to backup excluded folders
How to edit default Backblaze exclusions
2 Feb 2015
Update May 4, 2015: This technique no longer works. A recent Backblaze update has added strict validation controls that prevents their forbidden directories from being enabled. Even if you edit...
PSA: Use a CDN for external assets like HTML5shiv
The fast, easy, and free way to load external assets
23 Jan 2015
To my fellow builders of websites: when you want to include an external resource on a webpage, do not use a publicly-accessible version control system to serve the resource. I...
Older thoughts
- 28 Nov 2014
- Towards a more perfect link underline
- 19 Aug 2013
- Readable light text on dark backgrounds: a case study
- 30 Jul 2012
- Dynamic range compression: an explanation