The Jolly Teapot
The Jolly Teapot
Nicolas Magand
The Jolly Teapot is the place on the web where I write and comment mainly on software, the internet, Apple, and media news. My name is Nicolas Magand, and I currently live in the Greater Strasbourg area, France.
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I almost missed the deadline with this one, didn’t I? At least it gives me a chance to wish every one of you a happy New Year’s Eve, and new year. In 2026, I’ll write less about CSS, fonts, HTML, and text editors, and more about… well,...
In 2022, I wrote a post called The Lotus philosophy applied to blog design, in which I was trying to explain how the Lotus philosophy of lighter cars for improved performance could apply to web design, and to my blog in particular. I...
After seeing this news, I have spent an unusual amount of my week thinking and reading about Times New Roman. 1 In an ocean of opinions, mine probably won’t register, but I think the Times New Roman typeface is, by itself, fine. It looks...
Some links don’t call for a full blog post, but sometimes I still want to share some of the good stuff I encounter on the web. Music of Wellness (From Severance: Season 1) By Theodore Shapiro・Right next to the music from GoldenEye for...
Well, that was a fun weekend. I have spent half of my time reinstalling MacOS Sequoia, and trying to get it back the way it was, while trying to avoid losing important files. You see, on that chilly Saturday afternoon, I wanted to take...
There is a line from a scene in Community (my favourite TV show) that seems to live rent-free in my head: And who the hell are you always texting? Everyone you know is here. I am reminded of this scene almost every day when I look at...
Some links don’t call for a full blog post, but sometimes I still want to share some of the good stuff I encounter on the web. Why it is so hard to tax the super-rich・Very interesting and informative video, to the point that I wish it...
Yesterday, OpenAI unveiled Atlas, their new app, which is, in a nutshell, a Chromium-based browser that integrates ChatGPT and connects web pages and the A.I. in all kinds of smart ways. Atlas is not the first browser like this, as some...
Maybe this experiment won’t last, but this week, I decided to remove Wipr from my Mac and my iPhone. I wanted to see what my web browsing experience would be like without it. Wipr is arguably the best content blocker for Safari — I’ve...
Some links don’t call for a full blog post, but sometimes I still want to share some of the good stuff I encounter on the web. Maria Ressa talks with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show・A video featuring Maria Ressa and Jon Stewart is bound to...
This weekend I spent hours tweaking little cosmetic and technical aspects of this blog. I finally managed to change the HTML of the footnotes, which I am happy to say is now an <aside> element and not a <section> element anymore....
At first glance, this post may read like an ad, feel like an ad, but it’s not an ad. It just lists reasons that make me really, really like BBEdit, an app that I have long avoided and considered too complicated and complex for my humble...
Well, August went by in a flash, didn’t it? Time flew by. My two weeks of holiday lasted what felt like five days, including a very relaxing week in the Austrian Alps, where I managed to rest both body and mind, to return to my working...
It’s a good thing I have this format of posts, otherwise this blog may suffer from a lack of regular updates. I have a few drafts currently in the works, and I hope the slower pace of August will allow for some quality time for writing....
After questioning my usage of Safari and wanting to stop using it, it remained my main browser, despite its flaws, including the lack of options when it comes to default search engines.1 Before accepting my fate as a Safari user, I had...