BurgeonLab
BurgeonLab
Naty S
Naty's personal site, built with IndieWeb principles, is where she writes about tinkering with technology and hobbies. She likes to write how-to guides on things she's learnt and is passionate about open source, Hugo, online privacy, and self-hosting.
Latest Posts
A few months ago, @joelchrono asked me to collaborate on a post he was working on which involved sharing a game one would bring to a desert island. I realized I never cross-posted the submission on my own blog; so here’s a copy of it:...
What is LanguageToolLanguageTool (LT) is an open source proofreading service for over 30+ languages. It is an EU-funded project and I have been a fan for over a decade. It offers cloud services; a free basic plan that detects basic...
BackgroundNavigation menus, like top nav bars and footer menus, typically add an active CSS class to the current page’s link, providing visual feedback and highlights the page you’re currently on. This is a common user experience (UX)...
F1 Shanghai RaceAs a long time Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes fan (especially Toto), seeing the podium last weekend was amazing. I’m thrilled and delighted for Lewis finally getting his first Ferrari podium. Enjoyed Kimi getting his first...
I haven’t used Indiekit to post anything recently! Quick update on the blog: I’ve been busy working on my new Hugo theme redesign—learnt to use Git branches, forked the Anubis2 theme code so I could squash unused/overriding CSS rules,...
Contributing to Collaborative ProjectsDuring the HWC: Pacific event last week, Reilly mentioned a blogger called Molly White who writes about technology. I saw her photo and realized I watched her getting started guide on Wikipedia in...
Plumbing AchievementLast week, I tacked a leaking pull-out/sprayer-style kitchen tap at home. The cartridge/handle area had been leaking slightly for some time; but it got significantly worse last week when the handle stopped working...
CNYHappy Chinese New Year to you, my dear reader! It’s the Year of the Horse this year—may all of you be galloping to success (馬到功成), be full of vitality like a horse and dragon (龍馬精神), and to be in the forefront of what you do (一馬當先). 1...
Hi Jo! I’m so happy I came across your site once again (because I lost it in my ♾️ opened tabs + windows). I came across your Instagram export page initially; it’s nicely executed (I hope to have something like that one day on my site)....
At today’s IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club: Pacific event, we covered lots of different topics—RSS, ATProto, poll platforms, CMSes, databases, upvotes, YAML, etc . During the event, something @fractalkitty and @joelchrono said alerted me...
This week’s weeknote is another technical log of what I did to my site. Skip to the Link Roundup if it’s too technical! Should I do a separate series for web dev talk and how I am building my site—a bit like Shellsharks’ Devlog series?...
I’m a fan of colours and this is a fun little game/challenge! [For up-to-date content, visit BurgeonLab directly (XML feeds don't fetch updates in real-time). For topic-specific feeds, visit /subscribe. Thanks for reading my blog using a...
Hi Chris! I hope this u-in-reply-to webmention reaches you (it’s the first time I’m using this Microformat markup type). Your guestbook is a retro and fun page; a nice surprise and contrast to your clean, modern, and user-friendly site....
HWC: About Books & ReadingI haven’t attended a Homebrew Website Club event for a few weeks; it was lovely to see familiar faces again last week at the Pacific event (meeting notes). I managed to get @joelchrono to attend his first...
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