Daniel @da@mastodon.technology

My PC runs dead slow on the latest Windows 10 release. The Windows 11 beta is much faster! Unfortunately, it’s a 7th generation Intel processor, so it probably wont get the final release.

Windows 10 and 11 to get two new monospace system fonts: Cascadia Code and Cascadia Mono to be installed by default alongside the new Windows Terminal app.
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/cascadia-system-font.html#src=mastodon

At least I’m not a completionist. 🏆 #googledoodle
https://www.google.com/doodles/doodle-champion-island-games-july-27

I set up one of those newfangled Bio links for myself. It’s neat-looking, but I think I prefer having my own website in the bio. But is a link-wall to my other presences on the web more useful?
https://aleksandersen.bio.link/

Don’t preorder ebooks from Packt Publishing.
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/packtpub-preorder.html#src=mastodon

I’ve had nothing bad experiences with Realtek NICs going back over a decade. The NICs will randomly stop working and require manual intervention to recover.
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/realtek-nic.html#src=mastodon

Google Search has an unfair network performance advantage in Chrome #webperf
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/chrome-google-dse-preconnect.html#src=mastodon

The perfect system preinstalled cross-platform serif and sans-serif font stacks.
Alternative title: How to get text to look great on all platforms including Linux; which doesn’t have great default fonts. Who needs webfonts anyway?
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/font-stack-text.html#src=mastodon

Does the web still need HTTP Deflate?
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/http-deflate-compression.html#src=mastodon

Hm. My MacBook won’t get macOS Monterey, and my laptop won’t get Windows 11. They’re both in perfect working order, but profit-driven corporate decisions about what is a worth-wild processor will turn them into e-waste within the next few months. (I don’t need another Linux laptop at this time.) #ewaste

Review of Logitech K835 TKL mechanical keyboard
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/review-logitech-k835-tkl.html#src=mastodon

The best method for dark-mode friendly SVG in HTML pages. #webdev
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/svg-embed-dark-mode.html#src=mastodon

Today’s Fastly outage was a good reminder for the internet: decentralization is good, and redundancy is good. Centralization means more things stops working all at once.

A deeper dive into Chrome WebFeed. It’s RSS-esque. #RSS
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/chrome-follow-feeds.html#src=mastodon

Google Chrome experiment lets you Follow news and website updates #rss
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/chrome-follow-websites.html#src=mastodon

Fixing the News Media and Digital Platform Bargaining Code #linktax
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/news-destination-tax.html

How I fixed my MacBook’s intermittent Wi-Fi dropouts
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/macbook-wifi-dropouts.html#src=mastodon

Why KeePass instead of self-hosting Bitwarden
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/keepass-vs-bitwarden-server.html#src=mastodon

Play, jaja ding dong! #Eurovision