@mateowatson

Lead Web Developer at https://xitter.cf/t.co/RIRwE5Bkv8 https://xitter.cf/t.co/DaI1ShpRW0 https://xitter.cf/t.co/isQkRYu88J

 Mississippi, USA
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Joined January 2009
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I’m attending JSNation – the main JavaScript conference of the year. You may join me there for free with 10k other JS engineers and 40+ great speakers. Just follow this badge. #javascript portal.gitnation.org/badges/… #jsnation
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Some things I learned about web accessibility at MagnoliaJS: storyware.co/reflecting-on-a…

Reflecting on Accessibility at MagnoliaJS 2023

Lessons learned about accessibility from the 2023 MagnoliaJS conference.

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Big day for those of us who never got around to changing the clocks in November
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Nice! wikimediafoundation.org/wiki…
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My summary of Avatar 2: soulless animation, one-dimensional characters, childish writing, and a frankly bizarre and fetishistic obsession with giving blue aliens traits of actual Native groups. letterboxd.com/jedpressgrove…

Review of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ (2022) ½

Director James Cameron is a dubious fetishist in how he goes out of his way to borrow characteristics of Native cultures for his populations of make-believe aliens, all for the purpose of relaying…

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When I converted to Catholicism in 2009-10, I read Benedict XVI's book Jesus of Nazareth, probably the 1st full-length book I read by a Catholic. That book in particular and his papacy in general meant a lot to me then and still does today. He'll always be my favorite pope. RIP
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NYT article from Byram. nytimes.com/2022/12/28/us/so…

In Much of the South, Subfreezing Weather Crippled Water Systems (Published 2022)

The bitter cold had left the region by Wednesday, but myriad broken pipes, disrupted municipal water systems and widespread aggravation remained.

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The @Apple Music app on macOS doesn’t respect the system setting to always show scrollbars so, you know, I can’t scroll.
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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi2 Dec 2022
1. Thread: THE TWITTER FILES
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I started upgrading a personal project to PHP 8 last night, and it seems like I'm having to slap on an isset check every other line. github.com/mateowatson/timet…

php 8 fixes · mateowatson/timetracker@907210f

advanced report and teams still have errors.

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JavaScript's Date object's getMonth method giving 0-11 instead of 1-12 gets me every time.
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I just posted my side project, because it rocks: 🤘 Holy Rosary Online (via @mysideprojectr1) mysideproject.rocks/p/62a921…
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Had this song stuck in my head all day. youtu.be/QGZ6jigic_I
I really hate this dark pattern of using primary button styles to confuse users into doing what you want them to do. In this example, Yes and No get flipped in a confirmation dialog.
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My new favorite video. youtube.com/watch?v=V6ze-nVh…
Wordle is the perfect link to add to your new tab page with A Fine Start. 😉 afinestart.me/free-extension
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"Web apps sometimes face (valid) criticism for being slower or clunkier than their native app counterparts, but a web app’s super power is the ability to customize it *without needing any support from the app developer*." blakewatson.com/journal/the-…

The powerful accessibility of the customizable web - blakewatson.com

Browser extensions are extremely helpful for accessibility as they allow for user customization of websites and web apps that's usually not possible in native apps.

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I try not to complain about apps too much because software is hard, etc, but Apple Music, the app, is so bad. (1/4) permalink: blakewatson.com/journal/12-0…
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.@DocAnnaWan and I finished #GitHubGameOff for the second time this year. May you have hours and hours of colorful, butterfly-eating enjoyment: mattwatson.itch.io/catch-mor…

Catch More Butterflies by Matt Watson

Two-player butterfly-eating frogs game. Play in your browser

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SEC Network
@SECNetwork25 Nov 2021
This might be the greatest Nick Saban rant of all-time: (via @UA_Athletics)
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