Anti-AI fonts are useless and harmful
Trying to obfuscate the web is a bad, pointless idea
Andrew's WebLog
Homepage of Andrew's blog, with posts about technology, art, and more
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A little gamification can be good sometimes
When your family needs help with technology, you may have to give them some pointers. Pointers, get it? No? Then read the post
Don't buy AR glasses
Popup hell awaits you
Pretend I wrote a pun about cookies in the title
On cookie banners, and why browsers should bear their responsibilities
Thoughts on my homepage
Once upon a time, way back when I was an architecture major in college, I had been using a SquareSpace site to show off my architectural design projects. (Before, I had used Tumblr as a site-builder, and before that I was using Blogger.) When I changed my major to computer science, I felt it would be more appropriate if my site was hand-coded. Around this time, I put together a PDF book of all my…
On Tahoe’s Use of Material, and What Should Have Been
WWDC is around the corner, and the rumor mill suggests we’ll see revisions to Apple’s Liquid Glass design language. The issues with Liquid Glass have been thoroughly discussed, so I won't go too in-depth on the subject. Last year I had hoped Apple would reintroduce skeuomorphism into the Mac’s UI. I guess you should be careful what you wish for... relying entirely on variations of a single…
On bumper cases
Does anyone remember bumper cases? For phones, or laptops? Steve Jobs offered them for free to iPhone 4 purchasers during the Antennagate debacle. I suppose you can still find them if you look but it seems their popularity peaked at that time. I guess this post is a bit of an addendum to my previous post on rubber bumpers . I’d be using a bumper case right now on my M5 MacBook Air, but I have yet…
On elevating my laptop with rubber bumpers
Not too long ago I saw a post by Kent Walters via Hacker News where, after finding himself disgruntled with the ergonomics of his MacBook Pro, he literally filed down the front edge below the palm rests. You might find the result delightful or horrifying depending on your own tastes. I know I felt both! Anyway, it inspired me to post about a less permanent modification I made to my new MacBook…
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I know this isn’t a LisaGUI post and I’m sorry if you were waiting for updates on that. I needed an extended break from the project after working so hard on it for so long. I do plan to get back to it shortly. But before I do I figured it would be nice to actually get another post or two into this blog to write down some thoughts I’ve had on Apple and laptops and a few other things. I'm putting…
The Why of Lisa G U I
This is a story I've summarized before in a few places; I feel it's important enough to be formalized in blog post form. Let's jump back to the beginning of 2023. I had been trying to think of a good project to add to my programming portfolio, which was lacking. Finding an idea I was willing and able to execute on proved harder than expected. Good ideas are born from necessity and enthusiasm;…