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21 Oct 2026

Hold G to see the grid

Press and hold G on this page. Go on, try it. (◠‿◠)If you’re on a touch device, please see the button in the footer instead. By doing that you have triggered a lovely, tiny tool called hashgrid that overlays a layout grid on a web page, making the underlying structure visible. Originally created by Analog (no longer around), it’s now […]

06 Oct 2026

Revisiting a Guardian storytelling piece

A trip down memory lane

01 Oct 2026

Pride in the craft

The wonderful work of my students.

15 Sep 2026

The joy of DIY zines

Imperfection is beautiful.

09 Sep 2026

Letting a website rest

When the kindest thing is to stop it working so hard.

01 Sep 2026

Why I will always love WordPress (◠‿◠)

Part love letter, part rather good news.

20 Aug 2026

Hub refresh, 2 modes.

Not a nice-to-have ~ a preference to honour.

18 Aug 2026

New module icons (◠‿◠)

One asterisk, five modules, one family.

30 Jul 2026

It cuts both ways

A chair, and the case for knowing both crafts

01 Jan 2026

Happy 2026 ツ

Wishing you all the very best for the new year.

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appendix

This site includes a wonderful little tool called #grid [hash grid] ⁓ created originally by the lovely AnalogCoop, now maintained by Jon Gibbins ~ a huge thank you for sharing it. It shows the grid underneath the design, activated by a keystroke. Try it and see ;)

Hold G to see the grid. To keep the grid on the page, hold G and press H, then let go of both. Press G again to switch it off.

Single-key shortcuts can get in the way of voice control and some assistive technology ~ hence the grid also has a button, and the G shortcut can be switched off (◠‿◠)

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