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Personal blog of Maureen Holland.

Untidy nest of shiny things.

Digital Marie Kondo

All these articles popping up about how to delete Facebook and Twitter reminded me I’ve been meaning to do that for years.

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CSS and Child-Proofing

I’ve watched my sister put out a beautiful display of perfectly non-choke-able sized toys and games for her 18-month-old child to play with. Know what the Kid does?

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Inheritance Theming with CSS Properties

I've seen a huge benefit in switching from selector-based to inheritance-based theming at work. CSS custom properties have been the key to unlocking a more flexible and scalable system.

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My CSS Mindset

I used to have Tim Gunn's catchphrase in my head during CSS development. A steady, insistent echo of “Make it work” encouraged me to brute force a lot of styles into place, condemning myself to a frustrating cycle of fixing something here only to find it was now broken there.

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Thoughts on International Women's Day

I have mixed thoughts on International Women's Day, perhaps best encapsulated by the gender pay gap bot that notes discrepancies between a company's social media messages and real-world actions.

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IndieWeb-ification

This is a catch-all post for a bunch of miscellaneous updates I've been meaning to do since last April: rel=me, microformatting, RSS, and garden bird themes.

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A vanilla personal site

I rebuild my personal site every few years. This time, I decided I wanted to go as minimal as possible. It's been the most enjoyable iteration.

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