User Experience
Link blog archive pages together to avoid navigational dead-ends
How to help visitors and search engines better navigate through your yearly blog archives: Provide links from year to year!
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Image Files
Structure WordPress’ upload directory to handle lots of files
Here is how to structure WordPress’ upload directory for scale. Sticking thousands of image files in one directory can cause performance problems.
Hypertext
Safari’s default media controls get blocked when CSP is applied
Any HTTP Content-Security-Policy blocks the default <audio>/<video> controls in Safari unless you deliberately make it less secure.
Compression
WordPress with PHP GD’s image resize artifact-pattern problem
PHP GD graphics library (libgd) causes bad artifact-patterns when downsizing images. Makes images bigger and quality lower.
CDN
Turkey blocks BunnyCDN; Ctrl blog and 14 000 websites inaccessible
Ctrl blog was inaccessible in Turkey for five days as the country inadvertently blocked the BunnyCDN content delivery network.
Image Files
WebP images won’t load in Microsoft Edge with Application Guard
A Windows 10 security-enhancement feature blocks WebP image files from loading in the Microsoft Edge browser and other modern Windows apps.
Hardware
Tor router-maker InvizBox chases VPN subscriptions down rabbit hole
InvizBox wants some of that sweet VPN subscription service revenue. Abandons Tor Onion network anonymity in favor of a more lucrative venture.
Linux
Remote desktop capabilities still missing in Fedora Linux 29n
Fedora Linux removed VNC support when it moved to Wayland by default. A remote desktop replacement is still in the works; leaving Fedora Linux 29 users wanting.
Android
Use Xiaomi Mi Band as a continuous heart rate monitor with Google Fit
How to sync your continuous heart rate monitoring data collected by the Xiaomi Mi Band 4 or 3 fitness tracker to the Google Fit app.
DNS
How I blocked myself from obtaining a Let’s Encrypt TLS certificates
A misapplied DNS CAA record blocked Certbot from obtaining a Let’s Encrypt certificate for my domain name. Ouch. Have a fallback strategy!
Gaming
I’d prefer a monthly subscription for updates to Cities: Skylines
I’ve so far paid hundreds of euros for City Skylines DLCs. I believe I’d prefer paying a small monthly subscription price to keep the game in development.
Web Browsers
Changes to how Mozilla Readability extract metadata in Firefox 63
Firefox’s Reading Mode now prefers Dublin Core and Open Graph Protocol metadata when available over other metadata sources.