beeps’ blog

This is my personal blog, full of inane ramblings not wholly intended to be read by anyone. And yet, here you are.

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1. Out with the old, in with the goo Published17 July 2026
2. A newbie’s guide to designing good web forms: the technical bits Published13 July 2026
3. The accessible contrast ratio colour grid thing Published9 July 2026
4. What’s in my bag? Published4 May 2026
5. A newbie’s guide to designing good web forms: the design part Published30 March 2026
6. A newbie’s guide to designing good web forms Published17 March 2026

1. In 2025 Published20 December 2025
2. Generative AI is kind of bad Published1 October 2025
3. The Changelog: A re-re-re-redesign Published25 September 2025
4. På svenska Published9 July 2025
5. The (not quite new) GOV.UK brand Published25 June 2025
6. I can’t sleep Published23 June 2025
7. The Year of Health: March and (most of) April Published26 April 2025
8. What awful world Published19 April 2025 Updated 1 July 2025
9. Transphobia is sexism Published17 April 2025 Updated 1 July 2025
10. Browser choice is an accessibility consideration Published29 March 2025
11. The Year of Health: February Published3 March 2025
12. The Year of Health: a twist Published7 February 2025
13. The Year of Health: January Published31 January 2025
14. What is design? Published26 January 2025
15. Renovating in the open Published11 January 2025 Updated 30 January 2025
16. The Year of Health Published1 January 2025

1. 2024: the year, abridged Published24 December 2024
2. Progress in transition Published20 December 2024
3. A userstyle to hide the numbers on Bluesky Published5 December 2024 Updated 3 June 2025
4. Alt text — How to write it and why you should Published2 December 2024
5. The yingification of beeps Published27 November 2024
6. Why GOV.UK’s Exit this Page component doesn’t use the Escape key Published9 October 2024
7. The Changelog: Upgrading to Eleventy 3, an artwork overhaul, and forced colour fixes Published2 October 2024
8. A general life update Published23 September 2024
9. The Bluesky hater’s guide to using Bluesky Published18 September 2024
10. In memory of Cohost Published12 September 2024
11. Frontend Forum #3: Frontend tooling Published22 August 2024
12. Covid sucks, but you should already know that Published26 June 2024
13. Frontend Forum #2: Getting (and staying) motivated Published30 April 2024
14. Frontend Forum #1: The basics and getting started Published29 April 2024
15. The products and programs I’ve procured to promote productivity Published20 March 2024
16. The Changelog: Dark modes, redesigns, and building a utopia Published6 March 2024
17. Making a character count component more accessible Published7 February 2024
18. The Year of Order: January Published27 January 2024
19. The Changelog: Interactions, OpenGraph, and the curse of third-party code Published23 January 2024
20. 2023: the year in review Published1 January 2024

1. My initial experiences using the Arc web browser Published10 December 2023
2. Buttons Published27 November 2023 Updated 18 August 2024
3. Some thoughts on “professionalism” Published17 November 2023
4. Writing & Reconnection: October (the finale) Published1 November 2023
5. A maker, not a manager Published25 October 2023
6. Writing & Reconnection: September Published30 September 2023
7. Writing & Reconnection: August Published5 September 2023
8. The next generation Published27 August 2023
9. Writing & Reconnection: July Published31 July 2023
10. A brief comparison of not-Twitter services Published26 July 2023
11. 20 Years Published25 July 2023
12. Writing & Reconnection: June Published5 July 2023
13. Some untamed rambling about how this website is built Published21 June 2023
14. Writing & Reconnection: May (ConFuzzled edition) Published31 May 2023
15. Let me tell you a secret Published16 May 2023
16. Writing & Reconnection: April Published1 May 2023
17. Otherkin-friendly CAPTCHAs, revisited Published27 April 2023 Updated 9 August 2025
18. Using user stylesheets in 2023 Published26 April 2023
19. Writing & Reconnection: March Published31 March 2023
20. Writing & Reconnection: February Published28 February 2023
21. Building a bat bot Published7 February 2023
22. Writing & Reconnection: January Published1 February 2023
23. CSS logical properties are cool — don’t use them Published9 January 2023
24. 2022: the year in summary Published1 January 2023

1. beeps in the Multiverse of Multiplicity: Our experiences and ponderings on potentially being plural Published27 October 2022
2. Rating my pride flags Published19 September 2022
3. How I use Twitter Published6 September 2022 Updated 25 January 2023
4. (Not) Human After All, or: progress doesn’t always mean forwards Published11 August 2022 Updated 17 August 2022
5. Homework Published30 July 2022
6. Discovery - Q&A Published28 July 2022 Updated 14 September 2022
7. Discovery Published27 July 2022 Updated 28 July 2022
8. Furry websites have trash accessibility (and it’s not their fault) Published28 June 2022
9. Pre-emptive design for fun and productivity Published14 May 2022
10. A robot bat on the internet Published10 April 2022

1. Star Trek Ahoy: Part 2 Published23 November 2021
2. Star Trek Ahoy Published22 November 2021

1. Introduction to Holiday Poetry Published25 December 2020
2. Going underground Published13 December 2020
3. I’m giving out a bunch of video game keys because why not Published5 December 2020
4. Initial experiences with Google TV Published19 October 2020
5. Consolidating all of my existing blogs into one easy to manage personal place Published18 October 2020

1. Immmprovised fried chicken Published16 March 2019

1. Bake Off Published17 September 2017
2. Of emergencies and enchiladas Published9 June 2017
3. Rubbin’ steak Published7 June 2017
4. Skin-on mashed potatoes Published6 June 2017
5. Barbecue pork shoulder (when you don’t own a barbecue) Published3 June 2017
6. Sickness and scrambled eggs Published1 June 2017
7. Hello (food) world Published1 June 2017

1. The referral that never was Published1 September 2016

1. The deed is done Published29 August 2015
2. Updates Published15 July 2015
3. transition: gender 2y ease; Published13 March 2015
4. Work Published11 March 2015
5. 2015 is when everything changes Published10 March 2015

1. The ups and downs Published21 November 2014
2. All quiet on the western front Published9 November 2014
3. One step forwards, two steps back Published15 September 2014
4. Comin’ out cool Published25 August 2014
5. The persistance of doubt Published8 August 2014
6. The good, the bad, and the ugly Published24 July 2014
7. What’s in a name? (Part two) Published16 July 2014
8. On gender and sexuality Published16 July 2014
9. What’s in a name? Published12 July 2014
10. The long walk Published10 July 2014