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Chris Burnell is a Canadian Front End Developer / Software Engineer with a passion for the web, specializing in CSS, design systems, developer relations, and technical writing. Enjoys playing the piano, baking bread, and Dungeons & Dragons.
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5.7Color Scheming
2025-10-24 •
The article discusses the implementation of a color-scheming system for websites, focusing on light and dark themes. It outlines how to control color schemes at various levels: OS/browser-level, page-level, and site-level preferen...
The post discusses the implementation of a new feature called 'pre and post includes' in the author's post layout to streamline the process of adding specific HTML content to blog posts. The author details the technical steps take...
5.4EchoFeed Buttons
2026-01-17 • social media feed art webmention rss specification knight
EchoFeed, created by Robb Knight, is a valuable tool for managing RSS feeds and social media sharing, praised for its quality and thoughtful design.
The blog post celebrates DJ Shadow's album 'Endtroducing.....' as one of the greatest albums of all time, highlighting its innovative use of samples and the artist's mastery of the Akai MPC60 sampler. The author emphasizes the alb...
The author shares a personal reflection on exploring Vaporwave music in February while looking forward to delving into Baroque, Classical, and Romantic genres in March.
The author shares their personal data tracking journey of music, movies, and TV shows since 2010, utilizing platforms like Trakt and Last.fm. They present detailed statistics on their viewing and listening habits, including genre ...
4.7Daily Word Games
2024-05-21 • family word game crossword puzzles online game
The author shares their experience of playing online word games with their parents during daily video calls. They describe three games: Jumblie, a word-finding game; PlusWord, a mix of crossword and Wordle; and the Daily Cryptic C...
The author shares their enjoyable journey through grunge music in January and plans to explore vaporwave in February, encouraging others to expand their musical tastes.
A year-long project to explore and document 12 different music genres, starting with grunge, to expand musical tastes and engage with readers for recommendations.
The author shares a brief update about their job search and involvement in the 32-Bit Café community. They express their enjoyment in tackling technical challenges and helping others, announcing a new page on their website for peo...
The author created a 90s-style 88x31 footer GIF for pages built with Eleventy and shared it on Mastodon. They also created longer versions with call-outs to the 11ty.dev website.
0Horchata
2025-01-05 •
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0RSVP to State of the Browser 2026
2026-01-28 •
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0July Project Updates
2024-07-20 •
Chris Burnell provides updates on two projects he has been working on, one involving a fix for his Webmentions plugin for Eleventy and the other involving a new package called check-invalid-datetimes to track down issues with Date...
0Once Again Asking
2024-07-10 •
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0WeblogPoMo 2024 Wrap Up
2024-06-02 •
The author reflects on their experience participating in #WeblogPoMo2024, discussing the challenges and rewards of posting every day for a month. They mention overcoming perfectionism, finding joy in reading daily, making technica...
0Strike while the iron is hot
2024-05-31 •
The author reflects on his journey in web development, discussing his passion, dedication, and sources of creativity. He highlights the importance of solitude, nature walks, attending conferences, and being part of a community in ...
0Generating a Palette File from Site Colours
2024-05-30 •
The author explains how they dynamically generate a GIMP palette file based on the design tokens for their website's colours using Aseprite. They convert the colour design tokens stored in JSON files into RGB values and use Nunjuc...
0Layout Update
2024-05-29 •
The author provides an update on the redesign of their website's layout, including removing the sidebar to improve the prominence of content, adjusting font sizes, and considering future improvements such as masonry layout. They e...
0Indent Outdent
2024-05-28 •
The blog post discusses a small redesign of the author's website using CSS Grid to layout the contents of the pages. It explains setting up a containment context, defining rows and columns, and using container queries to adjust la...
0Interpolating Colours
2024-05-27 •
The blog post discusses how to use new data types in CSS for finer control over color spaces in mixing and creating gradients. It explains color interpolation and hue interpolation methods, providing examples and demonstrations. T...
0Beneficial Browser Extensions
2024-05-26 •
The blog post discusses beneficial browser extensions recommended by the author, including StreetPass for Mastodon, Indie Wiki Buddy, VisBug, and Wayback Machine. Each extension serves a different purpose, such as making it easier...
0Spongebob Sentiment
2024-05-25 •
The blog post discusses how to use npm packages to build a sentiment analyzer that transforms unsavoury text into a mocking Spongebob meme. The post includes code snippets and examples of how to implement the sentimentCheck functi...