Damian’s notes

I rather wish every logging framework had at the top of its web site landing page a prominent link to the effect "Are you working on a project that already has SomethingLog4J logging? Maybe you want a _recipe for adjusting logging levels of a particular class_!"

Almost always I do not want the 10-page tutorial that starts with explaining the concepts of loggers, appenders, etc.,— I just want to be told where to find and how to tweak the config of an existing system.

If you are the sort of person who has a customized mechanical computer keyboard and also fond memories of the ZX Spectrum computer from the 1980s, you may be amused to learn of KAM Wraith, an evocative keycap set in thick dye-sublimated PBT.

MD Polychrome is a retro-futuristic type family inspired by the 1960s typefaces inspired by Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) symbols.

Here’s an article in the Financial Times about the Digital Benin project and its implications for the restitution of cultural objects held in foreign museums.

Digital Benin is a digital database of thousands of objects collectively known as the Benin Bronzes, looted from the Kingdom of Benin (now in Nigeria) in the 19th century, combining information from 100 museums.

Had my autumn Covid booster today with way less ceremony than I’m used to – just the briefest of queues, not even a card to take away and lose. Less like emergency arrangement and more like it’s the new routine

The HTML standard is broadly accessible by default and a lot of front end code makes it less accessible in the name of aesthetics or branding or advertising. Here’s a sweary rant site on the subject.

Voxel Sphere Generator is useful if you are a MInecrafter who wants to make a spherical house and need a breakdown of the shape in to layers you can build. Has a few other similar shapes as well as spheres.

There are various reasons why one might want to rename the default branch of a Git repo from master to main; here’s a quick reminder to myself of how.