People’s IQs seem to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them
Tim Ferriss
red-route.org is the personal website of Malcolm Young.
Close enough for a side project - how to know when things are good enough
10 January, 2017Tags
Once upon a time, before I became a web developer, I worked doing sound and light for events. Like web development, the hours tend to be…
Sleeping and walking into surveillance - reviewing the Fitbit Blaze
05 January, 2017Tags
I recently got a Fitbit, without really meaning to. When a friend showed me his a few months ago, I’d been slightly scornful. Why would you…
Death in Double Denim - on celebrity, seriousness and Status Quo
27 December, 2016Tags
Of all the celebrity deaths in 2016 that might have provoked me to write a few words, it feels somehow incongruous that it should be Rick…
Adding a class to default images in Drupal 8
20 December, 2016Tags
As with many sites, images are an important part of the design for my art gallery listings site, The Gallery Guide. The tricky part is that…
The mystery of the arrows: a wild goose chase in three parts
16 November, 2016Tags
For a while, I’ve been puzzled by a pair of arrows painted on the pavement outside Café G on Peckham Rye. One red, pointing South, and the…
The utilitarian lollipop lady - On commuter etiquette, cycling, safe routes to school, and nineteenth century moral philosophy
30 October, 2016Tags
As I was cycling to work recently, I had to stop and wait while a lollipop lady held up the traffic. After the first wave of kids had…
What to look for in a code review
28 October, 2016Tags
Some common things to bear in mind when reviewing pull requests
Wot no themes? This might be why there are so few themes available for Drupal 8
30 September, 2016Tags
In a recent article on OS Training, Steve Burge asks Why Are There So Few Drupal 8 Themes? It’s true that the number of themes out there is pretty low, and Steve’s article considers some possible reasons for that, mainly relating to the supply side of the market. I’d prefer to focus on the demand side in answering that question.
Considerations for a Drupal 8 upgrade
19 September, 2016Tags
When should enterprises move to the latest and greatest version of Drupal?
