I recently added a dark mode to my website. This post details how I achieved this by copying the existing light scheme's CSS and inverting the colour values.
I thought it would be trivial to add a custom search engine to Firefox. To be fair, it is fairly trivial, but not quite as easy as navigating to the correct Firefox settings page and adding a new entry. Instead, I found the process to be somewhat hidden and less obvious.
A blog post detailing an issue where a Puppeteer screenshot script, triggered through a PHP application using CodeIgniter, stopped working due to Chromium not starting under the Apache www-data user on Debian.
I've been reading a lot of good things about the Vivaldi web browser of late, so I thought I would give it a try. These are my notes on what I did to personalise Vivaldi.
If anyone is in any doubt as to whether you need to compile any software from source in order to use desktop Linux, you really don't.
A post where I try to clarify my current stance on LLM/AI. I share my concerns about data privacy, energy usage and Big Tech influence.
Some thoughts about Mozilla's decision to build AI features into the Firefox web browser.
Last week I switched the operating system on my daily driver (Lenovo ThinkPad T14s) from Debian 12 to Fedora 40. In this post I write a little about why I switched and how the switch went.
I believe that it's really important to support and use Firefox. Not only do I think that Mozilla understand/support user's privacy more than Google, but I also think it's important for the health of the web that more than one option exists when it comes to rendering engines. Also, it's a really good web browser.
I've recently decided to simplify my life by moving away from using multiple computers to using a single laptop. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of using a single computer?
Giving Vivaldi a try on iOS. The built in ad blocker is nice. Settings synced from desktop, including custom search engines, which is also nice. I can’t seem to set a custom new tab page, but the customisable start page is ok.
Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but it is far easier to set a custom new tab page and create a custom search engine in Firefox on iOS than it is in Firefox on my Linux desktop. This does not seem right.
I’ve had a really great experience at OggCamp this weekend. Lots of fantastic talks and people. It’s been good to catch-up with some old friends, and make some new ones. Big thanks to the sponsors, organisers and crew.
Next OggCamp session, “Fighting Ens**ttification with ActivityPub”.
Next OggCamp session, “TuxJam 🎤 live recording”.
Next OggCamp session, “People First, Pixels Second - Rethinking Digital Inclusivity”.
OggCamp day 2, first session, “Wrestling a Giant C++ desktop app into your browser”.
Next OggCamp session, “Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination Certificate on Hacker Public Radio”.
Next OggCamp session, “Build a social media platform in 20 minutes using ActivityPub”.
Next OggCamp session “The 3D printer that took a decade to tune”.
Terence Eden / ActivityPub-Single-PHP-File · GitLab This is a single PHP file - and an .htaccess file - which acts as an extremely basic ActivityPub server.
OWASP Top Ten | OWASP Foundation The OWASP Top 10 is a standard awareness document for developers and web application security. It represents a broad consensus about the most critical security risks to web applications.
Digitalwave ModSecurity Repository This is a repository for different Linux distributions, currently for Debian and Ubuntu. The repository contains the necessary packages in pre-compiled binary (and source) format for a WAF (Web Application Firewall).
Modsecurity Project ModSecurity is an open source, cross-platform web application firewall (WAF) module. Known as the “Swiss Army Knife” of WAFs, it enables web application defenders to gain visibility into HTTP(S) traffic and provides a power rules language and API to implement advanced protections.
Hackers are destroying the Internet's history book right now - YouTube 
Web Platform Status The Web Platform Status web site was initially created by Google, and the project is now open source. The purpose of the dashboard is to allow web developers to query and track features shipped in major browsers.
goldfire/howler.js: Javascript audio library for the modern web. howler.js is an audio library for the modern web. It defaults to Web Audio API and falls back to HTML5 Audio. This makes working with audio in JavaScript easy and reliable across all platforms.
Molly White, Citation Needed / Web3 Is Going Just Great - XOXO Festival (2024) - YouTube Molly White believes a better web is possible.
A free and open internet shouldn’t come at the expense of privacy We can’t just ignore online advertising — it’s a major driver of how the internet works and is funded. We need to stare it straight in the eyes and try to fix it.
The blogosphere is in full bloom. The rest of the internet has wilted | John Naughton | The Guardian As blogging pioneer Dave Winer’s site turns 30, it’s a reminder that good writing and thinking has flourished beyond the reach of social media.
I like tag all content on my site. See below for my ever-growing list of tags.
My name is Philip Newborough and I’m a full stack web developer living and working in Lincoln, England. This website (philipnewborough.co.uk) serves as my personal homepage. When I’m not working with tech, I love to ride bicycles with my wife and friends.