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I was asked to find a bunch of spooky sound effects for a charity Haunted Walk event at work. I figured it would be much better to have an app for that, so I created a creepy SFX soundboard as a PWA. It's kind of silly, but it was fun to work on. I used the Dracula theme, which is not just for Halloween!

Screenshot of creepy SFX soundboard PWA.

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After more than a week of using/testing Vivaldi browser, I've moved back to using Firefox. I really enjoyed using Vivaldi, it's a great browser with lots of settings/features that other browsers don't offer (without extensions/add-ons). It's good to know that if Firefox ever dies, I can switch to using Vivaldi and be happy.

Also, a good thing to come out of using Vivaldi, it forced me to edit my personal Firefox extensions to work with both Firefox and Vivaldi/Chrome.

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Working on a single-page application. It's not something I would normally do and I didn't start it as a SPA, it just kind of happened. The application may never be published, but I had a free Saturday afternoon and it was kind of fun to hack on.

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I have spent today mostly writing Sass/CSS. Maybe it's just me, but it takes me a while to mentally switch to working with front-end stuff; even more so when I've mostly been working on back-end stuff. I find there is much more freedom to experiment and play on the front-end, and this can take time, which makes me feel like I am going slow. I guess I need to remind myself that it is OK to take my time.

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I've had my iPhone 11 for 4 years and for the most part, it has just worked. However, recently it has decided that it does not like to stay connected via Bluetooth to my car, unless the screen is turned on. I'm thinking it might be time to get a new phone and I'm toying with the idea that I might go back to using an Android device. I'm looking at Google Pixel devices, but I'm not fully committed to the idea just yet.

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Interesting to read that Vivaldi are supporting the new Social Web Foundation, but there is no sign of Mozilla. I guess this is not a surprise as they announced they were shutting down their Mastodon instance last week. Just seems like something they should be involved with.

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My name is 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.

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