Henry Wilkinson

New blog post! This time, a reflection on the Wikireader: a dedicated gadget from 2010 that lets you read a text-only version of Wikipedia. 15 years later and it still works better than ever!

I Like The WikiReader | Wilkinson.Graphics

Rhizome's Conifer shutdown may be the most responsible way of shutting down a platform that I've ever seen. Also very happy to see that users are being given a good path to move to Webrecorder's services! If you're thinking about moving your archives there, Browsertrix is a great home them.

Conifer Blog | Conifer Twilight Announcement

> If you shoot someone and they don't have medical insurance, that doesn't mean you won't go to jail. If you pack a toaster with insufficient padding, that doesn't mean the insurance company will pay. You're responsible when you do something dumb.

Caveat Emptor!

In the name of "spec adherence" browser implementors have creating something truly useless: A universal text colour contrast function that produces unreadable text. WCAG's garbage colour contrast algorithm is actively harmful.

For the few digipres people that follow me over here, this look into Disney's sound archives is pretty cool!