After four years of MacBook use, I finally looked into Terminal and now I'm making my web design life so much easier by cobbling together shell scripts for photo and SVG optimisation. ♡

Billie Holiday - the Lana Del Rey sans theatrical suffering and romanticised destruction.

»You know, I think it’s important to keep a balance in things. Yeah, balance, that’s the right word. Because the guy who wants too much risks losing absolutely everything. Of course, the guy who wants too little from life, might not get anything at all.«

Care is not the enemy of liberation. In fact, discipline, beauty, structure, elegance — when chosen — are powerful acts of self-respect. They give form to your day. They cradle your mind. They remind you that your life is worth tending to.

»Bravery is not common in this world, Enzo. Loyalty. Honour. Obedience. They set the man apart from the rest.«

»There isn’t anyone out there who isn’t Seymour’s Fat Lady.«

For I have known them all already, known them all // Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons // I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

Sam ⧼ladykiller⧽ Trapani ♡ https://tinyurl.com/2stsvduk

Character designers create the most aesthetically pleasing outfits for even non-playable characters, while fashion designers are on a mission to continuously make everything look ugly.

How the restaurant scene in The Godfather should've panned out ➤ https://files.catbox.moe/pfa4z8.mp4

Tried to give you consolation // Your old man had let you down // Like a fool, I fell in love with you // You turned my whole world upside down

Going above and beyond ➤ shape-outside: polygon(...) to make a swell tribute to my most beloved Joe Barbaro.

On this day today 59 years ago ➤ The »Yesterday and Today« photo session - which (in)famously lead to the ☆ Butcher Cover ☆

I cobbled together a simple lightbox script which I think looks quite ☆ pretty ☆ https://tinyurl.com/mtkf24ns

Learning about viewport units ٭ vh, vw, vmin, and vmax ٭ improved my mobile layouts quite nicely.

Everything would be perfectly pretty if only Firefox supported <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">

Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin' // I'm sittin' here just contemplatin' // I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation // Handful of senators don't pass legislation // And marches alone can't bring integration // When human respect is disintegratin' // This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'

I wrote two scripts for implementing a ♡ (2) like button on Nekoweb and older Neocities websites. https://tinyurl.com/3brvnw6t

»You think you're doing this because you're loyal. But you're not. You're just scared.«

»Sorry about not writing sooner, but my mechanical world fell apart on me - typewriter, tape recorder, stereo - what a mess. It's ridiculous how you come to depend on machines, but it's true.« ➤ May 1966