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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the bank that's been ripping me off for years all of a sudden got "community" / "relationship" oriented and now this guy from the local branch calls me every month and leaves a voicemail. ye gods

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

After taking several months' break from CSS, I'm developing another website for a dear friend / longtime client. Full prototype in Figma, testing those new skills. Now working on the CSS. My very first site with a dark mode! Thanks as always to @kevinpowell.co for constant inspo.

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm putting together a Figma prototype and in the process remembering how to use Figma. All this "hugging" is making me feel quite loved 😀

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Who decided that scroll bars on the Mac had to be so skinny that it takes me longer to scroll on the browser than it does to repair a pair of eyeglasses? And don't tell me the "workaround." This is just plain shitty design. (Ok, please tell me the workaround. I used to love using my Mac.)

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

TIL that JA Jance has a book I haven't read yet. Thank you Bluesky!

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

@jbrylah.bsky.social did you guys intentionally say "Gee whiz" in your Hustle story about pee? Funny!!!

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Claude's Support bot is telling me that my MacOS update seems to have broken something at the system level with credential storage. I'm unable to run Claude Code. Anyone else having this issue?

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Somehow I ended up with a CSS class named "perfect-body" and now I can't get Leonard Cohen's song "Suzanne" out of my mind...

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

@jbrylah.bsky.social The latest issue of Hustle "Drowning in Slack threads and spreadsheets?" --- very nice callback to the previous article on sustainable fabrics, bamboo bedding, etc. 😀

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

A couple days ago I shared my opinion that anyone who uses the word "pedagogy" on Discord should get a free chocolate chip cookie. For anyone who cares, I've expanded the criteria and now I think that anyone should get a free chocolate chip cookie.

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

2 things about @kevinpowell.co's new CSS Demystified course. 1. I was terrified of layers and the course gives a great intro. No longer terrified. 2. His joy and excitement are contagious -- an instant mood lifter every lesson. For anyone learning CSS: courses.thecascade.dev

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Cascade LAYERS? aaaaaaagh I am so far behind :)

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

नयाँ वर्षको शुभकामना

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Thanks again to the reader who unsubscribed from fridaygoodybag.com because I was using AI to create the illustrations. I've been drawing them myself ever since . . . and this week I'm particularly pleased with the results! Own Horn: Toot

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Friday Goody Bag - Weekly tips and goodies

Three tips each week to help you in easy ways

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

@kevinpowell.co - I've recently finished Demystifying CSS (rev 1) and am near the beginning of the new refreshed version (CSS Mindset). I really like the new course platform and the mix of learning styles. Also I got the CSS down to 29 lines in the "Inheritance" exercise! Yay me

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

@kevinpowell.co Forgot to say in my post-course survey that an "aha" moment was when you mentioned that headings (H1, H2...) should not be used interchangeably with utility classes to apply styles to elements. They have a semantic meaning. That's why utility classes like .h1, .h2 are useful. Aha!

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Hi there, Blue Sky world! This week I've shared my best-ever workplace April Fools joke on "Friday Goody Bag"... I got the idea from a Reddit post, but the execution was superb if I say so myself. #aprilfools fridaygoodybag.com

Cartoon: a woman speaking to a jug of water

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I just finished @kevinpowell.co's CSS Demystified -- the original version. Next up: the re-spun version in the course platform he designed himself. This is a fun milestone for a Friday morning. Happy Friday everyone!

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Okay, okay. I'm ready to step out of ignorance and start using Grid Inspector! #scaredycat #denial #willfulignorance

A snippet of a screenshot showing that Firefox Grid Inspector will display line numbers and area names to grid elements on a web page.

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

@kevinpowell.co just blew my mind AGAIN with the idea of putting a class on the body of an HTML page and then using that class to specify different background images. On the BODY. .box-sizing: out-of-the-box :)

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I can't remember the last time I was so excited about a vendor email. The amazing @kevinpowell.co is getting ready to drop a revitalized version of his Demystifying CSS course. <div class="yay">Yay</div>

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

... no owls were harmed during the creation of this style sheet ...

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This should be good. In tomorrow's issue of Friday Goody Bag I rant humorously about Microsoft Copilot, before giving you an easy way of not dealing with it. Get the tips in your email by subscribing at fridaygoodybag.com (where you'll see LAST WEEK's tips) :

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

TIL: ul>li*2>a Then I remembered all the time I've spent writing UL's and LI's by hand before I started using VSCode...

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Ugh, I thought I had "broken" my Astro site because my newest 3 blog posts were not showing up. After rebuilding two of them I realized I'd dated them last month. They were there! fridaygoodybag.com

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I love booking travel for my colleagues with American Express. It's a very old school experience - I call, they find the flights for me, there's a lot of waiting but the reps are all lovely to talk to and at the end of a convo with AmEx I feel so restored I had to add an "Amex" tag to my Oura app

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Happy Saturday! Yesterday's edition of Friday Goody Bag riffed off a tip I picked up in one of the prolific @kevinpowell.co 's courses. Thanks to Kevin for allowing me to share the tip, and check out what I said about it here! fridaygoodybag.com

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Naming utility classes in CSS. Following @kevinpowell.co's idea I'm using "wrapper" to consistently contain the width of a layout element. The class that goes full width and gives it a background? Since that goes OUTSIDE the wrapper and you don't wear it all the time, I'm calling it ... poncho

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Oops - I just realized my website doesn't display my cool favicon. Adding to my to-do list....

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I just took 1 hour to watch an 11 minute video by @kevinpowell.co - stopping and starting to make sure I do the right Emmet shortcuts, adding to my reset.css file, etc. Building efficient habits takes time but I'm counting on saving the time in the rest of my life. :)

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Good morning party people! It snowed this week in Boston . . . and this week's new posts on Friday Goody Bag cover everything from tips on safe snow shoveling to how to edit that darn footer in PowerPoint! Check it out: fridaygoodybag.com

Tiny person with a snow shovel, huge pile of snow

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Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 27/02/2026

When you don't put `aria-hidden="true"` on decorative SVGs, they'll be announced by some screen readers. #WebAccessibilityFails matuzo.at/blog/2026/pu...

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I'm a frontend developer in Graz, specialized in HTML, accessibility, and CSS layout and architecture.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14/02/2026

One of the better ideas I’ve seen. Scott Galloway with his “Resist and Unsubscribe. Resistandunsubscribe.com

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I just created a hamburger menu where the middle slice is green. Because it's a veggie burger. This is for a landing page I'm creating for work and it gives me so much joy to put a little Easter egg in there.

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This week's edition of Friday Goody Bag covers everything from saving $$ on composting to making long Excel columns behave more politely. And I can draw a banana peel pretty good! fridaygoodybag.com

Cartoon of a banana peel. The word "compo$t" appears at the bottom.

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Bart Veneman @veneman.dev · 06/02/2026

Announcing The CSS Selection! 📰 www.projectwallace.com/the-css-sele... 📚 100,000 websites ⏱️ 100+ metrics 🔖 7 chapters The biggest deep-dive ever into real-world use of CSS across the globe. Dive in and find out some hidden gems. Also, see how much of 'the new CSS' is actually used!

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The CSS Selection - 2026 Edition - Project Wallace

The CSS Selection shows real-world CSS usage from over 100,000 websites and looks at the most important metrics.

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Best thing I learned this morning: some people prefer not to use CSS shorthand for fonts and backgrounds because they're finicky and make the CSS less immediately understandable. Thanks @kevinpowell.co - this makes a big difference to me!

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The 8 subscribers to fridaygoodybag.com won't be disappointed this week! (You gotta start somewhere...)

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

This week's edition of fridaygoodybag.com has more fun stuff than tech stuff. I'm moving away from using AI to do the illustrations. I'm particularly proud of this pic, done to illustrate an article about meaningful (rather than expensive) office amenities.

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Apparently Clawdbot / Moltbot has just renamed as OpenClaw. I still find this confusing (not owned by Anthropic, but now it sounds like Claude and OpenAI had a child who can't spell). Also I'm going to delegate tasks to a claw? Creepy.

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Is grid-lanes a new formatting context?

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Wow! Has @kevinpowell.co redesigned his website? The new look is monochromatic, with a dark mode, more content, a cool typeface on the menu, and an awesome animated gradient on the course buttons. The former site was fine, but this one looks to be designed even more with accessibility in mind.

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

.todaysWeatherBoston { background-color: #ffffff; } .todaysWeatherBoston > .dogVisit { background-color: var(--yellowSnow); }

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Just stumbled on Andy Bell & friends' Hylia starter kit for Eleventy. I've abandoned Wordpress in favor of pure CSS and Astro because I find it too hard to design anything with Wordpress. But I might check this out on a rainy day! It seems easy and lightweight... hylia.website

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A simple starter kit for Eleventy - Hylia Starter Kit

Hylia is a lightweight Eleventy starter kit to help you to create your own blog or personal website.

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

If this seems like a @kevinpowell.co stan account it's bc I'm still enjoying CSS Demystified. Back at it after being "out" sick. I'm excited to discover more about how you can use CSS variables! (If this is the nerd equivalent of posting what I ate for breakfast sorry/not sorry)

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Naomi "Strings" @fridaygoodybag.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

In my continuing quest to stop using AISOPIP (AI stealing other people's IP) - I'm enjoying drawing cartoons on my iPad with ProCreate. No substitute for the feel of a pen. Do I use properly licensed stock art to help me? Absolutely! I'm nowhere near where I want to be, but I'm determined!

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