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Nick Milton

@nickdjm.ca
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Dad. Web Developer. Ginger. He/Him Creator of accessible-menu. Open source maintainer. Drupal full-stack dev and site builder. I like JavaScript, CSS, Sass, PHP, VueJS, and Drupal. Senior Developer at Coldfront Labs Inc.

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<CORE> Guild @coreguild.gg · 17/10/2025
Congrats to Team Fuzion and Shrimp Shack Shooters getting across the finish line for Manaforge: Omega, both taking down Heroic Dimensius this week. The War Within Race to CORE First is now officially over. Great work to all the teams!
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 09/10/2025
Sora is pretty interesting- I find it oddly refreshing that at the very least I _know_ everything is AI generated on it. … Does everyone else’s “for you” page just show them MLK Jr. and Jake Paul videos? Am I stuck in some sort of weird algorithm?
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 07/10/2025
The Apple Watch series 11 has a pretty impressive battery life! Full charged yesterday morning before walking the boy to school, it’s currently at 53%.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 05/06/2025
Got my Switch 2! Home by 2AM... Rather fitting I guess? Booted up everyone's favourite: Pokemon Scarlet to see just how "performance improved" it is... 60 fps everywhere. Pretty impressive! Good thing I just had to buy a new console to get more than 15-20 fps (a generous estimate)...
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 05/06/2025
Decided I'm going to a midnight release for the Switch 2... I've literally never been to a midnight release for anything before. Not entirely sure what to expect.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 14/05/2025
This will be super cool when it's fully implemented. Definitely going to keep my eye on it!
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 11/05/2025
I've been refactoring/improving some things in a theming framework I've been creating... Today I went from feeling productive, to feeling like I've over thought a problem and I've been wasting my time for months, back to feeling super accomplished... Does anyone else feel like that sometimes?
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 08/05/2025
As I enter into the last day of a training course I am giving, I find myself overjoyed that I will not have to look at another slide again for the next while... I'm so tired of slides. Today there will be no slides! All hands on! All day! No exceptions!... Except for the feedback slides. Dang it.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 03/05/2025
I especially can't wait to see @katannshaw.bsky.social's keynote video... I was stuck on booth duty and had to miss it! 👎 #DrupalCampOttawa #DrupalCamp #Drupal
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 03/05/2025
Had a great time at #DrupalCampOttawa yesterday! Lots of interesting talks- especially from @cmintyfresh.ca! My only regret is I couldn't see all the tracks! I'll just have to catch up when the videos are posted on DrupalYOW's YouTube page! #DrupalCamp #Drupal
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 02/05/2025
At #DrupalCampOttawa... Wearing pants that I apparently haven't worn since #VueConfTO. I found these in my back pocket @thealexlichter.com?
A set of three stickers of aan in a black shirt making funny faces.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 01/05/2025
Tomorrow's the big day #DrupalCampOttawa! Tickets are sold out- it's gonna be an exciting time!
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 22/04/2025
I'll be at #DrupalCampOttawa next Friday! Planning on taking part in the "unconference" portion of the day! drupalcampottawa.com/en
drupalcampottawa.com
Homepage | DrupalCamp Ottawa 2025
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 05/04/2025
So close! Literally 1 second away from victory...
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 22/03/2025
If all else fails... Maybe I just make my own. With TipTap... And GitHub.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 22/03/2025
I'm back to Notion after my brief test of AFFiNE. Not a huge fan of what seems like arbitrary limits on storage use? It's self host... It's storage I own. What? Next I'm going to check out Docs! docs.numerique.gouv.fr Open source and backed by French and German governments. Sounds interesting.
docs.numerique.gouv.fr
Docs
Docs: Your new companion to collaborate on documents efficiently, intuitively, and securely.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 16/03/2025
Upgrading the home server today! I've been hitting ~95% usage of the 32GB that's in there lately. Hopefully 64 will do for a while.
2 sticks of Kingston Fury computer memory in plastic packaging.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 10/03/2025
So in an attempt to reduce monthly subscription fees I'm trying out AFFiNE, a competitor to Notion that you can self-host. affine.pro I've only transferred over a few pages, but it looks pretty cool! The lack of support for callout blocks is unfortunate though. Overall it looks promising!
affine.pro
AFFiNE - All In One KnowledgeOS
The universal editor that lets you work, play, present or create just about anything.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 08/03/2025
I've been playing around with Copilot Next Edit Suggestions in VSCode this week. It's very inconsistent. It either suggests the exact thing I was going to change and is incredible, or just makes up new code to insert instead of editing anything at all and is in the way. Standard AI experience 😆
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 27/02/2025
Love it!
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 21/02/2025
First time making a matcha latte in like 8 months... Looks terrible. Tastes good though!
An asymmetric top down view of a black and blue mug with a matcha latte in it. A green matcha foam surrounds a center of white milk foam.
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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Ottawa Fire Services have responded to numerous calls over the past day for Carbon Monoxide inside the home due to the snow covering the hot water/furnace vents outside. Please be vigilant and take the time to go outside to check & please test your carbon monoxide alarms. #OttNews
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 16/02/2025
They look so happy to be out there!... Right?
A 4-year-old boy and an Australian Shepherd standing in a field during a blizzard. The boy is dressed in a black and grey cammo snow suit with a pink Balaklava, and the dog is a Blue Merle colouring with white, black, and grey. Snow whites out the background. Both the boy and the dog look unimpressed to be out in the snow.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 16/02/2025
About to take my 4-year-old and my dog for a walk in a blizzard... What could go wrong?
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Scott Johnson @scottjohnson.zip · 13/02/2025
Proof that we are all just a sentence away from our own personal ‘Who’s On First’.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 11/02/2025
None of the existing applications were anywhere near accessible, so I figure that should be a focus for this. Maybe the pattern grid can be in a table? Not sure yet. I'll need to think on this. Think I should use #vuejs to make it ultimately.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 11/02/2025
My wife was getting frustrated with some of the online knitting/crochet pattern creators being pay walled, so I told her I could probably make something... So anyways I threw together a PoC in an hour or so. github.com/NickDJM/wip-...
github.com
GitHub - NickDJM/wip-knit-planner: A project to help design patterns for knitting and crochet
A project to help design patterns for knitting and crochet - NickDJM/wip-knit-planner
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 08/02/2025
Does anyone else's 4-year-old try to colour coordinate their clothes?
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 07/02/2025
Who has walking pneumonia?... Not this guy! 🎉 Who has a viral infection triggering asthma attacks?... This guy... 😔 Gosh dang it...
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 03/02/2025
Have to wait 2 and a half hours for a chest x-ray... What better way to pass the time than with a croissant and some matcha?
A chocolate croissant striped with dark chocolate beside a black cup filled with a green matcha latte. "DAO" is printed in white on the front of the cup.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 28/01/2025
I have been told by multiple people I should start some sort of blog where I review common accessibility/UX issues with websites- not to be negative, just to bring awareness to common oversights/habits. It came up at work today and I think I'm now making a presentation on the subject for May...
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 25/01/2025
Just won my first Plunderstorm match ever. I'd like to say it was skill, but I saw no one for the entire match until the other 2 remaining players were having at it... Once they were both really low I jumped out and destroyed them like the absolute n00bs they were 😎. #coreguild #wow #plunderstorm
A screen shot from World of Warcraft Plunderstorm. It says "You won!" with a kill count of 2.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 23/01/2025
This was all so I could hook into Drupal's Social API initiative with another new project that needs tests and CI. www.drupal.org/project/soci... I have a lot of test writing in my future...
drupal.org
Social Auth Battle.net
Social Auth Battle.net allows users to register and login to your Drupal site with their Batle.net account. This module is based on Social Auth and Social API projects.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 23/01/2025
Made a PHP League OAuth Provider for the first time today. I was told it would be complicated. Still need to write some tests and CI, but it was quite straightforward. packagist.org/packages/nic...
packagist.org
nickdjm/oauth2-bnet - Packagist
Battle.net OAuth 2.0 Client Provider for The PHP League OAuth2-Client.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 23/01/2025
@scottjohnson.zip just got my gelatinous kirb!
The back of a MacBook with various stickers on it. One is of a gelatinous cube made to look like Kirby.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 18/01/2025
Popcorn, drinks, sour Skittles, and heated seats 😲! We're ready!
A smiling man and a woman sitting in reclining movie theatre chairs.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 18/01/2025
About to see Wicked with the beautiful @cmintyfresh.ca for her birthday! It's been nice having a night out without a child...
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 17/01/2025
Last night I had a session 0 for my first ever D&D 5e game where I am a player! I'm so excited! Did I just jinx this? Is this game no longer going to happen?... Crap...
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 08/01/2025
RIP Drupal 7. You will be remembered fondly. www.drupal.org/psa-2025-01-06
drupal.org
Drupal 7 End of Life - PSA-2025-01-06
Drupal core version 7 has reached end of life, and is no longer community supported on Drupal.org. This means that new releases of Drupal 7 core and contributed projects will no longer happen on Drupal.org and community support is no longer provided. What this means for you: Any vulnerabilities that impact Drupal 7 may be released and made public without Security Advisories or
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 07/01/2025
I would like to share this website I discovered through CSS Tricks a while back. We show it to clients all the time. I hope, if you are not aware of it, that it helps you in your future endeavours. shouldiuseacarousel.com #webdev #webdesign
shouldiuseacarousel.com
Should I Use A Carousel?
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 04/01/2025
I don't have enough characters to tag everyone specifically, but thank you to the members of CORE Within and everyone in @coreguild.gg for creating a gaming group that is an absolute pleasure to be part of! We did great tonight, friends! Excellent job!
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 03/01/2025
I always joke about FedEx kicking and stepping on packages... But come on.
A large white box with dirty boot prints on top of it.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 01/01/2025
Hope everyone had a wonderful first day of 2025! I cleaned out under my basement stairs... I think I have like 6 bags of stuff to donate to various places. I plan on making a concerted effort this year to not hold on to things "just because"... We'll see how well that goes over with the boy 😅
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 01/01/2025
Why do Christmas lights come with a "seizure mode" setting? Do people legitimately use this option? I legitimately want to know.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 28/12/2024
Four year olds are really fun, adorable, and infuriating all at the same time.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 28/12/2024
Son: I'm not having a shower! Me: You haven't showered in 3 days. Yes you are. Son: Fine! I'm going to wash and then. Be. Done! Me: Sounds good. 15 minutes later... Me: Are you ready to get out of the shower? Son: No! ... 😐
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Tanner Goodman @stravyn.gg · 28/12/2024
Frogpants Community Starter Packs have been updated! Please repost! * Pack 1 - go.bsky.app/L3894mY * Pack 2 - go.bsky.app/GTJbpVG * Pack 3 - go.bsky.app/7qTmn7m
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 26/12/2024
Usually I'm a fan of teas where you have your tea leaves and that's it- maybe some dried fruit or mint if you're feeling adventurous... But there's just something about this tea that makes it hard to put down. Can't put my finger on it... Maybe it's the large amount of chocolate in it... 🤔
A organish-brown bag of tea. On it is written "Dark Chocolate Shake". It also says it is made with dark chocolate and rooibos and is from Firebelly Tea.
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 25/12/2024
Anyone else been up since 4 with a 4-year-old?
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Nick Milton @nickdjm.ca · 20/12/2024
Had to take this guy to the ER yesterday... Current theory is he pulled a muscle in his back and it's pinching a nerve. Now he's high on muscle relaxants.
A head shot of a Blue Merle Australian Shepherd laying down on a gray tile floor.
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