⚽️ Winter World Cup – November’s roundup from tempertemper
Being a Scotsman, I'm not a big fan of international football 😅 But I do enjoy catching the odd match when the World Cup's on; in between watching Spain,...
🧟♂️ Zombie! – October’s roundup from tempertemper
🪦🧟♂️ The zombies are out – October’s roundup from tempertemper It’s Halloween today and, in the lead-up, my 11 year old’s friends have been sharing creepy...
😳 Quite the month! – September’s roundup from tempertemper
September has been quite the month here in the UK; we’ve seen the death of a monarch, yet another new Government, and of course there’s been the annual rush...
💪 Hard fought – August’s roundup from tempertemper
Some articles take longer to write than others. I only published one in August but it was a long time in the making! I began writing it in March 2021, and it...
☀️ Scorchio! – July's roundup from tempertemper
After a month with the hottest temperatures ever recorded here in the UK, normal weather has thankfully resumed. Me? Despite the blistering heat, I've made...
🚴♂️ Cycle season – June's roundup
After working from home for more than two years, I've been enjoying the odd trip to the office recently. It's 15 kilometres away, which is a nice distance to...
🏳️🌈 Inclusivity and HTML – May's roundup
It's June tomorrow, which means the beginning of Pride Month; a time to celebrate how far we've come with civil rights, but a reminder that we still have a...
💡 One Thing – April’s roundup
May is nearly upon us, and on the 19th it’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day (or GAAD). I have a challenge for you! Take some time to do one thing to make...
🦠 Colds and Covid – March’s roundup
March began with a nasty cold that one of the kids brought home; then, after two very careful years, I caught COVID-19. Luckily, it didn't hit me as hard as...
🥞 Pancakes and posts – February's roundup
Every morning, I wake up nice and early to work on my blog before the kids surface, but tomorrow is pancake day so I’ll be using a bit of that writing time...
🏃♂️ Working off those festive calories – January’s roundup
I don't know about you, but I enjoy a wee bit of indulgence over the festive period: chocolate, good food, a few drinks with family and friends. But I've...
🥳 Happy new year! December’s roundup
As 2021 draws to a close, there's just enough time to put together your monthly roundup of the articles from my blog: Design for everyone Safari 15’s Tab...
🎄 The festive season is here – November's roundup
I think I might have broken an unwritten rule as we picked up our Christmas tree today and it’s not December until tomorrow… What else have I been up to this...
👻 Boo! October's roundup
It’s Halloween, I’ve just been guising with the kids, and they were given more chocolates and sweeties than they’ll ever manage to eat! If I could give you a...
📣 Talking the talk – September’s roundup
During September, a couple of presentations I gave went live on YouTube. The first from Content Folks, where my colleague Josie Linsel and I spoke about the...
🏖 Some end-of-summer downtime – August’s roundup
I took a wee bit of time off during August, so just a single post for you this month, but one well worth reading if you’re looking to make your website load...
🎉 A new-look website – July’s roundup
I kicked off July by releasing version 6 of www.tempertemper.net, the biggest visual change since 2014. I also wrote a couple of note-to-self posts so that I...
☀️ Ten scorching posts! – June’s roundup
May’s productivity carried over into June, with the number of posts reaching double figures. In particular, I’ve rediscovered Keynote, covered CSS’s...
☔️ Precipitation and productivity – May’s roundup
May was very wet here in the UK. But staying indoors meant I wrote plenty of blog posts! I started by continuing to look at git restore, shifted my attention...
👨🏻🍳 Cooking with gas* – April's roundup
It has been a good, productive month: our new kitchen is finally finished, and I wrote six blog posts and have four or five solid drafts in the works. *...