2025-08-17
URL manipulation with JavaScript
using window.location and decodeURIComponent
Hi, I'm Jon ๐ง๐ปโ๐ป๐ผ
welcome to my internet development and world exploration website
featured
selected articles about assorted topics
2025-06-29
2025 in Denmark (Copenhagen)
back to my 34th country to visit Denmark's capital
2025-05-14
Code as total algebra
having a variable mindset in computer programming
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a Chinese phrase that tries to translate "from A to Z"
2025-03-22
Coding tutorial video pet peeves
calling tutorial videos to avoid these kinds of things
2025-03-20
How to take public transit in any city
looking abstractly at routes + fares + types
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developing with a cautious use of technology
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balancing automation with humanity
snippets
web bits
2025-08-17
URL manipulation with JavaScript
using window.location and decodeURIComponent
2025-02-20
"Object arithmetic" with JavaScript
what happens when we "do math" on a JavaScript object?
2025-02-18
Merging multiple JavaScript objects with the same property names
using the spread operator with two objects
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a firm believer of web development as more than just coding, but also documenting and planning
textbook
web docs
3 random pages of web development documentation:
Next.js โ an introduction
summarizing the famous interface-building JavaScript library
Next.js installation
getting ourselves ready quickly with Next.js web development
Next.js development basics
getting ourselves a homepage with Next.js
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a life-long Canadian originally based in Toronto
uncoding
web talk (decoding coding)
2025-05-14
Code as total algebra
having a variable mindset in computer programming
2025-05-12
Different lifestyles of web developers
diverse ways to work in the "industry"
Link rot
the internet version of a sign pointing to some place that no longer exists
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an avid traveller to 40+ countries and 4 continents
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visitlog
a travel blog within this blog
2025-06-29
2025 in Denmark (Copenhagen)
back to my 34th country to visit Denmark's capital
2025-06-27
2025 in Norway (Oslo)
40th country and the last unvisited Scandinavian country
2025-06-24
2025 in Denmark (Aarhus)
(34th country) and 1st non-airport visit to Denmark
2025-06-23
2025 in Germany (Warnemรผnde + Rostock + Kiel)
3rd visit to Germany : three German towns
2025-06-21
2025 in Poland (Gdynia)
(20th country) - first non-airport visit to Poland
2025-06-20
2025 in Lithuania
39th country - visiting a Soviet nuclear weapons site
writings
more abstract writings
On writing
a McLuhanian verse about writing
On networks
a cryptic contempt for certain "networks"
On awards
the tokens that denote conformity
On fandom
a resignation towards spectator entertainment
2024-10-08
On brands
the individualities of products
2024-09-29
On internet etiquette
the folkways of social media
yattered
more down-to-earth writings
2025-03-20
How to take public transit in any city
looking abstractly at routes + fares + types
2025-02-04
What does it mean to 'do' a destination?
overanalyzing this funny travel-oriented verbiage
2025-01-01
My internet throughout the decades
what each decade of the internet meant to me
2024-08-19
What to consider for a flight?
writing a full-length scroll about air travel
2024-08-14
Notes on mass tourism
listing trends and tendencies in travel phenomena
2024-05-15
On the decline of home timelines in social media
tldr: don't use the home timelines on social media apps