web portfolio/accessorizing the cursor with js

July 16, 2021

Note: I no longer use this effect on the site. While I liked a lot about it, ultimately the lag of the shadow behind the real cursor made the site feel sluggish. With iPad OS 13, Apple finally announced mouse and touchpad support. But the way we use a mouse or trackpad is fundamentally different […]

web portfolio/loading images in a grid

May 30, 2021

High quality images can take a few seconds to load, even on fast internet connections, but users expect websites to be interactive in much under that. Browsers typically handle this by loading in the text and layout information first, while loading the images in the background. When an image is ready for display, it appears […]