Markembling

Back in 2019 I put together a script for pulling the list of colours used by GitHub from their Linguist gem into a set of colour palette formats. Over time it has drifted further and further out of date - I've now fixed that. The original script I put tog

The results of a study have been published recently which confirm that, following vaccination, the risk of developing Long Covid is substantially reduced. This is, of course, great news - but here's why I'm still worried. A brief history Firstly I should

Just as clothing producers add labels to their product, blacksmiths add a touchmark and artists sign or stamp their work, sometimes it can be useful to be able to stamp your own logo or 'maker's mark' into objects which you 3D print. There are many differ

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers across the UK have come together under the banner of 3D Crowd to 3D print face shields to address the PPE shortage and do our bit to help keep our frontline NHS and care workers safer. At time of writing, t

Several years ago I came across Ecosia, a search engine which helps the environment through planting trees. I didn't adopt it back then, partly because the impact of what they do was lost on me somewhat, and partly because I didn't find the actual results

The start of a new year is always a good time for setting out resolutions for the time ahead. With that in mind, I decided to set out some intentions for this year (and beyond). My big goal in 2020 is to be kinder to the planet. Living in a more eco-frien

Have you ever wanted a full list of colours used for the various programming languages on GitHub? No? Well if you ever do, I've put together a collection of various palette formats containing them all, along with a Python script which builds them. What's

In the past I've put together a couple of jQuery plugins which have just been knocking around on GitHub. Since they might still be useful - particularly on older/legacy projects - I've belatedly made them both available to install via NPM. Installation fr

Following the recent announcement from 3D Hubs regarding their future direction, which puts the focus firmly on B2B and no longer on makers, hobbyists and small businesses, the 3D printing services I offer will be changing in the near future. 3D Hubs have

Back in 2013, I released my MarkEmbling.Utils package containing a bunch of extension methods, helpers and so on which I often re-use across various projects. Since then, a lot has changed in the .NET world and the time has come for me to revisit this pac