Hi, I'm Nicolas

I live and work in California. I write about technology, software engineering, and other interests.

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time

T.S. Eliot – “Little Gidding”

Highlighted notes

November 2025
One React for Web and Native
February 2013
Moving from London to San Francisco
March 2012
About HTML semantics and front-end architecture
February 2012
About normalize.css

Other notes

April 2024
Motorcycle safety gear I trust
February 2018
Redux modules and code-splitting
February 2018
Making SVG icon libraries for React apps
January 2014
Flexible CSS cover images
January 2014
A simple Git deployment strategy for static sites
July 2013
Walking around San Francisco on July 4th
March 2012
CSS: the cascade, specificity, and inheritance
October 2011
An introduction to CSS pseudo-element hacks
October 2011
Quick tip: git-checkout specific files from another branch
August 2011
Mac OS X bootable backup drive with rsync
April 2011
A new micro clearfix hack
January 2011
CSS background image hacks
December 2010
Pure CSS folded-corner effect
December 2010
CSS drop-shadows without images
November 2010
Pure CSS GUI icons
August 2010
Animal virtues & choice fetishism
June 2010
CSS image replacement. One more time.
June 2010
Multiple Backgrounds and Borders with CSS 2.1
June 2010
CSS pseudo-element Solar System
May 2010
Photogenic toad
March 2010
Pure CSS speech bubbles
February 2010
CSS typography experiment
November 2009
Wasp nest
October 2009
Ladybird macro photographs
August 2009
Photograph of a curious cow
July 2009
Hoverfly on a pink flower