[2.1] Pasta; Figma; Auto Layout

ON THE HISTORY OF PASTA 🎧

Quartz Obsession's Pasta: A global staple¹ was an amazing listen. The podcast reminded me of Malayalees' missed opportunity to be pasta consumers²! (Read N S Madhavan’s ലന്തൻബത്തേരിയിലെ ലുത്തിനിയകൾ³ if you liked this cultural info! [Novel’s English Translation available⁴] )

PERSONAL WEBSITE 🌐

I revamped my website. It now has a cleaner homepage, and support lists along with a few other improvements. The Jekyll template is yet to be updated, as I am stuck with two bugs. Let's hope it will be sorted by the end of June! (Btw, Thanks for 100+ stars on Github!)

GUESS THE MOVIE 🎞️

Framed.wtf⁵ is an over-simplified spin-off to Wordle⁶, targeting cinephiles. Guess the movie, from the screenshot, you have 6 chances. Btw, the screenshots are from the ShotDeck⁷ library, an interesting database of HD images with advanced search and collaboration features.

AUTO LAYOUT 🤖

Figma has come up with good updates this time at Config.⁸ While auto-layout got improved⁹, it's still missing the basic CSS-Grid features. For example, you can create a 3x3 grid with a tidy up and config, but not with auto-layout as it is unidirectional.

VARIABLE FONT ⌨️

Roboto Flex¹⁰ Variable Font version is now available. With ~8 values to configure¹¹, the options provided by Roboto have increased exponentially!

FRONT-LOAD MONDAY ✨

Anand¹² shared an article Front-Loading your week¹³ this morning. My first reaction was "I am not a Monday person", but after the whole day, I think I was wrong. Mondays can be productive! I Should try this method!

മോറൽ ഫോർ ദ വീക്ക് 🤦

ആരേയും കൊല്ലരുത് - രാധേ ശ്യാം¹⁴ കാണിച്ച് കൊടുത്താൽ മതി. ദ്രോഹിക്കരുത് - എതർക്കും തുനിന്തവൻ¹⁵ കാണിച്ചാൽ മതി. (കെട്ടിയിടാൻ മറക്കരുത്, ഉറങ്ങിപ്പോയാൽ എഴുനേൽപ്പിക്കാൻ വെള്ളം കൈവശം വയ്ക്കുക. ഒപ്പം കണ്ട് സ്വയം ശിക്ഷിക്കുക.)

1. https://qz.com/2159001/is-pasta-the-most-popular-food-in-the-world/

2. https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/xbS8jALeBWT6FxbRVPynxH/The-great-macaroni-scandal.html

3. https://dcbookstore.com/books/lanthenbetheriyile-luthiniyakal

4. https://www.amazon.in/Litanies-Dutch-Battery-N-S-Madhavan/dp/0143065025

5. https://framed.wtf/

6. https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

7. https://shotdeck.com/

8. twitter.com/figma/status/1524052372871270400?s=21

9. youtube.com/watch?v=floQKLsWAy4

10. https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Flex

11. youtube.com/watch?v=f3IQSmKFokU

12. https://twitter.com/theAnand

13. https://zapier.com/blog/front-loading-your-week/

14. ButWhy?

15. ഒന്ന് പോട്രാപ്പാ!