mastodon 4.7.2I wrote my first HTML page in 1996, and since I advocate a pragmatic use of Web technologies, defining and applying good practices: progressive enhancement, accessibility, performance, etc.
I'm also a self-taught amateur photographer. I love to travel to discover new horizons and people, shooting both nature and urban landscapes, and many other topics.
“Approaching the Iron Gates of Samariá”
The Iron Gates are one of the most famous features of the Samariá Gorge hike.
The “gates” aren't actually made of iron but rather are a 4 meters wide section of the gorge with 300 m tall cliffs on either side.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/approaching-the-iron-gates-of-samaria/
📅 21 septembre 2005
📸 Konica KD-400Z
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/4.7, 1/310 s
“The Iron Gates of Samariá”
The Iron Gates are one of the most famous features of the Samariá Gorge hike.
The “gates” aren't actually made of iron but rather are a 4 meters wide section of the gorge with 300 m tall cliffs on either side.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/the-iron-gates-of-samaria/
📅 21 septembre 2005
📸 Canon 350D + 17-85mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/10, 1/200 s
“A cemetery at the end of the Samariá Gorge”
Just at the end of the Samariá Gorge is a small cemetery, which also contains a chapel.
I hope not too many hikers ended up here!
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/a-cemetery-at-the-end-of-the-samaria-gorge/
📅 21 septembre 2005
📸 Canon 350D + 17-85mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/11, 1/250 s
“Rock-hopping in the dry Samará river”
The trail goes over the river, which is usually reduced to a stream by summer months.
You’ll criss-cross over the river at least a dozen times, sometimes by rock-hopping and sometimes by rustic bridges.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/rock-hopping-in-the-dry-samara-river/
📅 21 septembre 2005
📸 Canon 350D + 17-85mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/5, 1/40 s
“Steep descent through the trees”
The 10-mile trail starts at the top of the gorge, at an elevation of 1230 meters, taking visitors past towering cliffs, sweeping views, and uniquely Cretan flora and fauna.
After admiring the mountain views atop the trailhead, you’ll descend a steep switchback built in Ottoman times and bordered in…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/steep-descent-through-the-trees/
📅 21 septembre 2005
📸 Canon 350D + 17-85mm
🎛️ ISO 1600, ƒ/10, 1/200 s
“Standards In Progress: Making Video Posters Accessible, Responsive, and an Element” by @scottjehl@mstdn.social
🔗 https://scottjehl.com/posts/responsive-accessible-poster/
> I'm showing just a sampling of the available markup here of course–you might want to coordinate multiple art-directed video and picture sources for example, or load eagerly instead of lazily, and add captions for the video. But broadly, by piggybacking on the features…
“Recursion is DEAD and HTML killed it” by @davatron5000@mastodon.social
🔗 https://daverupert.com/2026/10/html-recursion/
> The rule of thumb I came up with is that `<?marker>` might be a pattern to reach for any time where you want important content to show up first and then you kind of don’t care when other content shows up below the fold.
⚓️ https://nicolas-hoizey.com/links/2026/10/07/recursion-is-dead-and-html-killed-it/
“The people holding up the internet” by Data Drop
🔗 https://sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-the-internet
> Billions of phones run on code looked after by a handful of people. We counted them from the code itself.
⚓️ https://nicolas-hoizey.com/links/2026/10/09/the-people-holding-up-the-internet/
“The case against JPEG XL” by @gianni@disobey.net
🔗 https://giannirosato.com/blog/post/case-against-jxl/
JPEG XL isn't useless; it is genuinely compelling technology for use cases beyond the Web. I'm just not personally convinced we need it in browsers any time soon.
⚓️ https://nicolas-hoizey.com/links/2026/09/14/the-case-against-jpeg-xl/
Non mais c'est quoi ce mécanisme horloger ? 🤯
Deux options :
55 000 € la montre Starwheel chez Audemars Piguet : https://www.audemarspiguet.com/com/en/watch-collection/code-1159/15212NB.OO.A002KB.01-AB.html
Ou en #DIY 18 € pour une horloge Bondis chez #Ikea + un peu de filaments dans une imprimante 3D et quelques accessoires :
https://www.ikea.com/fr/fr/p/bondis-horloge-murale-noir-10543092/
https://www.printables.com/model/327198-improved-wandering-hour-clock
@emmanuelc@mamot.fr tu connaissais ?
“Elephants at sunrise in front of Kilimanjaro”
Amboseli National Park is a national park in Kenya that spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. It is one of the best place in the world to get close to free-ranging elephants.
The park also has views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/elephants-at-sunrise-in-front-of-kilimanjaro/
📅 1 mars 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 250, ƒ/3.2, 1/500 s
“Sunset on Lake Nakuru's flooded trees”
There are many lakes along the length of the African Rift Valley, which runs from the Red Sea in the north to Mozambique in the south. Kenya’s eastern Rift Valley has a string of eight lakes.
The Rift Valley is subject to ongoing plate tectonics and crustal movement that can affect the…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/sunset-on-lake-nakuru-s-flooded-trees/
📅 27 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/3.2, 1/680 s
“Young olive baboon at sunset”
Olive baboons have a greenish-grey coat covering their bodies. Infants are born with a black natal coat that changes to the adult coloration as they age.
Olive baboons are widespread throughout equatorial Africa and are found in 25 countries.
Olive baboons live in a variety of habitats…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/young-olive-baboon-at-sunset/
📅 27 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/10, 1/340 s
“Augur Buzzard”
The Augur Buzzard is a large, stocky hawk, which usually perches in full view on the ground, on a prominence of ground or on a perch (tree, rock, post,…) and is not shy, so that one can often observe it at leisure.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/augur-buzzard/
📅 27 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/11, 1/240 s
“Newborn African buffalo”
Newborn calves remain hidden in vegetation for the first few weeks while being nursed occasionally by the mother before joining the main herd. Older calves are held in the centre of the herd for safety.
The maternal bond between mother and calf lasts longer than in most bovines. However, when…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/newborn-african-buffalo/
📅 27 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/10, 1/400 s
Ils consomment quoi, les youtubeurs, pour pondre des montages saccadés à outrance, sur des séquences qui pourraient être stables ? C'est pour « dynamiser » ? Perso ça me donne la gerbe et envie de fermer le navigateur vite fait… 🤡
Un exemple parmi tant d'autres, pour un « simple » tuto de padel :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8iYRNNX884
Et au passage, le super argument d'autorité « coach à Dubai depuis 2 ans »… 🤷♂️
RE: https://lepoulsdumonde.com/@RER_D/117413020531518369
Faudrait préciser les années, parce que ça fait des mois que c’est compliqué de rentrer chez soi après une soirée à Paris. 😡
Par contre, un grand merci à toutes les personnes qui conduisent les bus de remplacement, ou aiguillent dans la bonne humeur tous les « naufragés » du RER D vers les bons bus. 🙏
