Mocco

I find it helpful to think in circles of control. It’s a Stoic principle: imagine concentric circles extending outward from where you stand. The innermost circle is what’s within your control to change. Beyond that, what’s within your influence. Further...

We live in uncertain times. For Denmark, where I live, this is true in ways I could not have imagined. I have found myself seeking out an old poem by one of our most celebrated poets, Dan Turèll, who writes: “Most of all, I love the everyday.”
It is impossible to translate the full meaning of hverdagen, the everyday. I suspect the term itself is uniquely Danish, and yet it captures what I perceive to be the national spirit well: an appreciation for small moments—the smell of coffee in the...

It’s become a tradition to rewatch 2001: A Space Odyssey around the turn of the year. The 1968 Kubrick classic holds up beautifully, I find new details to love every time.
The attention to detail is what makes it endure, half a century later. There’s a commitment to the craft from the first frames, with a beautiful variant of the MGM logo seen in no other film. It’s a delightful example of less but better, reducing the...

A quick note on CSS: I’ve been working on some styles where theme inheritance is critical, and rediscovered how useful currentColor can be. You can now blend it with transparency using color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 10%, transparent). Small things that...