Month: May 2010
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Hiding In Plain "Site"
I've written a program called PicInHTML, which makes web pages with concealed images which are shown when text on the page is selected. What's clever about these page are how they work: they're a single file, with no dependence on images nor Javascript, and they work by leveraging the little-used ::selected CSS selector. Each individual …
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Aberystwyth Escape Velocity
It's been said that Aberystwyth is like a black hole, and that once you're sucked into it, you can never leave. Sure, it's okay to fly-by, so long as you keep it at arms' reach for, say, three to five years... but if you get caught in the pull of the place, it becomes harder …