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Month: February 2019

  • JTA and Annabel looking into a cabinet at the British Museum.

    Happy Metamour Appreciation Day, JTA

    JTA and Dan would be friends anyway, but having a partner-in-common has given them the opportunity to be closer still. Dan shares some of their history together.

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    • Article
    • posted 27 February, 2019
  • Image representing post: The Ball and The Box

    The Ball and The Box

    Thread by @LaurenHerschel: "After what has been a surprisingly okayish Christmas, I had a moment today in SuperStore. Saw a lady who reminded me of my 92yo grandma, who […]" (threadreaderapp.com) Thread by @LaurenHerschel: "After what has been a surprisingly okayish Christmas, I had a moment today in SuperStore. Saw a lady who remindedndma, who …

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    • Repost
    • posted 27 February, 2019
  • Image representing post: Agenda

    Agenda




    Pet Shop Boys (YouTube)
    The Pet Shop Boys have just released a new four-song EP, Agenda, and it's flipping brilliant.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (20 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 26 February, 2019
  • Image representing post: Relevant XKCD

    Relevant XKCD



    Thomas Park
    The most-relevant relevant XKCD ever. Click through for the full awesome.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (13 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 26 February, 2019
  • EDIT.COM showing the source code of THIS web page.

    Sierra Death Generator



    Sierra Death Generator
    For all of your screenshot/death scene meme needs.

    Read more (23 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 25 February, 2019
  • Illustration showing conversation between simulated WorldWideWeb and MetaFilter via an API that ultimately sends requests without a User-Agent, gets a 403 in response, and can't handle the 403 and so returns a confusing 500.

    Debugging WorldWideWeb

    His Geek Flag held high, Dan proposes a minor bugfix to some software that almost nobody cares about.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1028 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 24 February, 2019
  • Image representing post: "Ammo can" style geocache - a guide for UK cachers

    "Ammo can" style geocache - a guide for UK cachers

    Dan provides a video guide to "ammo can" geocache containers.

    Read more (65 words)

    • Video
    • posted 20 February, 2019
  • DanQ.me as displayed by the reimagined WorldWideWeb browser circa 1990

    WorldWideWeb, 30 years on

    To celebrate the Web's 30th birthday, some of Dan's favourite geeks reimplemented the very first browser.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (478 words)

    • Article
    • 26 comments
    • posted 20 February, 2019
  • Minimal Google Analytics Snippet

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    Minimal Analytics
    This is cute: a Google Analytics code snippet that results in a payload about a fiftieth of the size of the …

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    • Repost
    • posted 20 February, 2019
  • You probably don't need a single-page application

    The meteoric rise of front-end frameworks like React, Angular, Vue.js, Elm, etc. has made single-page applications ubiquitous on the web. For many developers, these have become part of their β€˜default’ toolset. When they start a new project, they grab the tools they know already: a REST API on the backend, and a React/Angular/Vue/Elm frontend.

    Is there …

    Read more (248 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 19 February, 2019
  • Post-it Note Affirmations and the Amazon Dash

    The amazon dash is a pinnacle of modern web design. It's one of the most intrusive, complex, and resource-dependent devices we've introduced into our homes, yet it appears as a simple oval with a single button for a single use. The use is absurdly narrow: the button will have a picture of Tide detergent, and …

    Read more (251 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 19 February, 2019
  • Blood on a pillow

    Woke up this morning bleeding from the neck. Surprise #vampire attack?

    Read more - about 1 minutes (11 words)

    • Note
    • posted 19 February, 2019
  • Image representing post: IRL Special - VidCon London 2019

    IRL Special - VidCon London 2019



    Rebecca Huntley (YouTube)
    New Family Vlog day is like Christmas. This one shows the highlights of my sister's trip to VidCon London.

    Read more (22 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 18 February, 2019
  • Honey, I autotuned the cat



    Autotuned the cat because he won't shut up in the mornings. I don't know how this helps but I did it anyway.





























    @joabaldwin (Twitter)

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    • Repost
    • posted 18 February, 2019
  • A snail in TRRTL.COM.

    TRRTL - Logo on Coffee

    TRRTL.COM: CoffeeScript-powered Logo-like turtle graphics. On the Web.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (535 words)

    • Article
    • posted 15 February, 2019

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