Month: February 2019
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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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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 [β¦]" (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 β¦
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Agenda
Pet Shop Boys (YouTube)
The Pet Shop Boys have just released a new four-song EP, Agenda, and it's flipping brilliant. -
Relevant XKCD
Thomas Park
The most-relevant relevant XKCD ever. Click through for the full awesome. -
Sierra Death Generator
Sierra Death Generator
For all of your screenshot/death scene meme needs.
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Debugging WorldWideWeb
His Geek Flag held high, Dan proposes a minor bugfix to some software that almost nobody cares about.
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"Ammo can" style geocache - a guide for UK cachers
Dan provides a video guide to "ammo can" geocache containers.
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WorldWideWeb, 30 years on
To celebrate the Web's 30th birthday, some of Dan's favourite geeks reimplemented the very first browser.
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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 β¦ -
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 βdefaultβ 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.
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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 β¦
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Woke up this morning bleeding from the neck. Surprise #vampire attack?
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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. -
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.
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TRRTL - Logo on Coffee
TRRTL.COM: CoffeeScript-powered Logo-like turtle graphics. On the Web.










