Month: February 2019
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Newtown bypass in Powys opens after 70-year wait
Town's bypass opens after 70-year wait (BBC News) It was 1949 when highways officials started to look at traffic issues affecting Newtown.
A multi-million pound bypass that has been 70 years in the planning officially opened in Powys on Thursday.
One haulier said Newtown bypass will make a "big difference" due to 45-minute hold-ups … -
Programming is just solving puzzles
‘Programming is just solving puzzles’ - Nominet (Nominet) As a child, I wanted to be a botanical researcher. I loved being outdoors and used to visit the botanical gardens near my house all the time. My grandma inspired me to change my mind and helped me get interested in science. She lived in the country …
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Shouldn't We All Have Seamless Micropayments By Now?
Shouldn’t We All Have Seamless Micropayments By Now? (WIRED) The web’s founders fully expected some form of digital payment to be integral to its functioning. But nearly three decades later, we're still waiting. Back in the 1990s, when Tim Berners-Lee and his team were creating the infrastructure of the World Wide Web, they made a …
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Let's bring Fan Sites and webrings back!
Let's bring Fan Sites and webrings back! - bryanlrobinson.com (bryanlrobinson.com) In the days before the web was mainstream, it was a place of creation. First for education, then for every random idea that any creator had!
As the web transitioned from a network of educational institutions to the consumer force it is today, the early adopters … -
#strawfiechallenge
#strawfiechallenge - 1 minute of simulated breathing difficulty in recognition of sufferers of cystis fibrosis
Today I'm attaching a clothes peg to my nose and breathing through a straw for 60 seconds. As I won't be able to talk while I'm doing this, I'll type an explanation why:
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Hello, Friendly Insurance Salesman!
After a long chat with a car insurance salesman, Dan says thanks. Also: sorry.
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Saw this and thought of you, @themissprince: cantunsee.space
Still have "the eye" for pixel-perfect design? #UX -
What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?
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Aaron Alon (YouTube)
I'm reminded of an old joke (best read aloud), which I'll repeat for your amusement:
The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, … -
Bassoontracker - Release 0.3.0 is out!
Steffest Digitale Pulptuur (steffest.com)
During the past months I have been tinkering along on Bassoontracker - My browser based Retro Music Tool.
Today, it's ready for a next big release: Version 0.3.0 is out!
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Steffest
This is just about the coolest thing in the world. I played with Scream Tracker and a handful of other trackers … -
Alka-Seltzer added to spherical water drop in microgravity
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Plasma Ben (YouTube)
This is just...wooooah. Proper "dude, my hands are huge" grade moment, for me, when I watched the bubbles form in the droplet of water. I had an idea about what would happen, and I was partially right, but by the time we were onto the third run-through of this … -
Ideal City Proposal by King C. Gillette
GILLETTE, IDEAL CITY PROPOSAL (urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu) ...
Here we have a city every building of which is a perfect work of art, and whose setting is nature's loveliest handiwork, made perfect by the intelligence of man.
How can we believe for a moment that we are now securing the best results of our highest intelligence, when we have … -
Finding Lena Forsen, the Patron Saint of JPEGs
Every morning, Lena Forsen wakes up beneath a brass-trimmed wooden mantel clock dedicated to “The First Lady of the Internet.”
It was presented to her more than two decades ago by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology, in recognition of the pivotal—and altogether unexpected—role she played in shaping the digital world as we … -
Microsoft exec riles Firefox faithful by telling Mozilla to embrace Chrome - CNET
Microsoft staffer pokes finger into Twitter beehive by saying Firefox should join Chrome, not fight it (CNET) Debate: Does Mozilla have more influence as a Chrome rival or ally? ...
"Thought: It's time for @mozilla to get down from their philosophical ivory tower. The web is dominated by Chromium, if they really *cared* about the web …