Month: March 2020
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Here’s What a Googol-to-One Gear Ratio Looks Like
Jason Kottke reports that Daniel Bruin has built a machine that demonstrates a truly absurd gear ratio, and Dan does some silly back-of-napkin maths.
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IndieWebCamp London "Group Photo"
IndieWebCamp London got cancelled on account of Covid-19 but Dan and others were still able to attend "virtually".
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Remotely attending #indiewebcamp London 2020 (after Covid-19 kept us from meeting in person) and hacking on some note/checkin-posting tools.
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Uplifting Diverse Genders: Beyond "Women and Non-Binary"
Quinn Crossley says that adding "and non-binary" to the target audience of your (probably previously "women") group doesn't go far enough, and they've got some suggestions to shift your outlook.
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1. @indiewebcamp London - which I'd planned to attend - is cancelled for #COVID19 😢
2. I'm left with a hotel room I can't cancel 😠
3. Overhear my brother-in-law planning to book a hotel in London 🤔
4. EverythingWentBetterThanExpected.jpg 🤜🤛 -
Why the GOV.UK Design System team changed the input type for numbers
GOV.UK is changing the way they use "numeric" fields on websites, and the research that backs their decision is, as usual, excellent.
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Bypassing AppProtocol Prompts
The MS Edge team are working on a security feature relating to websites launching applications, and it's a great move.
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Dutch PM Mark Rutte Tells Public Not to Shake Hands Over Coronavirus and Then Shakes With Colleague
Remember not to shake hands with anybody! Umm... starting NOW, that one didn't count.
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There’s Really No Easy Way to Say 'I Was Stabbed'
Author Emma Berquist writes about her experience of the (extremely unusual) incident she was involved in, of being stabbed by a stranger in a park in Wellington.
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A Trip Through New York City in 1911
With the help of a neural network, this 1911 film brings to life scenes of New York from over a century ago.
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BingO Bakery
A fun retro-game style video from Microsoft giving a basic grounding in Web accessibility technologies.
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There is a car
Sayed A Tabatabai writes a very short story about a car abandoned in a hospital car park.
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An app can be a home-cooked meal
Author Robin Sloan tells the story of the app he wrote just for his family, and Dan reflects on his own experience of making apps for audiences of few (or one!).
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Jokes I've Told That My Male Colleagues Didn't Like
Humour tells you where the trouble is. Don't be offended! It's only a joke! ;-)
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Where Do New Viruses Come From?
Watch a 10-minute primer on where "new viruses" come from; see if you know the basics.