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My Blog Now Has a Content Security Policy - Here's How I've Done It
My Blog Now Has a Content Security Policy - Here's How I've Done It (Troy Hunt) I've long been a proponent of Content Security Policies (CSPs). I've used them to fix mixed content warnings on this blog after Disqus made a little mistake, you'll see one adorning Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) and I even …
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Bypassing WordPress / Jetpack's "Prove your humanity:" CAPTCHA
Popular WordPress plugin Jetpack provides a CAPTCHA whose sole purpose seems to be to frustrate humans. It does nothing to stop bots, as Dan demonstrates with a browser plugin that circumvents it.
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Improving URLs for AMP pages
Improving URLs for AMP pages (Accelerated Mobile Pages Project) TL;DR: We are making changes to how AMP works in platforms such as Google Search that will enable linked pages to appear under publishers’ URLs instead of the google.com/amp URL space while maintai… TL;DR: We are making changes to how AMP works in platforms such as …
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Review of Fairlawns Hotel and Spa
This review of Fairlawns Hotel and Spa originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Fairlawns Hotel and Spa, 178 Little Aston Rd, Walsall WS9 0NU, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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The elephant in the diversity room
The elephant in the diversity room - QuirksBlog (quirksmode.org) false
Although there’s a lot of heated discussion around diversity, I feel many of us ignore the elephant in the web development diversity room. We tend to forget about users of older or non-standard devices and browsers, instead focusing on people with modern browsers, which … -
Women speakers and attendees at Amsterdam web conferences
Women speakers and attendees at Amsterdam web conferences - QuirksBlog (quirksmode.org) false
As a slight contribution to the diversity in web development discussion, here are the ratios of female attendees and speakers from the Amsterdam web conferences Krijn and I organised or are close to. I’m not sure what these numbers mean, but someone … -
BBC - Travel - Welcome to Monowi, Nebraska: population 1
Welcome to Monowi, Nebraska: population 1 (bbc.com) Eighty-four-year-old Elsie Eiler pays taxes to herself, grants her own alcohol licence and is the only remaining resident in Monowi, Nebraska.
Eighty-four-year-old Elsie Eiler pays taxes to herself, grants her own alcohol licence and is the only remaining resident in Monowi, Nebraska...
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Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, dies next to the concrete decoy he loved
Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, dies next to the concrete decoy he loved (Washington Post) The gannet heeded conservationists' calls to settle on a small New Zealand island. Unfortunately, no eligible ladies did.
Nigel, a handsome gannet bird who lived on a desolate island off the coast of New Zealand, died suddenly this week. Wherever his … -
The Amazing Dinosaur Found (Accidentally) by Miners in Canada
This Is the Best Dinosaur Fossil of Its Kind Ever Found (Magazine) The 110 million-year-old fossil of a nodosaur preserves the animal’s armor, skin, and what may have been its final meal.
On the afternoon of March 21, 2011, a heavy-equipment operator named Shawn Funk was carving his way through the earth, unaware that he … -
Poundland Nooky
500 Internal Server Error (minxylydia.com) false There aren't many great things to write about Hounslow, other than me being in it isn't the sort of place that brings in visitors. There's a tired shopping centre, an Asda (whose car park has just been closed), lots of planes going over and Hounslow Heath, which frankly is …
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Review of Pizza Stazione
This review of Pizza Stazione originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Pizza Stazione, Kiosk 3, 107 Gloucester Green, Oxford OX1 2RH, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not the best pizza by any stretch, but perfectly acceptable and spectacular value. A fiver for a weekday large pizza is something you can't argue with.
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Digest for January 2018
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This month, I looked-back at Troma Night XXI, 14 years prior, and the impact it'd ultimately have on the future of my circle of friends. I visited Wakefield Samaritans, shared thoughts about the realisation that "early programmers" are learning to code later this generation than the last and that the nature of Internet memes has … -
How the Mom Internet became a spotless, sponsored void
Perspective | How the Mom Internet became a spotless, sponsored void (Washington Post) Gritty blogs have given way to staged Instagram photos.
A grinning toddler is bundled in a creamy quilted blanket and bear-eared hat. Next to him, an iPhone atop a wicker basket displays a Winnie-the-Pooh audiobook. The caption accompanying the Instagram shot … -
Here's The Plan
Here's the Plan - Animated Short Film (YouTube) French Subs by: Garance Broze ✨✨Here's the Plan merchandising available at https://herestheplanshop.tictail.com !✨✨
Fernanda Frick (YouTube)
Well, I just had my heart broken by a cartoon about a dog and a cat. Or as the top commenter at the time of writing puts it "I'M NOT … -
Security Breaches Don't Affect Stock Price
Security Breaches Don't Affect Stock Price - Schneier on Security (schneier.com) false Interesting research: "Long-term market implications of data breaches, not," by Russell Lange and Eric W. Burger. Abstract: This report assesses the impact disclosure of data breaches has on the total returns and volatility of the affected companies' stock, with a focus on the …