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Jul 12, 2020, 3:56 PM -04:00 My God, what have I done?
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Jul 11, 2020, 9:27 AM -04:00 Bookmark of https://sarahchima.com/blog/css-specificity/
What is CSS Specificity?
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Jul 11, 2020, 9:24 AM -04:00 A little bit of plain Javascript can do a lot
I’ve never worked as a professional frontend developer, so even though I’ve been writing HTML/CSS/JS for 15 years for little side projects, all of the projects have been pretty small, sometimes I don’t write any Javascript for years in between, and I often don’t quite feel like I know what I’m doing. Partly because of that, I’ve leaned on libraries a lot! Ten years ago I used to use jQuery, and since maybe 2017 I’ve been using a lot of vue.js for my little Javascript projects (you can see a ... -
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Andrew Nadeau (@TheAndrewNadeau) on X
The year is 2030. Bakery art is so realistic, literally anything could be cake. The uncertainty has gripped the world in fear. I go to hug my wife for comfort. She is cake. -
Jul 10, 2020, 10:16 AM -04:00 TIL I learned that "boat", "bait", "bite", "bolt", and "bitter" are all cognates, from a PIE word meaning to strike or split (the connection with boat appears to be that one used to make them by hollowing out split tree trunks).
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Jul 9, 2020, 9:00 AM -04:00 Errr...wrong link. I meant this one: https://youtu.be/ajM4vYCZMZk If you need theremin inspiration :)
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Helen Leigh ⚡ (@helenleigh) on X
Well I appear to have successfully put together this theremin tonight, an open source hardware @arduino Uno shield from Gaudi Labs. It apparently does CV so I wanna try and use it to control one of my synths. I'd post video but my neighbor complained already 😅 -
Jul 9, 2020, 7:49 AM -04:00
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Jul 9, 2020, 7:39 AM -04:00 If you need inspiration to learn how to play: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=RDajM4vYCZMZk&feature=share&playnext=1
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Helen Leigh ⚡ (@helenleigh) on X
Well I appear to have successfully put together this theremin tonight, an open source hardware @arduino Uno shield from Gaudi Labs. It apparently does CV so I wanna try and use it to control one of my synths. I'd post video but my neighbor complained already 😅 -
Jul 8, 2020, 4:25 PM -04:00 I made this! It's a lot of fun. I never got very good playing it, though. Detailed my adventures here: https://desmondrivet.com/2018/05/20/theremin-build
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Helen Leigh ⚡ (@helenleigh) on X
Last week I got a little drunk and went down a theremin YouTube rabbit hole at 2am. This week, a deliciously pretty Open Source Hardware theremin board and a bundle of parts arrived in my mailbox. Thanks past drunken Helen! Your gifts are much appreciated 🥃🛠️✨ -
Jul 6, 2020, 11:21 PM -04:00 One of my favorite versions of it: https://youtu.be/ajM4vYCZMZk
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Gillian Kerruish (@FyreByrde) on X
This year has brought so many memorials I am not yet ready to make. I will eventually. But today let's appreciate this film score, and the one who created it. RIP. Ennio Morricone - "The Ecstasy Of Gold" from The Good, The Bad & The Ugl... https://t.co/q1tafgZ8lh via @YouTube -
Jul 3, 2020, 7:32 AM -04:00 TIL that the "-ly" suffix commonly added to words in English to denote an adverb comes from the word "like" (still existing in the word "ladylike", for example). So "slowly" came from "slow-like" and "carefully" came from "careful-like" (possibly explaining the double "l").
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Jul 1, 2020, 9:47 PM -04:00 
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In Defense of a Fussy Website | CSS-Tricks
The other day I was doom-scrolling twitter, and I saw a delightful article titled “The Case for Fussy Breakfasts.” I love food and especially breakfast, and -
Jul 1, 2020, 9:44 PM -04:00 
Matthias OttJun 28, 2020, 8:06 PM -04:00Fussy Web, True Meaning.
Sarah Drasner just published a fabulous article, In Defense of a Fussy Website, in which she makes the case that we should all design and build websites again that are a joy to visit. Sites with those little details that make you smile, with small delights and touches that really make users stay. When a site is done with care and excitement you can tell. You feel it as you visit, the hum of intention. The craft, the cohesiveness, the attention to det... -
Jun 30, 2020, 8:49 AM -04:00 TIL that "marshmallow" is actually a very old word, derived from the Old English word "mersc-mealwe" describing a "kind of mallow plant (Althea officinalis) which grows near salt marshes."
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Jun 29, 2020, 9:21 AM -04:00 This is amazing
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Tariq KRIM (@tariqkrim) on X
When French Sci-fi Barjavel was asked to imagine the future just after world war 2 : he had it almost right -
Jun 27, 2020, 3:56 PM -04:00 I always wanted to be G.I. Joe villain...
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Jun 22, 2020, 12:28 PM -04:00 Grilled cheese experiment: olive and brunost, Norwegian brown cheese. Was good, if a little odd.
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Jun 20, 2020, 6:32 PM -04:00 Sexy, sexy pumpernickel
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Jun 19, 2020, 10:14 AM -04:00
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Göran Strand (@Astrofotografen) on X
What an extremely beautiful sight in the sky this morning, a crescent planet Venus and a crescent Moon. This was truly an amazing sight to watch. Video will follow later. Nikon D850 with Nikon AF-S 600mm f/4 D IF-ED II and Nikon AF-S TC-20E III teleconverter #VenusMoon #Nikon -
Jun 2, 2020, 8:54 AM -04:00 
Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web - Neustadt.fr
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Jun 1, 2020, 1:33 PM -04:00 
Global and Component Style Settings with CSS Variables
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Jun 1, 2020, 7:38 AM -04:00 Bookmark of https://neustadt.fr/essays/the-small-web/
Rediscovering the Small Web - Neustadt.fr
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May 31, 2020, 4:15 PM -04:00 "IPA" stands for "India Pale Ale"