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Linkdump for July 25th

by Rob Friesel

Thoughts on ECMAScript 6 and new syntax Nicholas Zakas on some of the new/proposed ES6 syntax. Some good points all around; and I'm particularly head-nodding to his remarks re: "fat arrow" syntax. (tagged: ES6 ECMAScript JavaScript Nicholas Zakas ) Six Writers on Their Favorite Reading At New York Magazine. I came in through William Gibson's […]

Linkdump for July 4th

by Rob Friesel

Requiem in the Key of Prose By Jake Kerr, at Lightspeed Magazine. Read this. 100% A+ ★★★★★. Seriously, one of the best bits of short fiction I’ve read all year. (tagged: fiction ) The Dog That Voted and Other Election Fraud Yarns Kevin Drum, writing at Mother Jones: Still, Republicans argue, anyone can obtain a […]

Linkdump for July 2nd

by Rob Friesel

Bash One-Liners Explained, Part II: Working with strings Nice round-up by Peteris Krumins, with good explanations. (tagged: bash ) Shall we use Clojure A presentation by Andrew Jones. Have you heard all these points before? Hear them again. (tagged: Andrew Jones Clojure ) Guide to CSS support in email At Campaign Monitor. Looks handy. (tagged: […]

Linkdump for April 20th

by Rob Friesel

The cost of privacy James Coglan writing at The If Works: However, encapsulation does not need to be rigorously enforced by the machine, and using this style has all sorts of annoying costs that I’ll get to in just a second. Encapsulation is something you get by deliberately designing interfaces and architectures, by communicating with […]

Linkdump for April 7th

by Rob Friesel

Young Mammoth Likely Butchered by Humans By Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News: The carcass is in such good shape that much of its flesh is still intact, retaining its pink color. The blonde-red hue of Yuka's woolly coat also remains. (tagged: research history paleontology ) Minimum Paragraph Widths in Fluid Layouts Gustav Andersson writing at […]

Linkdump for April 2nd

by Rob Friesel

A New Green Agenda for Commuters Lisa Margonelli writing for The Nation: The cost of owning and driving a car should be a major political issue. Republicans have spent the past decade talking about lowering taxes, while Democrats have put enormous effort into lowering medical costs; but most families spend more on their cars and […]

Linkdump for April 1st

by Rob Friesel

Vernor Vinge Is Optimistic About the Collapse of Civilization Interview at Underwire at Wired.com. Always fun. (tagged: research future Vernor Vinge ) Saucer Country Written by Paul Cornell, art by Ryan Kelly, published by Vertigo. Looks amazing. (tagged: comic aliens scifi science fiction ) Self-Publish a Novel At Wired How-To Wiki. (tagged: publishing writing ) […]

Linkdump for March 21st

by Rob Friesel

The White Savior Industrial Complex Teju Cole, writing for The Atlantic: This is not the sort of story that is easy to summarize in an article, much less make a viral video about. After all, there is no simple demand to be made and — since corruption is endemic — no single villain to topple. […]

Linkdump for March 19th

by Rob Friesel

CSS Compatibility and Internet Explorer Nice breakdown by MSDN of what CSS properties/values/selectors/etc. do and do not work in different versions of Internet Explorer. I was pleasantly surprised to be reminded of how many things actually do work (and/or "work well enough") even down in the hell of Internet Explorer 7. (tagged: webdev Internet Explorer […]

Linkdump for February 21st

by Rob Friesel

Valid JavaScript variable names Mathias Bynens going deep on the sometimes confusing world of JavaScript variable names. (tagged: javascript ) David Foster Wallace: The Big, Uncut Interview (2003) At Open Culture (via @fogus) (tagged: video culture interview politics literature David Foster Wallace ) Is Device-Friendly Development a Responsibility? Some musings from local dev Mike Fowler […]