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 […]
Whisky Blender Provides Bespoke Potables by Mail Intriguing idea. If you like the blended aqua vitae. (tagged: whiskey ) Publish What You Learn Great article at Smashing Magazine. I can say that this is a big reason why I write about this kind of stuff — I feel like I haven't really learned something until […]
The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To AppleScript at Mac.AppStorm (tagged: applescript ) How I’m implementing Responsive Web Design By Jeff Croft. Not sure that I agree with the "JS breakpoints first" approach that he hints at preferring; also, when he points out that Sass treats the media query more/less like a selector (which you'd expect) in […]
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 […]
Could You Build a Scale Lego Model of the Death Star? at Wired Science: So, for all the pieces this would cost about 9.8 x 1012 US dollars, yes almost 10 trillion dollars. (tagged: humor LEGO Star Wars ) Multi-Device Layout Patterns Luke W. on responsive layout patterns. (tagged: todo essay webdev design responsive ) […]
The Myth of Writer’s Block Jon Gingerich writing at LitReactor (tagged: todo essay writing ) Un-Building Blocks: What to Do When You Can’t Do It Ed Sikov writing at LitReactor (tagged: todo essay writing ) The vendor prefix mess PPK at QuirksBlog with a (mostly) reasonable assessment of this week's -webkit prefix fiasco. For what […]
retro_futurism: ОБЛОЖКИ ЖУРÐÐЛР"ТЕХÐИКÐ-МОЛОДЕЖИ" С 1960 ПО 1969 г. Amazing gallery of Soviet-era propaganda-cum-futurism. (tagged: propaganda art retro Soviet Union Cold War Nostalgia futurism ) Citizens United Fallout: Coalition Asks SEC To Order Corporate Disclosure Of Political Spending Maybe not the worst Supreme Court ruling ever, but bordering on the top 10. If you're unfamiliar […]
JavaScript does not need classes Alex Rauschmayer on why JavaScript doesn't need classes. (tagged: javascript ) Why I want Classes in JavaScript David Flanagan on why he wants "classes" in JavaScript. For my money: I agree in spirit, but I think calling the syntax sugar by "class" sends the wrong message. (And no, I don't […]
So you want to write JavaScript for a living? by Hans Brough, re-posted at NCZOnline (tagged: javascript webdev recruiting hiring ) What feature would improve the web? Great round-up by Paul Irish. (tagged: Paul_Irish webdev web_standards ) Why Occupy Wall Street Is Bigger Than Left vs. Right Ladies and gentlemen, once again: Matt Taibbi: What […]
Making Laws About Making Babies at NYTimes.com (tagged: research politics fertility ) One-Third of Sun-Like Stars Have Earth-Like Planets In Habitable Zone And (as usual?) the comment thread from pedantic astrophysics nerds is awesome. (tagged: Astronomy Science research ) Innovation Starvation Neal Stephenson (writing at World Policy Institute) on the demise of innovation. Mandatory reading. […]