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Peter Schiff Forgets Bitcoin Wallet Password, Blames Bitcoin
19.1.2020
Peter Schiff hates Bitcoin almost as much as bitcoiners hate Schiff. The gold bug makes a point of dissing the cryptocurrency whenever he can, despite the hypocrisy of accepting BCT on his own website. Today, the eccentric entrepreneur found a new reason to rip on bitcoin after forgetting...
How many CSS properties are there?
15.1.2020
Tomasz Łakomy posted a joke tweet about naming all the CSS attributes and Tejas Kumar replied with a joke answer, going as far as making an npm module. You can even run a terminal command to see them:
npx get-all-css-properties
You'll get 259 of them. The source code uses the website quackit.com...
“All these things are quite easy to do, they just need somebody to sit down and just go through the website”
8.1.2020
I saw a video posted on Twitter from Channel 5 News in the UK (I have no idea what the credibility of them is, it's an ocean away from me) with anchor Claudia Liza asking Glen Turner and Kristina Barrick questions about website accessibility.
Apparently, they often post videos with captions,...
Why do we use .html instead of .htm?
26.12.2019
Interesting question from Andy:
Serious question. Why do we use .html instead of .htm? / @adactio @css
— Andy Clarke (@Malarkey) December 12, 2019
The most likely answer from the thread: DOS was a massive operating system for PCs for a long time and it had a three-character limit on file...
Highlights of the HTTP Archive Web Almanac
23.12.2019
I recently looked at the CSS chapter of the Web Alamanc and had some thoughts. Here, Stefan Judis looks at the whole thing and rounds up the most interesting bits to him. Here are most of them:
20% of sites don't compress their JavaScript.
React is on 5% of sites while jQuery is on 85% of sites....
CSS-Tricks Chronicle XXXVII
12.11.2019
Chronicle posts are opportunities for me to round-up things that I haven't gotten a chance to post about yet, rounded up together. It's stuff like podcasts I've had the good fortune of being on, conferences I've been at or are going to be at, happenings at ShopTalk and CodePen, and more.
My talk...
The Teletype Text Element Lives On… at Least on This Site
11.10.2019
It was this: <tt>
I say "was" because it's deprecated. It may still "work" (like everybody's favorite <marquee> in some browsers), but it could stop working anytime, they say. The whole purpose of it was to display text in a monospace font, like the way Teletype machines used...
Zero hands up.
2.10.2019
Asked an entire room full of webdevs yesterday if any of them knew that FF/Chrome/Opera/Brave/etc. for iOS weren't allowed to compete on engine quality.
Zero hands up.
— Alex Russell (@slightlylate) September 25, 2019
It's worth making this clear then. On iOS, the only browser engine...
McAfee Hints Institutional Money Won’t Bring Bitcoin Revolution
25.9.2019
In a tweet posted Monday, September 23, Libertarian presidential candidate and crypto rebel John McAfee wrote: “BAKKT goes live today. It is institutionalized and monitored … if you are “initiated” into crypto, then you certainly won’t use it and will spend time luring...
Nature Abhors a Vacuum: Why Trump’s Proposed Negative Rates Bode Well for Bitcoin
14.9.2019
In a recent tweet, U.S. president Donald Trump delved into an explosive, all-caps-loaded mini-rant about the necessity of getting “interest rates down to ZERO, or less.” The bombastic politician stressed the need for America to refinance its debt, trailing off with some superficially...
What Trump’s Bitcoin Tweet Changes
15.7.2019
Donald Trump took aim at bitcoin last week. He also kicked off a whole new phase in bitcoin's mainstream moment
Which CSS IS AWESOME makes the most sense if you don’t know CSS well?
27.6.2019
Peter-Paul posted this question:
Which of the examples in the image do you consider correct?
If you know CSS well, don't reply, just retweet.
If you don't know CSS too well, please reply to the poll in the next tweet. pic.twitter.com/4bgnf9Wdkc
— ppk 🇪🇺 (@ppk) June...
Which CSS IS AWESOME makes the most sense if you don’t know CSS well?
27.6.2019
Peter-Paul posted this question:
Which of the examples in the image do you consider correct?
If you know CSS well, don't reply, just retweet.
If you don't know CSS too well, please reply to the poll in the next tweet. pic.twitter.com/4bgnf9Wdkc
— ppk 🇪🇺 (@ppk) June...
After Fleeing From the US Government John McAfee Warns His Enemies
12.6.2019
For a few weeks now, the former antivirus software tycoon John McAfee has said he is fleeing from the U.S. government for not paying his taxes. More recently McAfee’s been on a tweet tirade, speaking directly to his “pursuers” and telling them to leave him alone. Also Read:...
Thailand’s Largest Commercial Bank Retracts Tweet Indicating Plans to Use Ripple’s XRP
7.6.2019
Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand’s largest commercial bank, has denied it plans to start using Ripple’s XRP token, contrary to earlier indications
JAMstack? More like SHAMstack.
5.6.2019
I'm a fan of the whole JAMstack thing. It seems like a healthy web movement. I'm looking forward to both of the upcoming conferences.
Of any web trend, #jamstack seems like it will be the least regrettable.
— Chris Coyier (@chriscoyier) May 22, 2019
I feel like the acronym might not...
Tron (TRX) Price Analysis: Is the Price Surge in Tron after CEO’s Tweet Long Standing?
28.5.2019
Justin Sun, CEO of Tron foundation, tweeted mentioning some new update on Tron (TRX). The bullish medium-term places the coin to 1 USD. A large part of the crypto sector is based on investors’ sentiments and prediction. And in consonance with this trend, recently Tron (TRX) has gained huge momentum...
The “Inside” Problem
20.5.2019
So, you're working on a design. You need a full-width container element because the design has a background-color that goes from edge-to-edge horizontally. But the content inside doesn’t necessarily need to be edge-to-edge. You want to:
Limit the width (for large screens)
Pad the edges
Center...
Tyler Winklevoss Roots for BTC as “Gold 2.0” in His Recent Tweet
20.5.2019
Bitcoin has been a boon and a bane at the same time due to its not so long history. This gives rise to all kinds of debates, expectations, perspectives around the cryptocurrency and the traditional fiat currency, the comparisons between values of the traditional financial ways and the ways...
Awesome Automation and Integration with Buddy
2.4.2019
One of my favorite services for years has been IFTTT (If this then that). Having a service that allows me to trigger a host of functionalities with one simple action is amazing! Posting a picture to Instagram can trigger IFTTT to send a tweet, post to Facebook, email to friends, etc. I’ve...