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How to Redirect a Search Form to a Site-Scoped Google Search
29.4.2020
This is just a tiny little trick that might be helpful on a site where you don’t have the time or desire to build out a really good on-site search solution. Google.com itself can perform searches scoped to one particular site. The trick is getting people there using that special syntax...
Static or Not?
27.4.2020
A quick opinion piece by Kev Quirk: Why I Don’t Use A Static Site Generator. Kev uses WordPress:
Want to blog on my iPad? I can. Want to do it on my phone? No problem. On a machine I don’t normally use? Not an issue, as long as it has a browser.
First, it’s worth understanding...
Advice for Writing a Technical Resume
27.4.2020
Marco Rogers asked a very good question on Twitter:
I talk to a lot of people new to tech from non-traditional backgrounds, e.g. bootcamps or self-taught. I'm looking for good information for those people on how to build out a strong resume when they don't have work experience yet. Advice...
Purse.io Returns: Company Reveals Crypto Marketplace ‘Is Here to Stay’
27.4.2020
On April 17, new.Bitcoin.com reported on the crypto marketplace Purse.io announcing the company would dissolve. Six days later, Purse revealed that the team is reconsidering the decision and explained that well known bitcoin advocates reached out with interest in acquisition. More than a week...
The Cost of Javascript Frameworks
26.4.2020
I expect this post from Tim Kadlec to be quoted in every performance conference talk for the next few years. There is a lot of data here, so please check it out for yourself, but the short story is that JavaScript-framework-powered sites are definitely heavier and more resource-intensive than...
Chrome + System Fonts Snafu
24.4.2020
There was just a bug late last year where system fonts (at least on Mac, I don’t know what the story was on other platforms) in Chrome appeared too thin and tracked-in at small sizes and too thick and tracked-out at larger sizes. That one was fixed, thankfully. But while it was a problem,...
Innovating on Web Monetization: Coil and Firefox Reality
23.4.2020
I still think Coil is cool. I have it installed on CSS-Tricks as a publisher and money trickles in. I have a paid account and I trickle out money to other sites that use it. I wrote about all that last year.
This’ll explode to something huge if we actually get the Web Monetization API stuff....
My Visual Studio Code Setup: Extensions and Themes
22.4.2020
Matthias Ott’s posted his VS Code setup. I find lists like this (I rounded up some recent updates of my own) irresistible, probably because, like y’all, I spend an awful lot of time in VS Code and wanna make sure I’m getting the most out of it.
Things from the list that stood...
Who in Crypto Might Come Out As Winners or Losers After the COVID-19 Crisis?
22.4.2020
The COVID-19 pandemic now has its grip firmly on the world. According to official numbers, almost 2.6 million individuals have been infected globally, and almost 180,000 have died. In addition to the impact on public health and the healthcare system, the global economy is starting to ground to...
Power Ledger Rolls Out Blockchain-Based Solar Energy Trading in Western Australia
22.4.2020
Power Ledger has just signed a deal with the largest medium-density residential developer in Perth to roll out its blockchain-based solar energy trading platform
BABB Launches Cash-Out Fiat Gateways in 36 New Regions
20.4.2020
The crypto app expands its operations and services by allowing users to convert fiat money into BABB’s token throughout Europe
America’s Banks Can Simply Bail Themselves Out – Thanks to the Fed’s $27 Trillion Blackrock Deal
20.4.2020
Mainstream media has been awfully quiet about all the fraud and manipulation stemming from the global bureaucracies’ newly enacted covid-19 reaction policies. In the U.S. amid all the commotion and fear, the Federal Reserve granted special powers to the giant private equity firm Blackrock....
Making Money on Lockdown: 5 Effortless Ways to Earn Cryptocurrencies Online
20.4.2020
The various government responses to the coronavirus caused a lot of havoc across the global economy and millions of people are now out of work. A number of nation states have not lifted the lockdowns and no one’s really sure when the slew of shutdown industries will open again. While people...
Weekend Trap? Bitcoin Price Hits $7.3K in Attempt to Finally Break Out
18.4.2020
Bitcoin price is looking bullish this weekend but still remains range-bound — will it finally break out?
Pseudo-Randomly Adding Illustrations with CSS
17.4.2020
Between each post of Eric Meyer’s blog there’s this rather lovely illustration that can randomly be one of these five options:
Eric made each illustration into a separate background image then switches out that image with the nth-of-type CSS property, like this:
.entry:nth-of-type(2n+1)::before...
MicroBT Rolls Out 3 New Bitcoin Miners to Compete With Bitmain Ahead of the Halving
17.4.2020
The Shenzhen-based firm is rolling out three new top-of-the-line bitcoin miners hoping to eat further into Bitmain's market dominance
CFTC Charges Florida Resident With Defrauding Crypto Investors Out of $1.6M
16.4.2020
The CFTC alleged Florida resident Alan Friedland defrauded investors out of $1.6 million, promising returns through his “Compcoin” token and an algorithmic trading software which never materialized
Think You Know the Crypto Basics? Take Our Quiz to Find Out
15.4.2020
Do you know your stablecoin from your satoshi, and your exit scam from your Ethereum? Take this crypto quiz to find out
TradeStation Builds out Crypto Trading Arm With ErisX Tie-Up
15.4.2020
TradeStation only ventured into crypto trading back in May 2019
OneCoin Lawsuit Could Be Thrown Out Over Plaintiff Failings, Warns Judge
13.4.2020
A class action against the accused cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme may be dismissed with prejudice unless the plaintiffs up their game