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10 Interesting JavaScript and CSS Libraries for November 2018
8.11.2018
This November's collection is packed with some powerful CSS frameworks, awesome date and time library and JS tools
Download a YouTube Channel’s Videos
7.11.2018
YouTube is an endless source of entertainment, be it stuff you’re proud to share you like or stuff you would rather others not know about (see: David’s history of watching old WWE Royal Rumbles). I watch a lot of YouTube in hotels and on flights when I don’t have internet access...
Turn Bluetooth On and Off from Command Line on macOS
6.11.2018
Bluetooth has been a revelation in wireless technology: wireless mice, headphones, streaming devices, and a variety of home and office environments. It goes without saying that wireless peripherals are so much easier to manage than wired counterparts, especially mice, that I usually have...
Get Up and Win
5.11.2018
Down on my hands and knees, I crawl around, bleeding out. I’m resigned to my fate. A kind stranger, a new friend, rushes over to me and kneels to help, reviving me at a time that didn’t require it. Just as I’m revived, the kind stranger says “Get up and win”. I...
Are You an Expert of Bitcoin History? Take Our Quiz and Find Out!
31.10.2018
Celebrate Bitcoin white paper's 10-year anniversary by testing your knowledge of Bitcoin's history!
Mercurial: Mass Add and Remove All Files
29.10.2018
While I much prefer git and the GitHub workflow, Firefox’s codebase (mozilla-central) is store in a mercurial repository. There are tools that wrap mercurial so you can use a git-like interface, like git-cinnabar, but my philosophy is to learn the root tool so that I know what’s going...
WDRL — Edition 246: Custom Elements News, React lazy Method, The `prefers-color-scheme` Media Query And Human Customer Support
26.10.2018
Hey,
The web is fascinating. Just when you think there’s not much news happening right now you’re proved wrong. This week brings massive news for how we can work with Custom Elements given the very good fresh support in Firefox (along with Chrome which has support since a while already) and some...
Change Mac Brightness from Command Line
24.10.2018
Earlier this week I posted about how you can modify your Mac’s volume from command line. Little command line scripts make me smile because I spend so much of my day in command line, and automation can be the key to productivity. I next thought about modifying brightness from command line...
Find and Change Default App for File Type from Command Line
23.10.2018
There are few things more frustrating to any computer user than files opening in an unwanted application. Sure you can use the Open menu item in the desired application but we all just want to double-click a file and see it open in the application we expect. I recently got to thinking about this...
What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up?
22.10.2018
I sometimes get asked by regular people in the actual real world what it is that I do for a living, and here's my 15 second answer:
We built a sort of Wikipedia website for computer programmers to post questions and answers. It's called Stack Overflow.
As of last month
WDRL — Edition 245: Chrome 70, Postgres 11, Cognitive Differences And Being Tracked Anyway
19.10.2018
Hey,
Autumn has fully arrived in Germany now and while I’m writing this outside of the window it’s cold and foggy. And coincidentally, I’ve been knocked down by some cold and was ill this week. So I’m going to keep this short and direct you to the links this week:
News
Chrome 70 is out...
Script & Style Show: Episode 25: AR, VR, and Mozilla Reality with Chris Van Wiemeersch
14.10.2018
On this episode: Todd notices what David’s been watching on YouTube while logged in as the Script & Style user and David has no defense but loads of embarrassment. David hurriedly transitions to welcoming guest Chris Van Wiemeersh from Mozilla’s Reality team. Chris enlightens...
WDRL — Edition 244: Flexbox Use Cases, JavaScript’s Bind Operator and what we can do against climate change
12.10.2018
Hey,
This week I’ll dedicate the introduction to our environment and what each of us can do to protect it. With the latest studies and official reports out this week, it seems that in order to avoid an irreversible climate change on planet earth we need to act drastically within the next...
10 Interesting JavaScript and CSS libraries for October 2018
10.10.2018
We share with you a collection of awesome and free resources for this October
How to Get and Set CSS Variable Values with JavaScript
8.10.2018
CSS variables are a very welcome addition to the language, despite them being incredibly basic. Sure we could use SASS or stylus but languages should never count on developers relying on frameworks and toolkits to accomplish what we know we need. And just like every other part of a webpage,...
Script & Style Show: Episode 24: Meme Sites, Developing for Fun, and Podcasts with Lemon!
6.10.2018
On this episode: Todd asks David what he wants to be for Halloween and quickly regrets it, while Todd reveals his somewhat controversial costume. David and Todd then welcome Lemon, an amazing web developer that creates silly but hilarious web games, hosts The FPl.us podcast, and shares his views...
WDRL — Edition 243: Windows Edge 18, Developing Websites for Apple Watch, Free Fonts, and Being Behind Work.
5.10.2018
Hey,
this morning I spent about one and a half hours in the forest nearby. Although it’s rare that I manage to go out of my door and into nature so early, every time I do it is amazing. Nature can boost your mind, your body. Being grounded in forest, just with nature and maybe some animals around...
What is design debt and how does it occur?
1.10.2018
Today, I want to talk about design debt. We often hear about technical debt and not so much about design debt. They are in fact different from one another...
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Script & Style Show: Episode 23: Blogging, CodePenning, and Podcasting with Chris Coyier
1.10.2018
In this episode: David kicks off by recounting a heroic (and tiring) sprint across the O’Hare airport to make his flight home from Toronto. CSS-Tricks scribe Chris Coyier joins Todd and David to discuss CSS-Tricks, CodePen, podcasting, and numerous walks down memory lane. This episode...
WDRL — Edition 242: Safari 12, IPFS Integrity, E-Waste, Addictive UX and Idle Performance
29.9.2018
Hey,
welcome back again. I’m at the end of my vacation now and collected a lot of very interesting articles over the past two weeks that took me quite a while to digest. Most importantly, I learned that taking vacation regularly is an important thing for regaining motivation for work.
Here’s...