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A Comparison of Static Form Providers
18.9.2019
Let’s attempt to coin a term here: "Static Form Provider." You bring your HTML <form>, but don’t worry about the back-end processing that makes it work. There are a lot of these services out there!
Static Form Providers do all tasks like validating, storing, sending notifications,...
Two Browsers Walked Into a Scrollbar
18.9.2019
Surprise: scrollbars are complicated, especially cross-browser and cross-platform.
Sometimes they take up space and sometimes they don't. Sometimes that is affected by a setting and sometimes it isn't. Sometimes you can see them and sometimes you can't unless you're actually scrolling. Styling...
A Color Picker for Product Images
17.9.2019
Sounds kind of like a hard problem doesn't it? We often don't have product shots in thousands of colors, such that we can flip out the <img src="product-red.jpg" alt="red product"> with <img src="product-blue.jpg" alt="blue product">. Nor do we typically have products in a vector...
Here’s How Europeans Can Deal With Negative Interest Rates
17.9.2019
Low and negative interest rates have been a burden for account holders across Europe for some time. And it’s only getting worse, as the European Central Bank just announced a new rate cut to a record low of -0.5%. Private and corporate customers in many countries on the continent don’t...
(Why) Some HTML is “optional”
16.9.2019
Remy Sharp digs into the history of the web and describes why the <p> tag doesn’t need to be closed like this:
<p>Paragraphs don’t need to be closed
<p>Pretty weird, huh?
Remy writes:
Pre-DOM, pre-browsers, the world's first browser was being written by Sir...
Distrust of the Bolivar Prompts Venezuelans to Seek Sound Money
14.9.2019
There’s a small team of committed researchers and activists called the Ryver Bitcoin Cash group surveying Venezuelans, and giving them educational resources about the benefits of bitcoin cash. The Venezuelan country has been suffering from rapid inflation and many people distrust...
Logical Operations with CSS Variables
11.9.2019
Very often, while using switch variables (a variable that's either 0 or 1, a concept that's explained in a greater detail in in this post), I wish I could perform logical operations on them. We don't have functions like not(var(--i)) or and(var(--i), var(--k)) in CSS, but we can emulate these...
Some HTML is “Optional”
11.9.2019
There is a variety of HTML that you can just leave out of the source HTML and it's still valid markup.
Doesn't this look weird?
<p>Paragraph one.
<p>Paragraph two.
<p>Paragraph three.
It does to me, but the closing </p> tags are optional. The browser will detect...
CSS Security Vulnerabilities
9.9.2019
Don't read that headline and get worried. I don't think CSS is a particularly dangerous security concern and, for the most part, I don't think you need to worry about it.
But every once in a while, articles tend to circulate and get some attention as to the possibilities of what CSS can do that...
Keep it simple stupid
7.9.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 6 September, 2019 Simplicity "Simplicity is the greatest sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci And that concludes the first week of September! Good job you guys! Before you go, don't forget to read today's newsletter! ????...
Crypto Payments Startup Eligma Raises €4 Million From Bitcoin.com and Pangea Blockchain Fund
3.9.2019
Many retail stores would like to welcome the added business that the crypto community brings, but find that they don’t have the capability to do so within their existing payment infrastructure. One company bridging this gap is Slovenian startup Eligma which is now set to start global...
Should a website work without JavaScript?
2.9.2019
The JS Party podcast just had a fun episode where they debated this classic question by splitting into two groups of two. Each group was assigned a "side" of this debate, and then let loose to debate it. I don't think anybody can listen to a show like this and not be totally flooded with thoughts!...
Working with Attributes on DOM Elements
30.8.2019
The DOM is just a little weird about some things, and the way you deal with attributes is no exception. There are a number of ways to deal with the attributes on elements. By attributes, I mean things like the id in <div id="cool"></div>. Sometimes you need to set them. Sometimes...
Agorism and Bitcoin: Free People Don’t Ask Maxine Waters for Permission
30.8.2019
Anti-agorism Congressional Representative Maxine Waters still has misgivings about Facebook’s proposed Libra digital currency, even after meeting with Swiss government officials to discuss the tech last week. The sustained reservations echo the message of July’s open letter from...
Creating a Maintainable Icon System with Sass
28.8.2019
One of my favorite ways of adding icons to a site is by including them as data URL background images to pseudo-elements (e.g. ::after) in my CSS. This technique offers several advantages:
They don't require any additional HTTP requests other than the CSS file.
Using the background-size property...
Don’t Worry, Overstock’s New CEO Is Already ‘Drunk on Bitcoin’s Kool-Aid’
26.8.2019
Overstock.com’s interim CEO Jonathan Johnson, the president of its subsidiary Medici Ventures, plans to continue the company's blockchain work
This October We All are Gathering for Barcelona Blockchain Week; Don’t forget to join us!
26.8.2019
In last year’s first edition of Barcelona Blockchain Week, we gathered more than 11,000 attendees from all around the world. This will be held again in 2019 from October 25th to October 31st. While the week will offer a variety of meet-ups, conferences and workshops there are two very...
Mercurial Tips
19.8.2019
While most of the world seems to be using git for version control, Mozilla continues to use Mercurial (hg) to manage the Firefox source code. As a git and GitHub lover, it took me a while to get used to Mercurial. I don’t consider myself a hg expert but I know enough to complete...
Market Outlook: Bitcoin Cash Spikes While Economic Fears Spread Worldwide
13.8.2019
On Tuesday, August 13, most digital currency prices have dropped in value between 2-5% while crypto trade volumes globally have fallen to $46 billion in the last 48 hours. Despite the downturns across the board, bitcoin cash (BCH) is holding steady, up 2% today and now commanding the fourth largest...
Can the Fed Kill Bitcoin? Navigating the Chokepoints of Tax Law and KYC
9.8.2019
Taxes. The one word that can kill any buzz in seconds flat. Whether you’re a libertarian ranting about how taxation is theft or one of those fabled creatures who is actually happy to file them as their so-called civic duty, one fact remains: those who don’t give the government a bite...