Use :after elements to create the simplest HTML possible to render useful and fun overlays on top of background images. Then extend them with blend-modes! | Continue reading
In a previous tutorial, I described how to create a simple fluid card grid with CSS Grid. In this tutorial, we'll take it a step farther and create promotional spaces that morph in interesting ways. | Continue reading
It’s no secret that I'm a fan of ::before and ::after pseudo-elements. I use them to great effect for creating darkened overlays in this previous post. They have so many uses beyond that, though. Here are my top 3 uses for them in my every-day development process. | Continue reading
I'm beginning my new journey as an independent creator. I've left the comfortable confines of agency life to see what I can do creating resources for designers and developers. I'll be writing, recording, speaking and consulting. Much of this will be under the headi … | Continue reading
An experiment adding dynamic functionality to this site pushed via iOS shortcuts and Netlify functions | Continue reading
Late last year, I took the plunge and began to work full time on my passion - education. That has led to today. Today, I officially launched my first online course - Practical CSS Grid! | Continue reading
It struck me recently as I was writing a new Sass mixin that there may be designers and developers out there that haven't translated vanilla CSS into a Sass function. In this article, I want to show how to take often-used CSS and convert it into a DRY (Don't Repeat Your … | Continue reading
The state of the web in 2018 has been heavy into the world of JavaScript. We've made amazing advancements in the way our sites work. Every site has the ability to feel like an application. Without HTML, though, our fancy future may have a dystopian layer right beneath the su … | Continue reading
The web is suffering from a crisis of trust. Every week there’s a new story posted about a data breach or untrustworthy practices (I’m looking at you, Facebook). How can we fix that? When we create user stories for new features, shouldn’t we also create user worries about them? | Continue reading
In the days before the web was mainstream, it was a place of creation. First for education, then for every random idea that any creator had! As the web transitioned from a network of educational institutions to the consumer force it is today, the early adopters were technologists … | Continue reading
I'm grateful for my unique journey to find my professional niche. It's taken a lot of twists and turns. Is my journey replicable in this era of developer tooling and convenience? | Continue reading
Have you ever wanted to go back in time and see what it was like to browse the web using Sir Tim Berners-Lee's first web browser? I have. Apparently so did the team at CERN. For the 30th anniversary of the world's first web browser, The European Organization for Nuclear … | Continue reading
I enjoy building workflows for pure static sites. I enjoy ingesting data into my build process instead of loading my client-side with fetches. In this example, we'll use Eleventy's ability to use a JavaScript file, to execute code to fetch data on site build, negating t … | Continue reading
I love the new layout modes in CSS. Grid and Flexbox are both amazing features. They each have their place. What if I told you that if you used the "wrong" one, you could double your CSS and HTML? Let's take a look at what appears to be a simple promo grid. | Continue reading
This article covers three topics I think will help define the JAMstack in 2020. | Continue reading
Launched a new version of the website... it's still pretty much the same, but way less complicated | Continue reading
Astro’s 5.0 beta has released a stable version of its astro:env module. This allows for developers to configure a schema for their environment variables and then take advantage of new feature this opens. | Continue reading
In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at setting up Netlify’s Durable Cache on a third-party API with (artificially) slow returns. We’ll use a proxied dev.to API, throttle it a bit, and see the effects of durable caching on the responses. We’ll also build a function to clear specif … | Continue reading
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This checkin to GC4MDNM Foynes Forest Find reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My mother and I are out in the West of Ireland in search of geohashpoints. Today’s attempt to find the 2024-11-22 52 -8 hashpoint was blocked by the river Arra breaking i … | Continue reading
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LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Earlier this week, Progress 89, an uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station, used a 5-minute and 31-second burn to move the ISS to a higher orbit. — Read the rest The post International Spac … | Continue reading
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Zimbabwe has an installed electricity generation capacity of close to 3,000 MW, but there is a huge problem. The Zimbabwe Power Company’s (ZPC) main thermal plants are very old and keep breaking down. There were also three small coal power plants in Harare, Munyati, and Bulawayo … | Continue reading
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One thing you can count on these days, Elba's gonna pop up in something goofy like Sonic or He-Man and probably be good in it. | Continue reading
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On this release, four songs, two of them being a previously released single, line up to create a journey through S J Denney's influences and inspirations. | Continue reading
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! In this fun video, we're taken through a day's haul of unusual Gashapons purchased in Tokyo. For anyone who doesn't know, a Gashapon (or Gachapo) is a type of Japanese vending machine that dispenses small capsule toys or … | Continue reading
In August, when Disney announced a host of huge changes and additions to its theme parks, some of the critical details were left out. Disney was happy to announce what was being added, but was cagey in some cases about what was being removed to make room. — Read the rest The post … | Continue reading
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! On March 27, 1980, after months of earthquakes and minor eruptions, Mount St. Helens erupted explosively, with thermal energy equivalent to 26 megatons of TNT. Rock and ash from the eruption devastated everything within … | Continue reading
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Collaboration agreement has started between Centre for Dance Research at Coventry University in November 2024 The SECreTour Network is growing! The SECreTour project has established a new collaboration with the Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE) at Coventry University. C-DaRE spe … | Continue reading
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While I make my way very slowly back to Burnley, Caoimhe has switched off the German Shepherd guarding instinct to get in some rest. How gorgeous? Planted in: #Canine Children #Podencos #Caoimhe Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
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LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! When two tides meet in this video, striking geometric patterns appear on the surface of the water. Paired with the way the sin is lighting the patterns, the effect looks otherworldly. — Read the rest The post When two ti … | Continue reading
This great SSD is far superior to any external hard drive. | Continue reading
A new malicious campaign is using a legitimate but old and vulnerable Avast Anti-Rootkit driver to evade detection and take control of the target system by disabling security components. [...] | Continue reading
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! These videos by stop-motion animator Andrew, who goes by "Hypno Motion" online, are incredible and so satisfying to watch! Andrew creates all kinds of things out of Lego bricks and makes them come to life via stop-motion … | Continue reading
Researchers believe that observing gamma rays from a supernova could confirm the existence of axions, potentially solving the mystery of dark matter. UC Berkeley scientists suggest that the detection of these particles would revolutionize our understanding of the universe and adv … | Continue reading
This Microsoft hybrid PC faces no competition in its segment. | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump spent the Friday evening before Thanksgiving filling out nearly the rest of his Cabinet. He plans for his Treasury secretary to be a hedge fund manager who’s called the Inflation Reduction Act “the Doomsday machine for the deficit”; he’s named a vacci … | Continue reading
If you're a surfer who doesn't want to be attacked by great white sharks, your surfboard should be as dark and stealthy as possible … right? Perhaps not, as a new Australian study suggests that a lit-up board may actually be better at keeping the sharks away. Continue Reading Cat … | Continue reading
'Super Mario 64' DS is the perfect launch title limited by the DS's biggest hardware oversight. | Continue reading
Rare earth elements are crucial to many technologies, and scientists say the U.S. could boost extraction from domestic reserves by as much as eight times the current level. | Continue reading
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