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Ahhhh, summer. You know, there's something about July here in Florida that makes you want to go outside, take a deep breath... and stab the sun right in the face.Know what I mean?Fortunately for us, there's now an ADORABLE way to do...
This one is a technically well constructed partial trope reversal of the “Mars Needs Women” concept. It wasn’t exactly to my personal tastes as far as the dynamic between the leads, but there is an enjoyable inventiveness. While it has...
Measure how entire components render with the Container Timing API: how it differs from Element Timing, where it helps, and how to try it today.
C.S. Lewis, letter to his father (March 31, 1928): In the mean time I spend all my mornings in the Bodleian: and the evenings in trying, for the hundredth time, to get a real working knowledge of the German language, since in my present...
Image of a blue and cream-colored box with a handle and buttons at the side of the handle. Photo by Unattributed. License: Copyright Unattributed. Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. Okay, this is just a silly little game for...
On 26 July 1994, a car bomb has exploded outside the Israeli embassy injuring 14 people and causing widespread damage. The Audi 100, driven by a woman was packed with 30lbs of Semtex, it blew up minutes after the driver left it. Although...
Out at the deli celebrating a friend’s birthday with carbs and fat. I’m at: Hali Deli - Old World Delicatessen, Halifax, Nova Scotia Location map: https://misterchrisjones.ca/location/chris/7283/ Note tags: checkin, food, halifax,...
Similar to my prior faculty position at Whitman, my position as a College Teaching Officer at King’s is donor-supported. The difference is that Whitman’s CS positions are supported through endowments, while the King’s CS CTO position is...
I spent most of last week horizontal. Not dramatically ill, just the sort of illness where the day consists of tea, bed, and a laptop balanced on a duvet at an angle no ergonomics guide would endorse. This is exactly the situation a...
Inspired by this excellent post from Tom Stafford."Just imagining that you might be wrong is enough to create demonstrable benefits to problem solving and estimation, which has been variously called “the wisdom of crowds on single player...
Or How to Earn Money Selling Guides About Earning Money Selling Guides Classification: Advice Merchant / Digital Product Fabricator / Pinterest Evangelist Habitat: Medium.com, Gumroad storefronts, Pinterest boards about Pinterest...
I listened to this Paul Krugman discussion with Lina Khan as I was making breakfast, and of course competition in the context of tech firms and AI was central. And in that context, the discussion was perfectly rational. That the absence...
These are some things I’ve wandered across on the web this week. 🔖 Refusal as Instruction Equipping Patrons to Resist AI, Data Brokers, Big Tech, & More This column explores the ways in which library workers can better align technology...