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Tue, 28 Nov 2017

Cassette tapes make a comeback https://www.marketplace.org/2017/11/22/business/cassette-tapes-make-comeback

Three Days with Sandi Metz on Practical Object-Oriented Design - Sihui Huang http://www.sihui.io/sandi-metz-pood/

Mon, 27 Nov 2017

Bulma: a modern CSS framework based on Flexbox https://bulma.io/

Basscss: Low-Level CSS Toolkit http://basscss.com/

Spectre.css - a Lightweight, Responsive and Modern CSS Framework. https://picturepan2.github.io/spectre/

Skeleton: A dead simple, responsive boilerplate. http://getskeleton.com/

Cutestrap: A sassy, opinionated CSS Framework. A tiny alternative to Bootstrap. https://www.cutestrap.com/

Minimal CSS frameworks for coding demos (via Avdi Grimm's Virtuous Code) -- I am very interested in this. Who wants to code CSS from scratch? http://www.virtuouscode.com/2016/07/10/minimal-css-frameworks-for-coding-demos/

Wed, 22 Nov 2017

Hanami is a web framework for Ruby that isn't Rails or Sinatra. Getting started http://hanamirb.org/

The LA Times flirts with unionization, defying its history - Columbia Journalism Review https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/los-angeles-times-union.php

Tue, 21 Nov 2017

The most popular mobile applications built with React Native https://www.qualium-systems.com/blog/useful-it-articles-and-advices/the-most-popular-mobile-applications-built-with-react-native/

Here are three tools that help digital journalists save their work in case a site shuts down » Nieman Journalism Lab http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/11/here-are-three-tools-that-help-digital-journalists-save-their-work-in-case-a-site-shuts-down/

Review of Robert Sedgwick's Algorithms, Part I https://sumit-ghosh.com/articles/coursera-princeton-algorithms-data-structures-MOOC/

The Watch Guy watch repair blog is a great site http://watchguy.co.uk/

Extensions, API changes and Reader Mode in Firefox 58 https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/11/20/extensions-in-firefox-58/

Mon, 20 Nov 2017

Adding Notepad++ to my Windows path allows me to both run it from the Windows command prompt and to call it using the system command in Ruby

The Windows 10 terminal (aka command prompt) is a lot more forgiving than the Windows 7 version, especially when it comes to allowing users to copy/paste into it.

I am upgrading my ancient IBM Thinkpad R32 (circa 2002) from Lubuntu 14.04 to 16.04. When I booted it today, I didn't know what I would find (Xubuntu, Debian, OpenBSD?)

Sun, 19 Nov 2017

Virgin Mobile: You pay the taxes. MetroPCS and Boost Mobile: They pay the taxes

A great Vim cheat sheet http://vimsheet.com/

For the three thousand five hundred and thirty seventh time: Technical interviews are broken https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/three-thousand-five-hundred-thirty-seventh-time-technical-phil-tomson/

Racket is a general-purpose programming language as well as the world first ecosystem for developing and deploying new languages https://racket-lang.org/

The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) vs. How to Design Programs (HTDP) http://www.teach-scheme.org https://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Papers/Published/fffk-htdp-vs-sicp/paper.pdf #Scheme #FunctionalProgramming

I love Strings by Mail -- they have a great inventory of strings (LOTS of flatwound and classical strings) and offer terrific customer service. Give them a try. https://www.stringsbymail.com/

Sat, 18 Nov 2017

How to count files in a directory using Ruby - Stack Overflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6773413/how-to-get-files-count-in-a-directory-using-ruby

Are comments a code smell? Yes! No? It depends. https://pragtob.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/are-comments-a-code-smell-yes-no-it-depends/

Everything you should know about React: The basics you need to start building https://medium.freecodecamp.org/everything-you-need-to-know-about-react-eaedf53238c4

In favor of commenting your code - from npf.io https://npf.io/2017/11/comments/

Fri, 17 Nov 2017

How Vans became the shoes everyone's wearing -- again http://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a13446025/vans-shoes/

Not much I want to tweet today

Small functions considered harmful: Cindy Sridharan https://medium.com/@copyconstruct/small-functions-considered-harmful-91035d316c29

Fedora 28 hopes to improve Linux laptop battery life https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-28-Improve-Battery-Life

One-hand watch: intriguing idea, but marketing makes me throw up in my mouth https://www.slow-watches.com/

Thu, 16 Nov 2017

JavaScript. The Core: 2nd Edition – ds.laboratory http://dmitrysoshnikov.com/ecmascript/javascript-the-core-2nd-edition/

Wed, 15 Nov 2017

Who invented the Phillips screw? Henry F. Phillips, 1890-1958 https://jaysteeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/henry-f-phillips-1890-1958/

How to pass a programming interview - Triplebyte Blog https://triplebyte.com/blog/how-to-pass-a-programming-interview

Bootcamps vs. College - Triplebyte Blog https://triplebyte.com/blog/bootcamps-vs-college

Triplebyte: "We're a small team of people from various backgrounds who want to make hiring better." https://triplebyte.com/about

Vim Tips Wiki: Word wrap without line breaks http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Word_wrap_without_line_breaks

Women pioneered computer programming. Then men took their industry over. http://techaed.com/women-pioneered-computer-programming-then-men-took-their-industry-over/

A Windows 10 alternative: Microsoft should embrace, extend Linux on the desktop | ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-microsoft-could-embrace-and-extend-linux-on-the-desktop/

Tue, 14 Nov 2017

The big break in computer languages - Eric S. Raymond http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7724

Commento: A lightweight, open-source, privacy-focused comment engine alternative to Disqus https://github.com/adtac/commento

Commento is an open-source alternative to Disqus http://adtac.pw:8002/

How to code like the top programmers at NASA — 10 critical rules http://techaed.com/how-to-code-like-the-top-programmers-at-nasa-10-critical-rules/

Studio Sound Electronics: Parts for guitar amplifiers, especially Fender http://www.amprepairparts.com/

U.S. newsrooms are 'largely unprepared' to address misinformation online | Poynter https://www.poynter.org/news/us-newsrooms-are-largely-unprepared-address-misinformation-online

The new Firefox is here, and it's supposedly faster than ever https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/the-new-firefox-is-here/

Announcing the release of Fedora 27 - Fedora Magazine https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-27/

How to set up your own Discord chat server https://www.howtogeek.com/318890/how-to-set-up-your-own-discord-chat-server/

How is Discord making money? https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/210544537-How-is-Discord-making-money-How-can-I-contribute-

How video game chat client Discord became the Web's new cesspool of abuse https://gizmodo.com/how-a-video-game-chat-client-became-the-web-s-new-cessp-1792039566

Dischord is presented as a Skype replacement, but can it also replace Slack? https://discordapp.com/

Backspin: X talk 40 years of marriage, divorce, punk [Video] https://www.yahoo.com/music/backspin-x-talk-40-years-marriage-divorce-punk-just-little-weird-020326115.html

Mon, 13 Nov 2017

Amazon is developing a free, ad-supported version of Prime Video - AdAge http://adage.com/article/digital/amazon-developing-a-free-ad-supported-version-prime/311273/

Why is Kotlin replacing Java at such a rapid pace? https://hackernoon.com/how-kotlin-calamity-devours-your-java-apps-like-cancer-f3ce9500a028

I am upgrading a 2011-era iMac from 10.7.5 to whatever the latest OS X is. So far it's been a huge pain in the ass.

Sun, 12 Nov 2017

Towards a National Computer Grid: from 'Electronic Computers,' 1965 https://zwischenzugs.com/2017/11/11/towards-a-national-computer-grid-electronic-computers-1965/

You're working in the wrong place (if you're working in an open office) https://medium.com/@ummerr/youre-working-in-the-wrong-place-e289036ee01c

Sat, 11 Nov 2017

GitLab on one year using Vue.js https://about.gitlab.com/2017/11/09/gitlab-vue-one-year-later/