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Paul Kinchla: JavaScript is Not a Programming Language

136 things every web developer should know before they burn out and turn to landscape painting or nude modelling

Koser's Theory of Leftovers: At midnight, leftovers are redistributed evenly

(E.g., if I eat 4 pizza slices, Melissa eats 2, and there are 2 slices left, we both get 1 slice the next day)

A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.

— Frederik Pohl

How to write things people actually want to read

Tell a story. Find a story structure.

Berries & Cream Starburst Commercial

How am I just now seeing this

Using 11ty JavaScript Data files to mix Markdown and CMS content into one collection

NASA’s bold bet on Starship for the Moon may change spaceflight forever

By betting on Starship, which entails a host of development risks, NASA is taking a chance on what would be a much brighter future. One in which not a handful of astronauts go to the Moon or Mars, but dozens and then hundreds. In this sense, Starship represents a radical departure for NASA and human exploration.

№ 142 Dr. Seuss Books

Melissa and Brian share their favorite Dr. Seuss books. How many of Seuss's Sinful Six made it onto their lists?!

Johnson's Dictionary Online

An interesting book by an interesting man. The digitization story is also interesting.

Get the FLoC out

Oliver: How tracking and kerning improves all caps text

In the background I heard Amber doing a broken record repeat of "a dream is a wish your heart makes." A little bit later, Brian came up to show me a picture on his phone and said, "A bream is a fish in some lakes." 🤦‍♀️🙄