Oliver: Fraunces (free font)
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Benedict Evans: Antitrust posturing
Lydia’s version of Hush Little Baby:
Hush my little baby Don’t you cry Daddy’s going to buy you a popping sleigh If that popping sleigh pops away, Daddy’s going to buy you a goat with hay If that goat eats all that hay, Daddy’s going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring breaks to brass Daddy’s going to buy you a cup of clear glass. If that cup breaks again Daddy’s going to buy you a baby hen. If that hen had some chicks Daddy will buy you a clock that ticks. If that clock doesn’t wake you up Daddy’s going to buy you a rabbit skin. There is nothing wrong about that So we’ll eat it up. Daddy’s going to buy you a hat.
№ 144 Goodbye, Mobile
We’re moving! The audio quality is terrible, so if you want to skip this one: we’re moving to Huntsville, Alabama at the end of June. For the fresh start, adventure, challenge, more moderate climate, more outdoor activities, etc. We’re super busy now but will probably be podcasting again in August.
The 20-5-3 rule:
- 20 minutes every day outside
- 5 hours a month “semi-wild” like a national park
- 3 days a year off the grid in nature
David Walsh: JavaScript Numeric Separators
Jens Oliver Meiert: Reasons to Listen to Whom You Don’t Agree With
If I were a My Little Pony, I would have a purple body and curly yellow hair. My name would be “Daffil” and I would be a hairdresser, so my cutie mark would be a blow dryer.
David Walsh: CSS :is
@edent: A couple of book clocks
Oliver: Supermarker
Good article, but the real takeaway is:
On macOS, you can open an emoji keyboard with ctrl + cmd + space. On Windows, you can open one with windows + .
If you’re willing to embrace the grind you’ll look like a magician.
Tim: “What’s that song you’re singing, Brian?”
Melissa: “It’s from ‘Wilbur’s Spider’.”
Brian: “…You mean ‘Charlotte’s Web’?”
My cat name: Wobbleton
Oliver: Arpona Sans
The first free online copy of Domesday Book. With an interactive map!
Oliver: Grenze (free font)
Geoffrey Crofte: Suggest.design — Design Suggestions to Everyday Products
Jay Hoffmann: Checking “Under the Hood” of Code
hello@smashingmagazine.com (Mathias Biilmann): The Evolution Of Jamstack
№ 143 SILOW Volume I: Books
Brian introduces a new series: Stuff I Learned on Wikipedia. Which article related to books is the most interesting? Is the answer, “None of them”?
Oliver: Arida
Excellent list. One of my favorites:
- Naming things is fantastic. Everything on the screen should have a name. It’s better for your work. It’s better for accessibility. It’s better for your design. Take a table view and name it ‘Inbox’, ‘Screener’, or ‘Paper Trail’, and they suddenly mean something. What you do with them has changed. A good name transforms design and action.
Paul Kinchla: JavaScript is Not a Programming Language
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.