Author: Daniel

The Hackathon Song ♪

Coders and hackers, ready to change the world, and the hackathon is the perfect place. But things don’t always go as planned… https://www.youtube.com/embed/8xGrPQG1i0E Downloads Get high quality MP3 and iTunes versions of this song.Also, free not-quite-so-high quality downloads here: MP3 (128 kbs) | OGG Lyrics It's so exciting watching my life unfurl, At a time when geeks like me can … Continue reading The Hackathon Song ♪ →

Song: The Ballad of the Printer ♪

Ever been frustrated with a printer? Then this song’s for you… https://www.youtube.com/embed/b8q4oEs-hpA Downloads Get high quality MP3 and iTunes versions of this song.Also, free not-quite-so-high quality downloads here: MP3 (128 kbs) | OGG Lyrics When we first met in the office you were wearing bubble wrap, so full of promise. Pages per minute, dots per inch. A scanner as well … Continue reading Song: The Ballad of the Printer ♪ →

On Responsive Images — An Interview With Dr. Stanley Dards

Wanting to serve different size images to different size screens is nothing new but at last the web has a practical solution for responsive images and art direction. Thanks to a lot of hard work by a lot of people, the Responsive Images Community Group has achieved the goal of seeing its API becoming a valuable building … Continue reading On Responsive Images — An Interview With Dr. Stanley Dards →

My Two Favourite (underused) HTML5 Media Features

Both of these are stable, simple and useful, yet they don’t seem to be used much in the wild (yet). Maybe it’s just lack of awareness so here are a couple of demos to hopefully generate a bit of interest. Page Visibility API In first place it has to be the Page Visibility API. Supported in all … Continue reading My Two Favourite (underused) HTML5 Media Features →

Introduction to Paper Wallets for Bitcoin, Dogecoin, etc.

No matter how much you trust a digital currency online exchange or service, they are not subject to the same tough regulations as banks and won’t be bailed out by governments should something bad happen (at least not at the time of writing). If you hold an amount of bitcoin, dogecoin, whatever-coin and are planning … Continue reading Introduction to Paper Wallets for Bitcoin, Dogecoin, etc. →

The Internet, the Web and an Old Book

Not long ago, I was explaining to a translator the difference between the Internet and the Web. Understandably they thought they were the same thing, as most people do. Jump forward a few weeks and I’m packing boxes ready to move house, wondering what I can throw out. A dusty edition of Running Linux from 1996 — … Continue reading The Internet, the Web and an Old Book →

How the Japanese Communicate: Alphabet

This is a short primer about the way Japanese people communicate with each other with writing. It won't teach you how to read, write or speak Japanese but it should hopefully be enlightening for people with no previous knowledge. Let’s kick off by looking at the alphabets (yes, plural) that Japanese people use. Just a … Continue reading How the Japanese Communicate: Alphabet →