Learning CSS Grid with Grid Garden
I’m pleased to announce Grid Garden, a sequel to Flexbox Froggy. This time, you’ll learn about CSS grid, the hot new layout module, and cultivate a carrot or two in the process. Grid is cutting … Read more
Posts in Category ‘Code’
Where I End and You Begin: Finding the Most Depressing Radiohead Songs using Crowd Data from SongMeanings
Last week, a fun article titled fitteR happieR crowned the most depressing Radiohead song as True Love Waits. This was determined by a “gloom index” calculated with Spotify’s valence metric — which measures the musical … Read more
Closed as Not Constructive: The Top-Voted Discussions on Stack Overflow
It goes without saying that Stack Overflow is an invaluable resource for any coder seeking help. This is in large part because they enforce stringent guidelines such as sticking to factual questions and answers. As … Read more
Mimicking Pokemon Go’s Battery Saver Mode on the Web
So here’s a fun but useless trick: mimicking Pokemon Go’s battery saver mode on the web. For the few who missed the craze, Pokemon Go dims your phone’s screen when you turn it upside-down. With … Read more
Rotary: A Retro Web Input for Phone Numbers
A bad web form sparked a series of increasingly absurd designs for inputting phone numbers, including an incrementer, slider, random number generator, and very large table. Here’s a good rundown of the solutions developers came … Read more