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403: You are not authorized to access this material Or using lots of little tools to aggressively reject the bots · October 18th, 2024 U G H. For some reason my quaint little piece of the internet has suddenly been inundated with unwanted guests. Now normally speaking I would be over joyed with having more guests to this tiny part of the internet. Come inside the cozy little server room, …

I’ve been on quite a browser journey lately. I gave Firefox a try, but it encountered problems and felt so clunky that I was forced to do fresh installs in the end just to keep it running smoothly. Eventually, I threw in the towel and narrowed it down to Arc and Safari. During this time I noticed Zen gaining popularity on Reddit and YouTube. So I had to try it …

In a recent Virtual Coffee chat, I asked, "What is the favorite software tool/site/thing you've ever created?" A key point to some responses was that sometimes little, quick apps are the most rewarding and impactful. I shared that 2 of my best "apps" ever essentially only required the user to copy messy data/text from one source, paste it into the application, and then the data on their clipboard was automagically …

After David’s memorial service in May (a video recording of which is permanently on Vimeo with no password necessary), some people on my Facebook page asked if a collection of photographs of David could be made available. There was a slide show created to run on a loop in the lobby of the funeral home on the day of the service. I just posted it on Vimeo, also on the …

No, I’ve never been to the World Series, and yes, I’m still annoyed about it. Back in 1996, in the days where people would have to buy tickets in person, I waited on line at Yankee Stadium and got postseason tickets. I saw the Yanks in the Division Series, for sure; I don’t think I got ALCS tickets. Then I waited on line again and got myself a World Series …

I love Tom Forth's response to the Aria call [X thread] "Request for Opportunities - as a spark of inspiration for new PD candidates, we pulled together a list of "why aren't more people working on this?!" topics that've been floating around the @ARIA_research slack." - he looked at what companies in Britain are already working on these problem statements: and it turns out it works, he finds a bunch …

We're finally getting a way to fully style & customise <select> elements! But there's a detail I'd like everyone's opinion on. A brief intro to customisable <select> If you want to hear about it in depth, I talked about it on OTMT, and there's a great post by Una Kravets. But here's a whirlwind tour: <style> /* Opt in to the customisable mode */ select, ::picker(select) { appearance: base-select; } …

From: https://youtu.be/huEtJw7pfLk?si=2gHBKU32xylyZE5y I couldn’t not post this. The music! The DJ-ing using YouTube! The fact it’s been on the internet for thirteen years I’ve only just seen it! Via Kottke.•

Evolving ACE – sharing the latest news and pipeline updates with our community Our second community event of the year was held in London this week, drawing in almost 200 people in person and online. Iain Wallace, head of market …

As I wrote the both editions of CSS in Depth, I worked hard to stay on top of emerging features in CSS and where browsers were at in regards to adding support. The book writing process is lengthy, so this sometimes involved making my best estimates about what features would have browser support in at least one major browser by the time the book went to print. This approach enabled …

Maybe it is ballsy? The thing is I just know I can do this. I have absolute confidence.

Punchdrunk, the internationally-acclaimed company that pioneered the breakthrough of immersive theatre in the UK, announces the final extension of Viola’s Room, which will conclude its run at Punchdrunk’s Woolwich home on 23 December.From 31 October to 2 November Viola’s Room will celebrate Halloween with a special 90s Nostalgia Weekend. At selected time slots, visitors will receive with their ticket a bespoke cocktail and exclusive access to The Prop Store bar …

Node 23 was released this week, and the hot ticket item probably is the fact that you can now require() files that use ESM (import/export). This is helpful because ESM and CommonJS (require/module.exports) are kind of different worlds and before this change if you wanted to use a “module” from your CommonJS file, you would need to do something like: const theThing = await import('some/module/file.mjs'); This is called a dynamic …

Death diving. In a swamp. At a night. When Jonny brought up the idea of hosting a death diving invitational in his own backyard swamp – it seemed insane. Crazy. Impossible? We said F it, went for it and I think we pulled off one of the coolest events of the year. 20 athletes. 7... continue reading >

Quality Assurance (QA) is a team of two at 37signals: Michael, who created the department 12 years ago, and Gabriel, who joined the team in 2022. Together, we have a hand in projects across all of our products, from kickoff to release. Our goal is to help designers and programmers ship their best work. Our process revolves around manual testing and has been tuned to match the rhythm of Shape …