Jen Simmons, Mozilla Designer and Developer Advocate, is publishing a great youtube channel called “Layout Land”, full of valuable information and guidance in how to use the latest CSS techniques. It provides detailed information in how to use them, but also how to make sure they are accessible and useful for all browsers and users. Great stuff if you’re a web designer or developer.
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Medieval Manuscripts
The honors and the texts de Hamel has access to are impressive, but not as impressive as his enthusiasm. Just look at how excited – manically happy – he is to talk about the subject of medieval manuscripts, in this video. It’s the enthusiasm of a man in love with his life’s work. It’s a wonderful thing to see
Instagram ruins everything
the urge to always be in your vacation photos speaks of fundamental insecurity.
Podcasts are dumb
this is a pretty accurate description of podcasts.
Solar regulatory burdens
The regulation comes in 3 un-American guises: permitting, code and tariffs — and together they are killing the US residential market. Modernizing these regulations, primarily at the local and state level, is the greatest opportunity for US solar policy
Rooftop solar in the us costs 2x as much as in developed countries due to inconsistent, super-local “regulations”. why we can’t have nice things.
AI soundscapes
A Japanese group trained a deep learning algorithm to compose soundscapes for locations on Google Street View.
Cruise from hell
1000 drone show
The massive night sky measuring 120 meters high and 280 meters wide became the best canvas for the 1000 AAVs to freely form their masterpieces. The audience were amazed and applauded to the constantly changing AAV formations ranging from neon rainbows, picturesque forms of Chinese idioms and blessings, calligraphies, and the map of China.
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British Upper Classes
Since 1709 Tatler Magazine has been sending dispatches from the front line of privilege. Every issue features the country homes of Britain’s elite, the worlds most expensive fashion & jewelry, the all important social scene, and of course horse racing. With a lineage longer than some of the families it reports on, Tatler not only observes the upper classes, it helps to preserve the rules they live by, and provides a knowing guide for those aspiring to join. We spent 6 months behind the scenes finding out what it takes to be posh in the 21st century.
Mortal Engines
1000s of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 