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A Guide to the Responsive Images Syntax in HTML
27.5.2020
This guide is about the HTML syntax for responsive images (and a little bit of CSS for good measure). We'll go over srcset and , plus a whole bunch of things to consider to help you get the best performance and design control from your images.
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Online Together
14.5.2020
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ECB in Full-On Emergency Mode as ‘Unprecedented Decline’ Hits Eurozone
2.5.2020
The euro area is facing an “unprecedented” economic decline, the worst since records began. European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde paints a picture of a central bank in full-on emergency mode after the bank kept its interest rates unchanged. Unprecedented Economic...
JavaScript Picture-in-Picture API
14.4.2020
As a huge fan of media on the web, I’m always excited about enhancements to how we can control our media. Maybe I get excited about simple things like the <video> tag and its associated elements and attributes because media on the web started with custom codecs, browser extensions,...
A Grid of Logos in Squares
6.4.2020
Let’s build a literal grid of squares, and we’ll put the logos of some magazines centered inside each square. I imagine plenty of you have had to build a logo grid before. You can probably already picture it: an area of a site that lists the donors, sponsors, or that is showing off...
Bitcoin (BTC) Trades Above $6k Yet Draws a Complex Picture
25.3.2020
Bitcoin price has been trading above $6k for the 4th day straight and has even hit as high as $6.9k on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. However, the cumulative price trend of BTC shows a similar kind of bear market entry that happened in 2018, leading to unprecedented weekly highs and lows. On the other...
Painting a Different Picture: How Digital Artists Use Blockchain
4.3.2020
The most important aspects of the art sector and blockchain in 2019, and what big breakthroughs to expect in 2020
A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words: 18 of the Coolest Visualizations for Exploring the Bitcoin Network
1.3.2020
Analyzing and exploring the Bitcoin blockchain is always interesting, but for the more abstract thinker, several sites provide unique looks at the network, nodes, and transaction data in easy to grok, visual fashion. Some of these even border on the psychedelic or sci-fi otherworldly, taking...
Ethereum vs Tron: Comparing Data, Defi and Stablecoins from Both Chains After Viral Tweet
9.2.2020
On February 7, Cold Card and Opendime creator, Rodolfo Novak (also known as NVK), tweeted a picture of himself with Tron founder Justin Sun and Blockstream’s CEO Adam Back. Novak said “Ethereum was over” and the three had a plan to move Tron to Liquid, a network that leverages...
Fear Grips Stock Market Traders While Cryptocurrency Investors Become Greedy
4.2.2020
The clash of two emotions, fear and greed, is said to determine investors’ sentiment. This ratio draws a historical picture of the market and it’s also an indicator of its future state. As an established trend, traditional investments such as stocks and digital assets like...
Why Nick Szabo Probably Isn’t Satoshi
2.1.2020
Search online for ‘possible creators of Bitcoin’ and Bit Gold creator Nick Szabo will always appear near the top of the list. His long history in the cypherpunk space, his writings on money, digital cash, and smart contracts, and some facts about his past have often been used to create...
Save Big on An Event Apart for a Limited Time!
3.12.2019
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If you could get one gift from your boss this holiday season, what would you want it to be? You know, other than the usual mouse pad, picture frame or, my favorite, the ol' coffee mug and Starbucks card combo.
What if you were to receive something, hmm, more substantial?...
Save Big on An Event Apart for a Limited Time!
3.12.2019
(This is a sponsored post.)
If you could get one gift from your boss this holiday season, what would you want it to be? You know, other than the usual mouse pad, picture frame or, my favorite, the ol' coffee mug and Starbucks card combo.
What if you were to receive something, hmm, more substantial?...
An Introduction to the Picture-in-Picture Web API
26.11.2019
Picture-in-Picture made its first appearance on the web in the Safari browser with the release of macOS Sierra in 2016. It made it possible for a user to pop a video out into a small floating window that stays above all others, so that they can keep watching while doing other things. It’s an idea...
How to Create a QR Code
15.10.2019
QR codes aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but I quite like them. If I see something I want to remember or check out later, especially when on the road, it’s super easy to take a quick picture — it’s much easier than trying to remember a URL and much faster than typing...
Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Shows Positive Signs, Technical Picture Still Appears Gloomy
14.8.2019
Ripple has recently started to move upwards, but is still below $0.30 The 7-hourly chart of XRP has traced an Inverse Head and Shoulder pattern, which indicates an upcoming uptrend The Ripple price has recently found support near $0.2935 and rebounded from there XRP is mildly bullish after...
Weekly Platform News: Preventing Image Loads with the Picture Element, the Web We Want, Svg Styles Are Not Scoped
1.8.2019
In this week's week roundup of browser news, a trick for loading images conditionally using the picture element, your chance to tell bowser vendors about the web you want, and the styles applied to inline SVG elements are, well, not scoped only to that SVG.
Let's turn to...
A Story of 1 Picture: How Blockchain Startup Accidentally Met Jack Ma
25.7.2019
Jack Ma. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Viva Technology
A rather unusual and amusing story happened to a Lithuania-based blockchain startup, Lympo, on Wednesday.
Apparently, the founder and chairman of a China's giant Alibaba Group, one of the China's richest men, Jack Ma, was visiting...
Verge Price Analysis: Still, The Picture Is Same For XVG With No Positive Updates
11.7.2019
The crypto sphere has no change till now so. Obviously, the conditions of the altcoin like XVG is getting terrible. In spite of having potentials, XVG cannot rise up as the supportive market conditions are not prevailing, which can give it a push. On the other hand, the condition of BTC is getting...
Reduced Motion Picture Technique, Take Two
21.6.2019
Did you see that neat technique for using the <picture> element with <source media=""> to serve an animated image (or not) based on a prefers-reduced-motion media query?
After we shared that in our newsletter, we got an interesting reply from Michael Gale:
What about folks who love...