Why does that QR Code go to justinsomnia.org?
Back in 2007 I stumbled upon something called a QR Code . It was a neat two-dimensional barcode that encodes textual information visually—with URLs being a promising application for the emerging smartphone market (thanks to the release of the iPhone that year). So I did what any self-respecting personal blogger would…
How I built a Hacker News mobile web app
Last month, I tweeted about one of my recent projects, the Hacker News mobile web app. It's a simple little app to read Hacker News' stories…
Barack Obama Directs All Federal Agencies to Have an API
Studying the technology, business, and politics of APIs since 2010.
A single tweet page is 2.0 MB
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New Firefox Command Line helps you develop faster
Firefox 16, now on the Beta channel, has a fantastic feature that was mentioned briefly in the Aurora 16 blog post and first introduced in a separate post by Joe ...
Dropbox dives into CoffeeScript
Dash knows your context, your team, and your work, so your team can stay organized, easily find and share knowledge, and keep projects secure, all from one place.
Write any javascript code with just these characters: ()[]{}+
Hi! I've taken this blog offline, but you can still read this post in the archive.org version .
Websockets 101
Quick introduction into the final specification of websockets (:rfc:6455).
Introducing the new compose in Gmail
Posted by Phil Sharp, Product Manager We're always trying to make Gmail faster and easier to use, so today we're introducing a completely ...
About those vector icons
Why can’t we just use vector-based icons in our application? This question, in a variety of reinterpretations, keeps on resurfacing in various forums, blogs and articles. It is asked in the context of desktop applications where the same icon is used in different ways, starting from very small 16*16 icons in file…
The first Django site to run on Python 3
This page was generated by Django 1.5.dev20120815104632 and Python 3.2.3 (default, Aug 15 2012, 13:02:32) [GCC 4.4.5] on Sept. 1, 2012, 3:42 p.m. (Paris time).
WebGL: 80,000 particles
Disclaimer: this page only dispays 30,000 particles. You can check the 80,000 version here .
Command and Conquer – Programming an RTS game in HTML5 and Javascript
I’m a programmer and author interested in how intelligence, perception and learning work—and in building things that explore those questions directly.