Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
The idea of a “smartphone” that could connect to the Internet and run applications was around long before 2007; Apple, though, was the first to put the entire package together, including the device, user interface, and interaction paradigm, which is why the first iPhone is considered the start date of the mobile revolution. Similarly, the…
THE amount of time people spend consuming media every day is remarkable. Americans spend over 12 hours a day, in total, watching television, browsing the internet, reading newspapers and the like—although some of it is done concurrently. Lazing about and watching the telly is a particularly popular pastime. However, this year will mark the first…
I removed the section where I called out the creator of Babel by name. Honestly I overlooked the statement as a personal attack. I apologized to him publicly and hope to talk to him more in the future. — Drew PostCSS People actually use this thing. Can a library actually do shit out of the box anymore?…
Thanks for posting this. I was disappointed to see it disappear, but I can only imagine the kinds of abuse you had to put up with. Collectively, we spend a huge amount of time working with frameworks, or trying to understand code written using a framework we’ve never used. Your post helped me put together…
The Lord of the Knights of Ren got swindled. It turns out the semi-melted helmet he opens his heart to in The Force Awakens isn’t Vader’s real helmet from his pyre on Endor in Return of the Jedi—and here’s the proof. Darth Vader actor David Prowse just shared this picture of the actual helmet that…
Twitter makes its money by showing ads to its users. But not all of its users: For the past few months, the social media company has stopped displaying ads, or has dramatically reduced the number of ads it displays, to a small group of some of its most prominent and active users. For those people, Twitter is an ad-free, or…
I know, right? Will your friends agree? Share this Link 17 People Who Seriously Misunderstood The Meaning Of “Netflix And Chill” http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamiejones/netflix-and-… Sex. It means sex. Source: 17 People Who Seriously Misunderstood The Meaning Of “Netflix And Chill”
Height – 1536 | Width – 2048 Photo: Buck Ennis Scaffolds are ubiquitous in the city. One day in 2004, workmen arrived at the corner of West 123rd Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem to erect a sidewalk shed, one of those unsightly steel-and-wooden structures that pop up any time a building is under…
Below is the full text from Randall Rothenberg’s opening keynote at the 2016 IAB Annual Leadership Meeting On April 19, 1996, less than two years after AT&T commissioned and ran the Internet’s first banner advertisement, on the online magazine Hotwired, representatives from 35 companies met in New York and agreed to form the Internet Advertising…
Published on Mar 11, 2014 Amazing song from The Sunday Times commercial by composer Tom Player. Website: http://www.lostrack.co.uk/tomplayer/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tom_player via Tom Player – Elaina’s Theme – YouTube. Source: Elaina’s Theme – YouTube