Getting the day’s one hundred words in under the wire with five minutes to spare.
Archive: April 10th, 2015
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For a while there on Twitter yesterday, web people took some time to give props to other web people who have inspired them. #HonoringWebFolk was the hashy sack (or whatever that thing is called that the lawn kids use).
There are so many generous people I could mention: Veen, Zeldman, Champeon, Holzschlag, Çelik, Meyer…
But I want to give special mention to an unsung hero of the web: Dean Edwards, a JavaScript genius who created the mother of all polyfills—before polyfills were even a thing. Take a look through the annotated jQuery to see how large his influence looms.
Hey @AstroSamantha, your space station looked lovely and bright flying over my house just now.
See you again in ninety minutes!
T minus ten minutes to the first ISS flypast of the evening.
@aizlewood concocts his brew.
Beer tasting is serious business.
Hops.
Beer o’clock has arrived early for @Clearleft today.
Learning about the beer-brewing process.