Hypertexthero / Linked List / April 2015

Linked List: April 2015

Friday, 24 April 2015

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Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Hello, Roboto ✶

Lets live with you for a while and see how things go.

Friday, 17 April 2015

Margaret Hamilton During the Apollo Program ✶

Margaret Hamilton

Taken by the Draper Lab photographer in 1969 (during Apollo 11). Here, Margaret is shown standing beside listings of the software developed by the team she was in charge of, the LM and CM on-board flight software team

What a great photograph!

A Map That is Just Good Enough ✶

Reminds me of Alex Martelli’s talk in EuroPython 2013.

Thursday, 16 April 2015

Deep Space Climate Observatory ✶

Falcon 9 carrying DSCOVR, 2nd stage with Earth in background (16673034486)

Falcon 9 carrying DSCOVR, 2nd stage with Earth in background. By SpaceX, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite launched just two months ago and will reach its designated orbital position approximately one million miles from Earth in June. I’m looking forward to seeing its pictures of our planet!

Via Neil Fraser.

Saturday, 11 April 2015

Hover.css ✶

Thanks to encouragement from a friend I’ve been working on my site design and exploring CSS3 animation.

I apologize if I cause your computer’s fans to speed up while experimenting here. Browsers seemingly still need to be optimized to run the effects efficiently, without burdening the processor, though it is most likely me causing issues :)

Much like developing a photograph from the negative or raw file, designing a good website involves subtle changes, not too much and not too little, but just right. As the great designer Milton Glaser put it, just enough is more (PDF 176kb).

Friday, 10 April 2015

This Land is Mine ✶

Incredible work by Nina Paley, who Amber introduced to me through Sita Sings The Blues.

Sunday, 5 April 2015

Avoid Gratuitous Negativity ✶

The key word here is ‘gratuitous’.