March for Science in the works for DC
Calling all believers in science! The next big march is being planned, this time in the name of science. Here's what you need to know.
Minim now offers a tiny office on wheels
Work from your driveway or your site with this cute little workspace.
Behold the sorriest bus stop in America
After a tough tournament, a sorry sad inaccessible bus stop in Silver Spring, Maryland wins the dubious honor.
Will autonomous delivery robots soon be pushing pedestrians off the sidewalks?
Nobody is actually asking the question, because pedestrians don't matter, do they?
Washington Metro closure is a symptom of a much bigger problem
All over North America we are letting our infrastructure rot and short-circuit.
Great protected bike lanes are popping up in Washington DC (video)
If we can put a center-running bike lane down the center of Pennsylvania avenue, we should be able to do it almost everywhere!
Washington, DC predicted to sink 6 inches or more by 2100
A detailed geological-drilling study warns of threats to the region's monuments, roads, wildlife refuges, and military installations.
Modernist Matchbox is an off-grid micro-house in a micro-village
Built as part of a community of tiny homes in Washington DC, this contemporary solar-powered tiny home collects its own rainwater and has a thoughtful interior to boot.
FedEx to test Nissan's electric e-NV200 delivery van in Washington DC area
After pilot programs in international markets like Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Brazil, FedEx will deploy a fleet of electric delivery vans in Washington DC.
Thousands of natural gas leaks from pipelines under Washington D.C.
Study documents 5893 leaks of explosive, global warming gas. It gets worse: testing four months after the leaks were reported indicated that 9 were still emitting dangerous levels of the gas.
Micro-community of tiny homes flourishes on rehabilitated vacant lot
A group of tiny home owners have converted a formerly vacant lot into a small but vibrant place to demonstrate the possibilities of living happily with less.
Survey: Majority in Washington D.C. area support more bike lanes
If you break down these numbers (see below), you find that it's the over 65 that are most opposed, and that the more educated you are, the more in favor of more bike lanes you tend to be.
Can Washington D.C. become the greenest city in the U.S.?
The Sustainable D.C. Act of 2012 lists 32 goals, 31 targets, and more than 140 actions aimed to make Washington D.C. the "greenest city in the U.S."
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Leaves a Legacy
Lahood presided over "the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized."
Winter 'wild swimming' is a hot new trend
Swimmers plunge into frigid lakes and rivers year-round, just for the thrill of it.
Normal winter weather is not a crisis
Weather forecasters need to stop treating it as such.
Why don't people understand winter coats?
Humans and indoor heating didn't appear on Earth at the same time.
Yak wool is the new hot trend in base layers
Made from wool that yaks shed naturally each spring, these base layers are even warmer than merino.
Warm winter boots are the secret to surviving winter
Never let fashion get in between you and toasty toes.
Victorian photos of frozen Niagara Falls
Humans have been marveling over this wintry spectacle since long before Instagram.
Every Christmas my family builds a skating rink
Because when you have a lake at your doorstep and conveniently frigid temperatures, it's the logical thing to do.
10 ways to fight the winter blues
You have to create your own warmth and sunshine during these long dark months.
7 ways to welcome winter wildlife into your yard
Little things, like leaving brush piles and unraked leaves, can provide shelter to animals in a harsh season.
How an 'Untouchable Day' can boost your productivity
Where distractions are weeded out, focus can take root.
5 ways to build community with food
Cooking for others and eating together bring people together like nothing else.
The power of mental 'rehearsal'
Choose your thoughts carefully, as they become more instinctive over time.
Thinking is working, too!
Quiet solitude, or 'fallow time', should be viewed as an essential part of the work cycle.
Stop feeling guilty about your 'guilty pleasures'
Engaging in pleasurable, mindless activities is actually beneficial.
Why more women should choose a daily uniform
There's a lot to be said for simplifying one's wardrobe.
Photo: Sunrise turns Grand Tetons electric
Our stunning photo of the day does Wyoming proud.
Pete and Gerry’s launches a reusable egg carton
The country’s leading organic egg brand has created the industry’s first reusable egg carton.
A 'perfect' row-based image masonry
TL;DR: Check out the Codepen. Also note that after publishing, I found that there are much nicer, stable solutions that preserve perfect aspect ratio if needed (see react-photo-gallery & Justified Gallery). I was on a hunt for a special type of masonry layout for an image gallery today. It needed to fulfill the following requirements: […]
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Gifs must die
A: “Should I post this as a GIF?”B: “No”. There’s already a perfect, canonical guide about why you should stop using GIFs and what to do instead by Jeremy Wagner, so I’m going to spare you the details. But I’ve decided to use my platform (my blog!) to spread the message. Please stop using GIFs. […]
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object-fit: contain with aspect ratio for…a div!
This blog post is mostly a bookmark for myself, as I’ve spent too much time researching this problem in the past: Can you ‘contain‘ a <div> or similar element the same way object-fit works with replaced media (images/videos), with nothing but CSS? It turns out, as I finally learned in a 6-year old StackOverflow reply, […]
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Create more, destroy less
I’ve recently read that we should consume less and create more, and it’s a very worthwhile read that much more elaborately expands on what I wrote about Gadget Zombies couple years ago. I wrote my original post 7 years ago, but it’s one of the few things I’ve written that aged surprisingly well, and it’s […]
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Multiline truncated text with “show more” button (with just CSS)
TL;DR: I built a CSS-only (~ish) solution for multiline truncated text with read more button. The other day, truncated text came up during a discussion in the office, and I since wondered if CSS has come far enough to be able to do truncated text right, that is, supporting the following: Multiple lines “Show more” […]
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Quickly copy DOM attributes from one element to another
This is mostly a note for myself, but thought it might come in handy for some: Sometimes you need to transfer or copy DOM attributes from one element to another (as opposed to copying the whole element with cloneNode). Luckily, there’s the handy attributes object: In my case, I needed to transfer all attributes to […]
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I’m hiring! Help us make content experiences for everyone
Sometimes I jokingly introduce myself as “the guy from the AMP videos”, as lately the public largely knows me, and by extension my team at Google, in the AMP context. But there’s actually much more happening in our small-but-mighty Content Ecosystem team at Google: We’ve made it our mission to ensure the web is the […]
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Learning to unlearn
I couple years ago I had lunch with a successful serial entrepreneur in San Francisco. Mid way into the conversation we talked about which ideas get funded on Sand Hill Road and which do not. One thing we both agreed on is that no VC will fund projects without product-market fit. Fascinatingly, the lack of […]
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Where to start if you want to become a web developer
Starting a career as web developer can be a daunting experience. I’ve just given a Q&A to students at a Korean university, and I figured that some of my answers might make for a neat cheatsheet on where to start if you’re new to the world wide web. None of this is new, and more […]
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More important than !important
Update (28/7/2017): Doesn’t work in Firefox as it cascades differently and this won’t work in browsers than don’t support Web Animations. Some clever attempts to break include background: linear-gradient(blue, blue) (that technically sets a generated image, not a color, but fixed it anyway in the Pen by animating background instead) and filter: hue-rotate(90deg) (I wouldn’t […]
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Covid-19 tweeting in English: Gender differences
Thelwall, Mike and Thelwall, Saheeda Covid-19 tweeting in English: Gender differences. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 3. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]
Noticias sobre Covid-19 y 2019-nCoV en medios de comunicación de España: el papel de los medios digitales en tiempos de confinamiento // News on Covid-19 and 2019-nCoV in Spanish media: The role of digital media in times of confinement
Lázaro-Rodríguez, Pedro and Herrera-Viedma, Enrique Noticias sobre Covid-19 y 2019-nCoV en medios de comunicación de España: el papel de los medios digitales en tiempos de confinamiento // News on Covid-19 and 2019-nCoV in Spanish media: The role of digital media in times of confinement. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 3. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]
Comunicación y crisis del coronavirus en España. Primeras lecciones // Communication and coronavirus crisis in Spain. First lessons
Costa-Sánchez, Carmen and López-García, Xosé Comunicación y crisis del coronavirus en España. Primeras lecciones // Communication and coronavirus crisis in Spain. First lessons. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 3. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]
La radio: el medio que mejor se comporta en las crisis. Hábitos de escucha, consumo y percepción de los oyentes de radio durante el confinamiento por el Covid-19
Rodero, Emma La radio: el medio que mejor se comporta en las crisis. Hábitos de escucha, consumo y percepción de los oyentes de radio durante el confinamiento por el Covid-19. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 92, n. 3. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]
Ritmo de crecimiento diario de la producción científica sobre Covid-19. Análisis en bases de datos y repositorios en acceso abierto
Torres-Salinas, Daniel Ritmo de crecimiento diario de la producción científica sobre Covid-19. Análisis en bases de datos y repositorios en acceso abierto. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 2. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]
Comunicación corporativa, relaciones públicas y gestión del riesgo reputacional en tiempos del Covid-19
Xifra, Jordi Comunicación corporativa, relaciones públicas y gestión del riesgo reputacional en tiempos del Covid-19. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 2. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]
Retweeting Covid-19 disability issues: Risks, support and outrage
Thelwall, Mike and Levitt, Jonathan M. Retweeting Covid-19 disability issues: Risks, support and outrage. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 2. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]
Impact of Covid-19 on the media system. Communicative and democratic consequences of news consumption during the outbreak // Impacto del Covid-19 en el sistema de medios. Consecuencias comunicativas y democráticas del consumo de noticias durante el
Casero-Ripollés, Andreu Impact of Covid-19 on the media system. Communicative and democratic consequences of news consumption during the outbreak // Impacto del Covid-19 en el sistema de medios. Consecuencias comunicativas y democráticas del consumo de noticias durante el brote. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 2. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]