Mostly notes to myself. My solar panels have an open API. But it's only available if I'm on the same network as the Fronius inverter. I can connect my system to https://www.solarweb.com/ so I can access it anywhere in the world - if I have the right password. SolarWeb has an (optional) guest mode. Y...
Kind: Bookmarks
storing a link/bookmark for personal use or sharing with others
Development blog for GNOME Shell and Mutter: https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/
Marketers live in the world of data privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, and the world where browsers block third-party cookie-based tracking. Here’s how you can grow your site and startup by practicing ethical marketing. And it’s only going to get more challenging with further regulations...
Alex Schroeder (Alex Schroeder Diary)I’m trying to self-host Jitsi (”multi-platform open-source video conferencing”).
Facebook has an interesting feature. It will let you see which companies have associated your off-Facebook activity with your Facebook account. If you visit: https://www.facebook.com/off_facebook_activity/ you'll see what companies are snitching on you to Facebook. #AirBnB shares your activity with ...
Linux Gaming In 2020
Marc Di Luzio (Medium)2019 was a fantastic year for Linux gamers. At the end of the decade we had almost two thirds of the top one thousand steam games rated gold and above in terms of Linux compatibility.
Remember that Native Linux Gaming video @mdiluz made in 2018?
Well he’s back with a successor trending as #MakeItLinux showing off #linuxgaming and #proton. See for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsylLTGIr_s
I first got into web design/development in the late 90s, and only as I type this sentence do I realize how long ago that was. And boy, it was horrendous. I mean, being able to make stuff an
How websites were written and styled in the late 90s – and for newsletters and Outlook Express until ~2010 🤣
https://eev.ee/blog/2020/02/01/old-css-new-css/
Hat tip @rixx
📚 On website performance
“It’s online and works in most browsers” is not enough - we have to be much more considerate of what we’re putting online.
Read later: https://www.matuzo.at/blog/why-543kb-keep-me-up-at-night/
Website Obesity
Maciej Cegłowski (idlewords.com)I love big websites packed with images. I love high-resolution video. I love sprawling Javascript experiments or well-designed web apps. This talk isn't about any of those. It's about mostly-text sites that, for unfathomable reasons, are growing bigger with every passing year.
I was pointed to this text version of this awesome talk at Web Directions in 2015 by Maciej Cegłowski and every paragraph is still spot on:
https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm
I don’t care about bloat because it’s inefficient. I care about it because it makes the web inaccessible.
Maciej Cegłowski
That really hits a nerv.
Hat tip @data_shaman
Renault ZOE API explained
James Muscat (muscatoxblog.blogspot.com)(Geek level: High - you have been warned!) I've been driving a Renault Zoe for over a year now. It's a great car, but the companion mobil...
That was fast. The new #RenaultZOE API explained in detail already:
https://muscatoxblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/delving-into-renaults-new-api.html
Chuckled at the API key paragraph xD