Screencast #130 (by Chris Coyier): First Few Minutes with Grunt Gruntfile.js sample with: concat, uglify, cssmin, imagemin: Grunt for People Who Think Things Like Grunt are Weird and Hard - by Chris Coyier (shorter version) Front-end developers are often told to do certain things: Work in as small chunks of CSS and JavaScript as makes ... Read more
SCSS (Sassy CSS) is Sass version 3. Sass gives variables, mixins, nesting and selector inheritance. "The new main syntax" for Sass builds on the existing syntax of CSS. It uses brackets and semi-colons just like CSS. It doesn't care about indentation levels or white-space. In fact, Sass's SCSS syntax is a superset of CSS -- ... Read more
Class and Method Naming Class name should be a noun (User, Post). Method name should be a verb (create, activate). Class names should always start with an uppercase letter. Variable Names Variables should contain only lowercase letters, and be reasonably named to indicate their purpose and contents. Very short, non-word variables should only be used ... Read more
The Cove - A Documentary Film (2009) Japan Taiji dolphin slaughter save Japan dolphins Dolphins gain unprecedented protection in India India has officially recognized dolphins as non-human persons, whose rights to life and liberty must be respected. Dolphin parks that were being built across the country will instead be shut down. India's Ministry of Environment ... Read more
The Facebook experiment has failed. Let’s go back. I am signed into Facebook right now. At a quick glance, the entire list of posts on the first screen are irrelevant to me. If I scrolled down I can find 4 stories I actually care about, from a list of about 30. The most important page ... Read more
TESLA MODEL S ACHIEVES BEST SAFETY RATING OF ANY CAR EVER TESTED Tesla Fast Pack Swap Event Tesla Model S Tesla electric car Electric car Tesla newsletter - July 2, 2013 Almost at 100,000 Votes! As you may know, Tesla is under attack from a number of car dealer associations in various states who are ... Read more
circumcision facts Here are some facts about circumcision: About 117 boys die each year in the United States as a result of their circumcision, most from infections or blood loss.1 The U.S. circumcision rate is steadily declining. In 2002 it was 65%, 56% in 2006, 54.5% in 2009,2 and 32% in 2010.3 Circumcision is a ... Read more
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In a nutshell, Cognitive Load is the amount of “Brain Power” required to understand something. This could be perception, problem solving or juggling things in memory. The term cognitive load is used in cognitive psychology to illustrate the load related to the executive control of working memory. Theories contend that during complex learning activities the ... Read more