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Some goals for 2016
Some goals for 2016
This year, I’m going to be more ambitious. My goals will be difficult, maybe bordering on ridiculous.
Matthew Gifford
Feb 3
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Passing the buck
Passing the buck
Can someone please explain this to me in a way that doesn’t make me think you’re all out of your minds?
Matthew Gifford
11 hrs ago
The irony of reading this junk-food-level self-help stuff is that it prevents you from spending…
that time actually doing the shit that might change your life.
Matthew Gifford
Jan 10
New Year’s Day conversation
My 6-year-old son: “Dad, is this year a regular year?”
Matthew Gifford
Jan 1
Why aren’t you using HSL?
Why aren’t you using HSL?
You need to define colors in your CSS. Why not do it in an intuitive way?
Matthew Gifford
Dec 29, 2015
Asimov’s ghost
Asimov’s ghost
Earlier this year, I wrote about Isaac Asimov’s science fiction classic, Foundation. More accurately, I wrote about my dislike for his…
Matthew Gifford
Nov 7, 2015
Contemporary political discourse
Contemporary political discourse
Sitting at a stop light on my drive home from work, I noticed some unusual motion in my rearview mirror. Behind me was a late-middle-aged…
Matthew Gifford
Oct 20, 2015
Books and scissors
Books and scissors
While picking up the living area before bed, I noticed the contents of my children’s art supply box: markers, paper, pine cones (one of my…
Matthew Gifford
Sep 23, 2015
A misconception about window.orientation
A misconception about window.orientation
When people think about window.orientation, they probably envision something like the following poorly-done drawing.
Matthew Gifford
Jul 11, 2015
Notes on Asimov’s Foundation
A couple weeks ago, I finished reading Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. I’d been planning on reading it for a while, but after reading that it…
Matthew Gifford
Mar 29, 2015
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