Category: travel
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Wordle Attempts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI like this collection of words. I think the experiments are more interesting than the result.
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The Pont Flavien near Toulouse
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNot too far from Aix en Provence you can find a Roman bridge with two arches under which to pass as you cross. I expect that the stones from others were quarried and so this is the last surviving example. If we check the sources we might find mentions of more.…
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The Marble Quarries of Carrara
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is a rock quarry where we can climb not too far away. The rock is different so easier to climb. I don’t think climbing on marble would be a good climbing experience. What is interesting about this image is the scale of the quarry. This is Luna Marble. The huge…
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Just a Quick Embed test
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe pandemic situation in Switzerland. The pandemic is not over, but all safety measures are.
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On Whether I Prefer Vanilla JavaScript or Frameworks?
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday someone on twitter asked this question, and rather than be reply: 320 of 10,000, I chose to write a blog post about it. The TLDR answer is Vanilla JS because if you learn how it works without the help of a framework you understand the language. This doesn’t mean that I…
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Learning About Service Workers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI am currently learning about Working With Service Workers. Service workers allow you to make a website faster, for those who visit a website more often, or offline, in situations where connectivity may be unreliable. Some of the code used can be found on my github page. MDN Web Docs also…
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Smart Watches – Dumb Habits
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I wore Casio digital watches, Suunto Dive computers, Suunto GPS watches and other wrist wathces I was happy. You wore it and it tracked what you wanted it to track, from walks, to dives, to altitude changes, weather and more. With the Apple watch a new age emerged. The age of…
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A Home Made Valor Hot Chocolate
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a high probability that I will regret putting paprika into the hot chocolate that I prepared for myself. It says to use four squares per 200ml but I used just six for 500ml. I let it warm up and melt the chocolate for the most part before adding some paprika,…
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Become A JavaScript Developer Completed and GeoJSON
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re in a pandemic, and it makes sense to invest time in learning. I completed the Become a JavaScript Developer course last night and today I played around with some code to see if it worked for what I wanted. It didn’t. I also listened to a live stream which discussed…
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