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Feb 15, 2020

Animating height with JavaScript

Recently I decided I wanted to code an accordion component without any libraries or frameworks. Initially I thought I would just animate the height of each section of the accordion using the transition property in CSS...

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Nov 02, 2019

My resource bookmarks folder

Two purposes here: I want to periodically clear out my "Resources" bookmarks folder, and this is a good place to keep an archive of that. I also think a lot of these are good tools and sources of information...

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Jul 20, 2016

Ethereum successfully implements hardfork

Around 9:00AM PDT today, the Ethereum Project implemented the long awaited hardfork into the codebase of all Ethereum clients in order to return a large amount of stolen Ether back to the original investors...

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Jun 26, 2016

12 million Ether ($225m USD) has been stolen

When $225m is drained from a system like this, creating a hard-fork and returning investors’ money actually undermines the very existence of the platform and could potentially destroy the reputation of the Ethereum Foundation...

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May 30, 2016

Decentralized networks and applications

Bitcoin is one example of decentralized technology but the concept that has exploded this year is the idea of creating Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) that run themselves. These DAO run on a virtual currency called Ether as a part of the Ethereum project...

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May 22, 2016

The future of TCP and UDP

ransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the underlying protocol of the Internet as we know it today. TCP is part of the TCP/IP protocol, specifically the connection and exchange of streams of data...

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Apr 06, 2016

Fixing issues with HandBrake in Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan

Removing this support results in the inability to copy DVDs to your computer using the app HandBrake. This video demonstrates two easy ways to bring this support back...

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Feb 27, 2013

About Facebook

Yesterday I receive an email, that can be read here, telling me: "You are receiving this e-mail because you may have been featured in a "Sponsored Story" on Facebook prior to December 3, 2012". At first I totally thought this was a joke.....

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