Written by The latest Emissions Gap Report by the UN shows that the world has to cut current emissions by 45% to avoid reaching the dreaded 1.5 degrees temperature rise. According to the report, the signatories to the Paris Agreement have done little on the ground to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This effectively means that unless an alternative way […]
One of the best things that ever happened to t he user experience of the web has been web extensions. Browsers are powerful but extensions bring a new level of functionality. Whether it’s crypto wallets, media players, or other popular plugins, web extensions have become essential to every day tasks. Working on MetaMask, I am […]
Blue Dream is a house designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Julia “Julie” Reyes Taubman and her husband Robert “Bobby” Taubman. The house, located in East Hampton, on the South Fork of Long Island, was completed in 2017, nearly 30 years after the architects were commissioned to design their first house on Long Island, the Slow […]
Brian and Michael, both 34, live with their two cats in central Connecticut. Michael works as a project coordinator for a state behavioral health agency serving young people and has a side job as an advocate and disability leadership coordinator. Brian is a quality assurance manager for a state-run hospital. The couple’s been together since 2013 […]
#457: Fireside Chat September 28th, 2023 · 47 minutes Everyone is falling apart this week, so we’re breaking out the EMERGENCY EPISODE! Simone and Brianna had a fireside chat, about life and all that. What’s in it? We can’t remember! Simone gives a little preview of her experience setting up the iPhone 15. Stream this […]
async/await in Swift was introduced with iOS 15, and I would guess that at this point you probably already know how to use it. But have you ever wondered how async/await works internally? Or maybe why it looks and behaves the way it does, or even why was it even introduced in the first place? […]
In a sense, 1521 is Mexico’s 1619. A foundational moment that for centuries has been shaped by just one perspective: a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards conquered the mighty Aztec Empire, in the heart of what’s now modern Mexico City, has become a foundational myth of European […]
#278: Unforeseeable Issues September 27th, 2023 · 29 minutes Encountering bugs and feedback that our development and beta testing didn’t or couldn’t uncover. This episode of Under the Radar is sponsored by: Things: Now updated for Apple’s new operating systems. Try it today. Stream this episode Links and Show Notes The bug David filed for […]
On Saturday, September 9th, the Gotham Gal and I arrived at JFK airport after an eight-hour flight from Paris. While waiting for our luggage, I got pushed a notification in my web3 wallet that there was an NFT drop underway that I could participate in. So I clicked on the link, signed the transaction, and […]
It’s all about sound or better yet about controlling it. So in your normal daily life, there are normal background sounds that break the silence without becoming annoyingly loud and to which you quickly get accustomed. They become normal to the point that even though you still hear them you no longer pay much attention […]