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Re: Building a Image Gallery Component with Polymer

enguyen — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:51:58 -0000

Web Components smell like the future, but as you say they are by necessity built on a (polyfilled) foundation of changing APIs, browser incompatibilities, and hidden bugs.

That being said, the 1.0 release is used in production on thousands of projects (including a number of huge Google projects with hundreds of millions of users on every browser imaginable), so it's likely they'll catch bugs in the polyfills before you do :)

As for the promised future, I find the polyfill + strong maintainer and ecosystem to be an exciting approach. We get a relatively stable API and features in advance of native support, even as many underlying features are up for debate. See this article on Polymer + ES6 as an example: https://www.polymer-project...

They discuss how web components can be created now (with or without Polymer) using ES6 features transpiled into native JS. They also (relatedly to your comment) discuss ES6 imports. As there is still no resolution in sight between ES6 and HTML imports, I think it's great to continue being able to encapsulate our logic in AMD-style modules even while not know exactly if in the future they'll be loaded via ES6 imports or HTML imports (using Polymer's proposed IMD system) or some new hotness that combines them in the future. I feel comfortable playing with all these new technologies knowing that the polyfill authors have their eyes focused on standards as they develop.

Re: The Launch of the MAYDAY Citizens’ SuperPAC

enguyen — Fri, 09 May 2014 19:38:12 -0000

Hi, Larry. I just pledged a large amount. Question: What's the platform/legislative reform the MayOne PAC will push for?

Re: Best Bluetooth Headphones Under $150

enguyen — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:02:55 -0000

I'd also love to know. They boast "better than HD audio quality" -- no idea what that means. But even the LGs recommended at the moment in this article had disappointing audio quality -- I had to return them.

Re: http://stlwrites.tumblr.com/post/12849901835

enguyen — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:43:39 -0000

I just dyed a tuft of my dog's hair the same color as I dyed mine.

Re: Kiva

enguyen — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:27:25 -0000

I've also been a happy Kiva user for a few years. Another way for individuals easily participate in microlending is to use MicroPlace. This is a much larger lender, and a regulated financial institution that will actually pay you interest on your loans. I've been using both for some time.

I compared the two in a blog post, a little while ago: http://mindtangle.net/2007/11/06/kiva-vs-microplace/

Re: Mag-Safe Safety Glasses

enguyen — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:27:43 -0000

Hi, everyone. Thanks for visiting. The tint is slightly on the warmer side, but pretty close to a flat darkening across the spectrum.

I have noticed that the glasses still darken inside cars. I'm curious, now, to see if the effect is lessened as Neil says by the car's windows. I'll check next time I drive somewhere (not often)!

For my original blog post on these glasses, you can also visit here:

http://mindtangle.net/2008/12/09/everything-glasses/

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:18:17 -0000

boom operator (less evocative, but more recognizable to non-coders)

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:14:36 -0000

bonus!
nut driver (from marc)

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:58:53 -0000

meat grinder
employer information

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:59:11 -0000

Reminds me of: Bitter Herbs

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:59:01 -0000

Flying Saucer?!

Amos:
Plumber Crack?!

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:24:42 -0000

Jess corrects me: Bulk Uploader?!

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:09:24 -0000

batch uploader?!

Re: Downward Spiral

enguyen — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:15:27 -0000

Note: Orange asked me where all this doom and gloom was coming from.

[This is the thing about carbon pricing](http://thebreakthrough.org/... that got me thinking.

A conversation with ken lynch got me thinking about what it would mean for us to dramatically reduce military spending.

And if you guys want a really depressing worldview, [check this guy out](http://www.survivalblog.com....

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:14:29 -0000

Brandy Snifter
Poster Session (from Sam)
Dissertation (from Ben, but nonsensical...)

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:01:30 -0000

Double Duh: Fertilizer! (from Amanda)

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:01:21 -0000

Duh: Woodpecker!

Re: The History of Instructables

enguyen — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:13:54 -0000

Yeah, he wasn't exactly buttering up the investors with that one...

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:36:02 -0000

New, from Amos: Power Bottom and Bone Doctor

Re: Learning Muay Thai, Updated

enguyen — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:40:03 -0000

New bandana has a glow-in-the-dark star map, for spotting constellations at night. I'll effing kill you with my nerdiness.

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:15:51 -0000

Awesome. Adding a bunch of these.

Re: Liquor? I barely even know her!

enguyen — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:11:55 -0000

Awesome. I can't believe how many of these I'd forgotten. Adding them...

Re: The Fourth Screen

enguyen — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:44:01 -0000

I agree and disagree.

On the one hand, I agree that having the Internet everywhere may just create mobile pockets of isolation, rather than the social interactions that were shown in the ad. True, the revolutions occurring with the "third screen" are bringing community back to the world. New business models and applications like social networking and crowd-sourced information collection have taken a lot of time and attention away from the broadcast style of the first two screens. But those communities are virtual.

On the other hand, we really don't know how much mobile devices will bring people together in the real world. There are quirky examples like alternate reality games and flashmobs that have demonstrated how real-time virtual connection can manifest in location-based, physical interactions. But these are just the beginning. What happens when everyone is permanently connected to the cloude with devices that sense where they are and what's around them? Remember that the internet was personal home pages animated gifs for ten years before Web 2.0 happened. And there's plenty of money behind making the Fourth Screen happen.

P.S. And, beyond these points, there's the disappearing line between the virtual and physical. At the eventual extreme, the "fourth screen" is really just your own five senses, putting whomever and whatever you want in your presence. Between now and that time, there's just

As Bruce Sterling says, "the idea that the virtual is somehow philosophically separate from the actual: it's a period notion. it's done." Watch this, if you want more: http://www.vimeo.com/769193

Re: Flickr as Blog

enguyen — Sat, 31 May 2008 04:36:19 -0000

Yeah, those came from the Flickr blog tool thingie. What I want, instead, is a quick way to mark certain photos as "blog-worthy" and have them appear in some intelligent format on my blog. I had to edit two entries into one to get what you see in this post. Not sure what I'm looking for...

Re: Android touchscreen prototype: Live pictures & video demo!

enguyen — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:57:56 -0000

A quick note: you mean "3G" not "3D" in the Google Maps demo. It's the speed of the data connection that's being showcased. The maps are all 2D.