Fedora 27, the latest and greatest version, has been released. As always, a lot of work went into putting it all together. But for personally, the new releases has stopped being exciting a long time ago. My desktop needs have been satisfied for years. All I need is MATE Desktop Environment (with i3 window manager), … Continue reading Fedora 27
I’ve been a fan of Jeff Atwood’s writing on Coding Horror for years. But it was mostly about technology and programming. Today, I was reading through his review of a video game – Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds – and for the first time in a really really long time, I wanted to download it and start playing … Continue reading Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
Last week, GitHub introduced archiving of repositories. While it might not seem like a news worthy feature, it is quite useful for both individuals and teams. Two particular scenarios that I find helpful are: Indicate that a particular repository / project is obsolete and is not maintained. This should save quite a bit of time … Continue reading GitHub : Archiving Repositories
Daniel Göransson, a web developer with vision impairment, put together this ultimate guide to the image alt texts. Unlike all the keyword stuffing SEO guides, his focuses on making alt texts useful for people who are using screen readers and other assisting technologies. If you’ve never browsed the web with a screen reader switched on, … Continue reading Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide
TechCrunch is running the “After the end of the startup era” article, which essentially says this: We live in a new world now, and it favors the big, not the small. The pendulum has already begun to swing back. Big businesses and executives, rather than startups and entrepreneurs, will own the next decade; today’s graduates … Continue reading After the end of the startup era