I'm an independent web developer and the self-appointed librarian of King Book.
No, you aren't having a stroke. At least, I sure hope. Anyhow, you are likely reading this title correctly. Today we will have some fun with a simple data wrangling exercise that involves encoding text as an image. We will also cover the reverse operation: we'll
I'm enjoying writing some random thoughts and announcements out on Substack. I guess the thing I'm doing could be called microblogging? They call them "notes" over there on Substack, and each can be anything. It is pretty great, but I'd like to
I am not a security expert. I know there is a ton I don't know about the various methods used to execute electronic crimes, or their various mitigations. Still, I feel compelled to talk about some basic ideas surrounding specific areas of computer security that I feel sufficiently
The OpenMoji project is an excellent resource for obtaining handmade creative-commons illustrations. Their website features more than 4,000 simple and beautiful graphics that were designed by a battalion of student artists and are made available to everyone for free. OpenMoji Website By the way, hi hi and high-
Let's explore one of your browser's most-useful features! Every modern browser comes with a set of development tools that everybody should learn how to use. It is really very simple once you get to understand its parts. Whether it's for inspecting your own
I'll get right to the point: it is almost always appropriate to use the WebP format for storing photographic and other detailed images on the web. This fact is generally common sense for the seasoned web developer. The WebP format was intentionally designed for the purpose of efficiently
Shirley, dear librarian, no doubt by now you know how much I must love publishing text on the web. Isn't it divine? Now it is time for you to know that I also believe the web is a great place for publishing and preserving all sorts of visual
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Have you experienced an AI social scam yet? Overall I think new technologies have had a positive impact on the frequency of encountering scams. Still, the ones that do get through these days feel more uncanny than absurd. "AI scams" seem mostly similar to regular social scams, except