2015-10-07 (Wednesday)
Links
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Extended Date Time Format (Library of Congress)
Creating a spec for dates, including uncertain dates, approximate dates, unkown parts of dates, dates with years beyond (+/-)9999, seasons.
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Who’s On First · Mapzen
On making, basically, a database of places. You don’t need to understand the technical details to get a sense of the huge difficulties in translating these odd human concepts into something more computery. From August 2015. (via @simonw)
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Code highlighting for Keynote presentations
Surprisingly painless and useful. Which isn’t to say entirely painless, but less than expected.
Tweets
@tomstuart Thanks. I’ve been spoiled by working on my own too much. No one to nag me about my trail of tiny commits.
@tomstuart Or is this just cunning social media advertising for a new range of git workshops from you? So hard to tell these days!
@tomstuart What’s good to read about when and how to squash/reorder commits, as I never do and know I should?
@genmon @infovore @mattsheret And the first 30% of any non-news article. (News articles being the other way round.)
Liked tweets
This, from tomorrow's Daily Mirror, wins the #BrianBlessed coverage:
