Category Archives: html

Happy #InternautDay: World Wide Web turns 25!

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Stefano

Happy 25th birthday World Wide Web! Well, actually, as reported here, Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted on March 9th 1991 a draft of WWW/HTTP to his boss, Mike Sendall, who was not really excited about it… On August 6th the very … Continue reading →

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How to edit text in your browser – without launching an editor!

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Stefano

A simple text editor – always available at your fingertips? It’s inside your browser! It’s just a matter of writing in the location/URL textbox of your browser the following text and start typing: data:text/html, <html contenteditable> You’ll get a very … Continue reading →

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May 26th 1995: Bill Gates writes about the “Internet Tidal Wave”

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Stefano

20 years have gone since this internal memo, aimed at Microsoft Executives, in which Bill Gates himself talked about the “Internet Tidal Wave” and provided a strategic point of view for a MS-dominated ‘Net; the memo surfaced during the prolonged … Continue reading →

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Pure genius: The Simpsons rendered using *only* CSS!

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Stefano

This is really awesome! Do you know CSS? Do you think you can master CSS enough to build whatever web-page layout you want or any special effect? Before answering, consider taking a look at Chris Pattle‘s Simpsons in CSS. Full … Continue reading →

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