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- A Web Audio API Toy
Access it here: AudioTrackr. I built a fun little thingy with the Web Audio API. It visualizes the frequency levels and waveform of individual tracks in various songs. It was born out of a desire to stress test the Audio API. Turns out it’s pretty snappy (the slow part, as usual, is just drawing on the canvas). Compatibility: Chrome, Firefox…
- Vendor Prefixes: You’re Doing it Wrong (and by ‘you’ I mean me)
About six months ago (sorry, I meant to write this post sooner), I almost pushed some CSS to production that would have caused some trouble. background: -webkit-linear-gradient(-45deg, #CFCFCF, #DADADA 15px); background: -moz-linear-gradient(-45deg, #CFCFCF, #DADADA 15px); background: -o-linear-gradient(-45deg, #CFCFCF, #DADADA 15px); background: linear-gradient(-45deg, #CFCFCF, #DADADA 15px); Looks pretty innocent at first glance, but there’s a major issue. Did you spot it?…
- What’s the W3C Up To?
So what’s the World Wide Web Consortium up to lately? It looks to me like they’re trying to level the playing field with native apps – here’s just a handful of some upcoming standards: Runtime and Security Model for Web ApplicationsHow an application can be installed, updated and packaged. It also specifies how an app can be put into the…
- The Increasing Ubiquity of JavaScript: Part 2
Last year I wrote about the increasing ubiquity of JavaScript. It was about the increasing use of JS for tasks previously done natively. I also wondered what would happen when native developers started spending more time in JS. This is just a couple quick follow-ups. Stavros is a programmer from Greece. He does low-level assembly coding, graphics programming, language and…
- Stats for 2012
In 2012, I added 14 posts and 1 article to cbateman.com. The site hosted 2,200 visitors who logged 4,700 page views. The top countries were: USA (47%), UK (6%), India (4%), and Canada (4%). The top cities were: San Antonio (9%), London (2.2%), San Francisco (2%), and New York City (1.7%). 77% of visitors came from a desktop computer, 13%…