A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
Line-by-line analysis of the second verse of 99 Problems by Jay-Z, from the perspective of a criminal procedure professor. The calculation Jay-Z has to make is whether, knowing that the car contains concealed contraband, he’s better off trying to flee or hoping that the police won’t find the drugs during the stop. This may be …
Continue reading “Jay-Z’s 99 Problems vs. The Fourth Amendment”
Grab a bucket of popcorn and start reading. “YHWH” clearly doesn’t get it (UA sniffing, only prefixed properties, inline JS, …) Hundreds of pages in our 16 plus domains DO NOT fade images on mouseover anymore, because the -moz-opacity:0.7 reading function is GONE. Seems like he’s also forgetting the fact it only works used to …
We received some disturbing tips today that a Russian developer has published a method of obtaining in-app purchases from iOS apps for free. The “in-app proxy” method does not require a jailbreak, can be completed by novices in three steps using just an iOS device, and allows users to install in-app content for free. The …
Some time last week, Google has (finally) released a HeatMap Layer for Google Maps. The Heatmap Layer provides client side rendering of heatmaps. A heatmap is a visualization used to depict intensity of data at geographical points. When the Heatmap Layer is enabled, a colored overlay will appear on top of the map. By default, …
Over the last few months we’ve been working with LEGO Australia, thinking about what would happen if we brought bricks to the browser. Build is the result: our latest Chrome Experiment which lets you explore and build a new world of LEGO creations together online. With 8 trillion bricks, think of Build as the largest …