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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/07/16
I hardly do web development, so every once in a while I encounter something that I forgot about.
In this case it was embedding images with base64 encoding in the HTML of a web page.
The GitHub unicorn page reminded me of that, so I saved it in a gist and a JSFiddle:
You can view the rendered HTML here:
Via: [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers: “First time I got the GitHub unicorn.…” – Mastodon
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/07/15
Like many programmers, in my early days I was totally unaware how floating point values were stored. Even seemingly simple data structures are worth explaining, especially when debugging.
So I was glad getting referenced to [Wayback/Archive] Float Exposed and to [Wayback/Archive] Floating Point Visually Explained which I will quote a few bits below.
About bits: did you notice you can flick on the float.exposed bits to flip them? Try it!
The references came from replies to [Wayback/Archive] Julia Evans on Twitter: “floating point representation”
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/07/14
Interesting, as this seems to handle all actions client-side: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – breakzplatform/downloader.notx.blue
Hosting is at two sites:
The code is a tiny HTML wrapper around about 1000 lines of JavaScript (plus a few hundred lines of minified [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – ffmpegwasm/ffmpeg.wasm: FFmpeg for browser, powered by WebAssembly JavaScript code). Impressive!
Via [Wayback/Archive] notx.blue – Projetos do Joselito para o Bluesky
--jeroen
Posted in BlueSky, CSS, Development, ffmpeg, HTML, HTML5, JavaScript/ECMAScript, Media, Scripting, SocialMedia, Software Development, Video, Web Development | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/07/13
Ik las dit, na een dramatisch slecht begin van het hooikoortsseizoen wat bij mij van maart tot en met oktober loopt, te laat: [Wayback/Archive] Mogelijk minder voorraad van hooikoortsmedicijnen bij jouw apotheek – VND
De tekorten gaan om deze medicijnen tegen allergie:
- Levocetirizine (tablet 5 mg)
- Promethazine (tablet 25 mg)
- Acrivastine (capsule 8 mg)
- Fexofenadine (tablet 180 mg)
…
Ook nog steeds tekort aan salbutamol
Wat apotheken niet doen, ik heb er meerdere gehad, is behalve vertellen dat een medicijn besteld moet worden, wat de globale levertijd gaat zijn.
Twee dingen die ik ga doen:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/07/10
While avoiding someone colliding in me, I damaged the cap of the passenger side mirror.
Some links I used to get it off and replaced/repaired:
Video links (full videos below the post signature):
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