I use my open source comic book reader, kthoom, quite a bit (more than I probably should!). Every once in awhile, I'll come across a comic book file that kthoom won't open and I'll delightedly set some time aside in the evening/weekend to work on fixing the JavaScript. Hacking keeps me sane. Read the rest of this entry ...
[Update 2021-06: Chrome and Edge have supported ES6 Modules in Dedicated Workers since Nov 2019. The equivalent Webkit bug is https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164860 which seems fixed since April 2021. Yay! The equivalent Mozilla bug is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247687 which work seems to have now started. Yay! Follow along on Can I use!]
I've been playing around a bit with React, since that's where all the hot and shiny is lately. I really like it, but I can see some of the hot and shiny warts - I'll blog about that later after I've been fully brainwashed had more time to play with it.
For the purposes of this exercise, one thing I'm trying to do is go the no-build-step route, where it's all pure HTML and JavaScript. This means no JSX, no npm, no Babel. It's really not too bad at all (unfortunately almost all examples I've seen online use JSX - and understandably).
It's also given me a good stretch at using ES6 modules natively, one hot and shiny wart I've noticed there too.
The last piece heralding the dawn of modern JavaScript (sometimes thought of as ES6, but we're past that now) arrived last month when two browsers (Chrome and Safari) shipped support for ES6 modules natively without developer flags. It's now possible to write all this stuff (modules, classes, arrow functions, const/let variables, Promises) using just your code and not relying on transpilers!
My kids (9-year olds) each got a Kindle for Christmas (thanks Gramma and Grampa!). It looks like even for them to "buy" free books, this is how I had to set them up:
- Create an Amazon account for them
- Manage Account, 1-Click Settings
- Turn on 1-Click for the account
- Add an address
- Click the link to make it the 1-Click default address
- Make this address the billing address
After this, my kids were able to "purchase" free books (and gift cards can be added to their balance), all without requiring a credit card number. Thanks, Amazon for making this so simple! 🙂
I kind of forgot about the idea of writing in my blog so that I can find the answers again via Google. Well here's a quick one: How to backup the entire contents of your webcam (I own a Sony HDR-XR150) to a "Camera Archive Folder" on OSX.
- Open up iMovie
- Go to "File > Import from Camera" or the click big camera button under the Project Library pane
- Click the "Archive All" button beside "Camera: Sony HDR-XR150"
- Choose a location to save the entire contents of your camera (I use portable hard drives)
After doing this, you'll have a "Camera Archive Folder" where you can import movies into iMovie for your editing pleasure.
Screenshot of iMovie and the Archive All button