By John Gruber
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Linked List: February 10, 2015
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
- Speaking of Anchormen, NBC Suspends Brian Williams for Six Months Without Pay ★
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Not sure how he recovers from this. Humiliating, but he has only himself to blame.
- How Flipboard Built Their Web Version ★
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Michael Johnston, writing for Flipboard’s engineering blog on how and why they built their new web version:
These types of animations have always suffered from jank on the web, particularly on mobile devices, for one simple reason:
The DOM is too slow.
It’s not just slow, it’s really slow. If you touch the DOM in any way during an animation you’ve already blown through your 16ms frame budget.
Fascinating, really. Flipboard more or less built their own web app framework based on the HTML5
<canvas>element, completely eschewing the DOM and traditional CSS. To me, that Flipboard went this route is a scathing condemnation of the DOM/CSS web standards stack.Viewing the HTML source of their web version is a real eye-opener. There’s almost nothing there.
- Jon Stewart Retiring From The Daily Show ★
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Sean O’Neal, writing for The A.V. Club:
Ending one of the most venerable and trusted careers in making a complete mockery of the news, Jon Stewart has announced that he is stepping down as host of The Daily Show. According to sources who were there (some of whom are already passing word along on social media), Stewart let the news slip at the taping of today’s episode, telling those in the audience that he’s retiring.
- Dean Smith Dies at 83 ★
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ESPN:
The numerical record of Smith’s accomplishments is staggering. His only losing season came in his first, and he left the game having surpassed Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp as the winningest men’s basketball coach in Division I history.
He led the Tar Heels to 13 ACC tournament championships, appearances in 11 Final Fours, five national title games and NCAA championships in 1982 and 1993. North Carolina won at least 20 games in each of his final 27 seasons and made 23 consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament.
“We have lost a man who cannot be replaced,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He was one of a kind, and the sport of basketball lost one of its true pillars. Dean possessed one of the greatest basketball minds and was a magnificent teacher and tactician. While building an elite program at North Carolina, he was clearly ahead of his time in dealing with social issues.
I watched a ton of college basketball in the ’80s and ’90s. Smith’s UNC teams were always fun to watch. And no coach, ever, has been better at orchestrating last-minute comebacks.
- JetBlue Becomes First Airline to Accept Apple Pay During Flights ★
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JetBlue:
To enable Apple Pay in the air, JetBlue will deploy iPad minis and NFC-enabled cases to more than 3,500 inflight crewmembers. In addition to the cases with Apple Pay compatibility, each iPad mini will be loaded with a custom-designed iOS app — The Inflight Service Assistant — which will give inflight crewmembers access to customer manifest and flight data to provide the best experience possible to JetBlue customers.
Seems like a no-brainer for other airlines to follow. It’s a pain to fish out your wallet while sitting in an airplane, but your phone is often already in hand. Now imagine how much easier it’ll be if you’re wearing an Apple Watch.