huphtur's comments

huphtur | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

Tall, skinny Dutch guy with a penchant for cycling, skateboarding, and nerdy computer crap.

huphtur | 5 years ago | on: Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push

For those "loving" the ADT home security commercials, check out the story of "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 https://youtu.be/epnsRRPtoeU

huphtur | 5 years ago | on: Fast or Slow

Nother one to add to your list perhaps? https://lighthouse-metrics.com/

huphtur | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Scar – Static websites with HTTPS, a global CDN, and custom domains

Recently moved some static sites from S3 to AWS Amplify Console. Super easy setup and even easier maintenance with the Git-based workflow: https://aws.amazon.com/amplify/console/

huphtur | 7 years ago | on: What happens when you ask people to draw a bike (2016)

Pro cyclists asked to draw a bike in 15 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hXwbgio5cU

huphtur | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Examples of great landing pages?

Good article on how to improve your landing page (with some great examples): https://medium.com/sketch-app-sources/improve-your-landing-p...

huphtur | 8 years ago | on: DuckDuckGo moves beyond search to also protect you while browsing

Amazon Associates is one way DDG monetizes. Not sure how much revenue that brings in, but would love to see some stats on this.

huphtur | 9 years ago | on: How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following

You can't just mention how it makes great oatmeal without providing us the recipe!

Please?

huphtur | 9 years ago | on: Dumb Password Rules

Joel Califa's "Patronizing Passwords" has some great examples: http://joelcalifa.com/blog/patronizing-passwords/

huphtur | 9 years ago | on: HTML Kong

Check out what happens if you disable the CSS. In Firefox: Tools / Web Developer / Style Editor / Toggle style sheet visibility (the little eye icon).

huphtur | 9 years ago | on: Cloudflare and RSS

Could you elaborate how to set up such a page rule please?

huphtur | 9 years ago | on: iTunes will never work well

huphtur | 9 years ago | on: Impact of metadata on Image Performance

ImageOptim is a handy little tool to strip all the metadata https://imageoptim.com/mac

huphtur | 9 years ago | on: Show HN: Mobi.css – A lightweight, flexible CSS framework that focuses on mobile

QR Code on that web page... "Scan to view on mobile". Because typing getmobicss.com on your mobile is too difficult?

huphtur | 9 years ago | on: Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots'

Related: Adidas to make shoes in Germany again – but using robots http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/25/adidas-to-sell-...

huphtur | 10 years ago | on: Hidden motors in cycling: Van den Dreissche banned for 6 years, titles stripped

That news article may not be entirely correct: https://www.eptc.co/watts-the-deal-with-motors/

huphtur | 10 years ago | on: Google 'mic drop' Gmail joke for April Fools' day backfires

Annual reminder: the development effort spent adding an animated minion GIF to Gmail could have kept Google Reader running all year

source: https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/715820699215138817

huphtur | 10 years ago | on: Twitter is down

I miss the failwhale, this silly robot is just... silly https://abs.twimg.com/errors/robot.png