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  • Bonus Drop #88 (2025-06-28):

    The weekend Bonus Drop discusses two developer tools: MCPJam Inspector and mcp-cli, designed for testing and debugging Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Additionally, it explores a project on replicating Apple’s Liquid Glass effect in web browsers using SVG filters and Three.js, emphasizing creativity and ingenuity in overcoming browser limitations.

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  • Drop #671 (2025-06-26): On Display

    Today’s Drop covers the recent, er…, “drop” of the W3C’s PNG-3 standard which introduces significant improvements, including official support for Animated PNG (APNG), enhanced color management, and EXIF data integration. It also covers Keith Clark’s RichInput web component enhances form inputs with real-time feedback; and links to a humorous post discussing the inevitable complexity in…

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  • Drop #670 (2025-06-24): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop features 3 monospaced fonts: Wumpus Mono, a freemium font designed for programming; Annotation Mono, a customizable variable font; and 🍁 Mono, a multilingual offering. Each font caters to specific needs in coding aesthetics and functionality, with a focus on legibility and innovative design.

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  • Drop #669 (2025-06-23): Monday Morning (Barely) Grab Bag

    The Monday Drop discusses 3 main topics: a Rube Goldberg-inspired data pipeline to archive X posts into #DuckDB, the #RStats package {fplot} for automating distribution plot creation in R, and an article from CSS-Tricks on advanced CSS color techniques, detailing color spaces and models for modern web development.

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  • Drop #666 (2025-06-17): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s ominously numbered typography edition of the Drop explores the darker aspects of typography, focusing on Zalgo text, a chaotic representation achieved through Unicode, and Hellvetica, a subversively broken Helvetica font that distorts readability. It also discusses the Seven Deadly Sins of Typography, named after common mistakes, emphasizing how design can influence communication and provoke…

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  • Drop #662 (2025-06-06): Fool Around And Find Out Friday

    The Friday Drop discusses three neat web development topics: SnapDOM, which efficiently captures HTML elements as images, Mavo, which enables folks to create reactive web applications using HTML attributes without JavaScript, and Nicola Rennie’s TARD3IS tutorial, which teaches SVG manipulation through a fun D3.js project.

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  • Drop #659 (2025-06-03): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop again discusses the risks posed by modern printer surveillance, which can trace printed materials back to their sources, highlighting the importance of returning to analog methods like letterpress printing for security. It also features two free fonts: Comic Shanns Mono and Empty Marker, suitable for coding and creative uses,…

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  • Drop #657 (2025-05-27): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s Drop explores the world of sound-responsive typography which reveals how typography transcends visual design by integrating auditory elements. This innovative approach allows text to dynamically respond to sound, creating immersive experiences. Wavefont exemplifies this trend, enabling data visualization through specialized typography that reacts to audio, enhancing emotional connections and storytelling through visual transformation.

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  • Drop #654 (2025-05-16): Fool Around And Find Out Friday

    Today’s Drop highlights three spiffy tools: uchū offers a modern color palette for web design, emphasizing usability and flexibility; evildeno showcases Deno’s capabilities in offensive security operations, illustrating various attack techniques; and ThumbHash generates efficient image placeholders, enhancing website speed and user experience.

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  • Drop #652 (2025-05-13): Typography Tuesday

    Today’st typography-centric edition of the Drop covers recent typography controversies that include the improper kerning on Pope Francis’ tombstone, which highlighted the importance of precise letter spacing, and the criticism of Nebula Sans for mislabeling itself as “humanist.” Both incidents reflect how typography shapes perceptions and can evoke strong reactions from communities, surpassing mere decorative…

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