Thomas Vander Wal (@vanderwal@mastodon.social)

Ana Tudor 🐯Here's a neat little effect with no text duplication. Uses `background-clip: text` to create the split text face effect + scroll-driven animations to tie the gradient split line position to the 1st section's bottom edge.Live on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@codepen" class="u-url mention">@codepen</a> <a href="https://codepen.io/thebabydino/pen/XJWxLWV" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://codepen.io/thebabydino/pen/XJWxLWV</a>cc <a href="https://front-end.social/@bramus" class="u-url mention">@bramus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CSS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#scroll</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scrollAnimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#scrollAnimation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cssAnimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cssAnimation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gradientText" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#gradientText</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#frontend</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#web</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#dev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#webDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#webDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#code</a>

Church of Jeff<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artists</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joewos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/joewos</a>

Thomas Vander WalSo, Instacart doesn't deliver cold air

Mario GuzmánAnyone in the Portland area who uses <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TriMet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TriMet</a> care to Test Flight my app? It’s a re-write of the currently shipping version of PDX Transit however it is now 100% SwiftUI and uses Swift Data and Swift Concurrency — includes App Shortcuts, Widgets, & a SwiftUI version of PDX Transit for Apple Watch. Also has fun things like on device translations for service alerts and look around in Maps. Unlike the previous version, it has an iPad optimized layout too. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pdxtransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pdxtransit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#portland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publictransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#publictransit</a>

ProPublicaHave you: • Filed a complaint with the CFPB in the past year? • Had problems with a company whose case the CFPB dismissed or stopped investigating? • Been in touch with the CFPB regarding investigations or resolutions in the past year? Let us know 👇 <a href="https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/cfpb-closure-trump-mortgage-debts-banks-credit-consumer-financial-protection?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/cfpb-closure-trump-mortgage-debts-banks-credit-consumer-financial-protection?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a>

Mac Power Users :relayfm:Episode 790: Wandering Around The Verge, with David PierceDavid Pierce is Editor-at-Large at The Verge. This week, he talks with Stephen and David about the hardware and software he relies on for work, the overall state of Apple in 2025, and his complicated feelings about his new SodaStream. <a href="http://relay.fm/mpu/790" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://relay.fm/mpu/790</a>

Thomas Vander WalReading through a paper and a quarter of the way through I look at the date and realize I've read similar at two different times in the past about 5 to 8 years before, and worked on something trying to do the same thing about 5 to 10 years before that.It took digging, but the names that where tied to prior papers weren’t on it. But, someone I know is in that organization. It is funny how new "innovations" keep resurfacing over time.

BrianKrebsWhen you see the POTUS or people who support him saying things like, "man who could have asked for a better start to this presidency," you might go "whuh?"But if you take a look at the useful Project 2025 Tracker, they've made incredible progress on their policy goals in a remarkably short time. I encourage everyone to explore this site, because it kind of puts all the awful in one place.<a href="https://www.project2025.observer/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.project2025.observer/</a>

Thomas Vander WalToday the coffee walk was filled with sakura pilgrims taking a break from the "other" cherry blossom display.

Thomas Vander WalOn coffee walk this morning I notice a glass truck by the bowling alley and they have all of the side entrance boarded up.I think odd. Then check news on my walk, nothing. Then check local blogger and find out there was a shooting in or at the Bowling alley near midnight.That explained the floor of sirens just after I fell asleep.

Talos Tsui"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope"

Clive ThompsonTerrific <a href="https://mastodon.social/@henryfarrell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@henryfarrell</a> essay pinpointing the big fissure inside the ascendant right wing ...... specifically, between the Silicon Valley wing and the grassroots MAGA crowd ...... wit JD Vance sitting, ideologically, right on top of that fault line and attempting to pretend it doesn't existvery worth reading in full<a href="https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-reactionary-right-is-not-a-monolith" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-reactionary-right-is-not-a-monolith</a>

Thomas Vander WalI'm really looking forward to Opening Day for the Washington Nationals (I haven't really followed them as much the last couple years and had to dig in to sort the state of the team and who are the players). But, great ballpark and always enjoy going to a game, particularly with my son (this is his treat to me).My favorite team (and my son's) is the SF Giants. I also follow the Oriole's closely and have since I moved east.

Tim Harford :verified:The selfish guide to decarbonisingThink globally, act locally, they used to say. If it’s true, why does it matter that the US has — again — withdrawn support for international co-ordination on climate change? In the mid-20th century, the US emitted about as much carbon dioxide as every other country in the world combined. Now its share of global emissions is less than 15 per cent. It is a sham<a href="https://timharford.com/2025/03/the-selfish-guide-to-decarbonising/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://timharford.com/2025/03/the-selfish-guide-to-decarbonising/</a><a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/UndercoverEconomist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UndercoverEconomist</a>

Electrotopia⚡️By designing the icons for the 1984 <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macintosh</a> Susan Kare added a much needed personal touch to the computer industry.Her icons were incredibly descriptive given they were just 32 × 32 pixels, and at that resolution she may also have been paid the most money-per-pixel of any digital artist in history! (I hear apple did pay her well)Happy <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/MARCHintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MARCHintosh</a>

Greg PierceRefreshed my oldest app. It's been neglected for several years, but I decided to bring it up to date.Fun Facts: * Terminology was the first app in the App Store to support x-callback-url * To the best of my knowledge, it was the first iPad app to support hiding/showing a sidebar in both orientations (The original split view control did not let you hide the sidebar in portrait) <a href="https://indieapps.space/@terminology/114222861289213200" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://indieapps.space/@terminology/114222861289213200</a>

Thomas Vander WalI do have a long backlog of writing to edit, write, and post with close to 90 items in the blogfodder list that is in one mode or another (idea, framing, draft, or editing).I need to sort out my new workflow for posting as I'm really not happy with it, but that will come.

Thomas Vander WalIn 2011 I publicly shared 20 Social Roles at a conference and I lost every face to a camera or phone taking pictures of the slide. I finally wrote of the 20 Social Roles (after much urging) <a href="https://personalinfocloud.com/blog/2025/03/26/20-social-roles/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://personalinfocloud.com/blog/2025/03/26/20-social-roles/</a>

Thomas Vander WalThe upside it more forced / encouraged touching grass moments (I need those)

Thomas Vander WalThe internet outages are getting to be rediculous in the last week.

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