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stucox··on Djangae – Run Django on Google App Engine
I believe the official pronunciation is /ˈdʒæŋɡiː/ (“djan-gee”).
stucox··on Djangae – Run Django on Google App Engine
I tried very hard to persuade them to call it “Djappango”, but no dice.
stucox··on You can't detect a touchscreen
It's a technical analysis – I didn't make any claims of user preferences.

"Know your audience and design appropriately."

Agreed. The aim of the post was to highlight that what people think they're using as a rock-solid feature detect is in fact seriously flawed.

If you understand those flaws and you're happy with them, great.

stucox··on You can't detect a touchscreen
... which, incidentally, is the DOM event you can guarantee will be fired, regardless of the input device (unless you choose to `preventDefault()` before it gets a chance).
stucox··on You can't detect a touchscreen
I'm trying to style the <deadpan> tag with CSS3 `sarcasm: loads`, but it's not working in IE7?
stucox··on You can't detect a touchscreen
Gah, forgot to mention that. I'd better write it again...
stucox··on Ask HN: What should I teach a class of low-income kids about programming?
Maybe also tell some success stories, like the guy who did the million dollar homepage, etc?
stucox··on Ask HN: What should I teach a class of low-income kids about programming?
How cheap and easy it is to get into web programming. Everything they need (except a computer and an internet connection) is free. And the fact that there'll be plenty of jobs in software/web for the foreseeable future. And that it's fun and they can pwn their mates.

Maybe throw in a focus on mobile development too - I'm always amazed at how many low-income kids around here have smartphones.