Ep. 398: "Tyrell's Robe"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Thelongwinters, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Merlinmann, Johnroderick

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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The Problem: The throbbing would be upsetting.

(Recorded on Monday, September 28, 2020.)

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0:00.0	Hi, John.
0:08.1	How's it going?
0:09.8	Oh, it's early.
0:13.9	We're going on some style sheets this morning, style sheets.
0:17.5	What is that?
0:18.9	Style sheets.
0:19.6	Style sheets are a layer in the web stock where you can have your code format it a certain way,
0:26.9	and then you apply a style sheet to that.
0:29.1	You could think of it as a skin you used to put on Winamp, for example.
0:33.7	Oh, what is Winamp?
0:35.7	It's technology all the way down.
0:38.9	Uh-huh. It's another, is it a web page?
0:41.6	Yeah, I mean, kind of.
0:42.9	Yeah, I mean, this is all newly relevant because, you know, in iOS 14, you can screw it up real good and make it look the way you want.
0:49.6	It's very exciting.
0:50.1	I'm doing that.
0:52.6	I'm doing that with the app that I use to track my to-dos.
0:58.0	I'm making it that look different.
0:59.4	I'd like certain things to look a little different about it, so I'm working on a style sheet.
1:02.9	You're giving it a little skin?
1:05.6	Yeah, I'm giving it.
1:06.5	Yes, I would see I'm re-skinned it, which is kind of gross, but yeah.
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