Bits Blog: Ballmer’s Bonus Shrinks on Weakness of Windows Microsoft said that Steven A. Ballmer, its chief executive, received 39 percent of the total annual bonus that he could have received this year.
    






]]> Microsoft said that Steven A. Ballmer, its chief executive, received 39 percent of the total annual bonus that he could have received this year.      http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/ballmers-bonus-shrinks-on-weakness-of-windows/?partner=rss&emc=rss https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/36550/guest@my.umbc.edu/6aa654df08217cb9d329bab37f2597ef/api/pixel new technology york Web Developer - Build Group https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retired-583 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/original.jpg?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/large.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/medium.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/small.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxsmall.png?1363101197 Web Developer - Build Group 0 0 true Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:17:05 -0400 Bits Blog: The Twitter Wealthy Twitter disclosed the details of its planned initial public offering, offering the names of potential Twitter millionaires and one billionaire.
    






]]> Twitter disclosed the details of its planned initial public offering, offering the names of potential Twitter millionaires and one billionaire.      http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/the-twitter-wealthy/?partner=rss&emc=rss https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/36545/guest@my.umbc.edu/e42b1e283d6553362a5a00808f45ffab/api/pixel costolo-dick currie-peter dorsey-jack fenton-peter initial-public-offerings new social-media stone-biz technology twitter twitters-i-p-o-filing york Web Developer - Build Group https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retired-583 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/original.jpg?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/large.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/medium.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/small.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxsmall.png?1363101197 Web Developer - Build Group 0 0 true Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:03:24 -0400 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:07:26 -0400 Bits Blog: Big Canadian Carrier Shuns New BlackBerry Phone Rogers Communications, one of the first carriers in the world to offer devices from BlackBerry, will not sell the ailing smartphone maker’s new Z30 phone.
    
]]> Rogers Communications, one of the first carriers in the world to offer devices from BlackBerry, will not sell the ailing smartphone maker’s new Z30 phone.      http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/big-canadian-carrier-shuns-new-blackberry-phone/?partner=rss&emc=rss https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/36546/guest@my.umbc.edu/4502c52830a8dd66d8f74fa1e07a0102/api/pixel devices mobile new retailing technology york Web Developer - Build Group https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retired-583 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/original.jpg?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/large.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/medium.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/small.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxsmall.png?1363101197 Web Developer - Build Group 0 0 true Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:47:57 -0400 DealBook: Breaking From Recent Tech Tradition, Twitter Forgoes Multiple Stock Classes The decision to have just one class of stock marks a big change from the big Internet I.P.O.’s of the last several years, which aimed to preserve control for the company’s founders.
    
]]> The decision to have just one class of stock marks a big change from the big Internet I.P.O.’s of the last several years, which aimed to preserve control for the company’s founders.      http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/breaking-from-recent-tech-tradition-twitter-forgoes-multiple-stock-classes/?partner=rss&emc=rss https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/36544/guest@my.umbc.edu/4f6dd55c972e66995b265561c0e3d97a/api/pixel facebook-inc groupon-inc i-p-o-offerings initial-public-offerings linkedin-corporation new social-media technology twitter york zynga-inc Web Developer - Build Group https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retired-583 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/original.jpg?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/large.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/medium.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/small.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxsmall.png?1363101197 Web Developer - Build Group 0 0 true Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:29:42 -0400 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:47:54 -0400 Bits Blog: Twitter’s Evolution From Side Project to Wall Street Hopeful Twitter’s filing for its initial public offering showcases the different ways that the service is used.
    






]]> Twitter’s filing for its initial public offering showcases the different ways that the service is used.      http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/twitters-evolution-from-side-project-to-wall-street-hopeful/?partner=rss&emc=rss https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/36542/guest@my.umbc.edu/487dc621f48f3c60b6ece4515edf19ba/api/pixel mobile new social social-media technology twitter twitters-i-p-o-filing york Web Developer - Build Group https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retired-583 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/original.jpg?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/large.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/medium.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/small.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxsmall.png?1363101197 Web Developer - Build Group 0 0 true Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:06:09 -0400 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:41:56 -0400 Bits Blog: Twitter’s Biggest Risk? Losing You In Twitter’s I.P.O. filing, the company said the quality of its users posts will determine if people will continue to use the social media site.
    






]]> In Twitter’s I.P.O. filing, the company said the quality of its users posts will determine if people will continue to use the social media site.      http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/twitters-biggest-risk-losing-you/?partner=rss&emc=rss https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/36543/guest@my.umbc.edu/9f8b62f7193f96d0691a116df62f3f7f/api/pixel internet new social-media technology twitter twitters-i-p-o-filing york Web Developer - Build Group https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retired-583 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/original.jpg?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/large.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/medium.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/small.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxsmall.png?1363101197 Web Developer - Build Group 0 0 true Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:05:21 -0400 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:01:16 -0400 Animation of How CSS Triangles Work

In talks I've given in the past, I've found myself explaining how CSS triangles work with words and ridiculous hand gestures. It never goes particularly well.

Y'all got that?

So I figured let's give it a shot with an actual on-screen in-code animation. Here we go:

See the Pen Animation to Explain CSS Triangles by Chris Coyier (@chriscoyier) on CodePen

The root of the trick is that borders on elements meet each other at angles. So if one is transparent and the other isn't, it appears as if the whole shape is a triangle. You can turn "on and off" different borders and use different heights/widths to get different triangle shapes pointing different directions.

Of course you can get all kinds of crazy with CSS and only one element. The triangle is just always particularly compelling because it's so practical.

Animation of How CSS Triangles Work is a post from CSS-Tricks

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]]> Twitter’s letter was brief, but offered some of the high-mindedness of its tech forebearers.      http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/twitters-letter-to-shareholders-is-short-and-lightweight/?partner=rss&emc=rss https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/36539/guest@my.umbc.edu/528032550732a7ca40e68f6481fec126/api/pixel internet new technology twitter twitters-i-p-o-filing york Web Developer - Build Group https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retired-583 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/original.jpg?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/large.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/medium.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/small.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxsmall.png?1363101197 Web Developer - Build Group 0 0 true Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:51:25 -0400 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 18:27:42 -0400 Bits Blog: The Numbers Behind Twitter Like many tech companies seeking to go public, Twitter is growing fast but still isn’t making a profit, according to its newly filed prospectus.
    






]]> Like many tech companies seeking to go public, Twitter is growing fast but still isn’t making a profit, according to its newly filed prospectus.      http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/the-numbers-behind-twitter/?partner=rss&emc=rss https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/36540/guest@my.umbc.edu/3059ad610da358cecaa1a7555abf3685/api/pixel new online-advertising social start-ups technology twitter twitters-i-p-o-filing york Web Developer - Build Group https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retired-583 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/original.jpg?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xlarge.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/large.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/medium.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/small.png?1363101197 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xsmall.png?1363101197 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/583/fc60f5d7abc2e080599bb6dc465db54d/xxsmall.png?1363101197 Web Developer - Build Group 0 0 true Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:46:55 -0400 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:41:00 -0400 Shots were fired today at the U.S. Capitol Shots were fired today at the U.S. Capitol, as a woman attempted to breach White House security.

Shortly after trying to ram her black car into the White House gate, the suspect was surrounded and chased by Secret Service agents, after a short volley of shots. The suspect began firing at the agents and was killed in the skirmish.

Full story here.

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Update (10/7/13) : 
Authorities have stated that the suspect, Miriam Carey, 34, was unarmed and did not return fire at Capitol Police. The suspect was believed to have been suffering from "postpartum depression with psychosis," though no clear motive has been found. Carey's one year old daughter is now in protective custody.

Carey struck a barrier and an officer while attempting to flee, and was then stopped again near the Capitol building. She fled again, with officers firing shots, and then crashed into a barrier, where officers fired shots once more. She was struck several times and killed.



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