The Cold Case Murder Map / / No Comments I’m not a huge fan of crime maps. I think in many cases they oversimplify or distort patterns of criminal activity. However, I find Japan’s Unsolved Murder Cases project particularly compelling.According to the map, there are at least 369 homicides in Japan (since 1995) that remain under investigation – because the murderer has yet to be identified. The map was created by The Asahi Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Case, Cold, Murder
Case Insensitive CSS Attribute Selector / / No Comments CSS selectors never cease to amaze me in how powerful they can be in matching complex patterns. Most of that flexibility is in parent/child/sibling relationships, very seldomly in value matching. Consider my surprise when I learned that CSS allows matching attribute values regardless off case! Adding a {space}i to the attribute selector brackets will make the attribute value search case insensitive: /* case sensitive, only matches "example" */ [class=example] { background: pink; } /* case insensitive, matches "example", "eXampLe", etc. */ [class=example i] { background: lightblue; } The use cases for this i flag are likely very limited, especially if this flag is knew knowledge for... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Attribute, Case, Insensitive, Selector
This Travel App Helps Users Search for Nearby Medical Facilities — Just in Case – Travel + Leisure / / No Comments This Travel App Helps Users Search for Nearby Medical Facilities — Just in Case Travel + Leisure “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Case, Facilities, helps, Just, Leisure, Medical, nearby, search, this, travel, Users