Using Goodreads Data in Eleventy – Update

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Yesterday I shared a blog post where I detailed how to take your data export from Goodreads and make use of it in an Eleventy site. While describing the process, I mentioned that I wasn’t terribly confident in the approach. Things got even worse when I tried to make use of the Google Books API as well. (That’s not the fault of the API, more just an issue with how Goodreads reported book titles.) Well, today, Brian Koser reached out and pointed out a much easier way to accomplish the same thing. To be honest, I love it when I say something and folks point out a way to make it better – it’s like free content for my blog! Anyway, here’s what Brian shared. Turns out,... more →
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Download Data as a File with Alpine.js

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As my readers know, I’ve been updating some of my earlier Vue.js examples to demonstrate how they would work with Alpine.js. Normally I post these "conversions" when I see one of the Vue posts pop up in my stats. Today I noticed this entry was "trending" – Vue Quick Shot – Downloading Data as a File. I thought it would be a great candidate for showing an Alpine version. Let’s take a look. While I won’t repeat everything from the previous post, I’ll quickly cover how it worked. First, it makes use of the download attribute of the anchor tag. This will take a normal link operation and instead ask the browser to download the resource at the... more →
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Google Maps becomes the latest app to be targeted by criminals with a sneaky scam to steal confidential data and … – Daily Mail

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Daily Mail Google Maps becomes the latest app to be targeted by criminals with a sneaky scam to steal confidential data and …Daily MailGoogle Maps is being stealthily manipulated by scammers to deceive and con customers. The site allows users to see certain information about a place or business and fraudsters are editing and deleting this before replacing it with their own details.Now you can track live bus, train location of someone using Google MapsGadgets NowYou'll never be lost again with these fun Google Maps tricksCNBCGoogle Maps keeps adding weird features like hashtags, which have nothing to do with mapsBGRPhoneWorld Magazine (blog) –TechCrunch –Google... more →
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Apple confirms it’s collecting data on foot to improve its Maps app – Digital Trends

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Digital Trends Apple confirms it's collecting data on foot to improve its Maps appDigital TrendsApple Maps has come on leaps and bounds since its disastrous launch in 2012, when it clearly wasn't ready for showtime. Improvements across the board mean the app now functions as you'd expect, though there's no reliable data indicating how many …Apple is collecting pedestrian map data in effort to improve Maps appMobileSyrupApple Maps vehiclesMaps – AppleApple is rebuilding Maps from the ground upTechCrunchall 15 news articles » map app – Google News… more →
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