Josh Grant

@joshin4colours
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General techy person into big ideas. Loves Python, works with Java and JS.
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Goin well

Going to be teaching more intro level HTML today as part of the first week of our free 10 week free web development bootcamp. Come along, we'll be learning about boilerplate, metadata and languages/encoding on the web!

https://badwebsite.club/bootcamps/spring-2026/lessons/2026-04-29/

HTML - Basic HTML Part 2

Before this session, please: Complete Debug a Pet Adoption Page and record any questions or new concepts Read Understanding the HTML Boilerplate: What Is the Role of the Link Element in HTML, and How Can It Be Used to Link to External Stylesheets? and take notes Read Understanding the HTML Boilerplate: What Is an HTML Boilerplate, and Why Is It Important? and take notes Read Understanding the HTML Boilerplate: What Is UTF-8 Character Encoding, and Why Is It Needed? and take notes During this session, we’ll: We’ll talk through Debug a Pet Adoption Page and answer your questions so you’re prepared to complete it solo Review notes Review notes Review notes After this session, please: Work through the steps from Build a Cat Photo App and record any questions or new concepts Complete Build a Recipe Page in your own time over the next few days. This is your first creative exercise, so feel free to show off your recipe page in Discord when you’re done! Read HTML Fundamentals: What are Div Elements and When Should You Use Them? and take notes Read HTML Fundamentals: What Are IDs and Classes, and When Should You Use Them? and take notes Read HTML Fundamentals: What Are HTML Entities, and What Are Some Common Examples? and take notes Instructor notes Debug a Pet Adoption Page Remember that the anchor tag needs the “href” attribute to be able to tell the link what URL to go to

Bad Website Club

Aus Pisa schicke ich mal kein Bild vom bekannten Turm, sondern das letzte öffentliche Wandgemälde (Tuttomondo, 1989), das Keith Haring realisiert hat.

180 Quadratmeter pure Energie und Lebensfreude an einer Klostermauer. 😉😎

#pisa #wandgemälde #tuttomondo #keithharing #kunst #italien #streetart

We're really going to "learn" the "benefits" of hiring human people to work in an organization, aren't we?
Art is the Spice of Life

It’s been said that variety is the spice of life. Well, I’m going to suggest that art is actually the spice of life.

Medium
I think "Rest of World" is a must-read - https://restofworld.org/2026/sam-altman-worldcoin-zoom-tinder-partnerships/ is just one example of why.
U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back

The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign to verify users.

Rest of World
The untrustworthy AI agent you plugged into production systems without any safeguards that deleted important data didn’t “go rogue”, you’re just a dumbass
#QOTD: "Cooperation requires conflict but not coersion." - Kristof Van Tomme
I recently learned that Gander is built on the atproto protocol, so that’s interesting
James Bond film where the villain is British English