Weekly Web Harvest for 2020-01-26

  • Teenage sleep and technology engagement across the week [PeerJ]
    Results derived from the use of transparent Specification Curve Analysis methods show that the negative associations in evidence are mainly driven by retrospective technology use measures and measures of total time spent on digital devices during the day. The effects are overall very small: for example, an additional hour of digital screen time per day was only related to a 9 min decrease in total time spent sleeping on weekdays and a 3 min decrease on weekends. Using digital screens 30 min before bed led to a 1 min decrease in total time spent sleeping on weekdays and weekends. The study shows that more work should be done examining how to measure digital screen time before interventions are designed.
  • My journey into the Tech Deck underground | The Outline
    Within months of Tech Decks landing on store shelves, the popular skate video series 411 Video Magazine put together Fingers of Fury!, a 15-minute video highlighting a group of finger-skaters from Canada and France, who somehow managed to master a number of insanely complex fingerboard tricks using their own collections of ledges, rails, and duct-taped quarter pipes.
  • Virginia governor looks to curb state aid for online courses
    “Despite receiving the most TAG money of all private institutions in Virginia, Liberty University spends the least on instruction — just 26 cents for every tuition dollar taken in.
  • mcguffin/acf-openstreetmap-field: WordPress ACF Field for OpenStreetMap
    Nice alternative to Google Maps in ACF given API billing issues on the Google side.
  • Ah, I See You Have A Policy: A Screenshot Essay on the Trade in Human Remains
    Still selling human remains, now points people towards her Facebook page, and since Etsy banned human remains, wants you to send private messages if you’re interested. Facebook’s good for that sort of thing, eh?