26/07/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
Isofarro : Understanding Web Accessibility - A sample chapter from the forthcoming 'Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance', authored by, amongst others, Patrick Lauke and Bruce Lawson (with Gez Lemon as a technical editor). I'm looking forward to seeing this book on the shelves,
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26/07/2006 @ 22:11 GMT
Eric Meyer : Google Goes To Web Standardsville, Part One - Very cool. Everyone give Joe a virtual high-five.
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26/07/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
Rod Begbie : OSCAL - Nifty "who's interested in what?" tool for conference attendees, knocked out in a few hours by Kellan and Rabble. I'd love to see this at future conferences. [via] #
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26/07/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
deusx : Kittens - "I have no idea who originally took these, but hey, they're kittens."
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26/07/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
jkottke : New Yorker article on Wikipedia - New Yorker article on Wikipedia. If you've been paying attention, there not a whole lot of new information, but it's a nice summary. "Whereas articles once made up about eighty-five per cent of the site's content, as of last October they represented seven
gleuschk : The New Yorker: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise? - just talking about this yesterday with Greg and Mike
Paul Hammond : The New Yorker: Fact: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise? - As Wattenberg put it, “People are talking about governance, not working on content.â€
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26/07/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
Nelson Minar : Going to the movies - Nice little short story disguised as a blog post
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26/07/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : The Ling, or what the kids are (or aren't) saying these days - The Ling, or what the kids are (or aren't) saying these days. "Awkward became awk, actually became actu, typical became typ, amazing became amaze and hilarious became hilar."
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26/07/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
wearehugh : Bryan O’Bryan » Why I ditched my Mac for Linux
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jkottke : Jack Shafer waxes poetic about the NY Times TV listing's film capsules - Jack Shafer waxes poetic about the NY Times TV listing's film capsules. Their succinctness reminds me a bit of writing remaindered links posts.
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26/07/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
jkottke : Writing prose and writing software have much in common - Writing prose and writing software have much in common. "Vigorous writing of words is the same as vigorous writing of software. Every word, every line of code, every interface element should tell."
Paul Hammond : Writing words vs. writing software - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals) - Vigorous writing of words is the same as vigorous writing of software
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26/07/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
jkottke : Recent studies show that family income level affects the IQ of children - Recent studies show that family income level affects the IQ of children. "The average I.Q. of children from well-to-do parents who were placed with families from the same social stratum was 119.6. But when such infants were adopted by poor families, their
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26/07/2006 @ 13:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Justin Hall on Passively Multiplayer Online Games - a concise description of his earlier experiments, now with an official site
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26/07/2006 @ 12:11 GMT
plasticbag : It seems only fair to point to Ben Metcalfe's response to my post about Ashley Highfield - Although he rather seems to confirm my case - he declares backstage as underfunded, consisting mostly of RSS feeds, not impacting on the way the organisation builds its applications and hamstrung by organisational bureaucracy...
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26/07/2006 @ 12:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence - Founding Fathers, Patriots, Mr. T. Honored
Rod Begbie : Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence | The Onion - "Little did such founding fathers as George Washington, George Jefferson, and ***ERIC IS A FAG***..." [via] #
Linkorama : Wikipedia Celebration - Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence
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26/07/2006 @ 12:03 GMT
tjogin : formatering av datum och tid in rails.se
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26/07/2006 @ 10:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Sims 2 "Sk8ter Boi" machinima music video - bleh music, but I'm impressed how good Sims 2 machinima can be; more from the same author
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26/07/2006 @ 09:09 GMT
jimray : a workshop in a mess » LiveLines 0.4.5 - Flex the Firefox Live bookmarks a little more. This will probably be moot with FF 2.0.
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26/07/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Lost Experience reality game character confronts Lost cast at Comic-Con - they seem genuinely surprised; more background here
deusx : YouTube - Rachel Blake at Lost Panel Comic Con 2006 - "Rachel Blake at Lost Panel Comic Con"
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26/07/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
wearehugh : "this is the official accessibility statement" - Google Search
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26/07/2006 @ 08:09 GMT
Linkorama : Why believe Wikipedia? - The fact that Wikipedia encourages us to use these notices give us confidence that Wikipedia is putting our interests over its own.
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26/07/2006 @ 08:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : PornoTube.com - PornoTube.com: It's exactly what you think it is.
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26/07/2006 @ 04:09 GMT
Rod Begbie : Aptana: The Web IDE - IDE built on top of Eclipse (and available as an Eclipse plugin) that aids in the coding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The code-completion tooltips showing you which browsers understand which keywords looks dead handy. [via] #
jimray : Aptana - Open source HTML/JS/CSS IDE
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26/07/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
cameron : CNN.com - New washers and dryers send e-mail, but don't fold - Jul 25, 2006 - OMG Neil Gershenfeld was actually RIGHT! AGAIN!
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26/07/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Python on the Nintendo DS - also: HelloDS voice over IP
joshua : Disinterest - Stackless Python 2.4.3 on the Nintendo DS
Matthew M. Boedicker : Python ported to Nintendo DS - (via waxy.org) [via]
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26/07/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
joshua : Mozilla Firefox - Have it Your Way! - another list
deusx : Mozilla Firefox - Have it Your Way! - "Firefox's design allows the user to extensively customize the browser to their individual tastes and needs through the use of extensions and themes."
jimray : Mozilla Firefox - Have it Your Way! - He's good. And thorough.
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26/07/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
joshua : TopsyTurvys.com - Turning Gardening Upside-Down - hanging gardens
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26/07/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Police: UCF Student Set Dorm Fire To Meet Women - Police: UCF Student Set Dorm Fire To Meet Women: "A student at the University of Central Florida is accused of setting a fire on campus as a way to meet women..." Uh, Dipshit!
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26/07/2006 @ 01:10 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : YouTube - Watching "24" while eating - YouTube - Watching "24" while eating
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26/07/2006 @ 01:10 GMT
jimray : PingMag - The Tokyo-based magazine about "Design and Making Things" » Archive » Joe Nishizawa: Japan’s underground photography
Milo Vermeulen : PingMag - Joe Nishizawa: Japan's underground photography [via]
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26/07/2006 @ 01:10 GMT
deusx : Live Action Legend of Zelda - "Live Action Legend of Zelda. Zelda fans will get a chuckle out of this."
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26/07/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
Simon Willison : Unit testing asynchronous JavaScript - A better testing API for JavaScript.
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26/07/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
Simon Willison : Python API for Akismet - My hand-rolled spam prevention works pretty well, but I might give this a try.
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26/07/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
Simon Willison : The Anti-Web 2.0 - Gina Trapani questions the wisdom of only saving your data to the cloud.
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26/07/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
Simon Willison : Techa Kucha Night - Tonight. I'm doing one on Functional Programming and JavaScript.
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26/07/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Simon Willison : JavaScript Browser detect 2.0 - For when object detection isn't enough. Use with care.
Paul Hammond : QuirksBlog: Browser detect 2.0 - The more this script is used, the less likely it is to stay current. In order to keep this script up-to-date you should use it as little as possible.
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26/07/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Simon Willison : Geek in the Park, 27th August - Looks like good fun - unfortunately I'm away that weekend.
plasticbag : Geek in the Park is a day-long picnic cum happening cum informal conference for nerds in Leamington Spa at the end of August - I was going to come along but unfortunately I'm off in the US at the time doing conferency things. It looks really good though.
Paul Hammond : Geek in the Park - When the geeks come out to play. - Geek in the Park is a day-long get together, picnic, and discussion for anyone to do with the Internet (developers, designers, programmers… whatever!)
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Simon Willison : The Daily WTF - Studying at WTF University - Wow. Just wow.
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26/07/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Simon Willison : Django now available in Tamil - The work was done by a 14 -person team at a translation workshop.
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Andy Baio : PBS Kids Sprout host fired for abstinence spoof videos - see both fake commercials here [via]
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jkottke : A new version of Monopoly will do away with the cash and replace it with Visa debit cards - A new version of Monopoly will do away with the cash and replace it with Visa debit cards. (thx, janelle)
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26/07/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
Rod Begbie : Web Inno 7 Report | Boston WTF - Brian's summary of last night's Boston Web Innovators Meetup. My snark is saved for the comments section. But if I hear of another startup whose entire business model is "targeted advertising", there's going to be trouble! #
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Rod Begbie : Daring Fireball: Magic 8-Ball Answers Your Questions Regarding Microsoft's 'Zune' - John Gruber's Magic 8 Ball does its work on Zune. #
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26/07/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
deusx : Prisoner of Trebekistan: Some Contestants Also Receive... - Google Video - "This is what happens after your first nine times on Jeopardy!"
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26/07/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
deusx : Lazy Town - Cooking by the Book - Google Video - Is it, indeed, a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake? "Awesome video, be careful you will get this song stuck in your head!"
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