October 2007
15 posts
Pointing fingers intelligently →
This isn’t so much about Siracusa’s review (I’ll be reading it soon), but more about Simon Willison’s useful comment when linking to it: I suggest setting aside at least an hour to work through it all.
VectorMagic →
This site traces bitmap images, turning them into beautiful vector art.
“Critical inquiry ends at the first page of search results, or the Wikipedia...”
– Jon Udell
300 Free Mini Pixel Icons →
These mini icons are designed at 14 X 14px with transparent background. They are specially designed for header or side navigation buttons.
EC2 on Rails →
A Ruby on Rails EC2 «Appliance»�
Http-https transitions and relative URLs →
Leave off the protocol scheme, but include a host name in the href or src
Intro to Distributed Version Control (Illustrated)... →
Traditional version control helps you backup, track and synchronize files. Distributed version control makes it easy to share changes. Done right, you can get the best of both worlds: simple merging and centralized releases.
Get Lat Lon - find the latitude and longitude of a... →
Practical Lat Long tool, longed (!) by many & produced by Simon Willison
Liste des plumitifs technicolor de l'illuminé →
Les oiseaux de Messiaen (live, retranscrits et MIDI)… via Dead Air Space
“Tagging works well when people tag “their” stuff, but it fails when...”
– Thingology (LibraryThing’s ideas blog): When tags work and when they don’t: Amazon and LibraryThing
How I Learned to Love Testing →
Test envy? …
“Social software like e-mail is not better than face-to-face contact; it’s only...”
– Clay Shirky quoted in E-Mail Is Easy to Write (and to Misread) - New York Times
Who needs vowels, anyway? →
When you consider my machines on my network are named Schmlblk, Skblllz, Zbgntz … I couldn’t pass over this one. (via Peter Van Dijck)
Macworld: News: Apple acknowledges iMac freezing... →
In my case it really feels like the Graphics Card drivers are responsible.
Google Maps in HTML →
If you’re in a hurry on an unscripted platform…
