Recent Links › March 2006
- Official Google Blog Deleted
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Google/Blogger mistakenly deletes their own blog. Mistakenly?! #
- Unmixed: Zeldman’s thoughts on Mix 06.
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“No matter what’s said at any conference, my web will continue to be about good writing and good design. Because that’s what I care about. And your web is your web because you care about what you care about.” #
- Not Easily Classified
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The story of Jim Buckmaster, president and CEO of Craigslist.org. #
- Be smarter at work, slack off
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“In a world of too much work and too much multitasking, the best way to beat the competition may be to do less.” #
- Color Cop - color picker
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A no–nonsense color picker for windows users. As simple as it can get. Best of all, it’s free. #
- Deep Cuts: Queen
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37 songs that define the band “Queen.” Good read. #
- Sacred Cow Dung: All Things Web 2.0
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A lists of several hundreds of web 2.0 services, categorized by the needs they try to address. #
- Time magazine: multitasking is bad for you
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- Secret to a long life: Get even more often
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“Being friendly against one’s will causes nothing but stress.” Yeah, but doing the contrary would probably cost you a living, which I think is greater stress. Solution? Get a job where you’re supposed to be as honest as you can be. #
- flickrz.info
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Your flickr superstars, interviewed. #
- The Real Truth About JPEG images
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JPEG vs RAW? A slightly over–generalized article on using JPGs for digital photography. #
- Performancing Metrics
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The statistics tool from the popular problogging community is now out and free for use. Verdict: Simple and functional, it does the job quite well. #
- Quiet hybrids pose an ‘invisible’ risk
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The dangers of a hybrid vehicle: “It’s so quiet that pedestrians can’t hear it when it’s starting up or idling, and they often walk right into the path of the moving vehicle.” #
- Zeldman.com Reloaded
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*The* web standards advocate Jeffrey Zeldman finally stops writing hand–rolled HTML/XHTML pages for his personal site, and now uses WordPress. Good times for the WP developers and community. #
- How To Improve Your Study Habits and Remember Better
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A few things I wish I knew how to follow way back in college. Nothing new, but still just as hard to practice. #
- Five excellent mind habits to develop
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“Want a more useful mind? Your mind is like a muscle, it can be trained to be stronger and more efficient. Here are some good ways to help you develop your brain into a better tool.” #
- Open source type design
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The idea of open source typefaces would surely enrich web typography. #
- WordPress 2.0.2 Security Release
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There is a new security release for WordPress addressing XSS issues. As usual, backup before you upgrade! #
- Anarchism
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“The word anarchy, as most anarchists use it, does not imply chaos, nihilism, or anomie, but rather a harmonious anti-authoritarian society. In place of what are regarded as authoritarian political structures and coercive economic institutions, anarchists advocate social relations based upon voluntary association of autonomous individuals, mutual aid, and self-governance.” #
- Ten of the Biggest Mistakes Developers Make With Databases
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Could you be doing some of them? #
- Downloadable AJAX Galleries, Slideshows and Effects
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A compilation of web tools for showcasing your photography, web 2.0 style. #
- Dictionary .hm - Free Online Dictionary - Searchable, Live
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This is a new AJAX–powered dictionary that produces results almost instantly. #
- Full-time freelancing: 10 things learned in 180 days
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Cameron Moll ponders on the lessons learned upon reaching six months of full–time freelancing. #
- similicio.us
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Nice little tool for finding related weblogs. #
- Live WordPress theme list
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Helpful listing of WordPress themes, with various sorting options to see the ones you think you need. #
- The rise and fall of “original content”
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A WSJ columnist tries writing original content for a client, only to realize the death of truly original information. An effect of the battle to dominate search engine results and the resulting revenue. #
- Free! Icons for your website or application
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A great list of free icon sets to spruce up your site or web applications. #
- The best accidental discoveries
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Thank God for clumsy accidents! #
- 55 reasons to design in XHTML/CSS
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A nice way of selling an XHTML redesign, and shutting up those dreamweaver–dependent newbies who pretend to be experts. #
- Beware the Blog Snobs
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“A snob, guilty of snobbery or snobbism, is a person who imitates the manners, adopts the world-view and affects the lifestyle of a social class of people to which he either belongs or aspires to.” #
- Jupiter’s New Red Spot
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A Filipino photographs Jupiter’s new red spot. #
- Firefox Showcase Extension
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You have to try this to see its effectiveness. Just press F12 and you’re in tabbed–browsing heaven! #
- Guide to Internet Piracy
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A nice writeup on the inner workings of the warez world. #
- advAJAX / AdvancedAJAX 1.0
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“AdvancedAJAX is a JavaScript object allowing to use XMLHttpRequest object easier and speeding up development of AJAX based projects.” #
- Javascript in Ten Minutes
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- Yahoo! Developer Network - PHP Developer Center
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“From simple scripts to enterprise-class web applications, PHP is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. This site is your source for information about using PHP with Yahoo! Web Services APIs.” #
- Going dynamic with PHP
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Use dynamic objects to enhance flexibility of your PHP applications. #
- ZK - Simple and Rich
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“ZK is an open-source Web framework that enables rich UI for Web applications with no JavaScript and little programming.” #
- CoasterGlow
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Glowing drink coaster? This should make those beer drinking sessions even more fun!
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- High-Pass-Sharpening
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You don’t really need unsharp masking to sharpen your photos, here’s an alternative to achieve similar results. #
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