Month: February 2008

Links of Interest (January 31st 2008 through February 19th 2008)

Crime podcast novel gets HUGE boost in advertising
Video of a digital billboard advertising for Seth Harwood’s “Jack Wakes Up”

Tags: [tag]podiobooks[/tag], [tag]podcast[/tag], [tag]audiobooks[/tag], [tag]Seth Harwood[/tag], [tag]Jack Palms[/tag], [tag]Jack Wakes Up[/tag], [tag]Video[/tag],
The parseInt gotcha
I’m pretty sure once you’ve been hit by this parseInt() behavior in javascript you never forget it, but if you haven’t you should learn about it now before you do.

Tags: [tag]Javascript[/tag], [tag]parseInt[/tag],
CSS Tools: Reset CSS
Eric Meyer’s Reset style-sheet (now in its permanent home, with versions numbers). Including this should reduce browser inconsistencies, and help you not to rely on undefined default behaviors.

Tags: [tag]css[/tag], [tag]tools[/tag], [tag]reset[/tag], [tag]development[/tag], [tag]Eric Meyer[/tag], [tag]webdesign[/tag],
CSS Tools: Diagnostic CSS
Eric Meyer’s diagnostic.css (now in its permanent home). Including this stylesheet will highlight elements that are incomplete and may be degrading the user experience.

Tags: [tag]css[/tag], [tag]testing[/tag], [tag]tools[/tag], [tag]webdesign[/tag], [tag]diagnostics[/tag], [tag]Eric Meyer[/tag],
Jason Bateman Confirms “Arrested Development” Movie Talks
I cannot begin to express how much I hope this comes to pass.

Tags: [tag]Arrested Development[/tag], [tag]tv[/tag], [tag]movie[/tag],
Amazon acquires Audible for $300 million
This caught be by surprise. Hopefully it will remain mostly unchanged, although adding stereo support to all the stereo BBC programs they carry would be nice.

Tags: [tag]Amazon[/tag], [tag]audiobooks[/tag], [tag]Audible.com[/tag],

Just a Reminder: Audiobooks = Reading

This comes up now and again, so I’m just going to take the time to remind everyone that if I’ve listened to an unabridged audiobook of something, I’ve read it. You may wish to exclude me in some way from up upon your high horse, but you can’t take away from me the fact that I have read the book (more here).