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Links of Interest (March 5th 2009 through August 13th 2009)

Audible.com to sell 2 DRM-FREE titles: It appears Audible.com is going to try releasing Cory Doctorow's next two audiobooks without DRM (a first for Audible.com as far as I know).

Tags: [tag]audible.com[/tag] [tag]audiobooks[/tag] [tag]DRM[/tag] [tag]Cory-Doctorow[/tag]
Skulpt: "Skulpt is an entirely in-browser implementation of Python."

Tags: [tag]python[/tag] [tag]javascript[/tag] [tag]browser[/tag] [tag]programming[/tag] [tag]development[/tag]
Modernizr: Modernizr is a Javascript library that allows client side detection of CSS3 and HTML5 browser features. It allows you to write CSS with conditionals through one of my personal favorite bits of CSS magic: classes on the body tag. It also gives you the ability to do the same in our Javascript.

Tags: [tag]CSS[/tag] [tag]javascript[/tag] [tag]HTML5[/tag] [tag]css3[/tag] [tag]html[/tag] [tag]webdesign[/tag] [tag]browser[/tag]
epub-tools: A collection of open source (BSD) tools for generating and managing ePub documents. Adobe's Java based EPUBGen was just added. Tools now exist for conversion to ePub from Word, RTF, DocBook, TEI, and FictionBook.

Tags: [tag]ePub[/tag] [tag]e-books[/tag] [tag]tools[/tag] [tag]EPUBGen[/tag] [tag]docbook2epub[/tag] [tag]tei2epub[/tag]
Doozers Get "Fraggle Rock" Spin-Off: It's animated, and aimed at ages four to seven, but I'll probably check it out with the kids.

Tags: [tag]Fraggle-Rock[/tag] [tag]The-Jim-Henson-Company[/tag] [tag]Doozers[/tag]
The Zelazny Project: "We plan to print a complete collection of Roger Zelazny's short fiction and poetry, in (most likely) six hardcover volumes. We expect to include all published fiction and poetry we can find, however obscurely published, and a number of unpublished works retrieved from Zelazny's archived papers. We also expect to include the shorter early versions of several novels, several novel excerpts that were published independently as short works and a few of Zelazny's articles on topics of interest to him."

Tags: [tag]books[/tag] [tag]fiction[/tag] [tag]Roger-Zelazny[/tag]

Links of Interest (January 28th 2008 through January 30th 2008)

jQuery Validation plugin overview: Examples of how to use the jQuery Validation plugin 1.2 to provide unobtrusive Javascript validation to forms.
Tags: [tag]Javascript[/tag], [tag]jQuery[/tag], [tag]validation[/tag], [tag]development[/tag], [tag]unobtrusive javascript[/tag],
The Dissing of SF: Ever have someone ask you for a favor and simultaneously insult your career? Science Fiction author Robert J. Sawyer had this happen twice in one hour, and he posted his responses.
Tags: [tag]Robert J. Sawyer[/tag], [tag]science fiction[/tag],
JavaScript Pretty Date: John Resig has released a prettyDate Javascript library that can take strings like “2008-01-28T20:24:17Z” and turn them into “2 hours ago”. It works standalone or as a jQuery plugin.
Tags: [tag]John Resig[/tag], [tag]jQuery[/tag], [tag]Javascript[/tag], [tag]date[/tag], [tag]formatting[/tag],
JavaScript Memory Leak Detector: Paolo Severini of Microsoft’s Global Product Development team has released a utility to help find Javascript memory leaks in IE. It can be set to detect things that would leak in IE6, things that would leak in IE7, or actual leaks.
Tags: [tag]Paolo Severini[/tag], [tag]debugging[/tag], [tag]Javascript[/tag], [tag]IE7[/tag], [tag]webdesign[/tag], [tag]memory leak[/tag], [tag]browser[/tag],
Getting HTML 5 styles in IE 7+: Possibly the most interesting thing to come out of the X-UA-Compatible discussions was this method for allowing IE7+ to apply styles to elements it doesn’t support.
Tags: [tag]css[/tag], [tag]IE7[/tag], [tag]Javascript[/tag], [tag]html5[/tag],
Write to Done: A friend (thanks Kate) recommended this spin off of zenhabits.net which is billed as “Unmissable articles on writing. Twice weekly.” So far it’s living up to it’s promise.
Tags: [tag]articles[/tag], [tag]writing[/tag], [tag]productivity[/tag], [tag]howto[/tag],
MD044 – Stan Lee Interview: Veronica Belmont interviews Stan Lee on Mahalo Daily. I never get tired of seeing interviews with Stan Lee. Maybe it’s his voice.
Tags: [tag]interview[/tag], [tag]Stan Lee[/tag], [tag]Veronica Belmont[/tag], [tag]video[/tag],

Links of Interest (January 8th 2008)

An Interface of One’s Own: Virginia Heffernan covers alternatives to Microsoft Word for writers including Scrivener (my personal favorite), Ulysses, WriteRoom, and Nisus Writer.
Tags: [tag]Virginia Heffernan[/tag], [tag]software[/tag], [tag]writing[/tag], [tag]Scrivener[/tag], [tag]Ulysses[/tag], [tag]WriteRoom[/tag], [tag]Nisus Writer[/tag]
Future of Ajax.NET Professional: With the release of VS2008 and .NET 3.5 Michael Schwarz is ending development on Ajax.NET Professional (an alternate Ajax toolkit for ASP.NET that predates Microsoft’s own).
Tags: [tag]Ajax.NET[/tag], [tag]ASP.NET[/tag], [tag]development[/tag], [tag].NET[/tag], [tag].NET 3.5[/tag]
The Secret Lair: An all new podcast hosted by Chris Miller and Kris Johnson.
Tags: [tag]Chris Miller[/tag], [tag]Kris Johnson[/tag], [tag]podcast[/tag], [tag]KJToo[/tag], [tag]The Secret Lair[/tag]
The transformation of a writer with Mur Lafferty: Wayne Sutton interviews Mur Lafferty about social media (video).
Tags: [tag]Mur Lafferty[/tag], [tag]Wayne Sutton[/tag], [tag]interview[/tag], [tag]video[/tag]
IE7.js version 2.0 (beta): Dean Edwards IE7.js has been updated after a long period of inactivity. The new version is split in two files IE7.js brings IE5+ into the same level of compliance as IE7, while IE8.js contains further standards compliance fixes beyond what IE7 currently
Tags: [tag]browser[/tag], [tag]IE7[/tag], [tag]IE8[/tag], [tag]IE[/tag], [tag]javascript[/tag], [tag]Dean Edwards[/tag], [tag]IE7.js[/tag], [tag]standards[/tag], [tag]webdesign[/tag]