podcast Archives - All the Billion Other Moments

Links of Interest (June 25th 2008 through July 16th 2008)

Digital Dickens: How Scott Sigler is changing the way we read: The Independent (UK) covers the upcoming UK release of Scott Sigler’s “Infected”.

Tags: [tag]scott sigler[/tag], [tag]podiobooks[/tag], [tag]podcast[/tag], [tag]writing[/tag], [tag]infected[/tag],
Leo Laporte Does 24 Hours of iPhone to Over a Quarter Million Viewers: I always find Leo entertaining. I tuned into this a few times and was amazed at how even with numerous technical faults and no sleep he kept things interesting.

Tags: [tag]Leo Laporte[/tag], [tag]iPhone[/tag],
Human Mirror: Improve Everwhere fills a subway with identical twins creating a human mirror, and messing with peoples minds.

Tags: [tag]improv everywhere[/tag], [tag]performance[/tag], [tag]funny[/tag], [tag]humor[/tag], [tag]video[/tag],
Interview: Gaiman, Zelazny and More Coming To Your iPod: An interview with Steve Feldberg, content director for Audible’s science-fiction/fantasy line Audible Frontiers who have been releasing some very exciting audiobooks (including the upcoming release of Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories)

Tags: [tag]audible.com[/tag], [tag]audiobooks[/tag], [tag]science fiction[/tag],
Story of a Peanut: The TiVo Remote’s Untold Past, Present and Future: Fascinating history of the TiVo remote.

Tags: [tag]TiVo[/tag], [tag]gadgets[/tag], [tag]design[/tag], [tag]remote[/tag], [tag]technology[/tag],

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],

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]

Go Listen: Stories of the Third Wave, Episode 6

The latest episode of Stories of the Third Wave, the companion podcast to Mur Lafferty‘s Playing for Keeps features a segment written by yours truly (performed by my lovely wife and I). It also features another great song from always entertaining Ookla the Mok.