- 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],
Category: Links
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 9th 2008 through January 25th 2008)
- Playing for Keeps Characters – Set 1
- Three of the character cards Natalie Metzger produced for Mur Lafferty’s “Playing for Keeps”. Shown side by side with the black and wite ink versions.Tags: [tag]artwork[/tag], [tag]Natalie Metzger[/tag], [tag]Mur Lafferty[/tag], [tag]Playing for Keeps[/tag],
- Fresh Pics of Mulder & Scully
- Slice of Sci Fi has three photos of Mulder & Scully from the new X-Files movie. There nothing super special, but seeing these I’m a lot more excited about seeing this when it comes out.Tags: [tag]X-Files[/tag], [tag]David Duchovny[/tag], [tag]Gillian Anderson[/tag], [tag]movie[/tag],
- Scott Brick Presents
- One of my all time favorite audiobook narrators, Scott Brick, has launched a blog. If you’ve never heard one of his productions I recommend you seek one out and give it a listen.Tags: [tag]audiobooks[/tag], [tag]Scott Brick[/tag],
- New PDF reading software for Sony Reader: Reflowing and resizing will help cope with small-screen issues
- Apparently Sony Reader is going to have a way to reflow and resize PDFs for reading. My opinion is the PDF is the single worst e-book distribution method, but this would at least make them usable. Hopefully other devices follow suit.Tags: [tag]PDF[/tag], [tag]Sony Reader[/tag], [tag]e-books[/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.
- 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).
- The Secret Lair
- An all new podcast hosted by Chris Miller and Kris Johnson.
- The transformation of a writer with Mur Lafferty
- Wayne Sutton interviews Mur Lafferty about social media (video).
- 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
Links of Interest (November 27th 2007 through January 3rd 2008)
- How to rewrite
- A detailed post on rewriting, and how to do it.Tags: [tag]Justine Larbalestier[/tag], [tag]writing[/tag], [tag]howto[/tag], [tag]rewriting[/tag], [tag]editing[/tag],
- Podiobooks.com Community
- Online community based around Podiobooks.com. A place for listeners, authors, producers, etc. to communicate and help improve Podiobooks.comTags: [tag]podiobooks[/tag], [tag]social networks[/tag],
- Issue #1 of Sci Phi is available
- The first issue of Sci Phi (The Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy) is now available. The download version ($7) contains all stories and articles in various ebook formats as well as MP3.Tags: [tag]Sci Phi[/tag], [tag]magazine[/tag], [tag]audiobooks[/tag], [tag]science fiction[/tag], [tag]philosophy[/tag],
- GTD: Free Bundle of GTD Articles Written By David Allen
- Lifehacker has a link to a collection of 17 articles available for free download from the David Allen Company.Tags: [tag]gtd[/tag], [tag]free[/tag], [tag]productivity[/tag], [tag]organization[/tag],
- Infamous IE hasLayout is toast
- This “feature” of the IE rendering engine has caused me more headaches than I care to remember. I’m not at all sorry to see it go.Tags: [tag]WebDesign[/tag], [tag]ie[/tag], [tag]ie8[/tag], [tag]css[/tag], [tag]hasLayout[/tag],
- Kindles in libraries – the importance of ebook standards
- DRM, lack of e-book standards, and related issues are even bigger issues for libraries.Tags: [tag]standards[/tag], [tag]Kindle[/tag], [tag]e-books[/tag], [tag]Tower of eBabel[/tag], [tag].epub[/tag],
- AICN: 12th Episode will air!
- SaveJourneman.net brings word that episode 12 of Journeyman will air. Journeyman is my favorite show of the new season, and I hope it comes back, but at least it will get to finish it’s run.Tags: [tag]NBC[/tag], [tag]Journeyman[/tag],
- Doug Morris, Old Person
- Jonathan Coulton posted this summary of the New York Magazine blog’s summary or Wired’s profile of Doug Morris, CEO of Universal Music Group. I’m not going to further summarize, just read and be enlightened.Tags: [tag]Universal Music Group[/tag] [tag]Doug Morris[/tag] [tag]music[/tag]
Links of Interest (November 23rd 2007 through November 25th 2007)
- A Chat with Kevin Falls, producer of “Journeyman”
- This interview clarifies what’s going on with NBC and Journeyman. Sounds like NBC does plan to air the rest of the season (except, it seems, the finale). It boggles the mind.Tags: [tag]NBC[/tag] [tag]Journeyman[/tag] [tag]TV[/tag]
- In All Fairness … Internet Explorer Still Stinks
- “This is the story of how SitePoint tried to give Internet Explorer a fighting chance … and it lost anyway.” While IE7’s CSS support is certainly improved, it still contains a number of bugs.Tags: [tag]Internet Explorer[/tag] [tag]IE7[/tag] [tag]webdesign[/tag] [tag]standards[/tag] [tag]CSS[/tag]
- Comcast firmware update disables serial control
- I was bit by this, which resulted in shows flagged safe for KidZone really being whatever was on HBO. Switched to IR blaster, which misfired and so we missed the Macy’s Parade (kids are bummed). Thanks Comcast!Tags: [tag]Comcast[/tag] [tag]TiVo[/tag]
- Total HD dual-format discs unlikely to ever see the light of day
- Warner Brother’s attempt to help negate the HD Disc format war fails to get off the ground. If I’m reading the subtext, it’s because retailers wouldn’t know where to shelve them.Tags: [tag]Blu-ray[/tag] [tag]HD DVD[/tag] [tag]Total HD[/tag] [tag]Warner Brothers[/tag]
- NBC Gives Journeyman Two-Week Notice
- More proof (if needed) that NBC is run by morons. If the live Nielsens for Journeyman don’t improve November 26th, then they will yank the show. Watching via TiVo or Online does not count (even though they push watching the show online). *sigh*Tags: [tag]NBC[/tag] [tag]morons[/tag] [tag]Journeyman[/tag] [tag]TV[/tag]
Links of Interest (November 21st 2007)
- OpenDocument Foundation closes up shop after slamming OpenDocument Format
- As someone who hasn’t used word since the 90s, and never intends to go back, I’ve been watching the ODF vs OOXML stuff with interest. This chapter is just strange.
Tags: [tag]ODF[/tag] [tag]CDF[/tag] [tag]OOXML[/tag]
- Benchmarks: Hackintosh vs. Mac Pro vs. MacBook Pro Benchmarks
- Benmarks of the $800 hackintosh vs. some standard Apple offerings. Most of the comments miss the point of this article, which (I think) is not to do an Apples to apples comparison, but to show you what your $800 bucks gets you.
Tags: [tag]macmini[/tag] [tag]hackintosh[/tag] [tag]DIY[/tag] [tag]hardware[/tag] [tag]benchmark[/tag]
- Hack Attack: Build a Hackintosh Mac for Under $800
- Are you interested in trying out Mac OS X Leopard, but not it buying a Mac? Are you used to building your own PCs from parts (I sure am)? This is your best bet.
Tags: [tag]MacOS[/tag] [tag]hackintosh[/tag] [tag]DIY[/tag] [tag]hardware[/tag]
- Stacks Overlays
- If the appearance of the Stacks in your Leopard dock annoys you as much as they do me, these might be for you.
Tags: [tag]Leopard[/tag] [tag]Stacks[/tag] [tag]MacOS[/tag] [tag]icons[/tag]
- How to Size Text in CSS
- An excellent article showing how to get consistent text sizing across numerous browsers using CSS. A great starting point for anyone concerned with the end user experience.
Tags: [tag]design[/tag] [tag]webdesign[/tag] [tag]CSS[/tag] [tag]typography[/tag] [tag]fonts[/tag]
Links of Interest (September 7th 2007 through September 20th 2007)
- Lincoln’s $5 bill gets a colorful makeover
- I was just thinking, boy I wish this $5 bill had a big purple number on it (of course I was hoping the number was $1,000,000, but you can’t win them all).
- The future keepers
- Philip K. Dick’s children work to ensure the influential author’s cinematic legacy. I hope it works out because there have been some less than stellar adaptations of some truly amazing stories.
- Animal Magnetism: Making O’Reilly Animals
- History of the animal designs on O’Reilly’s book covers.
- Record Industry Proves Again How Much They?ve Lost The Plot
- Say hello to the Ringle!
- Floatutorial: Step by step CSS float tutorial
- Exceptionally detailed tutorials on floats.
Links of Interest (August 24th 2007 through August 31st 2007)
- Science Fiction Writers of America abuses the DMCA – Boing Boing
- The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America invoked the DMCA to request works be removed from Scribd even though in a number of cases they had no right to do so, including Creative Commons licensed work.
- Consumer Reports says ‘keep that car’
- Driving one car for 15 years is cheaper than buying a new one ever 5 years. Nice to see I’ve been doing the right thing all this time.
- YUI Theater ? Joseph Smarr: ?High-Performance JavaScript: Why Everything You?ve Been Taught is Wrong?
- Video of Joseph Smarr’s talk on High-Performance JavaScript.
- 30+ Firefox Add-ons for Web Developers & Designers
- Nice collection of Firefox extensions useful for web developers and/or designers.
- Redirection – Manage 301 redirections without modifying Apache
- Wordrpess 2.1+ plugin to handle redirects. Looks very full featured.
- eTextbook seller fails logic test
- Evo points out what I assume is a hilarious misuse of survey data. CafeScribe is supplying a “book” scented scratch and sniff sticker to customers because people like the way books smell.
Links of Interest (August 16th 2007 through August 22nd 2007)
- Launch: Google Earth Adds Sky
- Google Earth adds a “Switch between Sky and Earth” button. The Sky view is made up of over 1 million photographs. Nice!
- Sigler v. Hendrix Webscab Smackdown
- On September 19th 2007 Terry Bison will moderate a debate between Scott Sigler and Howard Hendrix revolving around releasing works of fiction online for free (you know, webscabs).
- That Yawn After Lunch Is Perfectly Normal
- Feel sleepy after lunch? Here’s why. I agree with the suggestion of a short nap. Around 2pm on weekends I usually hit a wall, after which I’m not productive. A 10 minute nap is enough to stave that off for me.
- Where you fall in poll of U.S. reading habits
- Apparently one in four Americans read no books last year. Those who did, read four on average. I wonder if the poll took audiobooks into account.
- Warner Bros. Follows the Yellow Brick Road
- Warner wants to create a new Oz film. Todd McFarlane is involved. I love the Oz books. I do not have high hopes for this movie.
- Sucking it up with the new Roomba
- C|NET looks at the new Roomba 500 series from iRobot. We’re pretty happy with our existing Roomba. My kids talk to it sometimes.
- The Best Software for Mac OS X
- I’m new to Mac OS X, but this looks like an worthwhile list of applications.
- Author King ‘mistaken for vandal’
- Stephen King was mistaken for a vandal when he started signing books in an Australian book shop. I admit I’ve imagined having books on the shelves and just going in and signing them. Never really thought it through though.
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