May 2009
70 posts
DigitalNZ →
Digital New Zealand aims to make New Zealand content easy to find, share and use. This includes content from government departments, publicly funded organisations, the private sector, and community groups.
DigitalNZ will test new ways to create digital content, collect and share existing digital content; and build smart, freely available, search and discovery tools.
HTML5 Scaffold →
Some scripts to help get you using HTML5 right now! Note - this is still in development so perhaps don’t use it on any production environments…
“Something else we’ve tried to do is make things simpler. We’ve simplified the...”
– Interview with Ian Hickson, editor of the HTML 5 specification. Hey browsers - start implementing this shit, already!
Clarke location app →
Clarke is a small OS X app that updates your Fire Eagle account with your current location. It uses Skyhook’s API to triangulate your position based on nearby wireless access points. I’ve been trying it for all of 5 mins and so far it has no fucken idea where I am. (via Adactio)
Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 →
The W3C’s Best Practices for delivering Web content to mobile devices. The principal objective is to improve the user experience of the Web when accessed from such devices.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-24) →
Calexico (26)
Fridge (26)
Hint (22)
The Beta Band (19)
Band of Horses (19)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
reclaiming
mandamonium:
i am hereby reclaiming the suffix ‘zilla’. i think this should be better applied in positive ways.
there must be more zillaness in the world!
(and see? two suffixes mashed together makes it doubly reclaimable).
yours, mandazilla
Lovezilla!
Builderscrack, Get Estimates, Find Tradesmen →
They say you will get quotes from quality tradesmen… How do we know they’re quality? As @themorgan says, it would be great if we could cross reference with the Target database or No Cowboys…
“The advantages of using fonts other than Times, Arial, Georgia, and Verdana have...”
– Jeffrey Zeldman on Web fonts now
Nice Web Type →
“One place for web typography, using our collective knowledge for the betterment of typographic style and practice.”
RunPee.com →
So you’re sitting in the cinema and you’re wishing you didn’t have that 5th beer before the show…This website will tell you the best time to dash off to have a pee during any movie. And it will tell you what happened while you were away. (via kottke)
“No hammer fits all nails, and no solution, however elegant, will work for every...”
– Jeffrey Zeldman chimes in on the Universal IE6 CSS thing.
We Have Lasers!!!!!!!!!! →
The internet gets better every day. The future is here and it’s being captured on film!
Watchkateoplis:
10 things you didn’t know about orgasm: Mary Roach on TED
Bonk author Mary Roach delves into obscure scientific research, some of it centuries old, to make 10 surprising claims about sexual climax, ranging from the bizarre to the hilarious. (this talk is aimed at adults; viewer discretion advised … beware the pig video).
I’m not brushing my teeth correctly.
“That is why I’m now advocating to my clients (and to you), that where...”
– Universal Internet Explorer 6 CSS | For A Beautiful Web
“I can’t possibly fuck all the women in the world, but I can at least penetrate...”
– 17 Dots has a great interview with Jarvis Cocker about his new record.
“I make multi-million $ decisions on a regular basis — why is it soooo...”
– @MKReflections - taken from the awesome website: Tweeting Too Hard
The Bluegrass Tribute to Modest Mouse →
An entire album of bluegrass covers of Modest Mouse songs - how odd!
Banksy's Coming For Dinner - an Ivan Massow film... →
Yeah, weird, right?! It’s a movie staring Joan Collins and a few other celebs. They all come together for dinner with the mystery-man Banksy. I think it’s best if you just watch the trailer. Or you can sign up to be notified when it’s ready to be downloaded.
“The House throws in what ought to be called “The Fine Print Rule.”...”
– US Congress considers font readability
