February 2009
54 posts
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Live and Let Die by Duffy originally by...
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High and Dry by Jorge Drexler...
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Stronger by 30 Seconds To Mars...
“We see that the main direction of usage and progress of the Web is in...”
– The Anti-web Manifesto
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Karma Police by Chrostopher O’Riley...
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Mercy For Roxanne by Mighty Mike...
rands:
“We get the potential of the web because we know the potential of the people.”
Damn straight!
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Pony (Acoustic Version) by Far...
“The Government’s plan to introduce mandatory internet censorship has effectively...”
– Web censorship plan heads towards a dead end - BizTech - Technology - smh.com.au (via oliyoung)
Some folks asked about this after I twittered the...
Washington Post Using Raphaël
dmitry-baranovskiy:
As stated on Ajaxian Washington Post start using Raphaël. Frankly, this is company named Evri, who is working for Washington Post and creates fancy widgets for them, uses Raphaël for drawing purposes. Anyway, Raphaël is on washingtonpost.com and it is time to celebrate. To see it by yourself you can visit this page.
Turn this one up really really loud and luxuriate...
“Once you realize that the OAuth Core 1.0 spec is really two separate mechanisms,...”
– Hueniverse: Beyond the OAuth Web Redirection Flow
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Give My Love To Rose by Bruce...
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Your Woman by Princess Chelsea...
“What does friendship mean when you have 532 “friends”?”
– The End of Solitude - ChronicleReview.com
“Java is a strongly and statically typed language with a Smalltalk-style object...”
– The DOM Stigma - The Fishbowl
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Use Somebody by Karima Francis...
Normative seeks web developer.
normative:
We are looking for a web developer to work closely with our artists. Ideally, you
are a music lover.
understand that releasing frequent incremental iterations (not ‘big new versions’) is the only sane way to develop websites.
are comfortable learning new languages and platforms (because we need someone who can do both PHP and Flash; programming and design).
can’t stand...
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I Put A Spell On You by She & Him...
“People are not paying for music on ITMS because we have decided that...”
– Why Small Payments Won’t Save Publishers « Clay Shirky
This song is always utterly mindblowing live, but...
“This is superdistribution — content moving from friend to friend through the...”
– Why Small Payments Won’t Save Publishers « Clay Shirky (via adactio)
“Obtaining affirmation that the drop bear is a joke from other locals is often...”
– Drop bear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
jstn:
I’ve decided to take down I Hardly Know Her until I can make it work by authentication (meaning, you’ll have to explicitly give permission to see your photos). I’ve been thinking about it all day, and as much as I enjoy the viper’s nest of copyright debate I’d rather step away from this one.
I don’t think any of these issues are as clear cut as some will claim. Artists have a right to...
jstn:
If I make a front end for Flickr that shows people’s public photos, have I “published” those photos, even if it’s completely dynamic?
I got a message from someone who was upset about their photos being “published” on I Hardly Know Her. I had to think about what that word really means, and if anyone’s photos are really “on” my site. They’re served from Flickr, the data comes from...
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Stardust Kids mashup “Lady Stardust” by...
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Brakes On remixed by Air originally by...
“Gmail does everything it possibly can to tastefully straddle the line between...”
– Alex Payne — The Problem With Email Clients
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“Disarm” by Amie Miriello
originally...
reactorboy:
“Get Your Hands Off My Woman...
Truism
designaday:
“Broken gets fixed. Shoddy lasts forever”
One of the developers I work with said this after I complained about a lingering issue in one of our products. It rings true. When deadlines are tight, and there is more work to get done than there are developers or hours in the schedule, it’s not the squeaky wheel, but the jammed one that gets the grease. The lesson, then, is to make sure...
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“Gin and Juice” by The Gourds
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