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Does Flash irks me?
via Veerle's blog: full articles by (author unknown) on May 05, 2008
Recently my mailbox seems to contain a few messages of people mailing me about Flash. Many readers will likely assume that I have a natural distaste for anything Flash related. It’s not because I prefer HTML/CSS that I don’t like it or hate it as some people do. Flash/Flex have their place. With that out of the way let’s continue…99% of Flash is badThis isn't 1999 anymore where the...
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Facebook In Real Life by Idiots of Ants
via Laughing Squid by Scott Beale on April 29, 2008
London based comedy sketch group Idiots of Ants imagines what Facebook would be like in real life.via The UnderwireRelated PostsLaughing Squid Facebook PageFacebook Beacon Backlash, Leads To Apology & Opt-Out OptionReal Life Versions of Homer Simpson and Mario by PixelooFacebook Launches Amazing New iPhone ApplicationOctober is Facebook Conference Month in the Bay AreaShareThis
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Video: OQO hacked to run Leopard, now world's smallest Mac
via Engadget by Thomas Ricker on April 28, 2008
Filed under: Handhelds While greeted with heaps of initial skepticism, forum jockeys over at OQO Talk now seem convinced that a junior member by the name of TRF has successfully hacked the OQO to run OS X Leopard. Adding a video filmed by Mr. Blurry Cam didn't hurt the cause. TRF's OQO is setup in a dual-boot Vista / OS X mode which boots Leopard in about 2 minutes and 30 seconds. WiFi,...
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Oh. My. God. Marvel Moves To Shut Down Our Iron Man Screening
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on April 29, 2008
Marvel has sent us a cease and desist letter demanding that we cancel the Iron Man event tomorrow at the AMC Metreon in San Francisco. We are not canceling the event yet - stay tuned as our lawyers work this out.Just to be clear, we paid the full ticket price for every seat and are fully authorized to do this. This is unbelievable and stupid in so many ways, and goes right to the top of the list...
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Firefox 4 will push out the edges of the browser
via Webware.com by Rafe Needleman on March 26, 2008
Chris Beard, VP Labs, Mozilla(Credit: Rafe Needleman / CNET)After the product roadmap roundtable I liveblogged yesterday, I had a talk with Chris Beard, VP of Labs for Mozilla. Chris is working on the things you won't see in Firefox 3, but will, if he has his way, surface in Firefox 4.Beard's philosophy is this: The browser needs to evolve. Beard believes the browser concept hasn't...
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I Found Your Camera helps locate, return digital cameras, memory cards
via CrunchGear by Nicholas Deleon on March 17, 2008
People who have lost their digital camera need to know about Found Cameras and Orphan Pictures, more popularly known as I Found Your Camera. It’s a simple Blogger blog that people contact once they’ve found someone else’s camera. They send a unique photo to the site so that you, the owner, can easily identify it. There’s even a dedicated Facebook group.A site like this only works when...
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Acid3 Test Unleashed, Murders Every Current Browser (Tom Corelis/DailyTech)
via Techmeme by (author unknown) on March 05, 2008
Tom Corelis / DailyTech:Acid3 Test Unleashed, Murders Every Current Browser — Putting browser makers on notice, again — Just a few months after the announcement that Internet Explorer 8 successfully passed the Acid2 standards compliance test, the Web Standards Project (WaSP) announced last Monday that it unleashed Acid2's successor, Acid3.
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Here's Twitter in Plain English
via Original Signal - The best of Web 2.0 by (author unknown) on March 05, 2008
CommonCraft has published a new video yesterday that explains what Twitter is and how it works . I've embedded it below and it actually does a great job with the explanation.In the video we get a chance to meet Carla. She was initially fearful of using the service but eventually she started to love the service! Oh and she loves Van Halen. The only part missing from the video is when Carla...
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