April 2005
April 20, 2005
Mozilla Gains Canvas Element Support (via) After discussion and documentation by the WHATWG.
Web Applications 1.0 section on canvas. “Do not implement this in a production product. It is not ready yet! At all!” ;)
Surplus Project Names Need Real Bones. I’m intrigued by the possibilities of Greasecasting.
April 21, 2005
Safari 1.3 Canvas. The new canvas element is supported in Safari 1.3!
The Simplest Possible Metaclass. A great illustration of one of Python’s least understood features.
JavaScript Shell 1.2. Every JavaScript developer should have this on their toolbar.
Take Control with User JavaScript. Opera’s user scripts feature compatibility with Greasemonkey!
April 26, 2005
Getting to the Mobile Web. Russell Beattie on why the mobile web sucks, and steps we can take to fix it.
Readable switch construction without lambdas or dictionaries. Surprisingly elegant.
[Geowanking] Google Maps UK (via) Optimistic thoughts on the hackability of Google Maps.
Aardvark Firefox Extension. Neat extension for exploring (and altering) the layout of a page.
Sparklines in data URIs in Python. A neat hack with data: URIs and the Python Imaging Library.
Quittin’ time. Matt May is leaving the W3C—and seeking an interesting new job.
New Values for a New Age of Journalism. The news industry would be so much smarter if they followed this advice.
random.org (via) True random numbers, with entropy provided by a radio tuned to white noise.
Who is using random.org? The user testimonials are pretty, well, random.
Gecko Info for Windows Accessibility Vendors (via) “This FAQ explains how makers of Windows screen readers, voice dictation packages and magnification software can support Gecko-based software”
Greasemonkey for personalized accessibility. Why Greasemonkey is the perfect tool for client-side accessibility enhancements.
Xyle. Kind of like Mozilla’s DOM inspector for Safari.
The 1 million download challenge. In which Opera’s CEO attempts to swim the atlantic.
iPod Truffle. Andy’s been distracting us from our dissertations.
Why every student should own a Mac (via) Michelle Levesque on student laptop culture.
April 27, 2005
A whole new internet? Cool jobs kill private innovation. Crap jobs encourage it.
The String Memory Gotcha. Insight in to how Java strings work.
Political Friendster. Really smart—tracks connections between politicians and institutions.
April 28, 2005
Safari passes the Acid2 test. Dave Hyatt runs rings around the rest.
Exploding toads baffle Germans. Fantastic.
Just Letters (via) Collaborative Flash fridge magnets.
Lexical Analysis, Python-style (via) Clever trick using named groups in regular expressions.