Tuesday, 26th April 2005
Getting to the Mobile Web. Russell Beattie on why the mobile web sucks, and steps we can take to fix it.
10:39 am
Readable switch construction without lambdas or dictionaries. Surprisingly elegant.
10:41 am
[Geowanking] Google Maps UK (via) Optimistic thoughts on the hackability of Google Maps.
10:44 am
Aardvark Firefox Extension. Neat extension for exploring (and altering) the layout of a page.
10:54 am
Sparklines in data URIs in Python. A neat hack with data: URIs and the Python Imaging Library.
10:54 am
Quittin’ time. Matt May is leaving the W3C—and seeking an interesting new job.
10:57 am
New Values for a New Age of Journalism. The news industry would be so much smarter if they followed this advice.
10:58 am
random.org (via) True random numbers, with entropy provided by a radio tuned to white noise.
11:01 am
Who is using random.org? The user testimonials are pretty, well, random.
11:02 am
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”
7:42 pm
Greasemonkey for personalized accessibility. Why Greasemonkey is the perfect tool for client-side accessibility enhancements.
7:44 pm
Xyle. Kind of like Mozilla’s DOM inspector for Safari.
8:30 pm
The 1 million download challenge. In which Opera’s CEO attempts to swim the atlantic.
8:42 pm
iPod Truffle. Andy’s been distracting us from our dissertations.
10:45 pm
Why every student should own a Mac (via) Michelle Levesque on student laptop culture.
11:39 pm