Merlin Mann’s House Hacks →
Why would you use a screwdriver?
Coudal’s 1999 →
Coudal Partners are celebrating their 10-year anniversary, and are having a contest: send an email. From 1999.
I would’ve liked to contest, but I find it would be rather anachronistic: in 1999, I was 10 years old, and at this point in time I had been taught English in school for some two months.
The 100 Oldest .com Domain Names →
I learned some years ago that symbolics.com was the first ever domain name – I never understood why that name was chosen, though.
The first domain of a company I’d heard of was xerox.com. (And while all this internet, domain stuff is still considered very new, I find it worth noting that the last one from that list was registered one and a half year before I was born.)
Mark Pilgrim on Free Software Publishing →
A very thoughtful and philosophical post by Mark Pilgrim on the case of his Dive Into Python being published by someone other than Apress, and listed on Amazon.
This is a great post, because it really shows that Pilgrim isn’t afraid to take the consequence of his choices, and he demonstrates how this can be a superior way to publish books.
Great iTunes Behaviour
I don’t know when they changed this, or if it was in fact part of iTunes DJ from the start, but I love this:
Then choosing the ‘Play in iTunes DJ’ option from the right-click menu will start the number in iTunes DJ, at the same time in the track:
That is very clever.
Arial vs Helvetica →
Comparing the most famous font rivals ever.
Designing Obama →
I’m late to the game, but please do support what I think will be an interesting case study, if nothing else. (I say please support it, because if people don’t, I won’t get one either.)
iCheckMovies →
I had this idea all set up, including code and domain, and then I discover this. Oh, well, then I won’t have to maintain it, and focus on watching all those films. (My list is also publicly available.)
(Via barklund.)
Aral Balkan’s Sys-con Nightmare →
That sounds awful. I can only echo what Simon said:
Don’t speak at or attend Sys-Con conferences (which include AJAXWorld, the Cloud Computing Expo and Ajax in the Cloud), don’t write for or buy their journals (including AJAXWorld Magazine, JDJ and .NET Developer’s Journal), and don’t visit or advertise on any of their sites.
Aaron’s Life Online →
Aaron Swartz might not be the best writer in the world, but he’s very passionate about his writings, and I find that his views on life are often interesting and thought-provoking.
I must certainly attempt to get more offline; it sure would be good for me.