Category Archives: Recommended Reading

The Guardian: US copyright complaint sparks Twitter and Facebook storm

US copyright complaint sparks Twitter and Facebook storm
Hear about this on Friday’s Buzz Out Loud.  Interesting story.  I realise this is cyberbullying, but reading Judith Griggs response, I almost want to join in.  I’ve had my copyright material stolen off the web myself, and this attitude of “the web is public domain” just burns me.
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Bad Web Design: EnviroDome Photos

The other day in my class, a student asked why we can’t just use the width and height attributes of the img tag to resize photos to make thumbnails.
Here’s a page that shows not.  So these people are selling a (goofy?) product.  Presumably they don’t want to piss me, a potential customer, off.  So they [...]

Climate change is a fact, says China

Climate change is a fact, says China – ABC News.
Here’s the answer to all those people who say it’s pointless to do anything in Australia until they start doing something in China.
Yeah, Big Bad China is kicking our ass in combating global warming now.  They’re turning around that ship of one point whatever billion people [...]

ISP filtering policy is not evidence-based

Editorial: ISP filtering policy is not evidence-based – Whirlpool Broadband News.
Must read editorial on the failure that will be the Great Firewall of China.
Make no mistake, this will be another Labor Bungle.  Although it won’t cause the loss of life the Insulation Affair did, it’s going to cost us far more money is lost productivity [...]

Progressive enhancement: pure CSS speech bubbles

Progressive enhancement: pure CSS speech bubbles – Nicolas Gallagher — Blog & Ephemera.
Wow, this is some impressive stuff!  Something I’m going to have to look into further for the redesign.

Unicode Characters for Class Names

Unicode Characters for Class Names | CSS-Tricks.
Cute idea, but I’m not sure how often I’d use it.  I prefer clarity to cleverness.

Get Ready for HTML 5

A List Apart: Articles: Get Ready for HTML 5.

Leaked Nexus One Documents: $530 Unlocked, $180 With T-Mobile

Leaked Nexus One Documents: $530 Unlocked, $180 With T-Mobile – Nexus one – Gizmodo.
I want one

Conroy abandons speed hump plans for Australia’s freeways

Conroy abandons speed hump plans for Australia’s freeways | Digihub Blog | digihub.smh.com.au.

Snowstorm sweeps into N.S.

Dreaming of a White Christmas?
CBC News – Nova Scotia – Snowstorm sweeps into N.S.