Links » April 2005
Pi to 1 million places. # Now that's good to know. (in Miscellany)
More on Hedcuts. # The process is involved, and has not been reduced to a photoshop action. (in Design)
Hedcut portrait artist Noli Novak. # The famous stipple portraits of the Wall Street Journal are called hedcuts. Here's one WSJ artist's portfolio. (in Design)
Generic Form Validation Routine. # Using accessible Javascript. (in Code)
The History of the Post-IT. # (in Culture)
Of Course Macs Are More Expensive... Aren't They? # Leland Scott tabulates comparable Dell and Apple computers. Guess who won? Apple. (in Mac)
IT cheat sheets for all. # (in Resource)
The Classical Holy Grail. # Investigators from BYU and Oxford are uncovering texts lost for centuries. (in Culture)
Flying Cars Ready To Take Off. # (in Oddball)
Why some social network services work and others don't. # The case for object-centered sociality. (in Culture)
The freesound project. # (in Resource)
On Bullshit. # Frankfurt's book reveals "a fundamental insight... that the defining characteristic of bullshit is not that the bullshitter is lying, an act that requires the perpetrator to know the truth in the first place, but that the bullshitter doesn't care one way or the other." Excellent. (in Politick)
IT Conversations. # MP3 broadcasts of IT-related talks and discussions. (in Resource)
Being Catholic. # A Guide to Traditional Catholic Customs, Traditions, and Culture. (in Culture)
How to Make a Simple Curry "Anything". # (in Miscellany)
Developing Dashboard Widgets. # (in Mac)
More Nifty Corners. # This Javascript library makes it possible to add corners to HTML block elements sans images. It will soon be implemented on my company's production server (in Web Development)
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 29 # Bill by the Idaho legislature praising Napoleon Dynamite creators Jared and Jerusha Hess. (in Oddball)
Javascript Effects. # This will be a useful resource. (in Web Development)
An Automatic Computer Science Paper Generator. # This is a riot. My first generated entry was "The Ethernet Considered Harmful." (in Humor)
PNG Headers. # A nice CSS trick demonstrating how to overlay a PNG image over a photograph. (It works in IE too). (in Web Development)
Lickr. # A great implementation of GreaseMonkey that extends the annotation features of Flickr. (in Code)
Where To Find Great Free Photographs And Visuals. # (in Design)
How to Blog Safely. # Some tips on the do's and don'ts of blogging and working. (in Resource)
How to create a cereal bowl shot. # 50-60 perfect flakes, a bowl of Crisco, and wild hair tonic. via cameron (in Design)
Acronym Finder. # (in Resource)
Form Assembly. # A javascript library that easily adds useful interactions to web forms. (in Web Development)
Strained life of the nonstop American family. # (in Culture)
Proper Flash embedding. # Best practices using the FlashObject Javascript plugin. (in Web Development)
The invention of the Hindu. # (in Culture)
The perfect shave. # (in Culture)
Python Tutorials. # (in Code)
The Free (and 99.9% foolproof) way of ridding your computer of nasties. # (in Resource)