- ShouldIBackupMy.com | The Guardian Open Platform | guardian.co.uk
"Cristiano Betta talks us through how he built the wonderfully funny "ShouldIBackupMy.com". In this project he uses The Guardian Content API to give him information to "predict" the longevity of things you might be concerned enough about to back up." (open_platform humour backup )
- 10 Even Better Wolfram Alpha Easter Eggs
Wolfram Alpha answers "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck?" and other pressing questions. (wolfram_alpha easter_eggs )
- Official Google Blog: Behind the scenes of the Search Options panel
The thought process behind the UI layout of Google's search options panel. (google usability design )
- InfoQ: 8 Best Practices to Improve Scalability
"So here goes, 8 tips for making your system high performant and scalable" Not as informative as some lists I've seen on this subject, but useful all the same. (scalability tips architecture )
- New York Times Silverlight Kit – Home
"This is a Silverlight 2 Kit for the New York Times Open APIs. Add this kit to a Silverlight 2 project in Visual Studio or Expression Blend to easily access New York Times APIs for Articles, Best Sellers (books), the US Congress, Movie Reviews, Community Comments, Times Tags, etc." (silverlight nytimes libraries microsoft )
- Javascript Graphics Library jsDraw2D draw line, circle, rectangle, polygon, curve, ellipse.
"This is a pure JavaScript library to draw 2D graphics on web pages inside web browser without using SVG or VML." (javascript drawing programming libraries )
- Manuka honey costing £55 a jar creates a buzz | Life and style | guardian.co.uk
Now I can say the Tim Vine joke and know it's true: I was stung by a bee — 55 quid for a jar of honey. (food cornwall honey )
- iPhone users to walk and read at same time • The Register
"iPhone users can now walk the streets safe in the knowledge that upcoming letter boxes, errant children or dogshit can be easily avoided, without interrupting the more important act of reading email." (iphone email applications )
- When CYA can BYA « BuzzMachine
Jeff Jarvis rails against the WSJ's reminder to staff on how to use and not to use social media. "This memo was all about how Journal journalists may – or actually may not – communicate, interact, and collaborate with the public (read: us). So it was a memo about us. The Journal didn’t understand how inherently insulting it was to say that it’s dangerous for journalists to talk with us." (social_media twitter jeff_jarvis journalism wsj )
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