Graphite- June 29, 2008 Simon Willison : Graphite - Graphite. Real-time graphing package for server monitoring, similar to RRDTool. Created by the team at Orbitz, using Django and ExtJS for the frontend and Cairo to generate the graphs. deusx : Graphite: Graphite - Enterprise Scalable Realtime Graphing - "Graphite is a highly scalable real-time graphing system. As a user, you write an application that collects numeric time-series data that you are interested in graphing, and send it to Graphite's...http://graphite.wikidot.com/ firefox-mac-pdf - Google Code- June 18, 2008 gleuschk : firefox-mac-pdf - Google Code - embed pdfs in firefox on a mac. sweet! jonhicks : firefox-mac-pdf - Google Code Rod Begbie : firefox-mac-pdf - In ye olde days, displaying PDF documents in the browser drove me nuts. You'd unwittingly click on a link, and your entire web browser would freeze up for 30 seconds while Adobe Reader started. But since PDF is baked so closely into the OS X system, thi cameron : Firefox 3 Native Quartz PDF viewer - Shows PDFs inline, something I've been...http://code.google.com/p/firefox-mac-pdf/ Exits: Stewart Butterfield's bizarre resignation letter to Yahoo- June 18, 2008 gleuschk : Exits: Stewart Butterfield's bizarre resignation letter to Yahoo - I have such a crush on Stewart Andy Baio : Stewart Butterfield's resignation letter - best resignation ever Rod Begbie : Stewart Butterfield's bizarre resignation letter - That's the way to do it. "Nary a sheet of tin has rolled of our own production lines in over 30 years!" Tags : flickr internet philosophymajordonegood weirdo writing yahoo bizarre funny stewartbutterfield tin yahoo!http://valleywag.com/5017424/stewart-butterfields-bizarre-resignation-letter-to-yahoo How to nap - Boston.com- June 18, 2008 veen : How to nap - Boston.com - Zzzzzzzz.... Khoi Vinh : Boston.com&58; How to Nap - I&8217;m a big proponent. Rod Begbie : How to nap - Boston Globe article advocating the refreshing power of a mid-afternoon nap. Wonder if anyone would mind if I scheduled time in the conference room each day for a spot of shuteye... Tags : health Three Star bostonglobe infographic napping sleep zzzzzzzzzhttp://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/naps/ What is it like to write a technical book at Xaprb- June 17, 2008 deusx : What is it like to write a technical book at Xaprb - "I would say that avoiding the temptation to write, and outlining in fanatical detail, is a very high-value activity for writing a book thats hierarchically organized like this. " Jeremy Zawodny : What is it like to write a technical book - What is it like to write a technical book: &39;You can cut your work down by about 75% if you keep working on more and more detailed outlines, long past the point you think you ought to..http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/06/15/what-is-it-like-to-write-a-technical-book/ dria.org Blog Archive Firefox 3: Fonts and text- June 11, 2008 mmb : dria.org Blog Archive Firefox 3: Fonts and text - dria.org » Blog Archive » Firefox 3: Fonts and text via popurls&174; popular urls to the latest web buzz Richard Rutter : Firefox 3 fonts and text - Detailing the many improvements to text rendering. Jeremy Zawodny : Firefox 3: Fonts and text - Firefox 3: Fonts and text: yet another reason to upgrade Tags : link Browsers Typography Browsers, Typography, Firefox 3http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/06/10/651/ Reputation patterns in the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library- June 10, 2008 Simon Willison : Reputation patterns in the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library - Reputation patterns in the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library. Pragmatic advice from Yahoo! on encouraging community participation. joshua : Reputation Design Patterns 43folders : Reputation Parent - Yahoo! Design Pattern Library - via Waxy Andy Baio : Design Patterns for Reputation - nicely summarized research on feedback and incentives in online communities veen : Reputation - Yahoo! Design Pattern Library -...http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/parent.php?pattern=reputation That design is money!- June 6, 2008 jonhicks : That design is money! Andy Baio : Case study of redesigning the new Wells Fargo ATM user experience - Pentagram did nice work, though the buttons seem a bit too low contrast Rod Begbie : That design is money! - About the UI design of Wells Fargo ATMs. My decision to open a Wells Fargo account after moving to SF was largely influenced by the experience I had at one of their ATMs, so it's definitely a good design. Tags : article design gui process redesign sidenotes atm...http://physicalinterface.com/view/that-design-is-money Radiohead's "Nude" performed by a ZX Spectrum, dot matrix printer, scanner, and hard disk array- June 6, 2008 Andy Baio : Radiohead's "Nude" performed by a ZX Spectrum, dot matrix printer, scanner, and hard disk array - starts at about 1:10; best remix ever nelson : LoFi Radiohead Nude - deeply fucked; give it to 1:30 before giving up Rod Begbie : Big Ideas (Don't get any) - Beautiful video of Radiohead's "Nude" being "performed" on old hardware. (Slightly skeptical because I don't recall the 48k Spectrum having multi-channel sound, but let's not piss on the chips of a great clip.) Forward to 1:10.http://www.vimeo.com/1109226?pg=embed&sec=1109226 bunnyhero dev Scaring people with fullScreen- June 2, 2008 deusx : bunnyhero dev Scaring people with fullScreen - "When Flash Player 9 goes into full screen mode, it pops up a little security message that tells the user how to exit full screen mode." Andy Baio : Scaring people with Flash's fullScreen - distracting from the "hit escape" text is surprisingly effective Simon Willison : Scaring people with fullScreen - Scaring people with fullScreen. Unsurprisingly, you can work around the Press Esc to exit full screen mode message in...http://www.bunnyhero.org/2008/05/10/scaring-people-with-fullscreen/ |