February 2009
Opera: History →
just met another fanatic opera user. this is a good night. it was all worth it
heading to the open soho meetup with @gommit and @teitelman
Twitter Mosaic: Make Art from Twitter (and then... →
JavaScript Language Reference for The Adobe®... →
Performance tests →
Sorry to Burst Your Bubbles Dudes ... →
But that’s the future.
Top 10 Social Sites for Finding a Job →
Some of these sites allow you to craft a resume, while others are networking platforms that contain job listings. By signing up for all ten, you increase your chances of getting a job and decrease…
Chronoscope Benchmark →
<body><!— I win at SEO —></body> yes you do http://is.gd/kdVo (doesn’t work in browsers that don’t support client-side storage)
i just called someone on the phone who is about 30 steps away from me to tell them to get on MSN so I could talk to them \o/
Google joins EU antitrust case against Microsoft →
Google Inc has added its voice to the case against Microsoft Corp as the European Commission probes antitrust charges related to the software giant’s Internet Explorer browser.”Google believes that…
Apps Status Dashboard →
Google has joined the EU case against Microsoft for being anticompetitive http://is.gd/kM7s Opera, Mozilla, & Google. Is there anyone else?
shooting down allegations in the hacker news comments http://is.gd/kQTa
RT @slhernandez: “Deceptive marketing on Safari 4” by @fearphage lands on the frontpage of ycombinator’s Hacker News. http://is.gd/kQTa
“Let’s drink until we can’t feel feelings anymore”
RapidRabb.it - Accelerate your Prototyping →
whenever i have a problem with a company, i generally find myself seeing if they have a twitter account. instant gratification ftw
“opera with 161 tabs open is still faster than ie7 [with a single tab open]” — @chrisbetterton in reference to SunSpider JS Benchmark
again i ask: anyone have an example of using cross-domain messaging with a fallback for browsers that don’t support it?
RT @boxee: for those who are upgrading to Apple TV 2.3.1 firmware. run the patchstick again and you’re back boxeeing
realistically Safari is copying Chrome which openly said they took a lot of cues from Opera. Safari is 3rd in a lot of things (not 1st)
“Safari is the first — and only — web browser to pass Acid 3” — Apple. First if you don’t count any other browsers. Nice job guys!
anyone have an example of using cross-domain messaging with a fallback for browsers that don’t support it?
Yesterday Chuck Norris signed up for gmail. He sends his deepest apologies to those whose service was affected.
RT: “An Opera fan’s blog on how Opera’s features have been stolen over the years” http://is.gd/kIAA i’d say copied without attribution
The Great Feature Train Robbery →
The Safari 4 beta was released today with a whole slew of features (they claim 150 which is bollocks) where many of the most useful features are already within Opera, one of them as old as 15 years…
i’m grilling the @ieteam about ie8 and its (in)capabilities http://is.gd/7myE
In the US, we celebrate Mardi Gras with beads, nudity and drunkenness. In London, they make pancakes. different strokes i guess #phil
people thought it sucked to have tabs above the address bar. now everyone is doing it. it’s good to be a leader. we’ll wait for you firefox
when apple says “native windows look and feel”, they mean “native vista look and feel” http://is.gd/kFFL way to go guys
Apple is slightly less sucky. safari 4 has a native windows appearance. wonder if they copied the windows shortcuts too http://is.gd/9Uo
thought for the day: a good reason to have kids/babysit is so when people ask if that’s your kid, you can say “no, i just bought this baby”
Tech Ranch Austin →
Skittles Vodka Tutorial | Mix That Drink →
what can you do with 20 lines of javascript? arcade side scroller you say? shadow of the beast - http://is.gd/kBc7 (via @p01)
eTail sounds like a word that a person who wears multiple popped-collar shirts simultaneously would use in the myspace dating scene
when your site looks like this: “…<body><object …><embed … /></object></body>…”, that’s when you know you’ve failed
Nintendo DSi Web Browser Speed Comparison (w/... →
New DSi web browser smokes old DS browser for Massive Damage!More info here, too: http://my.opera.com/Nplus/blog/n-dsi-ds-browser-speed-comparison-video-with-surprise-ending
i want a twitter bot that i can send an email address and he’d send an email with a sad face as the subject and this link http://is.gd/kw99
i think my friend’s wife is trying to kill me. she just sat down a plate of biscuits and gnutella right next to me (biscuits == cookies)
the internet is uniting against ie6. i love it. http://is.gd/kri3 \o/ #ie6
eating snails and liver. really ginormous snails. they aren’t the best things ever but i’m keeping them down. that’s an accomplishment
merely 2nd place (first loser) in the end. luckily i didn’t win because my parents will be in town the weekend of the chicago tourney #mtg
#mtg 2 matches later, i am in the finals battling for a trip to chicago. wish me luck
#mtg so far my record is 3 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw. i might make it into the top 8 (quarter finals) \o/
playing in a magic tourney to win a trip to the bigger tourney in chicago
Check out Google Gears enabled Opera Mobile 9.5. Saves bandwidth and process stuff in the background http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/02/20/