The hidden value of processing.js
We’re already starting to see the results. John released his code on Thursday. By Friday, someone had already duplicated the processing.js environment as a XUL program and someone else already created an editor where you can try out processing scripts
If Bender had a website, this would be it: http://maddox.xmission.com/
Found after reading an old (237 in internet years) erm, “iPhone article”: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone
John Gruber is pretty good at picking good quotes out of an article.
Darby Lines on the Safari-for-Windows software update nano-scandal:
Second, bitching that anyone is a ‘bad’ Windows citizen is the rhetorical equivalent of arguing that one turd in a sea of shit is particularly stinky. Microsoft is a bad Windows citizen.
(Via Daring Fireball.)
Observations:
- By a large margin (12,900 votes compared to 2,700 for the runner-up), Ellen’s “Yup, I’m Gay” cover is ranked as #1, above the striking 9/11 cover and the Challenger disaster (as of this writing). Take from that what you will.
- The “best of the year” covers for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 document the… well, let’s be honest, the legacy of the Bush administration.
Dear Zachary is a documentary made by Andrew Bagby’s filmmaker friend Kurt Kuenne. Andrew was murdered a few years ago and this documentary was made to capture the memories of Andrew in order to show his son Zachary the kind of man he was. That’s all you need to know going in, because the less you know, the more you’ll gain coming out of this. It moved me to tears and left me astounded at the end - this is a film that deserves more appreciation than it’s getting.
Big Dog Robot
Busy vs. Productive (in the realm of “work smarter, not harder”).
