Mar
2nd
Tue

Why DRM Doesn’t Work

Stuff like this makes me wish I was an artist. Via Daring Fireball.

Feb
23rd
Tue

Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers 2

Pretty cool feature test for any browser, but specifically mobile browsers.

Feb
12th
Fri

Dear visitors from Google. This site is not Facebook.

A ReadWriteWeb aritcle on Facebook’s changes was swarmed with commenters confused that the top Google search result for “Facebook Login” pointed to this article. Many believed the site was actually a redesigned Facebook home page.

Hat tip to Daring Fireball.

Feb
9th
Tue

Lipstick on a Pig

Gizmodo:

Have you heard the exciting news?! Comcast is rebranding as Xfinity! We decided to help them out by calling on our lovely readers to create the first Xfinity ads, and I think they did a bang-up job.

Feb
8th
Mon

Supporting all browsers is the whole fucking point of being a good web developer, and I’m going to force you to do it even if I have to personally swear at each of you individually.

PPK on the state of mobile web development. The section heading following this paragraph reads “Remove iPhone from ass.”
From Married to the Sea.

From Married to the Sea.

Jan
26th
Tue
Jorge Cham’s webcomic sums up modern news polls pretty well. One of the many reasons why I don’t have cable.

Jorge Cham’s webcomic sums up modern news polls pretty well.

One of the many reasons why I don’t have cable.

Jan
19th
Tue

[W]omen in general … aren’t just bad at behaving like arrogant self-aggrandizing jerks. They are bad at behaving like self-promoting narcissists, anti-social obsessives, or pompous blowhards, even a little bit, even temporarily, even when it would be in their best interests to do so. Whatever bad things you can say about those behaviors, you can’t say they are underrepresented among people who have changed the world.

From Clay Shirky’s rant about women, via Rupa’s Facebook feed. Posted only because I find it funny and insightful, and I’m curious what my female friends think about it. I know I’ve tried on a few of those behaviors myself.
Jan
15th
Fri

Eat it. It is delicate, morbid, loveable, and you will die depressed, delirious, and overweight.

Nietzsche’s Angel Food Cake from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.
Jan
8th
Fri

I tell people that if it’s in the news, don’t worry about it. The very definition of “news” is “something that hardly ever happens.” It’s when something isn’t in the news, when it’s so common that it’s no longer news — car crashes, domestic violence — that you should start worrying.

CNN’s Bruce Schneier.