Links from 2011

Simple sites are easy, hard sites are hard.

In the Menu choose Swift (OpenStack Object Storage) and in Server field you specify : lon.auth.api.rackspacecloud.com

Obviously this isn't really stated anywhere in Rackspace's documentation. Thanks, Rackspace. Thackspace.

Check the comments before going into this.

"Until now, the argument in favor of streaming had broadly been that on-demand services fill the same sort of function as radio: a discovery system that leads to purchasing. But the NPD and NARM numbers suggest that, for many people at least, the opposite is true — having music streamed on demand made them less likely to purchase." It's getting harder to stomach Spotify and other streaming services with any hat on.

"We break the package deal »you get our app, we get your data« with remoteStorage, a cross-origin data storage protocol separating application servers from data storage." Yes to the principle.

Responsive + advertising sounds like it'll be a horrible car crash.

'Erbs, innit.

Sigh.

The ‘tiny screen first’ boilerplate extension.

Obviously not. But some ideas for using short expiry URLs as an alternative, for when clients really don't understand the "publishing things on the internets" scenario.

Answer: yes.

More importantly, the guidelines say that "if an individual is in a public place photographing or filming a private building, security guards have no right to prevent the individual from taking photographs," and that "security guards cannot delete images or seize cameras, nor can they obstruct individuals from taking photographs."

That went well.

Lots of useful resources here.

With a nice table included.

Nasty, nasty hacks.

Explaining why some fonts often look like shit on XP with Chrome.

"A conductive material is interwoven into the thumb and forefinger so that these gloves will make light work of touchscreen technology whatever the weather." Nice. Wonder if they actually work.

"Native FullScreen support is coming to most browsers in the next few months (no word from the Internet Explorer team)." But not here yet. Super.

The Android landscape looks a bit screwed.

Useful Guardian guide.

"Send in your child's drawing - one that they drew and coloured and Child's Own Studio will handcraft a unique stuffed toy, to be cherished for a lifetime." Nice idea.

Yes.