Reading Material

Turn Google+ Into Facebook.
Speaking of Google+, I’m on there so feel free to add me, and I might get around to doing something on there. Maybe. Or not.
This would have been an incredible music festival. It’s fake, but would have been awesome.
Cable boxes use more power than the fridge.
Andy Baio got Kind Of Screwed (seriously, that just shows how messed up our copyright and fair-use laws are).
Modern-world problems pale in comparison to ancient world problems.
Looking for a sweet little geek gift? These pins on etsy are frickin’ hilarious.
World War II: Before the War is an incredible collection of photos that is part of a larger In Focus World War II in Photos collection.
I think I’ve linked to this before, but I will again as it bears repeating for anybody that does any sort of e-mail marketing (like me): Guide to CSS Support in e-mail clients. Personally, I’ve found better luck with in-line or hard-coded styles and variables on tables for layout than I have with many CSS elements.
You think your smart phone home screen looks pretty pimp? You have nothing on these guys (most of which are Android).
Google to retire Blogger and Picasa Brands.
The Data Liberation Front Delivers Google Take Out. Try it out here. Google Takeout allows you to download a copy of your data stored within Google products..
More Google news…Google dumps all 11+ million *.co.cc from its results (most of which were spam and phishing sites).
Sprite Cow is yet another tool to help you create CSS sprites (something I need to try sometime).
Paper.js is an open-source vector graphics framework using HTML5 Canvas.
LauncherPro dev launches new “UberMusic” music player. It’s pretty dang slick.
Book of Speed The business, psychology and technology of high-performance web apps.
rep.licants.org is a web service allowing users to install an artificial intelligence (bot) on their Facebook and/or Twitter account.
We need more adult-size playgrounds. Which means we need more places like this.
One more…Import your Facebook friends into Google+, going through Yahoo! first.