- Apparently Hollywood has only one prop newspaper and it’s used in a ton of shows and movies. It’s like the Wilhelm scream of the prop world.
- One of these days I’m going to get an Android phone. Some Android reading: 10 Things Android does better than iPhone (though some of these are moot after yesterday), the new HTC Evo (I want, I want) was rooted before it was officially released, and why Android fragmentation might be its downfall.
- CSS3 and HTML5 will take over the world. Or something: 48 Potential Flash-Killing Demos, Easy Link Prefetching, a bunch of good CSS3 techniques you can use right now, Apple’s HTML5 showcase (Safari only, which is silly), and 10+ Free HTML5/CSS3 templates to start with. If you’re wondering why you should care about HTML5, see this pretty graphic (and see how MSIE isn’t even remotely ready).
- With the iPad getting as popular as it is, :hover might become worthless. Speaking of designing for the iPad, you’re going to have to take into consideration what happens to your design when the screen is rotated — here’s some CSS to help you out.
- How the U.S. Government Killed the Safest Car Ever Built.
- What’s the worst-case scenario for the gulf oil spill? Let’s ask Michael Bay.
- Wired News (and Adrian Lamo) report alleged Wikileaks “Collateral Murder” video leaker.
- What happens when you add Alka-Seltzer to a drop of water in microgravity?
- More videos: Steve Jobs introduces the Death Star, Super Mario 64 Avoid the 1-Up and collect the red coins challenge .
- Mapping the damn tourists.
- Open source tools for working with dual monitors.
- Notepad++ is moving off SourceForge because of an idiotic decision by SourceForge.
- LifeHacker Pack 2010: Essential Windows Downloads (I really need to update my list).
- 32 Incredible Bookmarklets for your browser.
Reading Material
Dr. Watson Is A Freaky Dude
In Sherlock Holmes Nemesis you never see or hear Dr. Watson move. It’s kind of creepy…
Reminders
- Tonight is the last chance to enter to win the USB Video Card. There aren’t a load of entries, so your chances are good (and it’s a neat little product). I’ll be drawing the winner at random tomorrow morning before the concert, so make sure you get your entry in.
- Speaking of concert, like I mentioned before, the Cascade Winds Symphonic band concert is tomorrow (Sunday). It’s free, and will be a good time. Click here for more info.
Time Killer For The Day
Hello Worlds starts off simple but gets more complicated as you slowly start controlling more than one character at once.
Coolest Contraption Ever
A Lego Felt Tip Printer:
Reading Material
- How much oil has leaked into the Gulf? Depending who you ask, between 504,000 and 4,200,000 gallons per day.
- Complete guide to cross-browser compatibility check tools.
- HD 101: Overscan and why all TVs do it.
- Typografix: HTML re-processing script for typographic beautification.
- Some controversial billboards.
- Why Gmail is awesome — it’s the little things.
- Remember when Google celebrated the Pac Man birthday? One analysis says it took 4,819,352 hours of productivity away from the world.
- Flash player built entirely in JavaScript, and they’ve got it running StrongBad.
- Our Solar System in CSS3 animation (look at it in Chrome or Safari).
- everystockphoto for searching for free stock photos.
- 15 must-read articles for CSS beginners.
- Google to Employees: Mac or Linux, but no more Windows.
- NSFW ASCII Art (it looks like nothing — but select/highlight/ctrl-a all of it).
- What your email address says about your computer skills.
Sucking Up The Bandwidth
It’s video dump time…
Time Killer For The Evening
Sounds simple: Just get to the exit. You just need to avoid the buzz saws, swinging axes, spikes, and other things trying to kill you. Oh, and you have to do it as fast as you can. Have fun.
Sewell Minideck USB External Video Card Is A Handy Little Device — And You Can Win One
When Sewell contacted me, asking if I’d review their Sewell Minideck USB to DVI adapter, I honestly had no idea such a product existed. Basically, it’s an external video card that plugs into your USB port and gives you an additional monitor interface. Most laptops can support two monitors out of the box (via an external monitor port) and many desktops can easily do so with a cheap add-in card. But if you’re looking for a quick and easy way to add a secondary screen to a computer without monkeying with the innards of a computer, this thing works pretty dang well. Read on for the full review and a chance to win one for yourself…