Gruber on Flash ∞
Flash is never going to decrease in popularity so long as all web browsers support it. Flash might decrease in popularity because of iOS. If you believe that Flash’s current position as a de facto standard technology is harmful to the web, then users — not just iOS users but everyone using the web — would benefit if that happens.
Exactly why I have had flash blocked in all of my browsers for years
DevNation, Falls Church ∞
I'm speaking at DevNation on Saturday, August 28th! It's a really great line-up for a super low price so come join us if you get the chance.
Here are all the pertinent links and downloads from my presentation:
Commafy - Pretty Numbers for Python ∞
I've been spending more and more time in Python and Django lately working on side project lostaga.in and Viget Ms. Pac-Man. Here's a quick method I put together for formatting numbers with commas:
def commafy(d):
s = '%0.2f' % d
a,b = s.split('.')
l = []
while len(a) > 3:
l.insert(0,a[-3:])
a = a[0:-3]
if a:
l.insert(0,a)
return ','.join(l)
Ack - Better than Grep ∞
A command-line utility I use daily in place of grep. Written entirely in Perl, it can take advantage of Perl's regular expressions to make searching through files from a terminal a snap.
Using Delegate and Undelegate in jQuery 1.4.2 ∞
A handy reference for the new delegate() and undelegate() methods added to jQuery 1.4.2
Shaun Inman on The Pipeline ∞
Dan Benjamin has an interview with one of my favorite developer/designers, Shaun Inman, on his podcast The Pipeline.
Hosting Mail With Google ∞
I've been using MediaTemple for hosting all of my domains for a number of years now and while I've been generally satisfied with their Grid Service I've found it a bit lacking lately. I don't have the traffic or any financial need to necessitate spending money on a high availability server but I do completely depend on email for most of my communication so when it's down or can't authenticate I feel almost completely cut off.
With that in mind I started looking for alternate hosting solutions but I couldn't find any that matched MediaTemple's feature set or phenomenal customer service (availability issues aside). Ultimately, I ended up finding Google apps mail service. The "Premier" version is essentially an third-party-hosted MS Exchange replacement that seems extremely robust. On digging a bit deeper, though, I found that they offer the Google Apps Standard Edition - a feature-lite version offering up mail, calendaring and chat all through your personal domain.
For those unfamiliar with DNS records, set up might not be as easy as signing up for a Gmail account, but other than that mail was flowing only a few minutes after making the switch.
And now I'm happy to report that a week in things are great. Being able to take advantage of all of gmail's advanced features from my own domains is pretty amazing. If you're looking for an alternative to you hosting providers email solution or interested in a cheaper alternative to Exchange, Google apps is a great choice.
Christopher Bown's Dual-Drive Setup ∞
An interesting solve for those of us wanting to make the jump into SSD but have too much data to make the choice cost-effective
Minimalist Star Wars Tourism Posters ∞
Justin Van Genderen's beautifully designed vintage destination posters for locations featured in the not shitty like the other original Star Wars trilogy.
The Seven Deadly Sins of JavaScript Implementation ∞
Smashing Magazine has a great write-up on what not to do when enhancing your sites with JavaScript
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