Linked List: May 2, 2007

Wednesday, 2 May 2007

Justin Williams on using Ruby instead of AppleScript for OSA scripting.

I’m sure Microsoft is pleased. “The more the merrier” has always been their slogan.

Matt Haughey’s new web site with advice for indie web publishers. I’m not sure I’ve ever felt quite so perfectly centered in the target audience for a publication.

Coda 1.0.1 ★

Highlights include new language modes (ActionScript, JSP-HTML, Smarty) and the ability to set a local URL for sites so you can use the preview feature for sites that need to run through an HTTP server (as opposed to plain old static HTML).

Flickr Uploadr 2.3 ★

Universal binary update to Flickr’s free image uploading app.

Silly Season ★

Mark Pilgrim on Adobe’s Apollo and Microsoft’s Silverlight.

Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Steve Jobs’s ‘A Greener Apple’ Article ★

Jesper is right that part of Jobs’s message is a “fuck you” to Greenpeace, which has been ranking companies based on their plans, rather than their records.

Motorola Razr Debut Price ★

Carl Howe:

A note to everyone who believes that $499 is too much to pay for Apple’s iPhone: The Motorola RAZR was originally introduced at that price. It went on to become the best selling phone in the world before RAZR marketer Geoffrey Frost died and Motorola went on its “We will not be undersold” price-cutting binge.

To Wrap It Up, I’ll Take It ★

Khoi Vinh, on the subtle grid pattern Hallmark now prints on the back of their wrapping paper:

That’s the key, so let me repeat it: the company saw a common problem that no one was addressing.

Steve Jobs: A Greener Apple ★

Another open letter from Steve Jobs, this one addressing complaints about Apple’s environmental policies. Lots of very specific information about the toxic chemicals contained in Apple products, with comparisons to other companies like HP, Dell, and Lenovo.

There’s also some specific information about upcoming new Macs, including plans to introduce Macs with LCD displays that use LEDs instead of fluorescent lamps.

Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 ★

Digg founder Kevin Rose:

But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.

If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died trying.

Digg Revolt Over Posts Regarding Cracked HD-DVD Key ★

So there’s this hexadecimal string that was leaked a few months ago — the secret decryption key for HD-DVDs. Web sites that post this string of hexadecimal digits — a number — have started getting takedown notices from whoever the jackasses are who own this so-called “intellectual property”. Digg started removing posts that contain it; as of this writing (1:20am ET), Digg users are revolting, and the entire front page of digg.com is chock full of highly-dugg submissions all containing the hexadecimal string in question.

I love the way that these MPAA fools think they can turn this key back into a secret using lawyers.