Linked List: April 14, 2008

Monday, 14 April 2008

WebKit Now Supports CSS Gradients 

Just me, or is WebKit racing way ahead of Gecko in terms of support for cool new stuff?

Jim Dalrymple on Stan Flack 

Jim Dalrymple, who worked with Flack on the original MacCentral:

I remember Stan walking into my house and saying it was time to take MacCentral to the next level. “We are going to start publishing daily,” he said. He must have known by the dumbfounded look on my face that I wasn’t sure about the idea, but as he explained it, it all started to make sense.

Andy Baio: Google App Engine Ported to Amazon’s EC2 

So much for the lock-in argument.

Download YouTube Videos as MP4 Files 

Useful bookmarklet for extracting downloadable (and higher-quality) MP4 videos from YouTube.

Matt Mullenweg on WordPress and Security 

The most important thing to do security-wise if you’re running WordPress is to stay up-to-date with the latest versions.

Stan Flack, a Pioneer of Online Mac Journalism, Has Died 

Flack founded MacCentral (which he later sold to Mac Publishing, and which was eventually folded into Macworld.com) and MacMinute.

The Rather Difficult Font Game 

I’m embarrassed to say I only scored a 32/34.

OpenMac 

Some company is — or at least was — selling white-box PCs with hacked versions of Leopard, under the name “OpenMac”. Love this section from their FAQ:

Can I run updates on my OpenMac?

The answer is yes and no. No because there are some updates that are decidedly non-safe. Yes because most updates are not non-safe. It’s best to check on InsanelyMac for this information but when in doubt don’t update it. You may have to reinstall your OS X if it is a non-safe update.

“Not non-safe” — that’s good.