Linked List: May 21, 2008

Wednesday, 21 May 2008

Title Capitalization in JavaScript ★

John Resig has a solution. A couple others in my inbox, too.

Lazyweb: Even Cheaper Than Overseas Outsourcing ★

A slew of solutions to Dan’s request for a Ruby port of my Title Case script. I’d still like to see some JavaScript versions.

Microsoft’s Stiffy for Advertising Now Extends to the Zune ★

Wow, little Dorito logos showing up on your screen. Maybe I do want a Zune.

I say Ballmer’s gone within a year.

Lyndon Lens ★

Jim Coudal has more on that incredible Zeiss lens Kubrick used for Lyndon.

Microsoft Live Search Cashback ★

Classy, real classy. Looks like as much fun as shopping for a used car.

Twitter Downtime ★

Twitter’s reliability problems are so bad that people are starting to speculate that they’re deliberate publicity stunts.

Kubrick’s 50mm f/0.7 ★

Italian-language story, replete with stills from Barry Lyndon showing the lens in use. (Thanks to Alex Merz.)

Roger Ebert: I Loved ‘Indy’ ★

Not a link to his review, but rather his journal entry on the metacritical backlash against Kingdom of the Crystal Skull based on one anonymous bad review posted to Ain’t It Cool News earlier this month:

Now Indy’s early reviews are in, and I’m amazed to find myself in an enthusiastic majority. The Tomatometer stands at 78, and the more populist IMDb user rating is 9.2 out of 10. All this before the movie’s official opening on Thursday.

A Ruby Version Would Be Good ★

Sounds like a challenge to me.

(And here’s a Python version by Jordan Sherer.)

Update: A JavaScript port would be useful, too, hint-hint.