By John Gruber
Mux — Video for developers
Linked List: September 10, 2008
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
- Has the Large Hadron Collider Destroyed the World Yet? ★
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There’s an XML feed, too, in case you don’t want to repeatedly check the site.
- U Scream, I Scream: We All Scream When iTunes 8 Goes UI Crazy ★
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Dan Moren on inscrutable button icons in iTunes 8.
- What Your Global Neighbors Are Buying ★
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Outstanding interactive graphic showing how people in different countries around the globe spend their discretionary income. It functions both as a map and a chart.
- Al3x’s Rules for Computing Happiness ★
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A fine list of 25 rules for computing happiness, from Alex Payne. I only disagree with numbers 4 and 11, and even in those cases, the general idea is correct.
- Erin McKean Redefines the Dictionary ★
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Here’s McKean at TED back in 2007, making the case for descriptivist lexicography. (Thanks to Ben Artin.)
- Chillax ★
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Lexicographer Erin McKean:
Instead of being defensive, demand that any who dare to quibble over your use prove that your word is, in fact, not a word. In short, if it seems wordish, use it.
- History of the Browser User-Agent String ★
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What a mess.
- MacUpdate Back-to-School Bundle ★
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My thanks to MacUpdate for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed, to promote their back-to-school software bundle. Ten apps, with a regular combined retail price of over $600, for just $50. Apps in the bundle include Mellel, DEVONagent, MacJournal, and more. The promotion ends tonight.
- Apple Buys Out Ad Space Above Fold on NYTimes.com ★
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More like a print campaign, where they pay for whitespace. Update: Here’s another one.