We can sit here in our geeky little dorkosphere arguing about it all day, but as much as Apple clearly enjoys our participation, the people Jobs wants to sell this to don’t read our rants. —Why the iPad Will Crush Netbooks and Ebook Readers - Gizmodo
About
Hi, I'm Kevin Smith, a passionate software developer that believes software is more about people than computers. Here you will find tidbits - links, quotes, pictures and short posts - of things that I find interesting. Enjoy!
Stuff I Like
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This extension removes the need to use flash on YouTube by converting all videos to their HTML5 video tag equivalents. It also has the added benefits of decreased CPU...
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A helpful tip for would-be extension developers:
“Compiled” Safari extensions are just renamed .zip files containing the HTML, CSS, Javascript, and other files that may make up an extension. If...
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This extension saves a screenshot of the visible part of the page to an image in your download folder. Right now, it’s still rough (images have filenames that make no...
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Another very cool World Cup 2010 interactive infographic. This one tracks teams and predicts outcomes!
(Thanks Mau for the heads up. Follow him on Tumblr, he does cool things.)
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Veer Wallpaper — HATERS they are GONNA HATE
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A list of Webkit-specific CSS properties with explanations of what they do and their possible values.
(via jacob)
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MiniApps is the personal project of Alex Gibson. It has a handful of HTML5-based applications for the iPhone, Android, and other modern mobile browsers and is fully MIT licensed.
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Fire in the Sky by Terje Sørgjerd
“Taken last night as the volcano in Iceland went berserk. Taken with 70mm.”
See also “Armageddon.”
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She was away for a week and we were reunited today. I walked into the apartment and she was about as far away as you could get. She looked at me and squealed. Then, as I walked through the place,...
