Category: Quick Posts
Retinart – Forget All The Rules About Graphic Design
This was a really good read both in creating a design that is both worth writing home about and pleases clients.
PEEBS.ORG – An Open Letter to Mint.com: Stop storing my bank credentials!
I know all this, that Mint is an obvious security hole in keeping my personal digital life secure but I keep using them.
Jon Raasch’s Blog – CSS Data URIs: Use Them In All Browsers Now!
Excellent post on how to use Data URI’s in all browsers down to IE7/6.
DSLReports.com – FCC: 68% Of U.S. Connections Slower than 3 Mbps Down, 768kbps Up
Good job internet providers.
Eric Cantor – Citizen Review
Though leave it to a politician to leave scientific decisions to average citizens with no training in science.
Reason Magazine – Faking the Pledge
When even Reason Magazine is calling you out something is wrong.
Journal of Transportation Security – An evaluation of airport x-ray backscatter units based on image characteristics
Yet another reason for why the backscatter machines need to be independently tested.
ITworld – Gov’t crackdown spurs initiatives to route around DNS
DNS unfortunately is too easily interfered with on the basis of political decisions.
Nettuts+ – The Latest Updates to JavaScript 1.8.5
Bunch of new features mostly for JavaScript Objects, though of course only supported in the latest browsers.
David Walsh Blog – WebSocket Update
Remember this post about WebSockets, yeah now they are going to be disabled by default in Firefox.