Sprite Cow →
An easy way to generate CSS for your sprite sheets.
How to survive a robot uprising →
Useful advice from Epipheo.
Wolfenstein 3D free to play →
As a celebration of Wolfenstein’s 20th anniversary, id Software has released a free to play version online. It’s slightly crippled, but still includes 30 playable levels.
Internet Explorer automatic updates having little effect →
A follow up from The Verge on Microsoft introducing automatic silent updates for Internet Explorer.
Although Internet Explorer 8 usage appears to be dropping in favour of IE9, older versions such as IE6 and IE7 remained largely untouched
Yours truly, back in December:
As it is, and as hopeful as I am, I don’t think we’ll see the overnight disappearance of IE6 and 7 like the vast majority of web developers are suddenly all hoping for.
New Dark Knight Rises Trailer →
Not sure what to make of this, I still think Batman Begins was the best of the revisited franchise so far; fingers crossed this is a good ‘un.
Ricky Gervais on religion →
This is an old post, but well written and argued.
I don’t think there is a god, but belief in him does no harm. If it helps you in any way, then that’s fine with me. It’s when belief starts infringing on other people’s rights when it worries me. I would never deny your right to believe in a god. I would just rather you didn’t kill people who believe in a different god, say.
Three truths about cookie consent →
Some points worth noting about the EU “cookie” law…
Despite the sensationalists claims made by some, the truth is that the threshold for monetary fines under UK data protection law is so high, that fines for this type of breach (in the UK!) are extremely unlikely.
Wind Power →
My sentiments exactly.
/via Steve Ellwood
Lego Back to the Future Set →
I’ll file this one under “want”.
Text Only Instragram →
I like this take on Instagram. Facebook bought the wrong version…
Surreal Photos that Bend Reality by Randy Scott Slavin →
Award-winning New York filmmaker and photographer Randy Scott Slavin will present his surrealist photo works from March 22-25 at Artexpo New York, the world’s largest fine art trade show for over 33 years at booth #1147.
Anti-EU Cookie Law website launched →
A new EU law makes most websites illegal without intrusive popups and banners. We object, and you should too.
/via .NET Magazine
Google launch Google+ share button →
This one almost passed me by, I guess the question is; will this get used instead of the +1 button, or as well as…
John Browett starts new role as Apple Retail SVP →
I was surprised when I read earlier in the year that John Browett of Dixons fame was joining Apple. This is an appointment I didn’t see coming; a very bizarre choice given the type of retail outlet Browett has been in charge of in the past.
Opera confirms WebKit prefix usage →
An industry source today told .net Opera will imminently implement WebKit prefixes, largely due to being “terrified of being outdone in the mobile marketplace” and the “large number of [mobile] websites designed exclusively for WebKit”.
I find this all very odd; if we’re all going to commit to using WebKit prefixes can’t we all just agree to use no prefix at all?
PlaceZombies →
Fed up with using kittens as placeholder images? Perhaps you’d prefer something more… blood thirsty.
CSS Arrow Please →
Very slick CSS arrow generator.
Tulloch Homes | Building quality new homes throughout Scotland →
Google Drive vs. Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, and others: a cloud sync storage face-off →
With Google having launched the long rumoured Google Drive, how does it compare to the plethora of other cloud file sync solutions? The Verge have an interesting round-up.
Facebook swallows Instagram for $1bn →
I’m not even sure where to start with this one. I really dislike Facebook, and I was never a fan of Instagram either, but that aside; $1 billion?! Really?
Text from dog →
Text messages between a dog and its owner.
Push mail coming to Sparrow on iPhone →
Thanks to your amazing support, we feel confident that Apple might revise its position on the Push API. We’ll submit a first version of Sparrow 1.2 including it. This might delay Sparrow 1.2 validation but we’re already working with some partners to include Push in future versions of Sparrow without needing Apple clearance.
Push is coming. If Apple can’t help us yet, we have other ideas.
Dropbox increase free referral space offer →
Dropbox are now offering 500Mb for every referral (1Gb if you’re a Pro user!) – if you’re not using Dropbox for backup/file sync, you really should be.
Ellislab respond to the EU “cookie” law →
Nice to see this is heading in a very useable direction.
Shitter: Wipe your arse with your own tweets →
Shitter will take one or more feeds from your Twitter account and turn it into four rolls of toilet paper, delivered straight to your door.
GAME enter administration →
Another High Street name bites the dust.
Every Time Zone →
Useful at-a-glance timezone site; well implemented and works on mobiles!
Mobile browser testing with BrowserStack →
My favorite cross browser testing tool now has mobile browser emulation.
2016: The year of the Android tablet →
Only 6 years too late then.
/via Fraser Speirs
Sparrow for iPhone hits the App Store →
Well worth checking out at only £1.99.
Retina enabling apple.com →
Apple has begun upgrading portions of its website, such as the iPad section, with high-resolution images that are large enough to fit on the third-generation iPad’s Retina Display.
Why old people hate the Internet →
John Herrman is a glutton for punishment…
So I decided to see what life is like in internet hell, running at 56k speeds, in Internet Explorer 6, on Windows ME, at a resolution of 1024 x 768. (For reference, that’s about 25 percent more space than an iPhone screen.)
The USB drive that thinks it’s a harddrive →
Cute.
London Evening Standard interviews Jonathan Ive →
Interesting enough article, but “the iMan cometh”; is that the best title they could come up with for the piece?
Twitter scoops up Posterous →
Slightly curious to see where this goes…
One iOS Icon Is Larger Than The Entire Original Macintosh Screen →
A good comparison to show how far screen technology has changed over the years.
Here are some numbers to blow your mind: The original Macintosh, released in 1984, had a monochrome 512 × 342 pixel display. That was 175,104 points. Today, the icons on iOS are 512 x 512 pixels, drawn from a 16.7 million color palette plus 256 levels of transparency.
Penguins on a plane →
After being asked if anyone had penguin allergies (is that a thing?), passengers of a Delta flight from Atlanta to New York were treated to something about 100 times more entertaining than reading SkyMall. This isn’t even fair.
So penguins can fly…
Replacing the -9999px hack →
It was always -9999em for me, but same difference. Going to give this method a try instead though.
SimCity 5 announced for 2013 →
I don’t care to think how many hours/days/weeks of my childhood were lost in front of previous versions of this game. Will be very interested to see what platforms it ends up being released on.
DPI has no place on the web →
There seems to be fairly widespread confusion regarding DPI (dots per inch) for images that have a specified pixel dimension. I thought a little practical demonstration might be in order to help clear the air. Here we have a 500x200px photo at 72 DPI: Here we have the same image, this time at 300 DPI: And finally, here we have the image again, now at 1 DPI: All three are identical in file size, at around 40Kb and all are exactly the same quality. Feel free to download and check them in Fireworks, or your image editor of choice, to make sure...