delicious: May 2007 Archives

Discussion on 6-bit vs 8-bit displays in 15 inch and below laptops and whether they really exist or are simulated at 8-bit and have always been. Background to the current class action, but interesting reading all the same.

Lovely looking ruby library for working with flickr, most importantly it is being maintained and it is up to date.

A fabulous hack to let you use the screen of another mac if your screen is not working. My powerbook screen is flaky, so I've mirrored to the screen of my iMac and I'm happily using that as a monitor, excellent stuff

Kevin Anderson's writeup of my talk at xtech, he has captured virtually everything I said and pretty accurately, thanks Kevin

I'm quietly really happy about this, it is great news and something I must thank Tony Blair for seeing through to the end

And looks like it might be a pleasure to use, at the minute it is a bit like hunting for lost keys

I just bought one of these, it looks to be the first carry on size pack that might work as a camera / laptop bag. Conferences will be so much easier with one bag and not two.

Tim Bray on OpenID at Sun, very interesting development, I can see this taking root in other companies. There is more to OpenID than just the authentication layer, as I have said before.

Awesome visualizer for iTunes

Postcode address file, necessary for postcode to geo referencing, not cheap.

Inevitable addition to modern life, hopefully the tunnel will make people quieter. Also the last non-internet connected space will vanish.

Chris Messina's excellent idea on offsetting web apps. Duncan Davidson made similar points about optimizing CPU usage once you've gained the productivity benefit of using rails.