Again, standards rock!

James Strachan's Blog: How Sun could fix Swing and promote innovation and unification in the UI space: this is a great idea!

Firelight - Not Silverlight, Not Flash

This is the direction web development should be moving in. Standards compliance and no plugins. Now we're talking.

(Via Reddit.)

OK, I need to make one of these.

The Omnomicon: how to make a rainbow cake!

(Via Reddit)

Seaside Statefulness

I really hope this is the future of web development. Smalltalk and Seaside have been secret loves of mine (Smalltalk since 1988, Seaside somewhat more recently) that I had been afraid I'd never be able to publicly acknowledge.

Wait for it...

Wow. Who would have thought it. Wil Wheaton can actually sing pretty well. And can let go and disappear into a game of Rock Band 2 in front of a live audience at a con.

(Vial Wil)

Koumpounophobia

You absolutely need to see the first one (at least) of these videos. And yes, the video will explain the title of this post.

(Via Neil Gaiman.)

The Curious Case of Forrest Gump from FGump44

OK, this is a great job of spotting a movie-recyle:

The Curious Case of Forrest Gump - watch more funny videos

Tips from the Master

Scriptwriting in the UK: Joss Whedon's Top 10 Writing Tips is an amazing set of writing tips. They're focused on screenwriting, but I think they're pretty universal.

johnaugust.com » The Remnants, in full

johnaugust.com » The Remnants, in full

Cool web pilot done during the writer strike. I'd love to see Ze get more work.
The Remnants from John August on Vimeo.

(Via Gruber.)

The Joel on Software Discussion Group - Why I Hate Frameworks

The Joel on Software Discussion Group - Why I Hate Frameworks:

The factory factory factory will produce only the tool factory factories that you actually need.

I can't tell you how closely this matches my recent experiences.

(Via rands.)

Getting more out of life

Maxing out your Triangle — jackcheng.com

Some people might ascribe to the philosophy that it’s okay to be at a well-paid-yet-crappy day job and use the remaining time and money enjoying your hobbies. I disagree.

How full is your triangle?

(Via Merlin Mann.)

Contagious Happiness

Check it out.

Smile and Your Social Network Smiles With You:

Every wonder about how you affect your friends in online networks, or how you are impacted by them? Check out this article from Edge:

Edge: SOCIAL NETWORKS AND HAPPINESS By By Nicholas A. Christakis & James Fowler

We found that social networks have clusters of happy and unhappy people within them that reach out to three degrees of separation. A person’s happiness is related to the happiness of their friends, their friends’ friends, and their friends’ friends’ friends—that is, to people well beyond their social horizon. We found that happy people tend to be located in the center of their social networks and to be located in large clusters of other happy people. And we found that each additional happy friend increases a person’s probability of being happy by about 9%.

(Via Unquiet Desperation.)