• Highlight a table row with CSS and Javascript

  A bit of a brute-force-and-ignorance approach – I’m pretty sure it can be done more elegantly within the DOM, but it works, and it’s quick and easy.

  (tags: css)

• A List Apart: Web 3.0

  I think I’m going to start killing someone. Can we not just say “the next generation of websites” or something?

  (tags: design web2.0 next_gen)

• The Deck – ultra-targeted micro ad network

  I wonder how well this works for both The Deck and those that advertise on it. It’s certainly an interesting idea – ads that the network is willing to stand behind, from sites like that could potentially carry a lot of weight with viewers…

  (tags: advertising)

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• Tim Berners-Lee has a blog now.

  Which it seems he intends to use to talk about the semantic web. Which is a bit techy and dull, but nonetheless an important topic. Which is sort of what you’d expect from the man, I’d guess.

  (tags: semantic_web)

• No such thing as bloggers? I’ve never liked the word “blog”, and I’ve especially never liked the way it’s been appropriated for things like diaristic livejournal/myspace type efforts.

  (because diaries are not logs of things found on the web, obviously). So I quite like this article, which suggests that “blogging” is simply part of the normal process writing these days, and that the publication tools really don’t matter.

  (tags: blogging)

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• Charlie Brooker’s review of King Kong

  He really didn’t like the film. At all. I wasn’t a huge fan either (though I hated ti a little less than him), and this made me cry with laughter.

• Selfridges to sell iPod lessons

  65 quid for 40 mins training. File under “how fucking stupid are these people?”

  (tags: ipod)

• Frigits Deluxe

  Like Mousetrap (the game), but for your fridge. Must buy some soon.

  (tags: playing)

• First impressions count for web

  In shock news, it tunrs out that people respond better to websites that look nice and professional. Still, now scientists have proved it with science, so that’s OK.

  (tags: design)

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• Taft 1.0 at Secret Weapon Labs

  I’m rebuilding black-ink.org over the next few days, and I think this is the look I’m going to want for it. It’s a bit heavy, but it’s not a high-traffic site, and the look is important to me.

• Optimus keyboard – available Feb 2006

  I’ve had my eye on this for a while – a keyboard with digital keys that can be changed depending on context, and it looks like it’s out next month, at last…

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• Newsvine – News/Comment blog site

  Beta of a news/blogging portal. Design somewhere between Fisher Price (the offical term here for that Web2.0 big-primary colours look) and The Onion, so a little hard to take seriously. Still, I’ll keep an eye on it.

  (tags: news)

• Why Did No-one Tell Me Doctrow Had A New Book Out?

  I loved his first two, so I’m a bit gutted that I’m three months late to book 3, which sounds even weirder than the first two. And because he’s a clever bastard, I’ll be reading off the PDA tomorrow.

  (tags: sf writing ebooks)

• Strange Newes – 17th century type

  Possible typeface for my planned redesign of another site.

  (tags: fonts)

• Dynamic Text Replacement

  Handy bit of code to allow me to swap headlines into specific typefaces on the fly.

  (tags: php css)

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• WordPress 2.0 released

  Old news to everyone, just a reminder to myself to get this site upgraded when I get a spare minute.

  (tags: blogging)

• :::: Satugo the worlds first Bouncing ball camera ::::

  Almost certainly not going to be any good for actual photography, but it looks like it might be a cheap and fun toy.

• New Musical Experiences

  Dan Hill of City of Sound on the future of music, from the industry to the experience. Long, but very good.

  (tags: music)

• The Future of Web Apps

  A one day conference in London at the start of February, with some seriously interesting speakers. God, I want to go to this. Anyone spare me 100 quid?

  (tags: web_culture)

• Tom Coates’ review of Brokeback Mountain

  I had been planning to give this move a miss, because frankly, I know too many deeply annoying people who’ve been making squeeky noises about the fact that there’s a movie featuring boys kissing, and while I appreciate that it’s an important step for Holywood, it’s not something I find particularly remarkable, or interesting of itself. But Coates’ review has more or less singlehandedly changed my mind, and I’ll probably give it a look.

• Raph’s Website » The future of content

  Nothing terribly revalatory in here, but there’s a few nice turns of phrase and a couple of interesting and new perspectives on some old stuff.

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