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The Stripe gallery posted here the other day[1] used src-less img tags for lazy loading. It looks like they handle the script issue by having the normal img tag (with src attribute) nearby in a noscript block.

Doesn't really do much to help with the overhead of modifying existing markup. Perhaps if you're already using something like image_tag in Rails, a retina_image_tag helper might not be too much of a stretch.

1: https://stripe.com/gallery

Comprehension exercises using foreign music videos and magazines can be good too, for the less formal stuff.

It's not exactly what you suggested, but with HTML5 you can add to the browser's context menu:

http://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/11/html5-context-menus-in-fire... http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/...

I've been using LiveReload+Guard for this on Rails projects. It'll reload CSS as soon as the file changes on disk without any keypress required. If necessary it'll reload the whole page. It's very handy.

There's a 2.x version that's a standalone OS X app and handles compiling a bunch of things like LESS, Sass, etc. but I haven't used it.

1.x https://github.com/mockko/livereload 2.x http://livereload.com

What editor do you use now?

Maybe it includes a listing on http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com ?

Really nice idea and execution, well done! I already have a list growing in my head of friends who'll love this.

BTW a small but prominent typo: "beatiful" on the front page.

There are two separate dates. 1958 is a Rupert Murdoch quote and "nearly a century" ago is Rupert's father Keith re: World War I.

> I sometimes wonder if Vegans worry about Lions on the savannah eating antelope. Do they want prevent that as well.

I think vegans are more concerned with how animals are treated, not simply that they are killed and eaten.

Plus, your source IP can change from request to request when your ISP transparently pushes you through one of many proxy servers. AOL does (or did) this, as do some large European ISPs whose names escape me.

Here's another drawing app (fd: it's mine) with no walls: http://draw.to

Certainly not for the same crowd as Muro (which is great, BTW) but maybe someone here will find it useful! It's just a place to share quick, ad-hoc drawings. Here's some examples:

http://draw.to/D1RIoJ7 http://draw.to/D1rYAK4 http://draw.to/D1bbQo6 http://draw.to/D1OKqoA

Break your complex project down into a list of tasks.

You want list items specific enough that you have a clear idea of where to start.

Now do the first few tasks. After 2 or 3, you'll have built momentum and that's the hard part.

To keep your momentum, stop before an easy task so tomorrow it's easy to start up again. Do the same when taking breaks. Tick/strike your tasks as you go, as it's satisfying to see your progress.

Set specific and realistic timeframes for each task, keeping in mind they'll all take you three times longer than you think they will. Always be able to answer "where will my project be 1 day/week/month from now" to keep yourself on track.

Rinse/repeat, get enough rest, get enough exercise and time away from computer. Especially if you're doing dayjob AND side-project sitting at a computer. Resist the urge to pull all-nighters.. although you're 23 so once in a while is probably OK :-)

Note that he does say in the video that these are not predictions* , and that it's just arithmetic. He goes on to pretty much agree -- in a less specific sense -- with what you've said: "the consequences of the arithmetic will play a major role in shaping our future."

* Except for the petroleum graphs. Video 8/8 1:00-2:00ish.

For color inkjet printing, these systems can save you a lot of money (if you can get past the look of them):

http://www.rihac.com.au/ciss-systems-c-26.html

We have a couple in our co-working space.

You're right. I assumed canvas but it's just document elements and Flash for sound.

That, and it's not just a graphic.. it's an actual, playable HTML5/JS game.

I used to skip scribd search results and I won't anymore.

This is a million times better. Not just the reader (which is awesome) but the site design itself. Obviously a lot of thought has gone into it. I really like the way the footer/toolbar behaves when you reach the end of the page.

Well done!

Coming to Python with previous programming experience, I was impressed by the Google Python Class. It feels like it crammed my usual first few weeks/months of "oh you can do it like that" moments into a couple of hours. Which makes sense as I believe it's what they give to new hires there who don't already know Python.

FWIW I didn't watch the videos, I just read over the webpages.

http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/

Looking forward to reading Zed's book too.

Thanks for letting me know! I don't have access to any physical Android devices but I'll download the emulator after work and check it out.

Clickable links:

http://draw.to/

http://draw.to/DRWSV4

Not to mention they're a performance hit.

If you can avoid using them, also remember to tell Apache to stop looking for them using "AllowOverride None"