Archive for July 4th, 2007:
Dan Deacon on NBC
I think this guy is brilliant in his own “special” way.
Time Lapse Painting
This one’s been around for a bit, but a fun watch nevertheless.
DVD Jon - hackin’ the iPhone
Jon Lech Johansen, aka “DVD Jon,” claims he has activated an iPhone without service through AT&T. Although the phone function doesn’t work, everything else does. Johansen says the purpose of this little exercise was for people that don’t wish to enter into a 2-year contract with AT&T and would rather just use the iPhone as a pimped out iPod.
Visit Jahansen’s blog for more info and downloads
There’s other ways of doing this too, which involves purchasing and then canceling a prepaid plan from AT&T.
BIT-101 Wins an Emmy
I love seeing this. Credit where credit is due. Congrats to Keith.
http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=1037
Dojo 0.9 released
Although still in beta, the Dojo Foundation has released v0.9.
http://dojotoolkit.org/2007/07/03/dojo-0-9-lands-softly
Noteworthy improvements:
Speed : Redundant, excessive and backwards-compatible code stripped.
Accessibility: Dijit, the widget system, adds more support for accessibility from keyboards, accommodation for screen readers, and high-contrast mode.
Theming: Digit is totally customizable. Per-page, per-node and per-widget level support is all CSS-based. See some examples .