yoz's bookmarks

• Lee Maguire – WikiLeaks and the future Hydra
  Lee on the similarities between WikiLeaks and comic-book villainous organisations.
• WebGL Inspector
  Lovely Firebug/Web Inspector-alike for WebGL, usable either as an extension (for the top WebGL-enabled browsers) or embedded JS. Under rapid development.
• ge.tt
  Gorgeous hack: web-based file sharing service where the link to your file works while it's still uploading. Instant, super simple and free. (via DMM)
• Async.js (Caolan McMahon)
  One of the many flow-control packages for Javascript, of which at least 3 are called async.js. This one has some really nice tricks, especially auto() which fires off function calls as soon as their dependencies are met.
• Adequately Good - JavaScript Module Pattern: In-Depth
  Really good explanations of several useful function and module patterns to use when building your own
• News flash: Deadly terrorism existed before 9/11 - Ask the Pilot - Salon.com
  The quantity of air-travel-targeting terrorist attacks between 1985 and 1989 would be unthinkable today; yet the presented danger and precautions taken are far worse
• 100 Free High Quality WordPress Themes: 2010 Edition - Smashing Magazine
  Some really nice minimal ones here, along with good theme tools and a bunch of things that I didn't know WordPress could do
• Lenore Skenazy: 'Stranger Danger' and the Decline of Halloween - WSJ.com
  Despite American parents' increasing paranoia, Halloween may be the safest day of the year for kids. (via schneier)
• becoming the alien: apartheid, racism and district 9 « a subtle knife
  Superb essay on District 9's relevance. "It confronts us with our complicity with racism, by making us identify with the perspective of the racist, inviting us to feel the revulsion of the xenophobe – and then pulling the carpet from under our feet." (via kevin marks)
• Music Hack Day: The Uninterrupter - Andrew Shearer's Other Blog
  "For an increasing number of us, the same device we use to play music also handles email and GPS directions." The presented solutions are as brilliant as they are ludicrous. (via extensionfm blog)