Some Random Dude

Hello boys and girls. Yes, it’s that time again, everyone’s favorite, the links of the week. I have to say, I have a completely different perspective on this weekly post now that I have decided to use my brain and leave the heavy lifting to del.icio.us. These posts are now a breeze - I surf the internet and in return, I get a load of links to share with the masses. Well, my “hard work” is your gain. Have fun.

Current Events

The Truth is Dead

A very true yet depressing article on the state of photographic integrity.

On the implausibility of the explosives plot.

How dare this person think rationally!

Be Very Afraid

It's un-American not to be.

Global warming behind killer typhoon season in China: experts - Yahoo! News

Yes, China. The same China that doesn't allow free communication and censors much of the media that comes into the country. The United States is now officially less progressive than China when it comes to global environmental awareness.

CIA FOIA - BRAIN WASHING

Whoa, now this is just creepy.

20 Amazing Facts About Voting in the USA

Prepare to get nauseous… Read about how the "well-oiled" democracy machine of the United States is the laughing-stock of the modernized world…

Design

BANTER

Another nice little design showcase blog.

Objectivity Be Damned

Sigh… Let's not use proven methods for gaining valuable insight into how other people use our sites, let's only rely on our biased point of view. I respect this guy's willingness to write strongly, but this is just counterintuitive. Worth the read nonet

NOTCOT.ORG

Great link site of great design.

LiveSurface Layered Image Library

For all you packaging designers out there, this seems simply essential. What a great idea.

adidas climacool

Another very cool Adidias Flash site. Via <a href="http://www.k10k.net">K10K</a>

Web

Icey CSS Compressor

Seems to be the cream of the crop for CSS compressors. Have a look-see.

Screen Resolution and Page Layout (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)

This is actually quite big news - the usability guru himself suggests optimizing for 1024×768. Designers 'round the world rejoice!

Corunet. El blog » The definitive heatmap

Visual heatmaps for your site are amazingly helpful for seeing where folks click on pages. Here's a Ruby/Javascript method for making heatmaps on your site. Interesting to say the absolute least.

Web2.0 Logo Creator

Oh man, this is good. I will never get tired at poking fun at this whole Web2.0 design debacle.

5 HTML elements you probably never use (but perhaps should)

A nice little article on some obscure but very helpful HTML tags.

Beyond AdSense: A Business Model Checklist at Like It Matters

I have run into this site a few times now and it seems to be an absolutely invaluable resource for folks hoping to generate some revenue with their sites. Another very good read.

Visualizing Web Analytics Data: Logarithmic Charts and the Drooping Tail (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)

Photography

67,583 Photos = 3.5 Minutes

One of the coolest time-lapse photography videos I have seen in a very long time. It tracks the construction of a building from August 2005 to May 2006. The shadows of the pylons are absolutely amazing. Three and a half minutes of absolute radness.

Nerdery & Tech

Animated Page Scrolling with Javascript

Clever use of Javascript to scroll about the page. I first thought this wouold be an obtrusive non-system scroller but it was quite the contrary. I guess one should never judge a website by its title…

GPU : a Global Processing Unit

Wow, I wish this would have been around 4 or 5 years ago when I could have used it. Distributed computing over a P2P structure. Absolutely awesome.

What’s The Greatest Software Ever Written?

Windows ME. Hands down.

Noteworthy Articles

Airconditioner Fan Hack

Man, this is cool. Not much else to say.

Gore’s TV idea seems more Current

A good article about the place where I work. Have a look.

So, Osama walks into this bar, see? Greg Palast

A very clever article about the current "war on terror". Very well written.

Why Do You Work So Hard?

Please, don't tempt me…