網絡暴民 Jacky’s Blog

Mother-tongue

• 不重思考何須母語教學？
  Quote: 因為香港並不需要真正會思考的人，香港只是一個意外誕下的混血兒，要混血兒談自己的文化是很為難的，香港只需繼續做生意，繼續追求表面和即食的文化，便足夠
• Crazy-ia world city 3
  Quote: 「學英文」跟「用英文學」是兩回事。

Science/Fiction

• Arthur C. Clarke – Wikipedia
  享年 90
• 短篇科幻翻譯 – 上帝的九十億個名字（The Nine Billion Names of God）
  紀念 Arthur C. Clarke
• The Super Mario Multiverse
  馬利奧解釋 Quantum physics

TW

• 轉載— 龍應台：給我們一個政治家
  Quote: 政客只看見眼前在廣場上搖旗吶喊的成人，政治家的心中，卻一定有一個6歲的孩子；孩子的未來，他真心在乎

History

• Revolution OS
  Quote: a 2001 documentary which traces the history of GNU, Linux, and the open source and free software movements.
• 從 flickr.tw 說起
  奇摩與雅虎

Semantic/Web

• Semantic Web Patterns: A Guide to Semantic Technologies
• Semantify – Automate Your Semantic Web SEO in Five Minutes
  Quote: Once you learn how to use Dapper’s basic interface, it can take less than five minutes to set up the Semantify service. Hello SEO, 3.0.

New/Updates

• WordPress 2.5
  全新後台介面
• Adobe Photoshop Express – Made You Look.
  Adobe 的在線圖片編輯
• New Google Documents Menu
  更像 Office 了
• Opening Google Docs to users and developers via Gadgets and Visualization API
  Spreadsheet 的圖表可以 ‘gadget化’ 放在 igoogle 上，而 visualization API 則暫時可用於 spreadsheet 上

Web Services

• My Office 2.0 Setup
  Author’s choice and its alternatives
• Time Machiner
  Quote: a new mini-app that lets you email people in the future
• Tweetburner
  Quote: keep track of what happens to the links in tweets shared with you, by you, by your friends and every other twitterer
• Follow Twitter Conversations – Quotably
  看看那些 @ 來 @ 去的「串」
• File Dropper – The Simplest File Hosting Website Ever
  5G!
• Web-Based UML Sequence Diagram / MSC Generator
  Quote: Don’t waste your afternoon drawing UML Sequence Diagrams. Just enter the description here, and click draw

Tools/Tips

• Direct Folders – quick access to your favorite folders
  整合 right-click menu 和 file dialog
• Windows Search 4.0 Preview
  預覽下一代的 windows 內置搜尋功能，除了修正臭蟲和提速外，還加入 remote search
• FuseCal – The Web’s Events in Your Calendar
  不同 calendar 之間互 sync
• Password Strength Checker
  在線檢查密碼強度
• FavLoc :: Firefox Add-ons
  Quote: set folders as “favorite locations” to which you can easily download.

Javascript

• RegExr: Online Regular Expression Testing Tool
  Flash-based tools
• jQuery File Tree
• JavaScript Talk at Northeastern
  Javascript basics and jQuery
• Keypress in Safari 3.1
  How it handles keypress, keyup and keydown
• Flexigrid
  Quote: Lightweight but rich data grid with resizable columns and a scrolling data to match the headers, plus an ability to connect to an xml based data source using Ajax to load the content.

CSS

• Nine Techniques for CSS Image Replacement – CSS-Tricks
  討論各種技巧的利弊
• Top 12 CSS Frameworks and How to Understand Them
• CSS Compatibility and Internet Explorer
  MSDN document
• 960 Grid System
  Quote: to streamline web development workflow by providing commonly used dimensions, based on a width of 960 pixels
• Easiest cross-browser CSS min-height
  使用 important
• CSS Message Box collection
  很多不同款式可供參考

Browsers

• Opera and the Acid3 Test – Desktop Team
• AT&T Pogo – Limited Beta
  A ’3D interface’ Browser
• WebKit achieves Acid3 100/100 in public build
• SaveTheDevelopers.org :: Making The Web A Better Place
  呼籲大家不要用 IE6 的宣傳網站
• Apple – Safari
  3.1 版本推出

Development

• Google AJAX Language API
  Quote: With the AJAX Language API, you can translate and detect the language of blocks of text within a webpage using only Javascript.
• Google Code Blog: An OpenSocial Foundation
  Yahoo! 與 MySpace 也有加入
• Yahoo! releases new performance best practices
• Sign Up Forms Must Die
  不用先填表，讓用戶先體驗

Game

• DopeROMs
  好多好多 roms…

Education

• Atanua
  Quote: a real-time logic simulator, designed to help in learning of basic boolean logic and electronics.
• Google Code University
  Quote: This website provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms
• Vim Commands Cheat Sheet