Noteworthy, late June edition

Links, ideas and other ephemera that have caught my eye recently:

Magnetic Movie - the incredible visuals in this video prompt my internet skepticism to kick in. Even if it is some kind of trickery, it’s amazingly cool. More info here.

Speaking of internet trickery, I stumbled on a CSS hack I’ve never seen before: Overriding Inline Styles from a CSS file - useful if your CMS-using clients get too crazy with the WYSIWYG text editor and destroy your precious design.

The founders of Flickr are leaving Yahoo, and Stewart Butterfield wrote the oddest resignation letter I’ve seen. He must really likes metaphors.

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June 18, 2008 – 10:23 pm

Enkoder for Leopard

The always handy e-mail obfuscation utility for Mac OS X is now a bona-fide Leopard-friendly (and free) application. Get it here.

For the huddled Mac-less (or older OS X cats), you can use a web-based version.

If you do any kind of web design or development and you like keeping your clients spam-free, this app will make your life much easier.

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June 12, 2008 – 6:23 pm

We are the machines.

Really interesting article from the Atlantic — Is Google Making Us Stupid? The gist is that with such easy access to near-limitless amounts of information, we let machines supplant thinking and our attention span and memory retention suffers accordingly. I think the historical examples found at the end of the article are an interesting counterpoint to the premise — be wary of change because Bad Things will surely occur. However, in every example, the changes — paper, printing press, internet — brought much more positive change than negative. Perhaps we’re in the thick of a similar cycle — our brains just need to catch up with our ambition.

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June 10, 2008 – 9:37 pm