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Links for July 30th

Ajaxian » The Doctor subscribes HTML 5 Audio cross browser support
This article shows how to use JavaScript to detect and serve the proper HTML5 markup for audio to the browsers that support it, including the proper codec. If the browser does not support HTML5 at all, it reverts to Flash.
tags:
flash
audio
javascript
html5

Links for July 29th

Text Rotation with CSS
A great CSS technique for rotating text.
tags:
typography
design
css
html

Links for July 26th

the Jesus Manifesto » All in “The Family” (an interview with Jeff Sharlet)
Strange interview about "The Family" and its power in Washington.
tags:
culture
politics

Links for July 24th

{ speaking in styles } » Will 2010 Be The Year of Web Typography?
Let's hope so. I'm not holding my breath, but the potential for a robust web typography continues to look better than it has in the last ten years.
tags:
technology
design
typography

Links for July 23rd

YouTube – Anonymity Project: The PostSecret Effect
This video is fantastic. I have mentioned it several times, but I think I have neglected to post it here. It has amazing things to say about what is going on in culture, and has much to us. I'm hoping many within Emergent will see this.
tags:
culture
video

Links for July 22nd

John Resig – Computing with JavaScript Web Workers
"Web Workers are, undoubtedly, the coolest new feature to arrive in the latest version of web browsers. Web Workers allow you to run JavaScript in parallel on a web page, without blocking the user interface."
tags:
javascript
programming
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: I'm really thinking maybe I shouldn't have yelled at that Chinese guy so much
Fake Steve Jobs examines the exploited labor that pays for our stuff. While he is sarcastic and brutal on the surface, as he should be, there is a genuine care here that is incredibly uncommon in a site as highly trafficked as his, and especially from a person that everyone knows writes for Newsweek.
tags:
economics
human-rights
fake-steve-jobs
Cohorts of Emergence: Moving Beyond Recovery « Baptimergent
Many of us within Emergent Village have seen our cohorts in the same position mentioned in this post. Here, there are some great ideas for how Emergent Cohorts can move forward, beyond what we have thus far done with them into a new identity, with a great potential for practice and action in the things we talk about.
tags:
ministry
emerging
church
emergent
What's a Christian to Think about Healthcare Reform? – The New Christians
Tony writes a good post here, asking what we should think about healthcare. Besides his own thoughts, there are a few (thus far) really insightful, compassionate, and forward-thinking (for the sake of the church, entrepreneurs, etc.) comments that are well worth a read.
tags:
politics
healthcare
tony-jones

Links for July 20th

Daring Fireball: Charging for Access to News Sites
Wise thoughts on the news media charging for online content. This has insights on why it is that the older news organizations have not learned how to function online, and the kind of news model can work.
tags:
business
journalism
media
news

Links for July 17th

Top 10 Endearing Habits of a Geeky Spouse | GeekDad | Wired.com
"What is it about us geeks that makes us such great catches for non-geeks?" Read it. It's funny. And true.
tags:
marriage
humor

Links for July 16th

HTML 5 is a mess. Now what? – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
The messiness of creating markup languages, and the situation in which we find ourselves.
tags:
html5
html
web-standards
Looking Back on Cornerstone – The Gays Have Their Day – The New Christians
Tony Jones looks at the panel discussion on how the church should approach GLBT persons, of which he was a part at this year's Cornerstone Festival. We attended this panel, and it was truly an exceptional moment at the fest.
tags:
church
homosexuality
cornerstone-festival
tony-jones

Links for July 7th

XHTML DOA WTF – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
XHTML 2, and with it the old battle between XHTML and HTML, is officially dead. Hopefully, we can move on wisely.
tags:
html5
web-standards
xhtml
html
Adactio: Journal—Misunderstanding markup
Jeremy Keith clears up potential misunderstandings on the death of XHTML 2, and what that means for XHTML syntax, HTML syntax, and so on. An important read.
tags:
web-standards
html5
html
xhtml
Looking Back on Cornerstone: Overview – The New Christians
Tony Jones begins to look back at Cornerstone Festival. He has some great thoughts here.
tags:
culture
music
cornerstone-festival
tony-jones

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