A Design Pattern for Image and Figure Alignment

Chris Messina proposes standard markup for displaying photos or illustrations (he calls them ‘figures’).

World Press Photo of the Year, 2006

Toothpaste for Dinner

Wise-acre comics.

US$5 Icon Sets from IconBuffet

Includes one of my favorites, Oslo Buzz.

Hidden Details from the iPhone Keynote

Excellent examination of the iPhone debut in Steve Jobs’ January Macworld Keynote. Fine job of detective work done by Actioncorp TV.

Make Me a Speaker

“A place where those who are interested in becoming speakers (particularly, but not exclusively, in the Web world) can come to get advice, mentoring and help.”

NYT: Korean Men Use Brokers to Find Brides in Viet Nam

Kind of a sad story.

SWF Image Replacement

“Using the dark arts of JavaScript and Flash, swfIR gives you the ability to apply an assortment of visual effects to any or all images on your Web site.” From the mind of Dan Mall.

Kottke.org: Gender Diversity at Web Conferences

Another of the indispensable blog posts that Jason periodically publishes.

Chicago Tribune: Hypertext Theory

The Tribune’s Internet critic on linking practices, with several quotes from yours truly. This story ran in the print edition of Friday’s paper.

Apple Insider: Apple to Re-enter the Sub-notebook Market

Just a rumor, but one can hope.

Steven Johnson: Five Thoughts on the Nintendo Wii

Really good insights, and accurate, too, as a Wii just entered my life. Via Daring Fireball.

53 CSS Techniques You Can’t Live Without

Only Human

“A community where people share stories about mistakes they’ve made in life and their advice to others.” Nicely designed, too.

A Very Star Wars Valentine’s Day

“Yoda One for Me.” Ha!

Crépuscule Image Banque

Archive of record jacket artwork from the Belgian label Les Disques du Crépuscule. Via Veer.

Tim O’Reilly: Yahoo! Pipes Launches

“It’s a service that generalizes the idea of the mashup, providing a drag and drop editor that allows you to connect internet data sources, process them, and redirect the output.”

Just One Club Card

Allows you to put all of your retail affinity cards (e.g., discount memberships at the supermarket) onto one card.

ConceptShare

Online collaborative tool for sharing design comprehensives.

Alvin Lustig Prints

Beautiful, limited edition screen prints of posters from the legendary designer.

SyncTogether

Mac-to-Mac synchronization of contacts, calendars, tasks, memos, etc. Not quite a replacement for .Mac, unfortunately.

NYT: Cellphone Envy Lays Motorola Low

“…Motorola is learning a cruel new lesson about consumer tastes in phones. An industry that has focused more on microchips, screen size and data speed is finding it has more in common with the fashion business.”

NYT: Climate Panel Issues Urgent Warning to Curb Gases

New Jarvis Cocker Music Video

Two music videos in one day! Anyway, this one is superb and hilarious. Via Jon Hicks.

Newsprint’s Not Dead

This music video proves that old technologies become the fodder of art.

BBC: US$100 Laptop May Be Availble for Sale to Western Public