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Linkage: June 6th, 2012 to June 21st, 2012

Doing the Line Charts Right — vis4.net
Great notes on how to make great line charts
SPDY in Nginx
Finally. Can't wait to turn this on.
The care and feeding of software engineers (or, why engineers are grumpy) | NCZOnline
Long, excellent essay on software engineering as a profession
star trail photos
Amazing photos from astronaut Don Pettit on the ISS.
Cabin Life: The Rewards of Trail Work
" Drive slow, be quiet and keep your dog on a leash." The three simple rules of camping at a campground.
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Linkage: March 23rd, 2012 to March 26th, 2012

Six Stages of Debugging
Truth.
There must be 50 ways to close a popup: menus, dropdowns, tooltips, palettes, dialogs, and more
A rundown on many of the common ways you can dismiss a popup dialog. Popups always seem simple to implement, but when you get down to the things like this, the true complication is laid bare.
[Schoolbox] Unscrewed
The last photo is beautiful
Art Du Menuisier, Tom I, II, III
Pictures from Art Du Menuisier, close up. What a beautiful book.
Take Five
A handy little utility that will pause a variety of music client for five minutes (hence the name) and then resume. Something I’ve wished for in the past, but never cobbled up the time to write. Only $1 for a limited time.
responsivepx – a tool for responsive design
@rem built a wonderful tool for finding where designs break so you can insert media queries to reformat the design. Really nice work. The demo site it at responsivepx.com
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Linkage: March 20th, 2012 to March 22nd, 2012

Chordal on Mechanics
On the three kinds of mechanics. "He has self-confidence enhanced by self-confidence." is my favorite bit.
Suck it rabbit
Screw the Rabbit, I want one of these wine openers.
Without Shame…
Sigh. One day.
On Precise Work and MicroBrewed Furniture
Excellent points. Simple forms, done well are my favorite.
Case study: halving size of iPad app with ImageOptim+ImageAlpha