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Book of SpeedFree, online, open-source book about web performance by Stoyan Stefanov.

Make Your Own Micro SIM Adapter for Use in SIM Card SlotHere’s the resource I found to create my own Micro SIM adapter in order to use my AT&T iPhone 4 Micro SIM in the regular-sized SIM card slot inside my Google Nexus S. (Similarly, this could be employed in order to share your iPhone…

Reading My Way to Better DesignVia Pamela Fox.

Javascript and the End of Progressive EnhancementRequired reading: Admit JavaScript is mandatory and let the Web progress. Also, don’t miss my good buddy James Pearce’s comment.

Node.js and the Javascript Age The JavaScript age is about event streams. Modern web pages are not pages, they are event-driven applications through which information moves. The core content vessel of the web — the document object model — still exists, but not as HTML markup. The DOM is an in-memory, efficiently-encoded data structure generated…

Death to Optical MediaI recently purchased a OptiBay Hard Drive kit for my MacBook Pro, which allowed me to remove the optical DVD/CD drive from my computer and put a 2.5″ drive in its place. I recommend SSD for silent and speedy operation. Installation took about 15 minutes in my make-shift clean room. They send…

Tower“Rant and rave about this app” has been on my todo list for a long time. If you need to use Git, I highly recommend it: Tower.app is like training wheels for Git. A few weeks use and I feel more confident than ever. #

The Interface of Restaurant Receiptsby Aza Raskin

“Tiny Screens First” Boilerplate ExtensionAndy Clarke’s latest addition to the HTML5 Boilerplate initiative makes sure web browsing smartphones don’t download assets intended for desktop computers: ‘320 and Up’ starts with a tiny screen stylesheet that contains only reset, colour and typography styles. Media Queries then load assets and layout styles progressively and only as they’re…

Copy as RTF TextMate bundleCoolest thing I found yesterday. Copies code samples from TextMate as Rich Text Format with syntax highlighted colors and font style. Made some Keynote presentations prettier with real code samples! It’s all about Menlo, 18 pt.

Get ready for Mac OS X Lion with Scroll ReverserPilotmoon Software: You might have learned that a certain upcoming version of Mac OS X may have scrolling that is “bass-ackwards”. That is, when you push up on your trackpad or mouse scroller, the page content moves up too, just like on iOS devices. I made…