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What shaped your politics?

How did you get to where you are, politically?
Posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 12

Smart Podcasts: Economics

In this post, I'll have a look at what could be a really dry subject: economics.
Posted on Thursday, December 4th, 2008 1

Podcasts that make you smarter

Here's some podcasts that have expanded my brain and sent me back to school.
Posted on Monday, December 1st, 2008 2

“Did Mohammed say that adulterous female monkeys should be stoned?” And other questions…

I have many questions in life. The one above is not one of them; apparently, though it is on the minds of Muslim scholars.
Posted on Monday, March 31st, 2008

Diary of A Monster: True Confessions Of Darth Vader

Darth Vader's Journal.
Posted on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 2

What does it mean to follow the Bible literally?

What does it mean to follow the Bible literally? AJ Jacobs explores this in his latest book.
Posted on Saturday, October 13th, 2007 3

Film Book Festival

A review of several books on filmmaking, from the awhitespace.net archives.
Posted on Friday, July 1st, 2005

Current Conversations

Allan's current conversations - all over the blogosphere.
Posted on Friday, June 24th, 2005

A successful Git branching model » nvie.com
While there is nothing really shocking new to this branching model, the “big picture” figure that this post began with has turned out to be tremendously useful in our projects. It forms an elegant mental model that is easy to comprehend and allows team members to develop a shared understanding of the branching and releasing processes.
Foundation: Rapid Prototyping and Building Framework from ZURB
HTML5 Rocks - "Mobifying" Your HTML5 Site
This article examines how we created a mobile version of html5rocks optimized for Android and iOS devices.
A Look at Popcorn | Nettuts+
Popcorn.JS, a library from Mozilla which makes it very easy to manipulate a webpage based on the current position of a video. This allows you to create rich “hypermedia” experiences around your video content.
Responsive Design Testing
A handy webpage tool for loading various device widths on one page for media query testing.
Responsive Web Design Toolbox: 50 Handy Tools and Services | Splashnology
...Fresh data on this topic that is about grids, frameworks, JavaScript Libraries and jQuery Plugins, online services and testing tools.
Weiv :: Interactive visual music
Revolutionize the way you interact with live visuals.Engage a live audience visually the same way you already do musically: through a band that performs live.