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http://encytemedia.com/event-selectors/

Another js library that I'd like to use some time.

"event:Selectors allow you to apply an event such as mouseover, mouseout, click, et al using a CSS style syntax."

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Posted by Noah Sussman at 08:37 AM | Permalink

We had to wait all weekend to get to NextFest, but today is the day! A quick look at the Internets reveals these newly risen data-islands in the vicinity of "NextFest."

http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/008977.php

http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/008979.php

http://gearlog.com/blogs/gearlog/archive/2006/09/29/22365.aspx

The musician/artist draws with different colors on a standard LP record-sized blank piece of paper. The sensors in the arm of the turntable can distinguish between five different colors (black, red, yellow, blue and green). As the turntable spins the 'platter' the music plays.

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=753

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/quasi-the-intelligent-robot

There was a cool harp made out of lasers that people could play, some kind of light up blocks, a cool fog screen thing, a "Media Mirror" that projected what was in front of it in the form of little tiny live television feeds, a cool space-time spandex pokey screen, a projected dandelion that blows away when an infrared hairdryer is pointed at it, a bunch of interactive projected games/images that move when a person tries to push them...

Posted by Noah Sussman at 09:10 AM | Permalink

I just picked up the 5th edition of David Flanagan's JavaScript, the Definitive Guide. I find it amusing that that book is the only JavaScript book officially recommended at comp.lang.javascript.

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Posted by Noah Sussman at 06:57 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (1)

I would like a word that means "to become part of the Internet of Things." Hopefully the Web's next generation can do better than "Web-ify," (ugh) and "go digital" doesn't cover it.

I need a single verb that means "go digital, go wireless, go mobile, become automated, begin writing log files about activity, provide surveillance capabilities, become extensible, become standardized, and become platform-independent."

Posted by Noah Sussman at 08:35 AM | Permalink

Bruce Sterling Style Rant at SXSW

Cute short rant found via beyond the beyond. In the future we will print everything out. No one will own anything, all property will be downloadable from the network!

Posted by Noah Sussman at 08:24 AM | Permalink