Extra Future

Day: August 24, 2011

  • Resigned

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    Phil Nelson
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    [The resignation of Steve Jobs from his post as CEO of Apple, Inc.][link] today was not surprising, but to me it was still shocking. The writing had been on the wall, but as [John Gruber said][john]: “I saw that headline and my nervous system took a jolt.” [link]: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/08/24Letter-from-Steve-Jobs.html “Letter from Steve Jobs” [john]: http://daringfireball.net/2011/08/resigned…

  • Thank You, Steve.

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    Phil Nelson
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    [A tumblr dedicated to showing thanks to Steve Jobs for his work as Apple CEO][link]. Now accepting submissions. [link]: http://thankyousteve.tumblr.com/ “Thank You, Steve.”

  • spin.js

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Very nice javascript-based indeterminate progress spinner][link]. Smaller than a GIF, customizable, support down to IE6. Sounds like a winner. [link]: http://fgnass.github.com/spin.js/ “spin.js”

  • Rasta.js

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    Phil Nelson
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    [A persistent, cross-domain, key-value data store.][link] Similar to HTML5’s localStorage, except persistent across websites. [link]: http://rastajs.errorjs.com/ “Rasta.js”