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1. Another World Ported to JavaScript

   To go with the pure-JS [NES][nes] and [GameBoy][gb] emulators, [here’s a port of the 1991 classic Another World in plain ‘ol JavaScript][link]. Impressive. For now, it shares the same problem as the aforementioned emulators: No sound support. [link]: http://www.megidish.net/awjs/ “Another World JS – Megidish.net” [nes]: http://benfirshman.com/projects/jsnes/ “Nintendo emulator in Javascript” [gb]: http://www.codebase.es/jsgb/ “GameBoy emulator in […]...

2. “Metafilter is like Fark, except instead of self-loathing social misfits, it has narcissistic problem-solving social misfits.”

   [MetaFilter users help stop two newly-arrived Russian][ask] [immigrants from becoming victims of human trafficking][meta]. [meta]: http://metatalk.metafilter.com/19304/The-kindness-of-strangers “Thread on Metatalk” [ask]: http://ask.metafilter.com/154334/Help-me-help-my-friend-in-DC “Ask Metafilter”...

3. Raphaël — JavaScript Library

   [Looks great, supports every major browser including iPhone’s WebKit][link], and: >Raphaël uses the SVG W3C Recommendation and VML as a base for creating graphics. This means every graphical object you create is also a DOM object, so you can attach JavaScript event handlers or modify them later. Raphaël’s goal is to provide an adapter that […]...