JD on EP

That 10 CSS Tricks You May Not Know page has been joined by 10 More CSS Tricks You May Not Know.

Biomechanics study reveals how to make a backpack harness which reduces physical energy expenditures while simultaneously capturing some energy to recharge electronic devices.

Microwaving sponges makes a lot of sense... I used to work in the organic produce trade and it was strange how so many people focused on minute chemical amounts when the biological threats were so much greater.

Jesse Ezell compares two XML-to-SWF approaches, Xamlon and NeoSWF.

Matt at 37 Signals describes how weather alerts do not currently offer the most effective user experience.

There's lots of talk about the newest Firefox beta this week -- here's a summary of the minimal change to user experience -- Simon Willison summarizes the changes for development, while a comment questions its SVG renderer -- Mozilla.org has an introduction to the CANVAS tag this browser offers. (I haven't yet seen arguments against this from a "web standards" position.)

New Orleans Flood Map requests & displays new data without reloading the presentation logic.

Kevin Kelly offers a quiz on how much you know about where you are right now.

Jeremy Zawodny writes of how none of us are born knowing how to effectively search the web.

Don Park finds a case where the ease of publishing to the web makes it easier to confuse other people.

An odd mobile poll suggests that twice as many take pictures as take phone calls...?