Weekend Links – Javascript Time Picker, Cuil Search, Ajax Site Thumbnails, IE6, Twitter
Written by David Walsh on Saturday, August 2, 2008
Javascript Time Picker
This new MooTools-based script allows you to pick a specific time by dragging and dropping hour and minute hands. Pretty cool, although I’m not sure it makes picking times on forms much easier.
http://www.nogray.com/time_picker.php
Former Employees of Google Prepare Rival Search Engine
A novel story, but I don’t see Cuil becoming anything close to Google. Neat search engine but Google is just too far ahead.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/technology/28cool.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Ajax-Alexa-Thumbnails: API to Get Site Thumbnails
I’ve long wanted to figure out how to get site thumbnails. Now Alexa offers site thumbnails via ajax. Awesome.
http://ajaxian.com/archives/ajax-alexa-thumbnails-api-to-get-site-thumbnails
Transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer 6
Yet another attempt at a solution to fix IE6’s PNG problems. Good, but not perfect — still has position issues.
http://24ways.org/2007/supersleight-transparent-png-in-ie6
Auto Twittering is Ridiculous
Chris Coyier rants on how ridiculous it is to auto-Twitter. I agree.
http://chriscoyier.net/auto-twittering-is-ridiculous/
And Just For Fun…
http://digg.com/comedy/The_Ugliest_Facebook_Profile_You_Will_Ever_See
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I fell for that Ugliest Facebook Profile Ever. :)