Friday, April 15, 2005

Great Flash site: extrajetzt

This is a great example of a site that uses flash in the way it was intentioned, and does so in a tasteful way. Load up this site and watch the elements flow in and out as you navigate.

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Greasemonkey FUD - Simon Willison

Simon talks about how various organizations are pooh poohing Firefox simply because there's an extension out there to let you create some handy javascripts that run in your browser for any page you load. Which is funny given that IE is so susceptible to things like BHO's and other junk that you can get without even asking for it. (You have to actively choose to download and install a GreaseMonkey script).

WHATWG

Here's another one of those "I'm sure it's cool if I can figure out why" kinda sites. The WHATWG is a (splinter) group working on web-based application standards.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Interesting article about Online Storytelling

I'm very interested in how to find a way to marry interactive storytelling with more traditional Dialbo or Zelda style gaming online. Here's an article I found that might offer some helpful info.

Geeky: Tag URI approved by IANA

I'm still working on figuring out why this is cool, but I know it must be:)
Imagine creating unique identifiers to any kind of information on the web.

Monday, April 11, 2005

Untold Legends - best game on PSP right now

Sure, the title is highly subjective. To me, as someone who really enjoy's hack and slashing, this is the best game on PSP right now. It's perfect for me - I have about 30 minutes on the train every morning and evening, and the bite-sized missions, etc. are just the thing for some diverting play. It's quite amazing to be holding something that looks pretty much like a handheld PS2 - the graphics, sound, and gameplay seem very close to PS2 quality.

If you love roguelike games, and you've managed to fork over the loot you need to get a PSP, you'll be doing yourself a favor by picking this game up. And imagine this - this is just one of the very first games out for psp. Imagine what things will be like a year or two out!