How to enable kerning in Firefox 3?

http://ubuntu-snippets.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-enable-kerning-in-firefox-3.html
"If you don't know about kerning please visit wikipedia article on kerning. Kerning deals with space adjustments between letters to make words more readable. Now a days most of the fonts are shipped with kern hinting but very few applications make use of this extra information. Firefox 3 now officially supports kerning for text elements.

Please make sure you only apply kerning to the elements which use larger font sizes because you won't observe much difference with smaller ones. And use kerning carefully as it could slowdown page rendering because of extra math calculations.

With Firefox 3 you can use the css property text-rendering to enable or disable kerning. text-rendering takes following 4 possible values.

• auto - default value of text-rendering. Gecko will try to guess which one of the following option to use probably based on some kind of global setting.
• optimizeSpeed - will disable font kerning.
• optimizeLegibility - this option enables kerning & ligatures.
• geometricPrecision - this option also enables kerning."

Think Simple Now: Connect with Your Creative Writer

http://thinksimplenow.com/creativity/connect-with-your-creative-writer/
"Do you have to complete a piece of writing but are putting it off? A report, a blog article, or a letter? Are you finding that the moment you sit down to write, your mind seems to go blank? Crap! Writers block! What can you do about it?

Although, the term writers block is popular, this feeling of blockage and mind blanking is not specific to writing, but of any creative feats. Other examples include, brainstorming for a new business, dancing, musical performances, music composition, painting or photography. I’ve personally experienced this during my photography work, blanking out as I stand in front of a client waiting for me for direction. I call these Creative Blocks, where your mind just comes up empty and you feel lost. It’s purely mental."

Popular Mechanics: Why Pixar Is the Apple of Hollywood

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4270580.html?series=6
"LOS ANGELES — To see the influence of Apple on Pixar, you don't have to look much further than WALL*E—not the cute trash-compacting robot from the studio's eponymous new film (though he does boot up to the Mac chime and own an iPod), but his polished white paramour, EVE. Part iPhone 3G, part Asimo, she's the animated equivalent of the next product that might be unveiled by Steve Jobs, who effectively runs both companies. Except for the laser blaster, perhaps."

Mashable: 30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions

http://mashable.com/2008/06/26/firefox-3-extensions/
"We’ve put together a list of 30+ must-have Firefox 3 extensions that we know you’ll enjoy, whether you’ve upgraded to Firefox 3 and are looking for something new to add to your browser, or have yet to make the upgrade and are looking for a reason.

We cover everything from useful tools to social bookmarking and more. Let us know which extensions are your favorites."

Chicago Tribune: Jesus in China: Christianity's rapid rise

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-jesus-1-1-webjun22,0,833717.story
"The rise of Christianity is reshaping the officially atheist nation, its politics and the way many Chinese view the world. The Tribune's Evan Osnos reports from Beijing and the countryside."

Preview: CNET's new, improved look

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-9974373-80.html
"The new CNET home page includes a carousel highlighting several stories across News, Reviews, and Downloads, as well as an integrated video player for CNET TV content. Click on the image for a full view.

After more than a dozen years of bringing you our content surrounded by yellow and green, CNET is getting a new look. As you can see above, the carnival of colors is being replaced by a cleaner look that pivots off our content and our updated red CNET logo."

Vimeo: Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)

http://www.vimeo.com/1211060
"14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands. Thanks to everyone who danced with me."

Freelance Folder: 20 Must-Read Blogs For Freelance Writers

http://freelancefolder.com/20-must-read-blogs-for-freelance-writers/
"The idea of this post comes from Steven’s recent post on freelance blogging. Freelance writing certainly has many advantages and can be rewarding too.

It goes without saying that in order to become a freelance writer, you gotta love writing. But you should also consistently work on sharpening your skills. And how do you do that? Reading well-written articles and blogs is a very good start! This can help you write innovative and appealing content."

Blik Wall Graphics

http://www.whatisblik.com/
" blik. Wall graphics for the commitment phobic.

blik surface graphics are oversized, self-adhesive, removable decals that allow anyone to quickly & easily create decorative patterns or custom wall murals for home or office."

Girl Effect

http://www.girleffect.org/

http://www.girleffect.org/#/about/

Mezzoblue chalkwork icons

http://www.mezzoblue.com/icons/chalkwork/
"Chalkwork is a visually unified set of carefully designed royalty-free icons. Built to cover some of the most common icon needs of web and software designers, the entire Chalkwork family offers hundreds of computer and internet-related metaphors in a visually consistent style at 3 different sizes in up to 6 file formats."

LA Times: Your boss shouldn't read your text or e-mail messages without an OK, court says

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-text19-2008jun19,0,4172340.story
"The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules in favor of an Ontario police officer whose messages were obtained by the Police Department and reviewed without his permission."

Fail Blog

http://failblog.org/
"A collection of FAIL images"

How can I prevent my own content from being indexed or remove content from Google's index?

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35301&topic=8459
" How can I prevent my own content from being indexed or remove content from Google's index?

You can instruct us not to include content from your site in our index or to remove content from your site that is currently in our index in the following ways:

• Remove your entire website or part of your website using a robots.txt file.
• Remove individual pages of your website using a robots meta tag.
• Remove cached copies of your pages using a robots meta tag.
• Remove snippets that appear below your page's title in our search results and describe the content of your page.
• Remove outdated pages by returning the proper server response.
• Remove images from Google Image Search using a robots.txt file.
• Remove blog entries from Google Blog Search.
• Remove transcoded versions of your pages (pages we've reformatted for mobile browsers).

If the content is currently in our index, we will remove it after the next time we crawl it. To expedite removal, use the URL removal request tool in Google Webmaster Tools.

Media Temple Labs

http://www.mediatemple.net/labs/
" (mt) Labs

(mt) Labs is an extension of the product development team at (mt) Media Temple. We created (mt) Labs to give clients early access to the newest products and services currently in development. Join an active project and let us know what you think."

The Wall Street Journal: The Inside Scoop: Cold Stone Creamery

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121321718319265569-search.html?KEYWORDS=cold+stone+creamery&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month
"Cold Stone Creamery attracted a lot of franchisees thinking it was a sure thing. It wasn't.

Earlier in this decade, Cold Stone Creamery was one of the hottest franchises around. The super-premium ice-cream stores attracted scores of franchisees hungry for a piece of the "Ultimate Ice Cream Experience."

Now many franchisees are selling their stores, overwhelmed by soaring bills and shrinking profits. Some have lost their homes, broken their retirement nest eggs or filed for bankruptcy."

Apple Insider: Apple's Open Secret: SproutCore Is Open for the Web

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/16/apples_open_secret_sproutcore_is_cocoa_for_the_web.html
"One of the biggest revelations at WWDC was quietly unveiled in a session on Friday morning entitled "Building Native Look-and-Feel Web Applications Using SproutCore." While Apple maintained high security during the entire NDA-sealed WWDC session, the secret of SproutCore is out because it is an open source project and people can't stop talking about it."

Web Designer Wall: 2008 Design Trends

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/2008-design-trends/
"About a year ago, I compiled a huge list of artistic sites. It seems like the trend has carried on in 2008 and is growing stronger (thank God the glossy style is gone). So what’s hot now? Pencil sketches, handwritten notes, card stocks, watercolor effects, collage art, script fonts, grungy and splatter ink backgrounds (glossy gradients are not "in" this year). Another trend to be on the lookout for are the vintage and retro styles which I’ve posted earlier this year. Here is a list of 82 sites picked from Best Web Gallery that show the current design trends."

makeuseof.com: Top Free Hosts To Store Your Files Online

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-free-file-hosts/?%3F
"Recently, the need for space has become immense. Files have become increasingly larger, there are more things to download and so on. Personally, I run out of space on multiple drives all the time. Maybe you are trying to get a file sent to someone, but it’s too large for an attachment on your email. Possibly you want to backup some files to download later or multiple times. That is why there are file hosts."

Best Typeface for 2008: PF Centro Pro

http://parachute-fonts.livejournal.com/1414.html
"The EDAwards is the premium venue that honors the best in European design. This year, the award for original typeface went to Parachute® for the Centro Pro typeface superfamilies. You may read the article for the awards and the making of...
at the parachute's blogspot."

Six Revisions: Readers’ Pick: 16 Sites for Web Design Inspiration

http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/16_sites_web_design_inspiratio/
"A while back I wrote "Where to Go to Find Design Inspiration", where I listed some of my favorite places to peruse when I’m looking for design inspiration. At the end, I posed the following question to the readers: "Where do you go for design inspiration?", and asked that you contribute suggestions. This is a list of places that readers have recommended. Some I haven’t heard of, and several I’ve added to my own favorites list.

Without further ado – I present 16 sites that you visit for design inspiration."

Chicago Tribune: Office Spaces: Design Ideas

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/home/chi-080801-workplaces-photogallery,0,3635946.photogallery
"Tribune reporter Pat Kampert tours three Chicago office spaces--Google, Remedy and Digitas--with an environmental psychologist to see what works and what doesn't."

Toxel: 14 Creative Advertisements Part 2

http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/06/04/14-creative-advertisements-part-2/
"14 Creative Advertisements Part 2"

Lifehacker: Five best antivirus apps

http://lifehacker.com/395046/five-best-antivirus-applications
"The internet is a glorious and exciting world, but unless you're properly protected with a good antivirus application, it can also be a dangerous one. We've come a long way since the days of Norton, with handfuls of excellent freeware software that can keep your computer safe from malware just as well as their bloated, more expensive counterparts. On Tuesday we asked you to share your favorite antivirus application, and today we're rounding up the five most popular answers. Hit the jump for an overview of the five best antivirus applications and to cast your ballot for the best antivirus app of the group."