Dave Belden » list o links

How to Make a Chicago-Style Hot Dog

Dave — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:32:18 +0000

I take some issue with the neon-green relish, but otherwise this is beautiful.

{ via Coudal }

Lint: Cary Grant in Star Wars via Hitchcock

Dave — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:06:28 +0000

A few what-ifs come to mind:

What if Cary Grant had been in Star Wars?
What if Hitchcock had directed Star Wars?
What if George Lucas had directed North by Northwest?
What if Mark Hamill had been in North by Northwest?

{ via Coudal }

Sigh-Inducing iPad Interface – Release Candidate One

Dave — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:29:25 +0000

Building a windowing system on a platform that is specifically windowless, then adding a series of complicated gestures to make it easier to manage that proliferation of windows, is such a failure of vision I don’t know where to start.

That quote concludes a rather “strongly-worded” critique, but he’s absolutely right. My head started spinning as they tossed various windows around the iPad screen.

More info on Blackboard’s Mobile Learn iPad app [Flash].

{ via Chris Clark }

Achieve Zero Waste at Home in 6 Steps

Dave — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:56:58 +0000

A short piece from GOOD on ways to quickly cut your impact:

It’s important… that we “rethink our behavior and lifestyle. This is not to say that one should make drastic lifestyle changes or live like an extremist. Rather it means questioning some basic habits.” Like not buying something because it has too much packaging. Or like remembering to keep a reusable shopping bag in your backseat, purse, or backpack.

DRIFT: A Short Film by Jim Vendiola

Dave — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:35:39 +0000

On Sunday, my friend Jim starts shooting his new short film. Check out the teaser on his site, and if you want your name in the credits, send in a donation today!

Jim and I worked together on Split Pillow’s Petersburg.

Reeder

Dave — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:53:10 +0000

I’d almost given up on reading RSS feeds on my iPhone. I stuck with NetNewsWire because I paid for it, and because it seemed like the best option. Unfortunately, its syncing with Google Reader was painfully slow and buggy, and the interface always made me sad. Ultimately, it became an app that I avoided, thinking that I’d visit the Google Reader site on my Mac (I also stopped using the NetNewsWire desktop app once I realized that Google’s web app was so much faster).

Enter Reeder, which Shawn Blanc featured on his site yesterday. When I first launched it, I expected Reeder to take several minutes to sync my 27 subscriptions (with some 350 unread posts). Not an enormous list, but one that NNW always choked on. I wasn’t timing it, but perhaps 15 seconds later, Reeder was done.

Suddenly, I’m checking my RSS feeds more frequently, and the interface makes me happy. At least until I come across a post on health care, but that’s not Reeder’s fault.

NetNewsWire has been deleted.

Simple Desktops

Dave — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:49:42 +0000

Do you want less, but not boring?

HTML5 Video links related to the previous

Dave — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:38:58 +0000

Beautiful. And be sure to check out what YouTube and Vimeo are up to:

YouTube HTML5

Vimeo HTML5

Can’t wait to update all my posts that currently feature embedded Flash.

Daring Fireball: Who Can Do Something About Those Blue Boxes?

Dave — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:31:59 +0000

A few years ago you could say that, effectively, Flash was everywhere. It made total sense for sites like YouTube and Hulu to go with Flash.

Flash is no longer ubiquitous. There’s a big difference between “everywhere” and “almost everywhere”.

Whenever I encounter the blue box, I usually figure it wasn’t really worth seeing anyway. Adobe’s going to lose this battle.

Of course, my recent posts are full of YouTube and Vimeo Flash videos, but both services have started offering HTML5 versions on their sites. It’s only a matter of time.

Sortfolio : Find a great web designer by style, budget, and location.

Dave — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:24:59 +0000

A really nice tool for finding a designer.

{ via John Gruber }