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There’s not a lot of fully functional crawlers that will spider sites w/ JS links. I guess one could possibly write a Mozilla plug-in to do so?

• BlackWidow – allows plug-ins, possibly allowing spidering of JS generated links
• JPluck – spiders sites, converts to XML, can read Mozilla cookies.txt file

Nice (via Marc).

So, does he come w/ a spring-loaded AWOL action?

todo: JS image resizing behavior, automatically add a zoom in/out for each image done, see next day’s zoom posting

• people around me on friendster, 2003 – hand drawn, spidering (w/ source), Graphviz’d (via connected selves – Danah Boyd)
• Friendster Hack v3

sort of/not really related: foafnaut, SVG Textorizer Tool (more tools)

Howard’s BT headset roundup got me interested in the Nextlink Bluespoon Digital headset, it looks like one that might be convenient for those who wear glasses.

• Howard’s take on the Bluespoon Digital
• Mobile Burn review
• infoSync World Review
• Esato review

Meg:

The horror of modern relationships isn’t the confusion about roles, reticence about marriage, or the lived-together-broke-up-who-originally-bought-the-Office Space DVD mystery, it’s the technology enabling you to keep in contact with an ex when all you want to do is purge them from your heart.

Phrack 60: Low Cost and Portable GPS Jammer

Dean Is the New McCain … – actually, according to this Slate article, from a comparison guesstimate, it looks like Dean is most often mentioned alongside Clinton.

Talk To Me! – two people have been traveling on foot across NYC for over a year now, spending 8-14hrs a day just having conversations w/ people (on a budget of $7/day). Pretty darn cool.

Zeldman’s WDW2003 Keynote (see post) includes a slide that points to one of the awesome CSS Zen Garden designs. I haven’t checked back in a while, but there are some real doozies. Favorites so far:

• Stormweather – my favorite of Shea’s designs
• Dead or Alive – quite nice, subtle, well balanced
• Not So Minimal – not as flashy or stylish as some of the others, but clean and well crafted
• Zunflower – the overlapping columns is quite nice
• What Lies Beneath – soft spot for funky horizontals, very creative
• White Lily – beautifully designed

I haven’t really done much visual design work in the past year or two, and probably won’t be having much time in the near future, with work, classes, and projects piled (and piling), but still quite inspirational (and humbling). I’m tempted to try my hand at this when I need to procrastinate blow off some steam… but it’d probably be rather embarrassing.