Random items of interest

Yeah, so I don’t post much. Really, at all, any more. It’s sad.

So I’ve decided this afternoon, to kill the last few minutes at my fabulous new job by posting random shit I’ve found of interest lately.

Want to get in on all of the “Web 2.0/Ruby On Rails/AJAX + other buzzwords” action, but don’t really want to learn Ruby or Rails? Well, then jump straight into using the behind-the-scenes Javascript fancy-ness by using the ridiculously cool Script.aculo.us library to render your effects. For extra buzzworthiness, use the easy-as-pie Behaviour framework to implement your new-found special effects without a million onclick handlers all over the place. Fancy².

The new Tristeza album coming out in November is really, really good. I can’t tell you where I got it but damn if it isn’t pretty hot, even if James LaValle isn’t in the band anymore. There is enough room in this world for both Tristeza and the Album Leaf. Add to that my favorite new band, Rogue Wave and you’re in indie rock heaven. Even if Rogue Wave did have a song on the Napoloeon Dynamite soundtrack.

I’m hoping really hard that my next project at work can find inspiration from something at Visual Complexity, quite possibly the coolest interface resource I’ve found in a long time.

This is a neat ad for Playboy, utilizing rain as way of shifting the message. Slightly.

• Category: Personal, Programming