CSS :nth-letter()

Adobe is working on implementing :nth-letter() in Webkit: The desired syntax was :nth-letter(), where the argument would (ideally) take the same values that :nth-child() can (e.g, a simple index, even/odd, or an expression like 2n+4). This code: <p id=”sentence”>My fourth letter is awesome.</p> #sentence:nth-letter(3) { color: red; font-family: “Comic Sans MS”; font-size: 3em; font-weight: bold; …

Mac OS X Flashback Trojan

Two months ago, a new variant of the Flashback Trojan started exploiting a security hole in Java to silently infect Mac OS X machines. Apple has since patched Java, but this was only on April 3rd. More than 600,000 Macs are currently infected with the Flashback Trojan, which steals your user names and passwords to …

Hitchcock’s Rear Window Timelapse

I dissected all of Hitchcock’s Rear Window and stiched it back together in After Effects. I stabilized all the shots with camera movement in them. Since everything was filmed from pretty much the same angle I was able to match them into a single panoramic view of the entire backyard without any greater distortions. The …

Microsoft acquires (part of) Netscape

Here’s a deal that would have made many minds explode back in the 1990s: Microsoft is buying Netscape. Or at least most of the important parts of the company that used to be synonymous with “Internet.” That’s a side component of the $1 billion patent sale that AOL and Microsoft announced this morning. Attention Marc …