HTML 5 & WebKit

I’m all about the new and exploring cutting edge of HTML5, but for the pedantic dilettante in me, I wish the specs were more flushed out with examples, or, why the collective thought this was a good idea. You know?

This little brain thought came from reading the WebKit Blog regarding the HTML5 Client Side Database Storage.

Their example shows how you can write notes, the little yellow kinds, and they’ll be there when you come back. This is like cookies, right? But, better, maybe? I don’t know.

BTW, did you know they have a twitter bot? Interesting.

WTF is popular in Standards

I started a lazy Saturday opening my feed reader. The first two articles have me depressed.

Paul Downey’s talking about helping pour souls still trapped in Middleware hell to walk into the light and pass the bovril and blankets.

Then Matt explains something about MS going OS in 2017?

Whatever. Is Sunday here yet? I must go to church and take communion before the web dies.

Rissington & Stilton

I’d really like to hear The Rissington Podcast talk more about which cheese would be the proper cheese to have near one’s workstation while coding web-sites and various other web based applications.