Squeak of the Week

It seems that meaningless (but short) domain names like “meebo” and “cuil” are all the rage. But what if you want to jump on the Web2.0 bandwagon only to find that all the domain names you want are already taken? Well, don’t worry, just use Markov-Chains to generate your own “unique” domain name!

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Shifting The Debate's applet tracks most popular political YouTube videos on both sides of the debate.

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Idée extracted the colours from 10 million of the most “interesting” Creative Commons images on Flickr. Using their visual similarity technology you can navigate the collection by colour.

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Instead of creating images or using flash just to show your site's graphic text in the font you want, you can use typeface.js and write in plain HTML and CSS, just as if your visitors had the font installed locally.

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A lot of companies will do just about anything to stay clear of controversy, especially on an issue where taking a side is guaranteed to anger some significant subgroup of customers. But there are some who profess principles deeper and broader than simply maximizing shareholder value, and when it comes to the crunch, they’re willing to stand up and take the hit. Such is the case with two of Silicon Valley’s biggest brands, Google and Apple, and Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that if passed would ban same-sex marriage.

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