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Good Reads for the week

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Sejarah Melayu Library Amazing set of old books about the Malaysian peninsula

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A better approach to laundry - 14 December 2008 non-chemical washing with shikakai

Creating Rating Sprites
I came across this Youtube HTML 5 demo via Laura Carlson and was amazed at their simple sprite solution for static ratings display. Here is how to create one. Caveat This solution is only for displaying a static rating and not an animated one. I am using the word “star” a bit loosely in this post. The “star” in the sprite below is a circle for the sake of simplicity. Image Create a sprite as shown below. I have created each circle within an imaginary 20px box so

Book Reviews for November 2009 — Part 1
I know! November has barely begun and here I am posting my book reviews already thanks to my two-week vacation! I had a great time in Chennai and Bangalore, meeting very interesting people and drinking in the new developments. It could be my hallucination, but there seems to be an abundance of opportunities here. Service providers are falling over themselves to provide creative solutions (Per second billing has arrived in India without government intervention, and where are we in U.S.?). This trip has definitely made me rethink where I want to be 5 years from now. Now, here are my reviews! The Bolter

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Web Design 1 | WaSP InterAct Curriculum Looks like a great course for designers getting started with web standards