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Links for October 2003

Bye-Bye Data 31 Oct 2003
Be wary of upgrading to Panther if you have a FireWire drive
Wired Spook 31 Oct 2003
Anyone remember this fun version of Wired News I whipped up last year just a couple weeks after we launched? (look quick, it may be gone tomorrow)
2nd Street I 31 Oct 2003
In addition to its sexiness, there’s something magnificent about this shot from Heather that I can’t quite pinpoint
Starting a Business 30 Oct 2003
Kevin Potts provides advice from the trenches in getting a new business off the ground
iTunes doubles Apple Traffic 30 Oct 2003
NetRatings reports traffic to one of Apple’s channels surged more than 112% in the first week of iTune/Win’s release
HTML or XHTML? 28 Oct 2003
WaSP asks the W3C which we should use, HTML or XHTML, and why…
Command-Tab Claims 28 Oct 2003
Gruber’s commentary on Proteron’s claim that Apple ripped off their LiteSwitch X utility
Missing Fonts 28 Oct 2003
Matt Jalbert wrote both Todd and me to inform us that common web fonts are missing if Microsoft’s IE is not included with a clean Panther install
No Tables 4 Layout 27 Oct 2003
A fun, nicely illustrated presentation for Seybold promoting web standards, which even manages to pull in Tantek’s Bed and Breakfast analogy.
Branding Mozilla 24 Oct 2003
Steven Garrity makes volunteer suggestions for the brand direction of Mozilla and its products.
The House of CSS 17 Oct 2003
This no-image all-markup/CSS illustration of a house is geekier than ASCII-art (spotted at web-graphics.com)
Mozilla.org notes 16 Oct 2003
Dave Shea’s comments on the issues and status of the Mozilla.org beta site
PlainsCapital 15 Oct 2003
Nice redesign of a financial corporation using valid XHTML 1.1 + CSS
PlainsCapital details 15 Oct 2003
Alex Bischoff, lead developer on the PlainsCapital redesign, explains a few key features of the structure and code
The Incomplete Divorce 15 Oct 2003
Eric writes a well-formed response and extension to my ‘Separated’ entry
Craft of Icon Design 15 Oct 2003
Uday Gajendar takes an in-depth look into the art of icon design, and how icons can improve user experience
New Firebird Out 15 Oct 2003
New version (0.7) of Mozilla’s excellent light-weight browser is released
Seven Tips 13 Oct 2003
For fending off unwanted comments in MT
10 Years of My Life 10 Oct 2003
About Matt’s new daily photograph site
Mid Pass Filter 5 Oct 2003
Tantek introduces a new hack that allows targeting IE5/Win only with an entire style sheet
VeriSign Caves 3 Oct 2003
VeriSign to shut down Site Finder after threat of legal action
Fray Day 7 3 Oct 2003
Is this weekend (2-5 October), possibly in a city near you
Firewheel Design 2 Oct 2003
Beautiful design portfolio of the same Josh Williams of Yellowlane, just mentioned
Yellowlane 2 Oct 2003
Nicely designed site by Josh Williams, with a fun name and lots of illustration-style Mac OS X icons