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I try to summarize the most relevant news from the world of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) every month. Here’s the digest for May-June 2006. Click To Read More...

Via McCracken, here is some audio of a guy trying to cancel his AOL account. I’m sure if this gets enough coverage that AOL will send a Cease-and-Desist letter, but for now you can enjoy the rage you feel when listening… (Warning: one cuss word is used).

Looking at all the comments it’s amazing how many people have experienced the same thing. Big businesses like this need to be sent a message…

The amazing Pandora continues to refine and improve its UI. Click To Read More...

Via Linux-Watch, this is the unbelievable Software Wars map now maintained by Steven Hilton.

I’ve emailed Mr. Hilton to suggest adding Adobe and the W3C as players as well as Microsoft’s competitive technologies on those fronts. He states that the map is created using Inkscape, but apparently it’s only published in raster form. I’d like to see the map in SVG form so that it could be scalable, have links for each technology to authoritative pages, and eventually it could be searchable when clients catch up.

Anyway, awesome/hilarious/interesting stuff in there!

Last night in an online chat with the Home Theater Forum, Warners Home Video announced they have finally settled their legal issues with Hearst Entertainment and King Features Syndicate and are planning to release all the Popeye starting in 2007. Here’s the press release. The cartoons will be given the royal treatment, just like the Looney Tunes and will be released chronologically. Click To Read More...

I used to collect comic books as a kid throughout grade school and high school. Lately I’ve been getting nostalgic for those old superhero stories (maybe it’s the upcoming Superman movie, I dunno). I even checked out a couple graphic novels from the library to get my comic book fix. However, it struck me that the web is a great medium for getting readers to these stories. Click To Read More...

Stumbled upon WebDevOut today while listening to some feeds. Looks like a damn good resource for tracking web standards support across a variety of web browsers. Quite extensive, and apparently all tested by hand. He must not have a full-time job!

Anyway, I’m watching his blog now and I look forward to when he has included tables for SVG support.