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Maybe I should change the name of this blog to WOW and then start every post with wow.
Wow. HTML5 bookmarkable infinite scroll example. Infinite scroll itself is cool, although it's not terribly new - basically instead of forward and back buttons (or previous and next) to page through content (like a blog), infinite scroll just loads new content in the background using asynchronous calls to the server as you scroll. So, for instance, as you get close to the bottom of the page some javascript calls the server, asks for more posts, and then they magically appear so you can keep scrolling. This way you can read a whole blog on one page, but you don't have to load the whole thing in at once (and you don't have to load a ton of content yo don't need in the case that you don't scroll all the way back which would probably be the usual case).
The cool thing in the example here is the use of the HTML5 History API - specifically replaceState - so that the URL changes as you scroll, thus making any point on the infinite page bookmarkable.
Wow. Hype is a key frame based animation creation program that outputs pure HTML5 and javascript. My mind is blown. Check out the gallery of examples.
Just received an Eye-Fi Pro X2 SD card for the new camera. The Eye-Fi card has Wi-Fi along with 8GB of storage. Totally cool. At home if I shoot pictures they are automatically uploaded to my computer as I shoot. Away from my computer I can upload straight from the camera through any open Wi-Fi network to a whole bunch of photo sharing sites (flickr, picasa, etc...) plus there is support for FTP so you could send them to any server on the internet (although, to be geeky about it: FTP? Really? Holy outdated insecure protocols.) And evidently there are free apps so that I can upload directly to iPhone and iPad (and Android too.)
Packaging and set up are very nice and straight forward. Great product so far! Highly recommended.
I first blogged about this tech way back in April 2006. Took them a long time to come to market, and me a long time to get on board. Here we are 5 years later and my mind is still blown. How did they get Wi-Fi in that tiny package?