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Inspired by Simon’s screencast, I’ve enabled OpenID comments on my blog. I’m sure I’ve overlooked something, so feel free to test it out on this post and tell me if something doesn’t work right. If you don’t have an OpenID yet, get one!

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We used to quip that “password” is the most common password. Now it’s “password1.” Who said users haven’t learned anything about security?

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A movement started by a hockey fan on Something Awful is now getting coverage nationwide: the NHL now chooses its All‐Star teams starting lineups entirely by fan vote, so he started a movement to send Rory Fitzpatrick (an unheralded bench‐warmer) to the prestigious game. Whether it’s a salute to the NHL everyman, an affection for the underdog, or a vote of no confidence in the voting methodology… well, it’s pretty cool to watch. Right now Fitzpatrick is fifth in voting among Western Conference defensemen.

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Screens from Gamefly

• Posted in Articles, Video Games, Web

Gamefly, the Netflix of video games, does a nice thing when you try to rent your first game on a new system: Much better than being forced to go to an options page. However, the “GameQ” page — where you can specify the order in which you want your games delivered — needs a…

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The Hitch‐Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy: a contest/quiz from The Ethical Hacker Network. Not challenging if you’re a web developer, but it’s a fun thought experiment and a creative way to raise awareness of common security flaws in web apps.

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Sam Foster and I are once again leading a JavaScript discussion for Refresh Austin — this time focusing on the major libraries and on practical problem‐solving. Show up tonight at 7pm for the Dojo vs. Prototype girly slap‐fight! You won’t be disappointed.

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AIM Lite, also known as LAIM. Also known as “the no‐headaches AIM client.” Also known as “the AIM client you should make your parents install immediately.” It’s interesting not only because it’s an excellent, non‐bloated piece of software to come from AOL, but also because it uses Boxely, the XUL‐like UI toolkit that Joe Hewitt has raved about.

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With Ajax Having Been Experienced…

• Posted in Articles, Prototype

That’s right — I just used the perfect passive participle. Deal with it. Everyone else is doing it, so I suppose I have to do a postmortem on The Ajax Experience. IE.next and JavaScript The just‐released Internet Explorer 7 features only a few crumbs for JavaScript developers, so I respect Chris Wilson…

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