Mike Cohen

Another sign that Flash is dying

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Via MacNN | The Macintosh News Network:

Google dealt a snub to Adobe on Friday with a tribute to the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man. Despite sharing stage time with Adobe just this week, a playable version of Pac-Man on the page works with both the iPad and iPhone — revealing that it’s not using Flash. Apple’s phones and other touchscreen devices instead use swipe gestures to steer the classic arcade game….

 

links for 2010-05-20

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Google web fonts can be used anywhere

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Google has introduced a new web font directory of fonts available for anyone to use in their web page.

To use any of these fonts, you simply need to add a link element to your <head> and specify that font in any CSS style element:

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=OFL+Sorts+Mill+Goudy+TT'
 rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style> h1 { font-family: 'OFL Sorts Mill Goudy TT', arial, serif; } </style>

Alternately, you can simply use a CSS @import to use those fonts anywhere, such as a blog entry:

<style>
@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Tangerine);
      .tangerine {
        font-family: 'Tangerine', cursive, serif;
        font-size: 48px;
        text-shadow: 4px 4px 4px #aaa;
      }
    </style>

If you’re using a modern browser, you should see one of the web fonts here:

Making the Web Beautiful!

Cheezburger disappearance

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As you may have noticed, I Can Has Cheezburger app is no longer available. I have removed it from sale and it will be re-submitted by Cheezburger network when their app store account is set up. Unfortunately this means updates will no longer be available for anyone who bought the app from me. I’d rather not have people continue to buy it and then feel ripped off when they can’t update.

I will continue to develop the app as a contractor for Cheezburger networks, although I will no longer be selling it myself.