Links for Monday March 3rd, 2008
Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová: Fantastic post-Oscar interview with with the duo behind the movie "Once". I was stunned (but overjoyed) that Glen and Markéta won - "Once" is an amazing movie, and it has gotten me to buy the soundtrack, and gotten me into The Frames.
First look: breathe in the Adobe AIR: I thought that this AIR thingy relied on Flash, but Chris Leech schooled me last week - it's basically a browser that has offline storage capabilites. Since offline storage is coming to mainstream browsers, what will be the point of AIR, this time next year?
Scientology taking hits online - Los Angeles Times: An interesting look at the current backlash towards Scientology taking place on the Internet.
blog.pmarca.com: An hour and a half with Barack Obama: Another from the "the more you know about Barack the more you like him", file.
Finding the OS X Turbo Button at Vladimir Vukićević: My thoughts on this - if the hidden API calls are needed for Safari (a web browser running on OS X), then they should be available to Firefox as well (a web browser running on OS X). Apple seems to be receptive to opening these calls, but it's still kindof strange that they're arguing that Safari should be able to use non-public API calls.
America's most admired companies: Apple - Mar. 3, 2008: Apple tops the list of "America's most admired companies" - a decent look into what makes Apple tick, and why success can be expected from them in the future.
MacBook Air aflutter: demand stays strong, sold out often: Maybe I'm wrong an dthe MacBook Air is going to be a big hit - anecodtal evidence suggests that it is in short supply. What isn't known is if this is due to Apple not making enough, or people buying lots of them.
SFGate: Feb. 29 confuses United's software: Hilarious: United Airlines had a little "oopsey-doodle" due to yesterday's leap-year. (via Mike)
The Nation - The Dean Legacy: Interesting article on Howard Dean, and how he has changed the Democratic party for the better.