It’s been a long time since our last “sweet links”–too long. So let’s get to it!

Planetarium

In anticipation of the pending release of Firefox 4, this CSS3 demonstration shows off the power of transitions. Until FF4 is released, check it out in Chrome or a similarly capable browser.

Apple’s Role in Japan during the Tohoku Earthquake

We love their products, but it’s behavior like this that can make you love a company.

Configuring the Viewport

An enormous amount of detail about the “viewport” in Safari on assorted platforms and how to make it play nice with your site or application.

Open Source Ampersands

Exactly what the title says: Mark Pilgrim put together a page of single-character ampersand fonts that can be used on the Web. Because…

D3.js

A new JavaScript library for manipulating Web documents based on data sources. Now we’re just dying for a need to use it!

How an Illinois Rest Stop Inspired a Web Page

The folks at 37Signals remind us that inspiration can be found anywhere in life.

For nearly a decade, Flash grew on the web to a point of near pervasiveness. It offered itself as a plug-in for every major browser and every major platform. It even came pre-installed in a lot of situations. Flash came as close to a “standard” as any proprietary technology on the web ever had. Then came the iPhone and the first hints that there was another (better?) way. More…