Prioritizing the Long-Tail of Performance - TimKadlec.com

Focusing on the median or average is the equivalent of walking around with a pair of blinders on. We’re limiting our perspective and, in the process, missing out on so much crucial detail. By definition, when we make improving the median or average our goal, we are focusing on optimizing for only about half of our sessions.

Tim does the numbers…

By honing in on the 90th—or 95th or similar—we ensure those weaknesses don’t get ignored. Our goal is to optimize the performance of our site for the majority of our users—not just a small subset of them.

San Andreas State: Animal Cam

An immortal deer wanders the world of Grand Theft Auto for all eternity. It’s remarkably calm and relaxing.

Daring Fireball: How to Block the DiggBar

John Gruber provides a PHP-based way of busting out of Digg's 90s-style framing. I shall be implementing this forthwith.

Google Talk: Google Talk Help

How to set up iChat to use your Gmail address for a Jabber account (useful for Twitter). I set this up a while back but recently a few people have been asking about this.

Thingtagging: Pictures of objects

Matt Bidulph is mashing up thinglinks and Flickr tags to create a Flickr/thinglink intimacy.

Google Talk on iChat

Here's how you can set up iChat to work with Google Talk.