Recent Links: January 20 to January 23

"With the holidays’ major combat operations now complete — but while the trauma of bell fatigue and the stink of Orange Julius are still fresh in your mind — I wanted to share a simple tip on something that was really useful to me this past Christmas and that might make your own life easier for next December or any other giftable event along the way."

This specification defines the 5th major revision of the core language of the World Wide Web, HTML. In this version, new features are introduced to help Web application authors, new elements are introduced based on research into prevailing authoring practices, and special attention has been given to defining clear conformance criteria for user agents in an effort to improve interoperability.

Some beautiful additions and alternatives to 10.5's folder icons.

Politics and the English Language, the essay of George Orwell. First published: April 1946 by/in Horizon, GB, London

Another real estate search engine. They are working with MLS's in each metro area to get a comprehensive set of house listings.

"Piece of advice: when a national park ranger offers to give you an inside tour of Alcatraz...just go ahead and do it."

In May 2007, a team of German computer scientists in Berlin announced that after four years of work, they had completed a system to digitally tape together the torn fragments of shredded records that the East German secret police compiled on some of its citizens.