In one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded at least 214 people are known to be dead, and many more outside of Chile could be affected by the tsunami it triggered. You can make a donation to several relief agencies here.

Two devastating earthquakes only a month apart. God help us.

Zeldman:

Contrary to popular belief and Twitter’s terms of service, you cannot copyright a Tweet. Under US law, copyright is granted on publication to “original works of authorship” finalized in “fixed forms of expression” but this does not extend to names, titles, or short phrases

I had wondered about this. By no stretch am I a law expert, but I figured Tweets would be held in a similar legal light as an in-person conversation.

John Gruber gives his view on why Apple removed nearly all of the “sexy apps” from the App Store. The reason? Apple wanted to maintain their brand, and these apps were junky and distasteful.

Just like it says on the tin; crazy.

A massive infographic to match their massive revenue.

Conspiracy theories abound!

Everything you’ll ever need.

“Steve is as feisty as ever…“

I laughed at this just like I would have if I was still in middle school. For shame.

God, I know how this feels.

I understand why they did this, but really, who cares?

Gruber’s video is the second one down on the right. It’s an hour long but worth listening to. Thoughtful as always.

Excellent advertising by Panasonic for their new beard trimmer.

Further extrapolating on the joke I linked to earlier.

IE6 is dead.

I’m such a sucker for embossed type.

This would be funny if it weren’t true.

(via Mike Gunderloy)

These are even better than the last one I linked to.

Massive amounts of communication going on at Twitter, most of it nonsense.

Naturally, I like the Star Wars poster the best.

Some of the first backlash against a bad idea.

This week the Macalope discusses Windows Phone and Flash.

iPhone developers ChilliFresh posted that Apple had sent and email to inform them that their app, Wobble iBoobs, had been yanked from the App Store. The email stated that Apple had changed policy and were removing all “overtly sexual” content due to customer complaints.
Here is the email at length:

The App Store continues to evolve, and as such, we are constantly refining our guidelines. Your application, Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored), contains content that we had originally believed to be suitable for distribution. However, we have recently received numerous complaints from our customers about this type of content, and have changed our guidelines appropriately.

We have decided to remove any overtly sexual content from the App Store, which includes your application.

Thank you for your understanding in this matter. If you believe you can make the necessary changes so that Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored) complies with our recent changes, we encourage you to do so and resubmit for review.

Sincerely,
iPhone App Review

This seems like a ham-fisted attempt at further censorship by Apple. As of the time of this writing, 5000 (and counting) of the “adult” themed applications in the App Store have been removed, but not all. Playboy’s official app still remains. Which to me suggests Apple will always play nicer with “big money” corporations than with independent developers.

Elliot Jay Stocks believes web designers should have some basic understanding of HTML/CSS.

Largely I disagree, but his request isn’t unreasonable either. HTML isn’t hard. That said, entirely right-brained people like myself have a tendency to make a mess with code.

I can see the end result. I’m just not sure I can get you there.

Ten of them devoted to bloat.

This says more for Yahoo’s downfall than it does for Facebook’s rise.