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  1. The Geolocation API is a @W3C Candidate Recommendation http://j.mp/crgeo "believed to be stable ... encourage implementation by the developer community." longlink: http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/CR-geolocation-API-20100907/ The Geolocation API (often miscategorized by technomarketers as part of "HTML5") is the first of the Open Web App APIs that has reached CR - quite a big deal, given that all the rest of them are still merely Working Drafts (or Editor's Drafts). Even HTML5 itself is still just a working draft.  And this is a perfect example of why it's important to be precise about what is "HTML5" and that is one thing: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5. All those other things like CSS3, Javascript, other APIs etc. that we use with HTML5 to build Web Apps are better referred to as "related technologies."

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  2. By @thunder's request: Longest cat is 4 feet loooong, sets new Guinness World Record (ht: @andicandy). photo: a jpg.
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    http://thenewschronicle.com/worlds-longest-cat-measures-4-feet/102108773/ - see also Yahoo story (in case that link or image goes bad) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101020/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_world_s_longest_cat. Regarding this tweet in particular: http://twitter.com/thunder/status/28065889650

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  3. HTML5 semanticists: the next HTML5 WD will restore the <s> element to markup "content that is no longer accurate or no longer relevant." Detailed spec diff: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-diffs/2010Sep/0173.html

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  4. Attn @Hixie: @HTML5 + @WhatWG stopped posting when @Twitter required OAuth. Missed things like <s> element.

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  5. barely resisting temptations to reflect on recent experiences nearly fractal in complexity seeking understanding.

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  6. thanks #ft2010 moderator @zbraniecki, fellow panelists @ppk Crockford.com for good thought-provoking discussions.

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  7. Up next: #ft2010 Panel Discussion with Doug Crockford.com @ppk + yours truly @t. Any suggestions for controversy?

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  8. #ft2010 Doug Crockford.com Server Side Javascript talk praised HyperCard's event model and lack of blocking read.

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  9. enjoyed @LeaVerou's #ft2010 Pragmatic CSS talks and the fact that her slides were built with CSS3 and Javascript!

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  10. Glad MacBook Air laptops omit hardware tied to oligopolic services (3G) cc @sigurdmagnusson. Use a mifi, e.g. monthly subscription Virgin Mobile MiFi 2200 seems quite appealing http://www.virginmobileusa.com/mobile-broadband/mifi-2200.html - who out there has tried one, and in what cities?

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