Geek News and Musings

Our favorite pop-up-free lyrics site LyricWiki has to shutdown its API because of complaints from music publishers, Mozilla’s Bespin gets some nice collaboration features, and Mark Pilgrim helps developers dive into HTML 5.

• The end of free lyrics?
  Much-loved lyrics search engine LyricWiki is forced by publishers to shut down its API, much to the chagrin of developers (including this dabbling developer and MixTape.me. [MacWorld]
• Collaboration in Bespin
  Mozilla Bespin, the previously mentioned web-based text editor, continues its progression, this time with impressive in-browser collaboration. [Joe Walker]
• Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop
  Stressing out over the work, the economy, etc? Apparently your brain’s not really helping. [NYT]
  
• Apparently The Safest Browser Is Whoever Is Paying Yahoo The Most
  Yahoo stirs up some dust, recommending the Firefox users try the “New, Safer IE8.” [TechCrunch]
• Milk the Cow Dashboard Widget for OS X
  If you’re smack dab in the overlapping zone of the Venn diagram of RTM lover and Dashboard lover, this will be good news. [RTM Blog]
• Dive Into HTML 5
  Programmer and writer extraordinaire Mark Pilgrim releases the beginning of his opus on HTML 5 to the web.
• Open Source Textbook Company Now BMOC at 400 Colleges
  We offered our tips for finding your textbooks for free (or cheap), but Wired highlights how open-source textbooks are starting to catch on for students wanting to save money and professors willing to give it a shot. [Wired]
• Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom
  Thinking about getting an education online? One study thinks you may be making the smart choice. [NYT]

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