We just rolled out a new comments system today at Digg. Redesigning one of the busiest and most vibrant comments areas on the web is pretty intimidating. Every day quite a few thousands of people participate in the comments and many more read the comments even if they're not participating. Despite …

Overheard on Twitter two seconds ago: "Email sigs about 'Confidentiality' strike me as approximately as legally enforceable as calling 'shotgun'." Merlin, you're a genius. Which all brings into question, is it kosher to quote someone's twitters? It's not quite email and it's not quite instant …

What better way to break the silence around here than to point out that there exists a Firefox extension called Bork Bork Bork that will read a website to you using the Swedish Chef's voice. It's stuff like this that reaffirms that the interweb is a weird and truly wonderful place.  •  I happened …

This might be old news for Torontonians (or even Canadian residents in general) but I just discovered the plans for new subway trains in the city. The trains, which are to be built by Bombardier are pretty cool looking. What's more interesting is the well-written explanation of the trains' design …

Accessibility expert Joe Clark has started a micropatronage drive to support his ability to support media accessibility projects. I'm particularly interested in the efforts he seeks to support regarding the development of more accessible fonts for captioning. He's up front about what he's looking …

While some people were underwhelmed with the recently released Firefox 2.0 browser, there are some important improvements that will fly under a lot of people's radar. Improved tab navigation, better anti-phishing technology, improved user interface, and other improvements are great. However, the …

Yes, "baladodiffusion" is the French word for "podcasting". Say it three times fast in a throaty accent... I dare you. Proof. Props to my friend SZ.

If you haven't seen it already, silverorange housemate Peter Rukavina has started an intriguing side project all about three letter acronyms. His new site 3LA.ca is a podcast/blog/dictionary where Peter endeavors to explain all kinds of three letter acronyms in a concise way for a wide audience …

Way back in June I upgraded my iBook to OSX Tiger and was playing around with widgets that were available for the whole new dashboard thing. Some guys had developed a Google Maps widget that had some nice functionality that I liked using. However, its rudimentary interface was pretty cumbersome …