Things that made me happy this morning:

• The source code of the moon landing control programs has been released as open source. Now get soldering and build the hardware in Arduino. I also checked the code and could not find a fake call!
• MapQuest released their driving directions web service
• AnythingZoomer is a jQuery script that provides you with a little lens to zoom parts of the screen. Nothing new, but potentially useful.
• Open a banana like a monkey is one of those videos that makes you go “why did I do it wrong my whole life?”
• Apparently rounded corners are all the rage in remedy packages – Apple has a lot to answer for, but I like it.
• Moddims is an Apache module that uses ImageMagick to convert pictures on the fly. Great for a thumbnail API.
• Make magazine has a cool EeePC hardware notifier hack that embeds an LED into the casing which flashes in different colours depending on you getting an IM, an email or a Tweet.
• IBM has a long and detailed article on using jQuery with JSON-P
• Opera’s Hallvord shows us the most expensive line of JavaScript ever

Things that made me happy this morning:

• May the fourth be with you – it is Star Wars Day!
• The YQL console now lists community open tables from github
• The Bay Area’s public transport system has a very nice API
• A nice photo series of old game controllers and consoles as X-Rays
• James Broad has a good step by step tutorial how to use iSight for a timelapse video
• PopeyesJokes on YouTube shows that you can create a lot of UGC with a simple video editing suite and a lot of enthusiasm
• What not the crochet tells you exacty that.
• The iSnort is an iPhone app to either make you look properly Hollywood, or to get you kicked out of any club. Also check the disclaimer on the bottom of the page.
• A great list of code comments
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss has info on the worst REST practices to avoid
• Wedesigner Depot praises 1,2,3 as a good usability practice
• Some very dedicated hackers found 48,000 lbs of 70mm tape – the only copy of extremely high-resolution images of the moon in an abandoned McDonald’s and started digitizing them.
• An art student in the UK shows how to make a car disappear. Take that James Bond.

• Basted Tetris – A Tetris version that analyzes the playfield and denies you the best possible next piece. I dare you to finish one line!
• Franklyn is a flick to forward to it seems. God, Eva Green is beautiful.
• Google soon releasing a nice paper on social media security
• I am near finds things near to you – with FireEagle support (cats for example)
• NASA shows artist depictions of space stations from the 1970ies
• How to build a social media cheat sheet – as explained by read/write web (they also used the Swedish Chef and the Chocolate Moose like I did in Sweden)
• Five reasons Megatron should have fired Starscream years ago has actually some good ideas on how to defuse bad situations in the office.
• Microsoft’s Songsmith Ad brings awkward to another level – actually the research team stars in the video! It reminds me a lot of Cinco Midi Organizer