• d3.js is a new framework specifically created to allow data-driven DOM manipulation – this is an excellent tool for data visualization
• John Resig has a very interesting and practical article on dictionary lookups in JavaScript
• Firefox 4 is out – get it now and enjoy WebGL and the Audio API with these cool demos!

Sorry for the silence – I’ve been busy beyond the usual level due to a new job. Things should now get back to normal…

• jQuery Waypoints – easy plugin for scroll destination effects
• IE9 has been launched! Unfortunately it still misses several key CSS3 features…
• JavaScript Garden is a great overview of features in JavaScript with some well-written documentation
• The State of HTML5 Audio is a good overview of the current situation around audio support in modern browsers – needless to say, there’s still a lot to do!

• Amazingly fast raycaster demo by Paul King
• Microsoft urges everybody to stop using IE6 – the IE6 Countdown has begun
• Smashing Mag has a great tutorial on using @font-face and the current state of web fonts
• Interesting tutorial for the text-overflow CSS3 property – can’t wait for Mozilla to implement that one!
• Fractal Lab – the most amazing WebGL example you’ll see in a while…

• The only video converter you’ll need for HTML5 video: The open-source Miro Video Converter
• Mozilla’s “Awesome HTML5 Dashboard” is awesome
• The Opera team has implemented the CSS3 multi-column spec - can’t wait for the next release of the browser!
• Very nice introduction to CSS Typography for beginners – actually moves along quite fast to advanced methods

• PhiloGL – a WebGL framework for data visualization. Check out the amazing Temperature Anomalies example!
• Opera announces a new HTML5 parser for their future browsers and offers engineering builds for testing
• Video Textures in Three.js – amazing demo of the power of WebGL in modern browsers

• The Shapes of CSS – geometrical shapes from a single element
• CSS Drop Shadows Without Images – some nice examples of more complex, curvy drop shadows done with CSS3
• The Bright (Near) Future of CSS

• IE9 a modern browser? Here’s Microsoft’s reponse
• Nice and clean overview of HTML5 features – MediaLoot’s HTML5 Compendium
• Very good tutorial on how to create custom select elements with jQuery
• gury – a canvas utility library with an interesting API and very comprehensive documentation.

• audiolib.js offers a AudioDevice class with consistent API between the Firefox Audio Data API and the Chrome/Safari Web Audio API
• Is IE9 a modern browser? – Kinda not yet… we all appreciate Microsoft’s effort and I certainly hope they will continue improving IE9, but the current IE9 RC doesn’t render half of the HTML5 Cheatsheet on this site…

• IE9 Release Candidate is available now, adds Geolocation API, Do Not Track lists, is feature complete
• Updated version of VideoSub – HTML5 video subtitle library now works with MooTools 1.3 Core
• Reston – very elegant REST client library
• Wave – a beautiful HTML5 Twitter visualization by Hakim el Hattab