What’s that traffic light on the new iTunes window? And, it’s nice with that new icon but couldn’t they have rethought the entire thing? iTunes feels like an unfitting name for something that does so many different things (you don’t go to the “Music Store” to buy a book, do you?)

The normal practice among web developers for icons have always been to embed them in images and use CSS to display. We do this so much, we hardly think about it at all any more. Pictos, however, is a clever way of taking a step away from this. Instead of using images, you embed the Pictos font and use that instead.

My favorite note taking app, Simplenote, has just been updated — or perhaps upgraded is a better word. Along with a new more visually appealing graphical reform, we’re seeing tons of new features and updates to the service itself.

Fisheye, macro and wide angle lenses available for use with camera phones.

High quality short about the chaos that a little lottery ticket can set about.

This just made me incredibly hungry.

Check out these neat little stands called MoviePeg. There’s a bigger version for your iPad and a smaller one for your iPhone. Aah, the marvels of capitalist society.

A good write up from Ars Technica’s Peter Bright about the challenges Microsoft is facing with their touch based Windows and “Slate” devices.

The new version supports multitasking and, no charge for calls over 3G.

Finally. It’s here.

Dan Cederholm has redesigned SimpleBits, and as usual, introduces new aesthetics and styles that I’m sure we’ll all soon see popping up elsewhere. The new site also features something else we are sure to see more of — responsive webdesign.

Michael Zinman’s collection of hand made signs. This one made me smirk.

A photo shoot with all the right equipment, except the camera is an iPhone 3GS.

Look who just flew by the office window.

Making me want to learn some more CSS3.

Another example of making icons using strictly CSS3 without images, this time featuring some of the iOS 4 icons. (View them in Safari or Chrome).

The demo only works in Safari, apparently. That CSS has come to this is pretty amazing. It will be very interesting to see how this will play out.

You tweet it, David does it.

How you make a book cover, fast forward.

Stumbled across Yelena Bryksenkova’s portfolio and really like the style, especially the current sketch book.