TTMMHTM: Reasons why CAPTCHAS are pointless, CSS3 shadow effects, ar on the moon

Things that made me happy this morning:

• Michael Mahemoff on [HTML5 for Game Developers](http://casualconnect.org/content/Kyiv/2010/html5kyiv10.html)
• Fascinating research into the [CAPTCHA solving business](http://bit-player.org/2010/captcha-arbitrage) – getting 1000 cracked will cost you half a dollar!
• Interesting discussion about [the merit of awards for designers](http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/open-letter-to-my-friend-zeldman/)
• Codinghorror has a good [analysis how Firesheep works](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2010/11/breaking-the-webs-cookie-jar.html) showing just how broken cookies are
• HTML5 Doctor has a simple introduction to [extending HTML5 with Microdata](http://html5doctor.com/microdata/)
• [A Practical Guide to Designing with data](http://designingwithdata.com/) by Brian Suda
• [box-shadow:inset](http://trentwalton.com/2010/11/22/css-box-shadowinset/) can render some very cool designs.
• A [paving machine](http://www.core.form-ula.com/2010/11/15/tiger-stone-paving-machine/) of awesome
• [What should a developer know before building a public web site](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/72394/what-should-a-developer-know-before-building-a-public-web-site) answered comprehensively on Stack Overflow
• Good list of [new HTML5 features of Mobile Safari](http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/safari-ios-accelerometer-websockets-html5)
• Good discussion about [the merits of validation](http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/general/but-it-doesnt-validate/)
• Videos of the [build conference](http://vimeo.com/build) on vimeo – Cederholm, Fisher, Meyer, Budd
• förbind – a [collaboration tool using websockets](http://forbind.net/) by Remy Sharp
• Wow, I did not know that people managed to [smuggle art to the moon](http://greg.org/archive/2008/02/28/the_moon_museum.html)
• Why using [simple language should be lucrative](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11811150) is an interesting article questioning copy as important
• Zurb has some impressive [CSS Box Shadow & Text Shadow Experiments](http://www.zurb.com/playground/css-boxshadow-experiments)
• Solid design advice in [how to design a website that won’t piss everyone off](http://www.flowtown.com/blog/how-to-design-a-website-that-wont-piss-everyone-off)
• Chris Spooner has some pretty rad [text effects using CSS3 text-shadow](http://line25.com/articles/using-css-text-shadow-to-create-cool-text-effects)
• [Tuning canabalt](http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AdamSaltsman/20100929/6096/Tuning_Canabalt.php) has some great tips on how to write a mobile game
• Some [pretty funny book covers](http://www.kindlecases.net/22-unintentionally-amusing-book-covers/) – albeit not planned to be that way
• Great tips on how to [move from TextMate to VIM](http://blog.danielfischer.com/2010/11/19/a-starting-guide-to-vim-from-textmate/)
• Awesome article about [using yql to execute JavaScript in the cloud](http://www.ardeenelinfierno.com/wordpress/2010/11/18/executing-your-javascript-in-the-cloud-yes-yql-rules/)
• [Five Usability Challenges of Web-Based Applications](http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2010/11/17/uietips-5-usability-challenges-web-based-applications/) by Jared Spool