As a lazy developer, I think I have put it off as long as I can, and I don't think I can put it off anymore. It seems to me that HTML5 is getting closer and closer to being the ready to take it's place as the standard for web layout, design, and coding. Time to take the plunge I guess.

If you are like me, you have been following what cool things Safari and Chrome have been doing with HTML5, but you might not know where to start. It might seem odd, but I have found a good place to start is Twitter. If you do not have or follow Twitter trends, now might be a good time to do so. Here are some of the most informative tweets I have found in the #html5 trend.

arcadian: Go play! #js #html5 #css3 http://playground.html5rocks.com

guerrier: Building a custom #HTML5 video player with #CSS3 and #jQuery http://bit.ly/bNyfVk #WebDesign

fmontes: 25 HTML5 Features, Tips, and Techniques you Must Know - http://goo.gl/CI49 - #html #html5 #css #css3 #webdesign (via @rafaels76)

I know it is not too much, but it is a good place to get started.

Many artists have them, though most of them will not place such limitations on themselves. Niches. It might be a certain medium, mode of expression, or a certain audience they are trying to reach. Directors are no different. You can see blanket similarities in the works of the masters from James Cameron to Quentin Tarantino, and unfortunate for the artist, it can take decades of perfecting their craft to find where they fit. Good thing for Zack Snyder that he found his so early in his career.

As the director of Watchmen and 300, Zack Snyder knows what his audience wants and knows how to present it to him. And showing that he is here to please his based, take a look at his next--sure to be a success--flick Sucker Punch. It is sure to be the talk around the Dungeons and Dragons table. A movie will dragons, giant robots, and hot girls carrying swords and gatling guns? I can hear the asthmatic moans of ecstasy now.

Look, I love Apple. It is true. Just as the cartoon of my enthusiasm in my logo depicts, I really do use (and love I might add) a Macbook Pro, but this made me laugh out loud. Really Apple? Really?

Not that a trackpad is not a good replacement for a mouse when you are using a laptop, but the idea that when given the choice, customers would use a trackpad over a mouse is beyond me. I would rather have a trackBALL than a trackpad when doing many of the tasks I use a computer for. Gaming, developing, photo or video editing. The mouse is vastly superior to my Macbook's trackpad, which is the reason why I always carry a mouse with me.

One of the few selling points is finger navigation motions you can make that mimic those on the Macbook pro. But Apple already has another product that can do the same thing. And this one is an actual mouse!

Don't get me wrong. I think Apple makes some great products, but this one is a step in the opposite direction.

Set your DVR's kiddos (I know I will)! This week G4 announced that it will be airing four brand new Marvel based animes on their network. Details are scarce at the moment, but we do know that they will be airing in 2011 and they will include Iron Man, X-men, Wolverine, and Blade.

Here is a video of the announcement and a preview. Enjoy:

YouTube announced Thursday that the will be changing their embedded techniques. They will be changing from the <object> tag to the <iframe> tag. Why?

If you use the new embed code style, your viewers will be able to view your embedded video in one of our Flash or HTML5 players, depending on their viewing environment and preferences.

Simply put, if a visitor to your site is on their IPhone or IPad, YouTube will default the player to an HTML5 player rather than a Flash player.

Currently, this is really the only instance in which a person will need to default to an HTML5 player. But I am sure that as the technology becomes more wildly used, browsers will come with options to use HTML5 players over Flash and vice versa. I am sure this is just YouTube (owned by the same company that developed the Chrome browser) getting ahead of the game that is sure to be around the corner.

The godfather of the graphic novel medium is about to do it again. This Wednesday, Avatar Press is releasing Neonomicon, a sequel to Courtyard. Here is an excerpt from the description on Amazon:

The story begins some years after the chilling events of THE COURTYARD, in a world where two young and cocky FBI agents are investigating strange--- and familiar murders. They think they've seen the worst monsters in America, but as they pull up to the maximum security asylum where one Aldo Sax speaks in strange tongues, Agents Brears and Lamper may be beginning to suspect that they're about to see something so much worse. But they cannot begin to imagine the creeping insanity that has already begun to pull them under.

As the author of the Watchmen and V for Vendetta, Alan Moore is known for breaking out conventional norms and making eloquent (and sometimes esoteric) points about society with about half his novels. The other half is just fun and enthralling with great stories to supplement it. Either way, I can't wait!

Too bad to. There are rumors floating around that this might be his last. So sad if true. This visionary will be missed.

OMG! I wish I was there. I have always been a geek for comic books and the like, but unfortunately, I have never been to a Comic-Con. There is a couple of comic book and sci fi conventions that make their way here to my current hometown, but the videos and reports of the authentic San Diego Comic-Con can not be matched.

Here is a video from Wired.com. The stuff about Tron is cool, but look at all those comic books!!!