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Links of interest from November 4 through November 5:

mod_pagespeed Overview
From Google: “mod_pagespeed is an open-source Apache module that automatically optimizes web pages and resources on them. It does this by rewriting the resources using filters that implement web performance best practices.”
jQuery source viewer
A fast interface for quickly traversing the source code for jQuery methods source. Type in a jQuery method name and see the corresponding code.
The protocol-relative URL
A little URL trick:

If the browser is viewing that current page through HTTPS, then it will request that asset with the HTTPS protocol… prevents “This Page Contains Both Secure and Non-Secure Items” error message in IE.

Quicksand
A jQuery plugin which aims at providing a web experience similar to CoreAnimation on Macs.

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