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It’s been a few days since I posted a link roundup but it looks like today we’ve got some great links so this should be a good one!

A Detailed Look at the Z-Index CSS Property – Great information on how to use the Z-Index CSS property and how it is commonly used incorrectly.

My dad saved me, and I killed him – An inspiring yet painfully sad story about a would-be crippled boy and a father who didn’t give up on him. Definitely worth reading. read more…

IE6 denial message fro Momentile.com – This is a great little cartoon for IE6 users trying to access Momentile.com. The humor is great but I can’t imagine IE6 users will be laughing. Maybe they should upgrade their browser! lol

Iran / today / Krimkhan bridge / protest NOW #iranelection – This is a twitpic of the protests going on over the Iran election. Very important stuff going on right now.

All the Small Icons You’ll Ever Need – A great collection of pixel icons. read more…

So, the last few days hasn’t led to hardly any really good links so I didn’t do a roundup. Sorry! Here’s some good links for today though.

Wishing there was a socially acceptable way to buy rum for cakes – This is from a blog called “Stuff Christians Like” and although I call myself a Christian, I think I call Christians hypocrites more. Comments to blog poster: You’re ingesting rum, a hard liquor. Regardless of it’s form, you’re ingesting it. If it’s against your faith and you’re trying to bend the rules, you’re a hypocrite. You can’t bend the rules of your faith and think it’s magically okay now.

Safeguarding Your Mac With Undercover - I was looking for something like this awhile back and didn’t really take the time to find a good solution. Thanks AppStorm!

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2 Japanese Carrying $134 Billion In U.S. Bonds Detained In Italy – What?! $134 Billion? So this is where are money is going eh?

12 resources for getting a jump on HTML 5 – I’m pretty excited for HTML 5 and this is a great list of places to get going with it.

24 CSS (in some cases with jQuery) Navigation and Menu Tutorials – In the last few days I’ve had a few people ask me questions about navigation stuff and although I know how to answer their questions, it’s always good to learn a little more if you can.

New to jQuery? Don’t be Scurred… – A great little starter tut on some jQuery stuff. jQuery is awesome and very easy to learn.

10 Tips for Incredible Web Forms! – I see a lot of ugly web forms every day. I hope the people that made those forms take a look at this article and put it into practice. Good info!

TabExposé Mac App – This is a great little app that makes it easier to use tabs in Safari.

Why Apple keeps iPhone specifications quiet – Interesting approach by Apple. Worth reading if you’re an Apple fan.

Apple’s Cool Matrix-Style App Wall – An array of Apple Cinema display’s with more than 50,000 app icons from the app store. When one is purchased it pulses. [Video and pictures]

Introducing Google Quick Search Box – This is a cool little app from Google that you can use to search your computer for Mac users. I haven’t had a chance to check this out but it looks really neat.

20 Tools to Make the Life of a Web Developer Easier – This is a great list of tools. There are a few here that I didn’t know about. read more…

Google: Introducing Page Speed – This is a Firefox plugin that does basically the same thing as Yahoo’s YSlow except in my opinion it’s better.

jQuery Tools – The missing UI library for the Web – I use jQuery UI for pretty much all my projects that use tabs and other UI features. This is great because it’s tiny compared to a custom jQuery UI build at ui.jquery.com and it has pretty much everything I use and a little more.

http://twitteranalyzer.com – I’ve used this before and you might have too. I just used it this morning to see some interesting info. about my Twitter acct. read more…