What a wonderful way to discover new webcomics. I’ll try hard not to lose hours in this.

The Web, always finding new ways to tempt me into spending money (I don’t have) in books (I don’t have the shelving space for). (via Kottke)

Despite the generic name and 1990s-like design this website, this survey of online video hosts is quite useful, as you can compare the embed quality and performance of different sites in a single page. I’ve been a Vimeo user for the last two years, but some things prevented from taking the plunge into a paid account (mostly the buggy player and the sleazy way the introduction of paid accounts meant the removal of features from the free ones). I also have YouTube for a few things, but again I think its player will be an iconic piece of ugly design of the noughts, and the 10 minute limit is a bore. So I wonder about Exposure Room (ugly site though) and OpenFilm…