UC2008 On 1 August, find a usability problem, design a solution, and share it! (tags: usability via:mento.info) [...]
nonaKnits: Sidewinders: The Prologue Because seriously, trying to use double pointed sock needles on the train is a recipe for a fucking disaster. (tags: knitting socks via:mento.info) [...]
The Ladybird Book of The Policeman (tags: humour police spoof via:mento.info) malevole - Text Generator [...]
AppleScript Language Guide: Document Revision History I know this is old news, but I’d kind of forgotten to check for updates around 2002 or so (tags: apple applescript finally [...]
§ 140. Designers and design I can think of some people I ought to send this to (tags: design web via:mento.info)
Woollies warm frozen figures | Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania (tags: knitgraffiti via:mento.info)
Polaroid PoGo Want want want want want want (tags: photos polaroid via:mento.info)
Applying Divine Proportion To Your Web Designs | How-To | Smashing Magazine (tags: web article proportion grid via:mento.info)
stilgherrian: Excellent. The smell of cat’s piss is NOT coming from the file server. Problem scales down appropriately.
Web-smart, too. This is made of awesome and win.
thats my Al pal!
Everyone by now can recognise the determined individuality of an Al Young painting. Dense visual information. Movement and spontaneity. Improvisation. Jarring colours. Marks so crudely applied as to be of a child’s hand. — stock
Kim Cameron’s Identity Blog:
I got a new Toshiba Portege a few weeks ago, the first machine I’ve owned that came with a fingerprint sensor. At first the system seemed to have been designed in a sensible way. The fingerprint template is encrypted and stays local. It is never released [...]
pureCaffeine: People complain about those “disconnected with real life” - 2nd/e-lives etc. Yet nothing of vacant-faced pedestrians off in their own world!
From “happy hacking” to “screw you” - the story of Meraki | virishi.net
So… in the course of six months Meraki has gone from “happy hacking - buy our equipment and use it to help poor people access the net” to “pay three times as much for our hardware and we’ll install whatever we [...]
Enhanced episodes - Lostpedia
Beginning with the launch airdate of Season 4 of Lost, ABC has broadcast “enhanced” versions of episodes. These enhanced episodes are not part of ABC Enhanced TV, which provides Internet-interactivity during viewing. The enhancement features pop-up captions of text, in some cases accompanied by still images of [...]
Train plan a ‘third world’ joke | Herald Sun
A CONNEX investigation into ripping out train seats to ease overcrowding has been slammed as a ‘third world’ joke and safety risk. Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu today branded the idea an insult to passengers suffering overcrowding, cancellations and delays. [...]
Haiku Project
Haiku is an open-source operating system currently in development designed from the ground up for desktop computing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku aims to provide users of all levels with a personal computing experience that is simple yet powerful, and free of any unnecessary complexities.
Says the Age, and presumably a heap of others.
Apple is talking to music companies about giving customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPod and iPhone devices, it has been reported.
It’d better be able to burn CDs and all that, the same as [...]
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