October 2009
21 posts
“I know Windows is awful. Everyone knows Windows is awful. Windows is like the...”
– Charlie Brooker, _The Guardian_
Oct 1st
September 2009
18 posts
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Sep 25th
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If only all fashion spreads were like this →
Sep 25th
Dust storm in Australia →
Amazing shots (as usual) on The Big Picture
Sep 23rd
The League of Moveable Type - League Gothic →
Slowly but surely, the League of Moveable Type is releasing quality typefaces into the public domain. This one’s a beaut. (via hicksdesign)
Sep 23rd
3 tags
“From a faster Javascript engine, to support for current web technologies like...”
– Chromium Blog: Introducing Google Chrome Frame
Sep 22nd
JSNES: A Javascript NES emulator →
I think this pretty much ends any debate about JavaScript being a real programming language.
Sep 17th
“Now that I’ve see live action 3-D done as well as it’s likely to be...”
– Roger Ebert’s Journal
Sep 17th
"First subpixel typeface, ever" →
An x-height of 3 pixels is madness, but this is impressive work.
Sep 15th
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“The noun octopus is often made plural in English as octopi, originally from the...”
– From the Wikipedia entry on “Hypercorrection”
Sep 15th
Sep 9th
Sep 9th
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Warning: extreme Mac Siracusian nerdery ahead. If you’re an old-school Mac user, then you may prefer your Finder to be set to “Always open folders in a new window.” (Consult your Finder preferences to change this.) Personally, I prefer it that way because I like to arrange certain icons and size certain windows just so, whereas with the default setting, folders open in the same...
Sep 8th
Sep 3rd
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Credit where credit is due
The OS X installer for the latest version of Adobe Flash Player (10,0,32,18 according to Adobe’s hare-brained version-numbering scheme), is the nicest installer Adobe has ever produced. It asked me politely to quit two applications (presumably ones that were using Flash), and then it took about 5 seconds to finish up. No reboot, no re-launching Safari (although this is probably due to Snow...
Sep 2nd
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Sep 2nd
Blu-Link Universal Remote Control for PlayStation... →
Awfully tempting to buy one of these. (via The PS3 Hub)
Sep 1st
Book: Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja by John... →
This could be an invaluable resource: a JavaScript book by one of the language’s masters.
Sep 1st
Helvetical →
De-uglifying Google Calendar, with inspiration from Jon Hicks’ Helvetireader
Sep 1st
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Sep 1st