February 2010
54 posts
“Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design,...”
– Jeffrey Zeldman
January 2010
110 posts
Apple MacBook Prices Infographic →
An example of bad information design:
the height of each wedge does not correspond to the price (it merely increments by one unit each time you move clockwise)
the scale does not start at $0, meaning size comparisons are distorted
expanding wedges exaggerate the already exaggerated difference in price
Just compare the $1197.66 HK price with $2068.39 Brazil price. The difference in wedge size...
“I used to be a hypochondriac AND a kleptomaniac. So I took something for it.”
– lastgoodnickname (via Slashdot)
Predictions!
nostrich:
Cutting it fine here, but I have some Apple Tablet predictions too!
It will be exactly what you thought it would be, and you will delight in telling the internet as much
Tomorrow, the number of Apple pundits on the web will dramatically decrease, but not before tallying how many of their predictions were correct
TUAW will have absolutely nothing of interest to say, and their...
Good ol' CSS
mrgan:
From the archives
I accidentally typed this: paddin-top: 25px I noticed the error and, before I could think about it for too long, my fingers changed it to: paddin'-top: 25px True story.
SizeWell for Mac OS X →
Pico Mitchell released a new version of is great little tool SizeWell. I like it very much and recommend it to everyone who wants to gain more control over resizing and moving windows.
SizeWell: Better window resize and zoom options.
While resizing a window, hold a modifier key to:
Keep its width or height.
Keep its aspect ratio.
Keep it centered.
Pin its bottom right corner.
...
“I never tire of listening to obsessive perfectionists, no matter the topic.”
– John Gruber (via marco)
“The scroll down wheel on the top of the mouse is a wonderful extra. Instead of...”
– Seen on the internet, circa 2003 (via Amazon)
France Considers 'Pirate Tax' For Online Ads →
A report commissioned by the French Minister of Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand, urges the introduction of a tax on online advertising such as that carried by Google, which would be used to pay the creators of artistic and other works that lose out to online piracy.
Because that will solve our problems.
Human-centered prepositions →
bobulate:
Buckminster Fuller on a more human-centered approach to using the prepositions “down” and “up”:
The words “down” and “up”, according to Fuller, are awkward in that they refer to a planar concept of direction inconsistent with human experience. The words “in” and “out” should be used instead, he argued, because they better describe an object’s relation to a gravitational center, the...
Niniane's Blog: writing this blog post was a... →
CM: “What a succinct, catchy slogan! [in his booming theatrical voice] Great taste helps make lowering cholesterol a non-challenge!” Me: [laughing] CM: “Doesn’t that just make you want to repeat the slogan to all your friends?” [turning the box around]
The quotes at the end are great.
Star Wars screen crawl in CSS →
(warning: loud)
You can select the text as it goes by!
“Engineers are retarded. They have some kind of brain damage that allows them to...”
– Jim Reekes—Welcome to Macintosh (2008)
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Canon's enormous 5200mm F/14 DSLR lens →
Check out the Youtube video here.
I love when odd pieces of crazy photo gear show up on eBay and this one has crazy written all over it. The listing, which sadly ended back in December, claims this 5200mm prime is more than 6-feet long and weighs about 220-pounds. The more of the listing you read, the more crazy numbers you come across. Minimum focus distance? 120 meters, which is just a shade...
Mom Takes Children's Songs Literally →
jingc:
From McSweeney’s:
What are you talking about, “how I wonder what you are”? It’s a star. You just said it was a star.
(via TMN)
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“Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if...”
– Brian Kernighan, via Slashdot | Myths About Code Comments
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The Empty Bits of Life →
jingc:
It’s great to have a smartphone that can keep you occupied during those mindless waiting times. On the other hand, there is this downside:
The serendipitous gaps that used to be part of even the most hectic modern life can now be reduced to near zero. The emotional muscles stretched by those moments of emptiness — the ability to tune into one’s self, to tolerate the anxieties that swim...