I carved a really nice pumpkin for Halloween earlier this week. It was one of those miniature ones. I was going to take a photo of it and use it on my blog. Yesterday while at work my wife wrote me “I have good news and bad news.”
“Oh? Give me the good news first…” (I never like the good news+bad news type of situation. 9 out 10 times it’s just a bad news wrapped in a cushion.)
“Your pumpkin has a fan. It’s a cute squirrel.”
“So what’s the bad news?”
“It ate your pumpkin.”
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- Familiarity & Learnability – Two design principles I think that are very important when creating a usable site.
- Hypertext & Print.css – Usability issue isn’t limited to screen when it comes to web design. In this entry, readers and I talk about when to or not to print out URLs using CSS2.
Blogs From Elsewhere
- JavaScript and Screen Readers – Aaron Cannon and Aaron Barker did a great job explaining how major screen readers(Jaws 9.0 and Window Eyes 7.0) interpret javascript events.
- CSS Implementations of the Rich and Famous – A very comprehensive comparison of CSS implementations of major web sites out there.
- Live Remix of the 2008 Presidential Debates – If you’re a fan of politics and infograph, this is a very neat presentation.
- If It’s Too Social, You’re Too Old – Does social networking have anything to do with age or level of commitment? I believe it is whatever you make it to be. It’s different for everyone.
- Subway Architecture – A nice collection of subways. Working in Washington DC, I’ve become a fan of subway tunnels and escalators. There’s so much geometry and clean lines involved in the architecture.
Time Killers
- The Eyeballing Game – Good practice on your… eyeballing skills. Time to brush up on geometry too!
- Sheep Dash! – How fast are your reactions
- Mr. Picassohead – You too can be Picasso.
Totally Random
- Don’t Harm the Eggs – I swear this happens to me every morning.
- FaceBook Fail – Can’t tell if this is real. But regardless it’s funny.
- Bar Code Diagram – Now I understand what the bars mean. Check it out if you’re curious too.
Gheorghe Zamfir
Close your eyes, and let Gheorghe Zamfir’s masterful pan-flute performance take you to another world. The Lonely Sheperd is my most favorite piece of music. It has so much emotional and yet so calming. When I wrote about Kill Bill this week, I just had to listen to it again. Quentin Tarantino has good taste in music.
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11-03-08
Ours had a rabbit attack. We cut another hole in back and pieced it back together with toothpicks. A rat trap solved the problem….