November 27th, 2007
voxpop, webdesign
Lots of modern websites have sidebars. The sidebar is the smaller of a two-column webdesign, usually used either for navigation or for secondary information. Sometimes, it’s on the left of the main column, sometimes it’s on the right.
Which is better?
This is something I’ve been flip flopping on for quite some time now. I decided to [...]
November 25th, 2007
noscope
Out of the blue: Hello new webserver. Hosted by danish company and personal acquaintance, Codefrog (gotta love that name), this new server should sport better speed and better support of WP-Super-Cache. We’ll see how things work out.
November 22nd, 2007
apple, software, windows
I’ve been extremely happy with my iPod Shuffle. It is a fantastic device. Much to my sadness, though, the Shuffle is a package deal: you can only transfer music to the iPod using the bundled iTunes media player. Is that bad? Well, yeah, because iTunes is the new Real Player.
November 19th, 2007
games
Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects.
Deluxe indeed. Nintendo DS anyone?
November 19th, 2007
javascript, webdesign
Need to hide, then show some HTML content? Maybe you need to hide some text until the user explicity asks for it? In any case, here’s a really simple way to do it:
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Perfection (in design) is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing [...]
November 12th, 2007
music, reviews
Reviews are spoilerfree but beware of comments.
Good concert. They seemed to have some trouble with the tech, though. Best song of the evening: Kelly Watch The Stars.
November 12th, 2007
design, photos, zenphoto
The team behind the now sweetest photo gallery offering has just released version 1.1. Zenphoto now offers EXIF file information, sub-albums, auto-watermarking, video embedding, tagging and searching.
I’m proud to say that I was once a tiny minuscule part in the development, as I designed what to my surprise is still the default Zenphoto theme. [...]
November 6th, 2007
wordpress
Finally an alternative to WP Cache: WP Super Cache. I’ve been having nothing but trouble with the former, yet I can’t live without it. Let’s hope the new one works better. So far things seem to be working really well.
November 5th, 2007
google, usability
What would it take to build a better mobile phone?
A commitment to openness, a shared vision for the future, and concrete plans to make the vision a reality.
– From the new Open Handset Alliance.
In case you missed it, the keyword here is “openness”, which feels like an obvious sting at Apples recent iPhone development [...]
November 5th, 2007
games, nintendo
ScummVM [for DS] is an interpreter that allows you to play many point and click adventure games from the 80s and 90s on modern computers. [...] ScummVM runs games from Lucasarts that were created using the SCUMM system (hence the name) but it has also been expanded to run games from many other developers too. [...] This means that you can play all these classic games on the DS with full sound.
One please.
November 3rd, 2007
design, gmail, google
There’s a new version of Gmail on its way. Supposedly it’s speedier and has better contact management. New screenshots also show a graphic change: it’s no longer Gmail, it’s now Google Mail.
Why? Here’s a few possibilities and observations:
Who makes Gmail? Google does. Did you know? Maybe your mom didn’t. She will now.
My my look at [...]