This has got to be the dorkiest band I’ve ever heard. Lots of fun.
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Monthly Archives: October 2005
H & S Bicycles
…because I’m always forgetting the hours/phone#/address of the shop where I bought my bike.
CUTCO Cutlery: Cook’s Combo - Santoku Knife and Trimmer
For fun in the outdoors I enjoy swedish stainless steel, but for kitchen knives Cutco is unmatched. They’re sharp, strong, easy to use (dishwasher safe) and guaranteed forever. We sent in one of Cybil’s grandfather’s knives after he died, the handle was chipped and the tip was busted off; they fixed it.
Now Cutco has this […]
QuirksBlog: … and the winner is …
No resounding, “AhHA!” but at least there is progress and the functions are tight. (context: addEvent() recoding contest)
Vitaly Friedman | Blog: 20 Best License-Free Official Fonts
I should never have followed this link. I’ve whittled my font list nearly down to only web fonts (those installed on most user’s systems) and those in my Adobe folio that are talked about by Bringhurst. It is not easy to reduce one’s list of installed fonts, but the only way I’ll ever get […]
CSS layouts: liquid, fluid, elastic, flexible, jello…
Very impressive CSS layouts, all using the same simple XHTML (no nesting), all (or nearly all) flexible layouts, and no hacks!
Jensen Harris: An Office User Interface Blog : Be Willing To Be Wrong
“People can scan disparate patterns more easily than homogenous patterns.”
This makes perfect sense. As visual elements begin to look more like eachother, more uniform, the overall esthetic may be nice and soothing, but distinguishing the individual bits (which is the important part) becomes harder.
Very cool to hear about all the real user testing they’re doing. […]
Meet the Life Hackers - New York Times
Eat your heart out Mr. Bailey, this crazy lady has not 2, but 3 side-by-side vertical flat panel monitors. Highlights of the article:
The results? On the bigger screen, people completed the tasks at least 10 percent more quickly - and some as much as 44 percent more quickly.
and here’s a study to support our practice […]