August 2005 Entries
08.23.2005
Asians and North Americans see the world differently according to findings reported on Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. From Yahoo! News:The researchers, led by Hannah-Faye Chua and Richard Nisbett, tracked the eye movements of the... [+]
08.22.2005
Here's a way to use AJAX to keep things clean. Your javascript markup, that is. Behaviour uses CSS selectors to keep your markup tidy and readable. Definitely earns a good housekeeping seal of approval!... [+]
08.22.2005
Brickfest 2005 drew Lego fanatics worldwide to show off their brick-laying skills. Personally, none of them are as good as my all-time favorite, Abston Church of Christ.... [+]
08.21.2005
A recent piece on the mathematics of flipping your mattress on American Scientist Online made me think of bed simplification. I not only make my bed every morning, I also flip/turn my mattress seasonally. And I do this by design.... [+]
08.21.2005
Imagine your favorite newsstand. In Manhattan, there are quite a few of them, often crammed in those interstitial niches between skyscrapers, their narrowness just perfect for aisles of news racks. I love pawing through the magazines, particularly enamored with the... [+]
08.21.2005
Think New York blog readers are tech savvy? Well, apparently not when it comes to RSS. Only 11% of blog readers use RSS to monitor stories, according to a recent article from Editor and Publisher:New York Blog readers, thought of... [+]
08.19.2005
According to this study conducted by the University of Glamorgan, most websites are designed to appeal more to men regardless of the site's target audience. 94% of the sites displayed a masculine orientation with just 2% displaying a typically female... [+]
08.06.2005
Append the exclamation mark to anything and it metamorphoses the banal and lifeless into something that bounces with zeal and passion. Take a look at Yahoo! and tompeters! as examples. And, then there's the interrobang: how the superimposition of the... [+]
08.02.2005
Sounds like an oxymoron, I know, but I did stumble upon a billboard ad with a witty concept and minimalist execution. Winner of the Cannes Lions Live Bronze award for outdoor advertising, this billboard for a suntan lotion was meticulously... [+]
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