Steve Jobs Alter Ego?
I thought that this reporter for USA Today (shown here on CNBC) looks a little too much like Steve Jobs himself.
Despair
I love these posters every time I see them
New Jeep Travelbug
New Jeep Travelbug Originally uploaded by cynomyso Every year Jeep releases a new travel bug edition. Today, I received one in the mail, enabling me to be the first to place one! Now I just need to decide where. Don't know about geocaching or travel bugs? Visit wikipedia ;-)
Baseball and Rainbows
Baseball and Rainbows Originally uploaded by cynomyso A good storm passed during the second inning of a Lincoln Saltdogs game the other night. As the storm moved out, the tarp was removed and the players warmed up, a full double rainbow broke out over Lincoln. A hot humid day quickly gave way to an evening where sweatshirts were comfortable.
iPhone Video
Apple today released a nearly 25 minute-long video about the iPhone demonstrating its use. There are two things that it confirmed to me. One, it seems be a great pocket-sized mac in the way that it handles email, the web and sms chatting. Second, I think that its going to be an awkward phone. The size and shape just don’t seem like something that I would want to carry everywhere.
Podcasting with Manila
People seem to get bored with technology. I know that I often do. It’s why I can’t wait for Apple to release Mac OS 10.5 even though 10.4 works great. It’s why I check macupdate.com throughout the day looking for something that’s new or improved. It’s also why I think that people seem to have forgotten what a great tool Manila is and are so ready to push it out the door.
Pultz Links
I just said that I’d stop posting constant lists of links… but these are from somebody else, so it’s okay. Chris Pultz (trainer extraordinaire) sent me some great links through del.icio.us that would be useful to anybody getting started in designing with cascading style sheets Keep It Simple, Stupid showcases 49 site designs that are beautiful for what they did not do to their sites more than what they did do.
More blogging, less linking
I really see my blog as the center of my life on the web. My blog is the first place I search when I want to recall something that I did months or years ago. For this reason, I have often muddied my posts with everything I have been bookmarking and more. Throwing all of this information in one pot can discouraging to those that are looking for some perspective.
New Web Sites All Around
The beginning of this summer has been hectic as I have launched a couple of sites already including the new Lincoln Public Schools web site. The new site is a little wider than the old site, now being 990px wide. We had quite a bit of discussion about this before we went live wondering if it was the right decision to do this. Interestingly, since then Apple has launched their new site and CNN has released the beta of their new site.
Best Mice Ever
It may not be often that you give your mouse a lot of thought, but I just had one of those moments where I thought “Wow! What a great mouse." I use a Logitech VX when I’m portable and a Logitech MX at my desktop. These are basically the same mouse with some small differences that make each better for the environment they were designed to be used in. The key feature on both is a scroll wheel that is able to work (as many scroll wheels do) in a mode that sort of clicks as you scroll, and a mode that is unique where it is free to spin like the Price-is-right Big Wheel.
Columbus Dreamweaver Workshop Followup
Thanks again to those of you that attended my workshop in Columbus on Tuesday. Here are some of the resources that I told you I would post here: Firefox Add-ons Firebug (Firebox-based CSS Inspector) Firefox Web Development Toolbar MeasureIt (screen ruler) ColorZilla (Color grabber) Browser Testing Evolt.org (Browser Archives) Install multiple version of IE on Windows XP Web Sites CSS Zen Garden CSS Beauty: CSS Design Showcase CSS Vault: Inspiring Creativity CSS Hack Glish: CSS Layout Techniques Layout-o-matic A List Apart Digital-Web Magazine Stylegala The Web Standards Project Useful books
Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design
Digital-Web Magazine offers an educational article about PNGs and how to use them in ways that no other web image format can be used.
Child hit by car followup
I have really enjoyed reading the blog recently started by our city’s police chief. It gives, what I think, is a rare and honest look at the inside of law enforcement. Yesterday he provided his response to the many complaints he hears about there not being enough police around schools in the morning to prevent accidents such as those that happened last week at Prescott Elementary.
Intel Metro Laptop Video
Of course Intel doesn’t make laptops, but they often put out demonstration technology that they hope hardware manufacturers will draw inspiration from and run with. Here is a new ultra-thin laptop with an e-ink display in the lid to allow checking of calendar, email etc without opening the computer. Powered by ScribeFire.
links for 2007-05-18
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links for 2007-05-17
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While we're on coffee houses... My favs
I visit more coffee houses and drink more java than I’m prepared to fully disclose, but here are some of my favorites in Lincoln. The Mill: This is, along with 'the coffee house', the classic coffee house. I love the wood and brick. I love the dock. I enjoy the atmosphere that all of the international students that hang out there provide. The tables are a little small and the chairs too uncomfortable to do more than an hour of work there.
Lincoln's Coffee houses in today's Journal Star
Brian Christopherson of Lincoln’s Journal Star took on the burden of visiting some of downtown’s larger coffee joints to compare the vibe and prices. Powered by ScribeFire.
links for 2007-05-14
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