experimental CSS techniques
Tags: CSS"Web 2.0 sites nearly always feel open and friendly and often use small chunks of large type. The colors are bright and cheery — lots of blue, orange, and what we jokingly call the Official Color of Web 2.0: lime green. You can see some of these striking commonalities in Ludwig Gatzke’s compilation of nearly 400 Web 2.0 logos. Read on for a breakdown of the fonts used in a few of our favorite brands."
Tags: GraphicsAwesome "portal" -- with the top links from del.icio.us, furl.net, digg.com, flickr, reddit.com, tailrank.com, slashdot.org, youtube.com (a new fav of mine), news.google.com, newsvine.com, topix.net. Customizable. Very nifty.
Tags: Referencehaha ... spoof of the presentation microsoft made introducing new features for Vista... It looks familiar somehow! Makes you crave some fruit ... maybe an apple? Be sure to watch all three episodes!
Tags: Funny"we take you behind the designs and show how to apply the techniques of industry leaders to your own projects" - they have a nice section of tutorials
Tags: Graphics"A post-production house organized a competition where assistant editors ‘re-cut’ trailers for famous movies to try and make them seem like different movies . . . . this is the one that won: Shining." Watch the Quicktime Movie File ...
Tags: Funnyyou can't stop playing ... it's almost like the sims. The goal - to have every row and column contain numbers 1-9; but each row and column can't contain the same number; it makes sense when you see it and start playing; you think you're doing pretty well ... get about halfway through - and then you click "How am I Doing?" and you've missed a few ... SO ADDICTING! Try it!
Tags: Fun and GamesHandy even for those of us with two tivos. Somes even TWO isn't enough ;) "In the past, if two of your favorite shows overlapped by a minute or two, you could only record one or the other. Now, with Overlap Protection, your TiVo can record both shows back-to-back by clipping just enough from the end of the first show or the beginning of the second show, based on which has the higher Season Pass priority in Season Pass Manager."
Tags: TivoEasy way to come up with color choices to go with already-in-place logos or corporate colors!
Tags: Design, Graphics"If I mistakenly drop a penny, I'll pause for second to consider the effort that's involved in picking it up, then realize that the amount of time I've spent contemplating its retrieval has probably already surpassed the value of the penny itself."
Tags: QuickLinksThese screenshots of Office12 are really interesting ... a pretty big departure from all previous office upgrades; tech people will love it ... but users who don't like change will freak - but then - they don't HAVE to upgrade ;)
Tags: SoftwareThey only ask for a link back to their site if you use one of their backgrounds - some really nice subtle backgrounds here;
Tags: Graphics