Monthly Archives: March 2010

Bad Web Design: EnviroDome Photos

The other day in my class, a student asked why we can’t just use the width and height attributes of the img tag to resize photos to make thumbnails.
Here’s a page that shows not.  So these people are selling a (goofy?) product.  Presumably they don’t want to piss me, a potential customer, off.  So they [...]

Climate change is a fact, says China

Climate change is a fact, says China – ABC News.
Here’s the answer to all those people who say it’s pointless to do anything in Australia until they start doing something in China.
Yeah, Big Bad China is kicking our ass in combating global warming now.  They’re turning around that ship of one point whatever billion people [...]

ISP filtering policy is not evidence-based

Editorial: ISP filtering policy is not evidence-based – Whirlpool Broadband News.
Must read editorial on the failure that will be the Great Firewall of China.
Make no mistake, this will be another Labor Bungle.  Although it won’t cause the loss of life the Insulation Affair did, it’s going to cost us far more money is lost productivity [...]

Progressive enhancement: pure CSS speech bubbles

Progressive enhancement: pure CSS speech bubbles – Nicolas Gallagher — Blog & Ephemera.
Wow, this is some impressive stuff!  Something I’m going to have to look into further for the redesign.

Unicode Characters for Class Names

Unicode Characters for Class Names | CSS-Tricks.
Cute idea, but I’m not sure how often I’d use it.  I prefer clarity to cleverness.

Get Ready for HTML 5

A List Apart: Articles: Get Ready for HTML 5.

So I have this idea right?

I have a new idea for a theme running through my head.
If you know me, you might know about my privacy assignment from last year at UOW that involved sock puppets.  It was a creative assignment that I really threw myself into, and I kind of like that it was whimsical.  Whimsical enough that I [...]