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AOpen’s Mac, err, Windows Mini
Have they no shame? I just don’t get how anyone could do something like this and feel okay about it. I guess it’s just the mentality of a creative person (which AOpen is clearly not) versus that of someone more business-minded. I just think I’d be embarra
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Giant Squid photographed for the first time.
Incredible. It’s amazing that the giant squid hadn’t been photographed before now. From the encounter, it would seem the world’s largest invertebrate is more aggressive than previously thought. Very cool.
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LOST: Adrift
I promise there will be posts here that aren’t about LOST soon. But, they won’t be today, because last night’s episode kicked ass. I suspect the causal watchers of the show (wait — are there casual watchers of this show?) might have been disappointed with the lack of progression in the Kate/Jack/Locke in-the-hatch storyline, but there were so many little details to pick up on in Season Two, Episode Two that it was all worthwhile.
Here are some of the things I noticed.
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CSS 2.1 selectors, Part 1
A nice explanation of the various CSS selectors by Roger Johansson. Very handy!
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LOST: Guys, where are we?
So last night I finished LOST, Season One on DVD. I know there are a million LOST fan websites where people post their theories and speculations on the mysteries of the show, but I’ve not (yet) looked at them. I suspect that any theories I might have are far from original — I’m sure someone else had them before me. But I’m going to spill my thoughts anyway, because I think they’re interesting. Yes, I know I’m a year behind the curve here. Just bear with me.
And so it begins with the most basic of questions.
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Guide to commenting on blogs
I kindly request that each of you read this before hitting the “submit” button on this site. :)
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Lost: One of several reasons I’ve been MIA on this blog for the past week.
I’ve been sort of absent from this site for about a week. There are a number of things I’ve been busy with. Most of them are fairly good excuses to neglect this site — real work and the like.
That having been said, I’ve become completely obsessed with ABC’s LOST. Yeah, I’m one of those people now. I didn’t watch the first season. No real reason — I simply didn’t get into it at the beginning and didn’t see a reason to start half-way through. But I noticed ABC was doing a one-hour recap of season one prior to their season two premiere last week, so I checked it out. And I was hooked. Just like that. If you haven’t, you simply must check this show out.
Yesterday afternoon, I bought the season one DVDs. There are 25 episodes. Seven DVDs. Last night I watch the first four DVDs (16 episodes) in a row. I was up until four o’clock. I couldn’t stop. I watched episode 17 on my lunch break today. I’m hoping to finish them all before Wednesday’s new episode.
So, if you don’t hear from me for a few days, It’s because I’m lost in LOST. See you on the flip side.
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XHTML Character Entity References
A very, very handy reference to XHTML character entities.
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Brian Ford, blogads logo contest finalist
The blogads logo finalists have been revealed, and Brian Ford, my cousin, business partner, and frequent-commenter here on this site, has been selected. In my humble opinion, his is definitely the best logo on the board, so go and give him some props!
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Kevin Smith has a Flickr Photostream
He’s got a blog too, but that’s old news.
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Twotiny Icons
Some nice itty-bitty web icons here.
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HTML Stamps
I like these little guys for when I’m doing mockups and wireframes.
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20 CSS Tips and Tricks
Most of these won’t be new to my readers, but the Ajaxian blog has a list of 20 good CSS tips and tricks. What this has to do with AJAX, I’ll never know.
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Bacardi Red Hot Road Trip in town
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Bacardi Red Hot Road Trip in town
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Willam
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Jenny and I
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Jenny and I
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Mary in hysterics.
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Mary in hysterics.
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I ain't sayin' she a gold digger…
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I ain't sayin' she a gold digger…
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A car made out of computer parts.
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Aquarium dolphins found at sea after Katrina
Incredible. Aquarium dolphins from Mississippi were actually swept out to sea by Katrina’s 40-foot surge wave. They’re underweight and injured, and will be rescued back into captivity.
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Tyrannosaurus may have had feathers
The predatory Tyrannosaurus Rex, as well as other dinosaurs, may have ” looked more like birds than reptiles,” according to the latest scientific findings. I consider this further evidence that everything I learned in my childhood was a lie.
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FreeiPodNanos.com
More free iPod fun from Gratis, the same company that I got two iPods and a Mac mini from.
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Jesse and Michelle
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Jesse and Michelle
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Michelle
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Michelle
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Katrina: A photodocumentary
An incredible set of photos documenting the storm in New Orleans. I’d imagine this is about as poignant a group of photos as you’ll find detailing the destruction.
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Kanye, one week later: riding high.
The LA Times looks at why the Dixie Chicks have their music boycotted and take a major career hit for lambasting President Bush, and Kanye West has the number one single in the country a week after putting the same President on blast.
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Threadless Katrina Relief T-Shirt
Buy this sweet tee from Threadless and they’ll donate $20 to Katrina relief. Plus, you’ll look like me. And that’s worth something, right?
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Mint is an art piece, but…
Very fair take on Mint, it’s cost, and it’s value as compared to ShortStat.
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The iTunes 5 Announcement From the Perspective of an Anthropomorphized Brushed Metal User Interface Theme
Gruber has outdone himself. This post is an absolute f’ing riot. Way to go, John.
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LogoWorks.com: Rip Off Artists?
This is appalling.
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David Peralty: Shaun Inman is Microsoft
David thinks that Shaun “doesn’t deserve” money for Mint and that he is “the Microsoft of web stats.” He also (very incorrectly) claims that Urchin is free and that all of Mint’s beta testers “are a claque”. Oh how I love feeding the trolls…
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Rethinking the Mac OS X Finder
I don’t love everything about this, but there are a few nice ideas in here…
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Ten…errr, Twenty CSS Tricks You May Not Know
I didn’t find any I didn’t know, but still. good tips. and Part Two
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My brother, featured in the University student newspaper
My brother is a strange, strange dude.
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Jeff Croft
I’m a digital product designer and developer in Seattle, WA. I currently work with Simply Measured, and recently co-founded Lendle, a Kindle book sharing service.
Some of my past clients include Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Copious, The New York Review of Books, Django, The Lawrence Journal-World, and the University of Washington.
I’ve authored two books on web and interactive design and spoken at dozens of conferences around the world.
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