November 2001
errors don't have to be so mean
Posted by on Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 7 comments
The folks at 37signals churn out another enjoyable site. Design Not Found: The best and worst of contingency design is a set of examples of what some popular websites cough up when they get confused. In their words: "real-world examples of good and bad contingency design". • It's a good site and …
the new identity crisis
Posted by on Sunday, November 25, 2001 - 44 comments
Prompted by the awkward mass @home.com to @rogers.com email address change, Peter Rukavina tackles the fickle impermanence of email addresses (go read his comments and then come back and read on). • I've been having similar problems with phone numbers lately. I have a home phone at my apartment …
laughing at (or with) the unemployed
Posted by on Wednesday, November 21, 2001
Derek Powazek links to an amusing short flash film about being an unemployed dot-com casualty (includes audio).
if your audi tt sucks, then give it me
Posted by on Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - 1 comment
To the man or woman that found our website by searching Netscape Search for "my audi tt sucks", I will trade you my toyota for it, sight unseen (it's a good starter too).
OS Interface Prediction
Posted by on Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - 8 comments
A key to establishing yourself as in influential industry player seems to be making bold predictions about software. • I predict that both Microsoft's Luna interface for Windows XP and Apple's Aqua interface for Mac OS X, will be toned down in subsequent versions (particularly in terms of color …
g00gle 0wnz j00
Posted by on Tuesday, November 20, 2001 - 5 comments
A new, easter-egg-esque, Google language is available! It is such great fun. Go play!
Windows XP: suddenly everything sucks.
Posted by on Monday, November 19, 2001 - 8 comments
I usually try to avoid posting links that are going to be on every other blog in the world. It makes me feel like a sheep. • This is one of those types of links, however, there is something that I found particularly amusing about this one. • Somebody is adbusting Microsoft's Windows XP …
Steven Garrity's Web Design Hall of Shame
Posted by on Sunday, November 18, 2001 - 11 comments
Since some of you are not me (I have reason to believe a large majority of you may be people other than myself), you may not find this post as interesting as I have. However, if you know me you may enjoy laughing at me and some of the following is a little embarrassing. • After Peter from …
Armagetron: best game ever
Posted by on Saturday, November 17, 2001 - 2 comments
A strange phenomenon has been sapping valuable time from our lives at my office in the last week. • It's called Armagetron. It's an open source (freeware) arcade-style game that plays like a cross between the movie Tron ("Where love and escape do not compute."), and the Snakes (aka Worms aka …
better late then never: The New Pornographers are good
Posted by on Saturday, November 17, 2001 in - 2 comments
As is often the case, I have only now discovered something that was cool a year ago. In the music-journalist-speak the Canadian indie-rock Supergroup, The New Pornographers won a Juno for Best Alternative Album for their album Mass Romantic. Their name comes from a Jimmy Swaggart quote where he …
angsty rocker brings dignity to Coronation Street fan
Posted by on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 - 29 comments
I am no longer embarrassed to admit that lately I have started watching Coronation Street. Why am I no longer afraid? It is because I have noticed that Thom Yorke (apparently) sneaks off tours, takes a stage name, and performs the role of Martin. This means Coronation Street is cool. Lets all …
good web radio almost exists (thanks for nothing)
Posted by on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 in - 4 comments
Last week I told a heart-warming story about my family trip Disney World and the resulting discovery of Bad Religion and interesting radio. I also ask for some advice: where can I find good web radio? What resulted was a great thread about music, but few answers to my question (thanks to those …
New Music: The 80's by Dennison Witmer
Posted by on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 in
Second hand music recommendation from my friend Dennis via my friend Dan. Dennison Witmer may appeal to fans of Elliot Smith and Damien Jurado (btw, Damien has a new disc out). • Listen to Dennison Witmer's single, The 80's (2.63Mb MP3).
the independent web
Posted by on Monday, November 12, 2001 - 4 comments
Jeffrey Zeldman & Co. help celebrate the independent web content producer with a new essay every 6 hours at the project, IndependentsDay.org. • Nice site design (but boo to tiny text that wont resize).
Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed - sort of reviewed
Posted by on Sunday, November 11, 2001 in
Jakob Nielsen, love him or hate him*, preaches a core set of web-usability values are that are so ridiculously simple, they are practically irrefutable. Make a search box big enough to type a full word into, make pages accessible to users with disabilities, make your pages load quickly, avoid …
talkin' 'bout the weather
Posted by on Thursday, November 8, 2001 - 11 comments
I am amazed at how much white noise and white light a small city like Charlottetown generates*. As I drove down Grafton Street on my way to my apartment last night I watched the whole city flicker and die out; A remarkable sight. • Of course I don't own a flashlight or a candle. Picture me …
new measurements.
Posted by on Friday, November 2, 2001 - 26 comments
Sixty-two Yards on Forget. • On Five Feet of Dirt: • Day 13 of the 31 Days of Kelly Gruber • Scene 7 - The Plan • And let me tell you, just for clarification: Sixty-two yards is a long goddamn distance.
in search of good web radio
Posted by on Thursday, November 1, 2001 in - 31 comments
When I was about 16 years old, I went with my family on the quintessential trip to Disney World in Florida. For my two younger siblings it was great trip. For myself, however, it was not. I was at the age when what I wanted least of all in the world was to be with my family. I bought a refurbished …