Acts of Volition

An exciting (to me) video walkthrough of the font control options coming Firefox 3.6 and/or 3.7:

Want to build a social network for the Middle East or North Africa? The US State Department may have $500,000 to $2,500,000 for you.

Our beloved little web development company, silverorange, was incorporated ten years ago today (August 11, 1999).  •  I’m looking forward to the next ten years.

A quick tip for those designing web interfaces with an “X” icon for a “Close” element. Rather than the letter “x” (or capital “X”), use the multiplication (U+2715) or heavy multiplication (U+2715) symbols.  •  There’s no semantic advantage as neither the letter X nor the ✕ symbol have the …

I’ve always been bothered by the idea behind captchas (those weird looking things you have to type in to create an account on some sites). I resent that they make us, the good guys, prove that we’re good guys (or that we’re human, in this case). I feel the same way about having to lock my car, but …

Joel Spolsky points out a non-standard CSS extension that forces Internet Explorer 7 to re-size images much more smoothly (like Firefox and Safari do by default):  •  “img { -ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic; }”  •  It’s unfortunate that this is not the default behaviour, but at least it can be …

My good friend Peter Rukavina is always experimenting with web and mobile technologies. Often his experiments are best kept at the experimental stage, like the Open Bread project.  •  Other times, his experiments can prove quite powerful. He’s been a canary-in-the-coal-mine of geo-location. For …

While recently ranting about the office in my usual manner, I conceived of a scheme to write a series of one-phrase letters to the editor of our local paper. The purpose was vague, but the results would be hilarious. If only I had the attention span top follow through on such schemes.  •  A friend …

Google has a new favicon. If you don’t know what a favicon is, rather than explain it, I’ll suggest that you probably won’t care about the rest of this post.  •  If you’re still with me, the new favicon is notable because the old one was a small but ubiquitous sign-post on the web. What I find … read more »