December 2009
claimID: Foomandoonian Reddit page →
My experimental Reddit page
Newzald: From Moleskine to Market →
In this article I will attempt to illustrate my design process—from typeface concept to a marketable font.
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Google Chrome for Linux
It seems Google are now actively pushing Chrome on Linux users. Finally! The browsing experience on my netbook has been pretty rough: Firefox runs like an absolute pigdog. Epiphany is much better, but generally feels like a browser from half a decade ago, and Midori is much the same, but also tends to crash a lot.
As of right now, I am switching to Chrome. This beta version supports extensions...
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NorhTec Gecko Surfboard: PC fits into keyboard,...
This looks like a neat toy. Cheap too, supposedly $99 with Linux and $150 with Windows XP.
Processor — Xcore86 (Vortex86MX) SoC clocked at 1.0GHz Memory — 512MB of DDR2 RAM Storage — SD/SDHC card or IDE-interfaced 2.5-inch hard disk drive Display — VGA and composite video output (resolution not specified) Networking:
LAN — 10/100 Ethernet
WLAN —...
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Google Browser Size
Google Browser Size is a visualization of browser window sizes for people who visit Google. For example, the “90%” contour means that 90% of people visiting Google have their browser window open to at least this size or larger.
http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/ Posted via email from foomandoonian’s halfblog | Comment »
Five Minute Argument →
decodering:
A collection of articles, editorials, and tutorials about css, html, and the World Wide Web.
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BBC Interactive map: A decade of road deaths
From the BBC’s Crash feature:
In 2008, 2,538 people died on Britain’s roads, on average nearly seven every day. Using official data released by the Department of Transport, this map plots the location of every fatal road crash in Great Britain between 1999 and 2008, a total of 32,298 deaths.
It is also fascinating to explore the infographics: New drivers aged between 17 and 25...
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100 reasons why climate change is natural
The Daily Express has an article up today titled CLIMATE CHANGE IS NATURAL: 100 REASONS WHY. The New Scientist has countered with 50 reasons why global warming isn’t natural. They have (so far) only responded to the first 50 points: There are another 50 “reasons” listed but they are even less credible than the ones we’ve already dealt with…
A quick look at the...
del.icio.us: The Book Cover Archive →
An archive of book cover designs and designers, for the appreciation and categorization of excellence in book cover design.
del.icio.us: Big Text →
ASCII text generator
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“Too many wrongly characterize the debate as “security versus...”
– Bruce Schneier’s reaction to Eric Schmidt
del.icio.us: Speechification →
A blog of Radio 4. Not about Radio 4 but of it. We point to the bits we like, the bits you might have missed, the bits that someone might have sneakily recorded. Other speech radio from around the…
