In the interests of educating about web standards, I’m joining in with the First Annual CSS Naked Day, which is April 5th. It should be good. If you can’t wait till Naked Day, you can view any page on this site by tacking ?gonaked=1 on the end of any inner.geek.nz url, or view this page naked.
Archive for 2006
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Monday, April 3rd, 2006What Humans are Capable Of
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006From O’Reilly Radar (Ya, Reilly.)
Beau Vrolyk just sent me the following email: “Once in a while someone takes something really simple and makes it absolutely extraordinary. This is a video of someone doing exactly this…. simply amazing… You’ll find this well worth the four minutes of your life it will take to watch it.” Beau titled his email “A zen master???? Dancer??? You decide.”
I totally agree. Wow. As Tim O’Reilly said: “It makes you realize just how much more humans are capable of than most of us display.”. Heart touching stuff. An opus.
At the very least, this makes all those street performers look like noobs.
Update: Jason Garfield does a Chris Bliss diss. With 5.
Yeah, Garfield’s routine is definitely a more technically-impressive display. But as we know in the design industry: bells and whistles a well designed piece do not make. Bliss shows simplicity and imperfection in his routine, and it emotes better because of it.
That said, the last 5 seconds of the video (after the end of the song) is amazing.
My del.icio.us bookmarks this week
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006-
Downloading doesn’t hurt business: Canadian Record Industry AssociationOh, Canada! Ahh, sweet irony, confirming what we knew all along. But Canada was on our side all along. When will greedy americans stop sacrificing their precious ‘freedom’ for their own profit?
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Yahoo! Design Pattern LibraryA really good list of web ‘design patterns’ or ‘descriptions of optimal solutions to common problems within a specific context’. Really valuable documentation for throwing at people who need a clue.
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Painless JavaScript Using Prototype [JavaScript & DHTML Tutorials]Another Prototype tutorial. I’m looking forward to $$()…
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Wired 14.04: Dream MachinesThe Sims and SimCity creator, Will Wright, talks about the negative perceptions of gaming and how those-who-don’t-play-games don’t see the benefits of gaming such as Imagination, community, self-esteem, problem solving, and most importantly, exploring the
My del.icio.us bookmarks this week
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006-
Downloading doesn’t hurt business: Canadian Record Industry AssociationOh, Canada! Ahh, sweet irony, confirming what we knew all along. But Canada was on our side all along. When will greedy americans stop sacrificing their precious ‘freedom’ for their own profit?
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Yahoo! Design Pattern LibraryA really good list of web ‘design patterns’ or ‘descriptions of optimal solutions to common problems within a specific context’. Really valuable documentation for throwing at people who need a clue.
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Painless JavaScript Using Prototype [JavaScript & DHTML Tutorials]Another Prototype tutorial. I’m looking forward to $$()…
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Wired 14.04: Dream MachinesThe Sims and SimCity creator, Will Wright, talks about the negative perceptions of gaming and how those-who-don’t-play-games don’t see the benefits of gaming such as Imagination, community, self-esteem, problem solving, and most importantly, exploring the
My del.icio.us bookmarks this week
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006-
Digital Web Magazine – Just Build It: HTML Prototyping and Agile DevelopmentRapid prototyping by building the damn thing! Instead of communicating with never-read-again documents, try to build the thing by demonstrating the layout, interaction and visible information architecture, refactor as necessary, and when you’ve got approv
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MochiKit – A lightweight Javascript libraryDoes some pretty neat things. Must research more into this library.
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Spoke POV – Persistence of Vision Toy with KitAttach this electronics kitset to your bicycle’s spokes and you can display a logo on your wheels visible from both sides. Considering I want a bike soon, this would be uber sweet.
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MrVintage.co.nz – New Zealands Largest Range of Licensed 80′s Themed T-shirts.Wow, so many great t-shirts from my childhood. Love the Play School shirt.