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There has been a recent trend of late that suggests suspending good sense, logic and reason is the order of the day.
I believe an example is in order. Tony Celeste
writes:
Does Steve Jobs have some secret business vision that none of us can comprehend, or has he just reached the point of being so […]

This is a question that
Michael Gartenberg has asked.
His article goes into a little detail regarding a recent experience regarding a pre-loaded Vista system, much of which is on point. I did note, however, a key statement made that highlights an issue Microsoft ironically helped, indeed forced, into the market —
he writes:
Of course Microsoft […]

I’m trialling a lack of a graphical desktop background. More specifically, I’m experimenting to see how colour might affect productivity or perhaps more importantly, creativity.
Like a blank sheet of paper, I have virtually nothing on the desktop, save two AIR applets1 a small number of “in use” folders2 and a small mac-like applet bar bottom-centre.
The […]

A
recent Variety article quotes an internal memo from EMI's new stake holder
Guy Hands suggesting the music industry has been too slow to embrace the digital revolution and that:
Radiohead's move was "a wake-up call" that everyone at EMI should welcome, but "respond to with creativity and energy."
This really makes a clear point. Smaller […]

Cameron Hunt1
writes:
Paul Thurrott, popular Windows pundit, is overzealously promoting an article he hasn’t written yet, calling Leopard “nothing to switch about.” A little preemptive to sum-up an article that’s not written yet. What if he actually likes Leopard?
It is highly reminiscent of the ubiquitous “spoilt child”, who at the worst possible moment screams “do […]

You’ve may have noticed that this site has been under maintenance and unavailable for the last twenty hours or so — the “retooling outage” went live around 24 hours ago.
The reason has been due to migrating to a new Virtual Server based hosting service.

Whilst I have been impressed with the Media Temple
gridserver (gs), the […]

I’d like to make a small public announcement.
If you develop code to do anything with web-based images, particularly involving Wordpress or TXP plugins, please do the universe a favour and ensure you follow both XHTML and Usability
guidelines and make sure the ALT= attribute
is included in any URI mark-up.
The W3C
loosly define the ALT […]

Every single time I listen to
In Rainbows, I hear such subtle nuances and careful use of strings, discordant samples and melodies that it’s almost overwhelming when you let go of expectation and just.. listen.
The download version is encoded in 160kbit MP3 and does not contain any form of DRM, meaning it will play on […]

I’ve started habitually formatting any CSS I work on under the same structured format. Even when working on older1 style-sheets I end up re-formatting the entire list to follow the very same set of rules.
Now, everyone has their favourite approach and I’ve found one or two that have fit quite well in the past — […]

The previous blockquote highlight, a large and black-striped box, seemed altogether too ‘heavy’ for the (currently) more minimalist design in use.
The problem in selecting a replacement was two-fold. I wanted an oblique style, that translated well across both the Mac and Windows platforms, that also managed to avoid font
jaggies, something Windows users are typically […]

Communiqué received earlier this morning from
Waste:

THE ALBUM WILL COME AS A 48.4MB ZIP FILE CONTAINING 10 X 160KBPS DRM FREE MP3s.

Thank you.
160kbps is a bit low for a static bit rate, particularly for an MP3, however if that is a VBR (variable) rate, then all is forgiven. Later today, I hope to be moshing […]