Normally this is the place where I try to say something clever, but I did yard work all weekend and I’m too tired for clever. One could argue that I’m never clever anyway, but that’s a different post altogether.
The Monday edition of Open House is now open for business.
I don’t do much flash to speak of, but I’ve been on my mind. I’ve been keeping my eye on how other designers are using it, and I’ve seen a wide variety of uses. Most are well designed and executed, but I’m not sure how much they add to their sites. They’re flash, just for the sake of flash. I’ve recently found a couple of sites that use flash in interesting ways.
Clara Collins uses it to make some online flip books. A fascinating idea. Use the controls to flip through one page oat a time, or let it zip through the whole book in sequence. You can even turn the books upside down to see the reverse pages. This definitely adds something to the presentation that a static site couldn’t touch.
I also saw Monoface. Now while this sit itself may not be useful in a professional sense, it’s very cleverly done. I can see how this same sort of setup could be use very effectively.
h/t to Gooding’s Goodies for both of these sites.
Drunk rides horse to bank, it leaves deposit
The 40-year-old machinist told Bild newspaper he had had ”a few beers” with a friend in Wiesenburg, southwest of Berlin, and decided to hit the hay in the bank on his way home.
Confronted with the lack of a hitching-post, he brought the 6-year-old horse, named Sammy, in with him.
Just goes to show, you should never get so drunk you can’t ride your horse home…
Never had that problem myself, I’ve never been much of a drinker. I’ve fallen asleep a coulpe of times though, and that can be problem too. You never know where you’re going to wake up.
This is the Thursday edition of the Open House, and it’s now open.
I just got an e-mail from Russell Lee Klika. His Gallery #3 is now ready to view on his site. Go take a look… Then come back.
If you aren’t familiar with his work, you can view some that I’ve posted, or visit his site for more.
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This is the very first business I’ve ever run. The experience has deepened my already abiding respect for entrepreneurs small and large. It ain’t easy. Not everyone has the intestinal fortitude to attempt to create something from nothing, if I may say so. It takes a great leap of faith - and I’m grateful to all the members of the Hot Air team who took that leap with me. - Michelle Malkin
I had a very productive weekend. I got a lot of yard work done. Weeding, mowing, marked out a new garden, and hauled in three truckloads of mulch. Oh, and my wife and I dug up and I moved a little rock that’s been in our way. (For reference, that’s a two foot level on top.) This new location will put it in the new garden, so it’s gone from lawn obstacle to garden ornament.
Here’s a picture of one of my favorite plants, Hen and Chicks, growing on one of my rock walls.
This edition of the Monday Open House is now open for business.
Random bits:
BittBox has a very large set of Free Hi-Res Watercolor Photoshop Brushes. I’ve been playing with them, they’re very slick.
I stumbled onto the Design-Feed | Feed List this morning. An aggregate of 281 design related RSS feeds. A very nice selection for a designer looking for something to read.
I’ve seen details about this, and I thought I should write about Professor Liviu Librescu of Virginia Tech, and his valiant actions, but I just can’t find the words. Here’s what others are saying.
Holocaust survivor saved students’ lives
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah’s Military Guys..
I see there *was* at least one sheepdog at Virginia Tech yesterday.. Instructive who it was, too.
for a Holocaust survivor to voluntarily give up his own life on Holocaust Remembrance Day to save the lives of others, during the worst spree shooting in American history, is deeply poignant.
Update:
Fred Thompson on National Review Online
When people capable of performing acts of heroism are discouraged or denied the opportunity, our society is all the poorer. And from the selfless examples of the passengers on Flight 93 on 9/11 to Virginia Tech professor Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor who sacrificed himself to save his students earlier this week, we know what extraordinary acts of heroism ordinary citizens are capable of.
In light of yesterday’s events at Virginia Tech, a reader named Ed reminded me of a post I wrote last September called To carry, or not to. I thought his comment of “Wow, how Ironic is this in late April of 2007???” was particularly appropriate. Last September Virginia Tech was reeling from the rampage of William Morva. Students wanted the campus ban on legal concealed carry revoked. They didn’t want anything others didn’t have, they just wanted holders of concealed carry permits to be able to carry on campus. I doubt this would have made much difference on yesterday’s events, but it makes you think. Has removing all legal firearms from our society made criminals with firearms more dangerous?
I’m sure Ed would agree that the reason this push to legalize concealed carry in our Universities was stopped was particularly ironic.
Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker was happy to hear the bill was defeated. “I’m sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly’s actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus.” - Roanoke.com
Update: Michelle Malkin’s Wanted: A culture of self-defense says it better than I can.
Other Posts:
Virginia Tech Shooting
Virginia Tech Shooting - Update
More on Virginia Tech Shooting
Virginia Tech Shooting - The big question
Guns and Virginia Tech
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Students bitterly complained that there were no public-address announcements on campus after the first burst of gunfire. Many said the first word they received from the university was an e-mail more than two hours into the rampage — around the time the gunman struck again - Star Tribune
What happened during the two hours between the first shooting incident, and the second? Why was notification of people on campus so slow? Why didn’t they use more proactive means to notify faculty, staff, and students?
I’m still waiting to see if I’ve lost any friends… So far, no news is in fact good news.
Other Posts:
Virginia Tech Shooting
Virginia Tech Shooting - Update
More on Virginia Tech Shooting
Virginia Tech Shooting - The big question
Guns and Virginia Tech
At least 32 dead in Virginia shooting rampage | Reuters
BLACKSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - At least 32 people were killed and more than two dozen wounded at Virginia Tech university on Monday in the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history, media said.
32 people. 32 people I probably passed on the way to work every morning. It’s tragic in a way that’s too personal to describe. I’ve driven past those buildings on an almost daily basis for the last 2 and a half years. I don’t know if I’ll recognize any of the lost when the names are released, but I already feel like I do. They were my neighbors, the people I saw in the store, the people I passed on the street… I feel like I’ve lost friends, and I don’t even know who they are.
Update: 33 lives lost.
Other Posts:
Virginia Tech Shooting
Virginia Tech Shooting - Update
More on Virginia Tech Shooting
Virginia Tech Shooting - The big question
Guns and Virginia Tech
Police are reporting that there are at least twenty fatalities and twenty eight injured from this morning’s shooting at Virginia Tech. I’ll continue to post more as I find out what’s going on.
Other Posts:
Virginia Tech Shooting
Virginia Tech Shooting - Update
More on Virginia Tech Shooting
Virginia Tech Shooting - The big question
Guns and Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech, and various news agencies are reporting an ongoing shooting incident on the Virginia tech campus. CNN is reporting: “One reportedly dead in Virginia Tech shooting - CNN.com.
Other local sources are reporting as many as four people shot, and I’m trying to follow up on that. I wonder if this will turn out to be related to bomb threats that were reported last week.
Other sources reporting:
Update: I just talked to another source who says “the suspect may have been contained.” The went on to say that 20-30 people may be injured.
Update: Some sources on campus are reporting that there are multiple gunmen. The news about having a gunman contained hasbeen verified from another source. I don’t know how reliable these sources are, but they’re saying the same thing.
Update: There still appears to be one or possibly two gunman on campus, and one gunman is in custody. I’ve again that 20-30 people may be injured. That’s the third time I’ve heard those numbers used.
Other Posts:
Virginia Tech Shooting
Virginia Tech Shooting - Update
More on Virginia Tech Shooting
Virginia Tech Shooting - The big question
Guns and Virginia Tech
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Monday again. The weekend flew by as usual, though I managed to slip in a little remodeling work when nobody was looking. At this rate my kitchen should be done in 5-10 years. My lawn mowing was canceled because of snow again, I’ll need a machete if it gets much longer.
What’s everyone else been up to this weekend. Any good posts you’d like to share? Yours, or something you read that you liked? The Monday edition of Open House is now under way.
I’ve been fascinated by the different ways that people get the effect of rounded corners in web design. Recently I found two methods that i hadn’t seen before, and i thought I’d share them.
Spiffy Corners - Purely CSS Rounded Corners
Spiffy Corners is a simple way to generate the CSS and HTML you need to create anti-aliased corners without using images or javascript.
Here’s a quick number on how to produce a box with rounded corners using only one image
I’ve been playing around with some widgets for WordPress, but so far I’m not using any. Interesting, but not worth the increased clutter or load time. Some of them are actually quite clever, but they don’t do anything I actually need done. I love gadgets, so these sorts of things I just find fascinating.
If found a couple of posts this morning that I thought were quite good. No particular order or theme.
Enough of my random thoughts, here is the Thursday edition of Open house.
Roger Johansson has a great rant for web professionals over at 456 Berea Street. It’s interesting to see that a designer working in Sweden is getting exactly the same excuses I am.
I particularly like the Statistics section. I’ve dealt with this particular excuse several times in resent months. Excuse: We only worry about IE, because all of our audience uses it. Blatantly obvious answer: Nobody uses any other browser on your site because other browsers don’t work on your site! Fix your site, your statistics will change.
I was going to mow my lawn this weekend because it really needs it, but it snowed. I don’t remember having those two activities in conflict before. What a strange weekend.
Not much to say this morning, so without further interruption, here is the Monday edition of open house.
I got an e-mail from Russell Lee Klika over the weekend. His Gallery #2 is now ready to view on his site. Worth a look. If you aren’t familiar with his work, you can view some that I’ve posted, or visit his site for more. I recommend both.
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I posted recently that I’d be picking up the pace on blogging in the near future… Then immediately fell on my face this week. Typical. I will be trying to write more, though I’m not sure if that’s a promise, or a threat.
Jan from CascadeExposures sent me a great photo blog to take a look at. Shorpy | The 100-Year-Old Photo Blog has some great old pictures. It’s well worth your time.
With that said, it’s time for the Thursday edition of Open house.
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