Human Factors International rounds up ten usability principles for web design. Nothing completely earth shattering. Numbers 8 and 9 more of the clients I work with need to take to heart: 8. Know user tolerances Users are impatient. Design for a 2-10 second maximum download. Reuse header graphics so they can load from cache. Avoid […]
Really, why does anyone think stuff like this is a good idea? I support the EFF but making users pay for using a p2p service is stupid. First of all, the music would not go to the artists but to the labels – since artists practically sign away their life. Then, what if I don’t
Posted mainly because my sister works at Freddie Mac. Scott Rosenberg: Fannie, Freddie Mitch Ratcliffe has posted an intriguing analysis over at the new Red Herring, suggesting that the moves against Fannie and Freddie are part of a Bush administration political “payback”:
Found via Stupid Security, Mr. bin Laden, you’re clear to fly Insight recently learned that scenario was tested at a U.S. airport in the South during January. The result was troubling: America’s most-wanted fugitive is cleared to fly. According to airline-security documents obtained by this magazine, the name Osama bin Laden was punched into the
I’m trying to help my friend Jason enable ssh port-forwarding on startup on a linux box. I think the solution is to add the ssh command to /etc/profile. This is a good resource I found that explains all the bash shell startup files.
Charles Cooper, a cnet editor, is apparently surprised that his Tivo collects data on his viewing habits. Holy Peeping Tom, Batman. Was it that Orwellian? Maybe I need to become more of a fussbudget, but the fact is that TiVo-philes knew–or should have known–what they were getting into when they first unwrapped their digital video
For all you RSS readers, a quick note that I’ve updated the design of my blog. I’m especially proud of the new header. Also, as a testament to the power of CSS – it took me under 2 hours to clean it up and change the coloring scheme. I should have saved a screenshoot of
Ginger and I had an interesting conversation about it, figured it was worth sharing here. Ginger: It would be neat to see how they visualize that no gravity room Oscar: totally Ginger: it’s funny, the shower room where ender kills that boy, I always visualize my freshman year of college shower room Oscar: i think
Reverend Jim evaluated the Syntax Web Framework we umm, inherited, and use at work. Can’t say I disagree with any of his critiques.
Every now and then, there’s an update about the supposed Ender’s Game movie adaptation of the same novel. Apparently, Orson Scott Card has another update on his site. I expect to see this movie right after playing some Duke Nuke’em Forever and all the monkeys finish flying out of my butt. The guys at Penny