Posts from year 2006
Found 24 hits, currently showing 11-20.
Dark days at Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig
Just as Whitsun arrives each year, tens of thousands of people dressed in black also arrive to the the beautiful city of Leipzig. The annual Wave-Gotik-Treffen is one of the largest sub-culture events in the world.
Manhattan elsewhere
I have a weakness for Manhattan. I also have a weakness for maps. Put the two together and I’m pretty much defenseless.
Noise at work
Open-plan offices are one of those modern ideas that probably sounded brilliant on someone’s PowerPoint slide. In reality they are an endless symphony of annoying ringtones, loud keyboard warriors, pointless meetings held three meters away, and that one colleague who somehow manages to eat an entire bag of crisps before lunch.
Atlas demo with Europe map
Ajax is the new black. Everybody wants it, everybody talks about it, and Microsoft, never one to arrive at a party without bringing its own enormous toolbox, has recently released the April CTP of Atlas, their upcoming framework for building Ajax applications.
51 essential movies for movie buffs
Lists of “essential films” are a dangerous business. They’re guaranteed to start arguments, end friendships and reveal uncomfortable truths about people’s taste. Jim Emerson recently compiled a list of 102 Movies You Must See.
The art of defeating procrastination
There are days when the brain simply refuses to cooperate. You’ve got work to do, ideas to develop, perhaps something genuinely worthwhile to create.
Using CSS Sprites
CSS sprites were introduced to the web development world in 2004 by Dave Shea in his article CSS Sprites: Image Slicing’s Kiss of Death. The name itself comes from the old 8-bit days, when tiny bitmaps were shuffled around the screen pretending to be spaceships, monsters and heavily pixelated heroes.
The beauty of simplicity in interfaces
Over the years, we’ve seen the birth and death of several design patterns for graphical user interfaces.
SAMA 2006
Yesterday it was time once again for SAMA, the Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards. A yearly gathering where veterans, newcomers and dedicated fans of electronic music all end up under the same roof. As usual, it was an enjoyable blend of old favorites and fresh discoveries.
MIX06 in Las Vegas
Following the events of SXSW in Austin, the next logical stop was Las Vegas. Because apparently nothing says the future of the web quite like discussing CSS standards inside a casino resort where you can ride a gondola beneath an artificial Venetian sky.