September 2008
The Future Of Web Apps In An Integrated World →
It is said that you are more likely to leave your wallet behind than your cellphone when leaving the house. Most people are within 15 feet of their phone at any time, even when they are sleeping.
Expresso →
Expresso is a new MAC based web development tool that promises a lot of cool features.
Man Sues Doctor for Stapling his Butt Shut →
A man alleging a Maryland doctor stapled his rectum shut during an operation — causing him to go without defecating for 17 days — took his federal lawsuit to trial Monday in Baltimore.
World's largest cruise ship sets sail (Photos) →
It might be time for the phrase: ‘We’re gonna need a bigger boat’ to enter retirement. For this mighty vessel, the world’s largest ever passenger ship, dwarfs all that stands next to it, making the…
Space X Did It -- A Private Rocket is in Space! →
Space X has made history. The first privately developed rocket has made it into space!
Net Neutrality: An American Problem? →
The leaders of three of Australia’s largest ISP’s have declared the Net neutrality debate as solely a U.S. problem—and further, that the nation that pioneered the Internet might want to study the…
Yet another AJAX paged comments plugin for... →
When the user navigate through the comments via page selector,only the comments area will be send to the client,not the full page.This actually save your server load and bandwidth thus making your…
CSS Systems for writing maintainable CSS | Natalie... →
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Working with ads →
This tutorial was written by one our awesome forum ninjas - Kirstin Pauk.
This tutorial will guide you through setting up various types of ads on WooThemes. Some themes may need a little…
Increase your productivity by using 2 monitors →
How’d you like to increase your office productivity by as much as 50%? Add a second monitor to your computer setup. Once you do, you’ll never go back to using only one monitor again.
Michael Lewis' mansion →
Michael Lewis rents a mansion in New Orleans and finds in the experience a parable about the thirst of Americans for better housing than they can afford, the subprime mortgage crisis, and the…
Earth's north magnetic pole is shifting and... →
Ancient lava flows are guiding a better understanding of what generates and controls the Earth’s magnetic field – and what may drive it to occasionally reverse direction.
McCain’s Suspension Bridge to Nowhere →
John McCain may be the first presidential candidate in our history to risk wrecking the country even before being voted into the Oval Office.
McCain and Team Have Many Ties to Gambling... →
John McCain, Congress’s most influential member on gambling issues, has a history with the industry complicated by personal ties and opposing loyalties.
Pirates lower ransom demand to $5M - CNN.com →
Pirates who seized a Ukrainian vessel loaded with tanks and weapons off the African coast have lowered their ransom demand to $5 million.
A Shadowy, Wet World of Squirt-Gun Assassins →
Contestants in the StreetWars tournament dart through New York’s alleyways with water guns in their hands… This is freaking awesome!
McCain Has Worst Attendance Record in Washington →
For a guy who’s demanding that everybody return to Washington to do their jobs in solving the Wall Street crisis, John McCain isn’t there very often himself. Of the 100 senators in D.C., John McCain…
Cool typography in Photoshop →
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to mix vector elements and watercolor effects with text to create a stunning design. It’s a quick process that depends heavily on good choices of images and…
First Look: JetSet 1.1 for iPhone →
Filed under: Software, iPhone, App Store
BriteMac has announced special pricing for their JetSet iPhone expense tracker to celebrate the release of the update to version 1.1….
WordPress Developer’s Toolbox →
Web designers and developers are getting an increasing number of requests from clients for custom theme development, and a growing number of designers are also building their own themes to distribute…
Larry Ellison on Cloud Computing →
Say what you want about Larry Ellison, but he’s not much for bullshit.
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New MacBook Pro spotted in the wild? →
Photo by Sandy
iPhone Savior is reporting that they have found a picture of the new MacBook Pro (shown here). The origin of the image is unknown and unconfirmed, but probably the…
Google's Local Migraine →
by Miriam Ellis When Google ain’t working, ain’t nobody happy. Listen up and you’ll hear the cries and groans of citizens everywhere as they interact with Google’s Local entity and come away…
Tantra Chair: A Sex Chair We Might Actually Buy →
We’ve never been huge fans of sex furniture — mostly because, well, most of it looks like something more suited to a preschool than a boudoir (our apologies to Liberator Shapes). But the Tantra…
Exclusive: Bankaholic sells to Bankrate for 15... →
All day on Techcrunch, Techmeme and other tech sites there is a good coverage and some not so good about start-ups that are doomed for failure. Surprisingly, they all missed the story of my resident…
It was worth it. →
Why I sell all of my used computers on Ebay: Scientists previously thought either risk aversion or the joy of winning drove overbidding, but the new study found the behavior was prompted by a…
Just in time for my clients to close their... →
Adaptive Path released their previously 395-dollars-cheap report How ROI Changes User Experience for free, which, in a nutshell, says that user experience design is something you should make…
Boxes and arrows and photo blue. →
Konigi’s depressingly out-of-stock Wireframe Graph Paper Notepad is the product I’ve been looking for for the last year, without realizing it. Absolutely perfect for the type of quick-hit…
jParallax - webdev.stephband.info →
Shared by Eli
Interesting navigation possibilities
Must check the demo for a clearer understanding of what jParallax does.
I Love NY 3D Poster by Oded Ezer →
Typographic artist Oded Ezer’s I ♥ NY poster uses a 3D sculptural technique he developed in an earlier work called The Finger. “This 70x100 cm poster is a homage to Milton Glaser, whose…
Girls Must Have →
We’ve seen it a hundred times and most of us hate it for being used one too many times: the classic Flash PageFlip effect. But this new enhanced version on Girls Must Have really pushes the…
Hillman Curtis →
hillmancurtis, inc. is a film and web design firm in New York City. link
1 Hour Design Challenge Highlight: Chrysler Aspen →
The 1 Hour Design Challenge entries keep coming in! Above, check out bennybtl’s effort, and notice the low-tech/hi-tech template use. Get all the details and enter your 1HDC…
On Tonight’s Debate →
Things I noticed watching tonight’s presidential debate.
Obama began many answers by talking about where he and McCain agree, whereas McCain started many answers with “what Obama doesn’t…
How Friendly Will a URL Ever Be? →
Is natural language taking over, and are all attempts to improve URLs futile? Has the slow progress of the regulating bodies meant that we’ve had to find a better solution? 8 Floats
Yes, you did. →
I noticed the fresh cement down the street the other day, but didn’t write anything. The kids in the neighborhood weren’t so restrained. Seems like they had second thoughts afterward,…
Shrub / Amazon S3 Proxy →
Shrub lists files in public S3 buckets. For when you want to share a bucket with the world.
WordPress e-Commerce Plugin a WordPress Shopping... →
The WordPress e-Commerce plugin is a state-of-the-art e-Commerce platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards and usability. It is both free and priceless at the same time.
Designing the UI of Things for iPhone →
How Cultured Code designed the iPhone UI for its excellent Mac todo list software.
Dockland Software - Fantasktik →
A little bit of that Windows “taskbar” stuff for OS X users.