August 2009
22 posts
WatchHOLY FUCK.
WatchSupplementary clip for 500 Days of Summer.
From A Long While Back
Shawn Morrison: That you can't (easily) vertically center in CSS is kinda like creating a suit of armor and forgetting to cover up the crotch at all.
Me: It is weird that that's STILL a problem.
Me: Nice metaphor, as well.
Shawn Morrison: It's just so glaring.
Shawn Morrison: Especially now that CSS is adding crazy animation stuff, shadows, rounded corners. Yet you still have do crazy stuff or use a table to vertically center.
Me: Have you considered immediately quitting and leaving work and just disappearing?
Me: Completely falling off the grid. Forever.
Shawn Morrison: Every second of every day.
The forgotten cost of features
A brilliant post on the cost of features:
minimalmac:
I am doing something rare here. I am actually posting something here, in full, that I originally wrote elsewhere. The reason is simple – It belongs here. I wrote it before the idea of here was even a spark in my brain. I keep going back to this, for reference, for inspiration, and wishing it was here. Now, it is. Enjoy – PR…
A perfectly...
New Theme
Whoah! I changed the theme! I honestly didn’t think I’d ever do that, but I was getting kind of tired of everything being squished down to 420 pixels wide. Less than that after the padding; I think it was like 400 pixels. Anyways, it was far too narrow, so I chose another theme. I’m not sure how I feel about this one, so it could change again at any time, but after browsing...
Bye Bye, Evernote
You were a cool idea, but had 10 times more features than I needed. And your desktop and iPhone apps wre clunky at best. I want something that builds on the Notes app Apple made, not rewrites it from scratch and adds a plethora of features most people don’t need.
So now I’m using Simplenote. It is an iPhone app that is essentially just a clone of the Notes app, but with over-the-air...
WatchA fascinating animation explaining what all the dimensions are, from 1 all the way to 10. If you want a way to blow your mind, this is it.
WatchCollegeHumor just gets better and better every day. More nerd videos!
Uninsured idiot yahoo protesting against... →
(via claytoncubitt)
“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be...”
– William Morris (via minimalmac)
Brandon: Hey babe, what do you think is a good e-mail address for my personal domain?
It's brandonweiss.me
Brandon: So, brandon@brandonweiss.me, and me@brandonweiss.me
Brandon: Both seem redundant.
Brandon: But I can't think of what else.
Brandon: Hah, I could use i@brandonweiss.me
Christy: hmm
Christy: no
Brandon: Yeah, that's confusing.
Christy: what about brandon@weiss.me
Brandon: . . . I don't own weiss.me
Christy: ah
Christy: duchbag@brandonweiss.me
Brandon: You spelled it wrong.
Brandon: It would be christy@isadouchebag.booyah
Christy: hahahah