March 28, 2006

Tabbed CSS Gallery combining Hoverbox, Suckerfish, and Lightbox.

Yet another Monday morning post from my new favorite obsession. An example of a tabbed CSS/JS gallery combining three popular techniques.

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Google Makes Job Hunting REALLY Interesting

Try this for Job Hunting on Google!!!

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Digg helped "Best blanket for playing video games" company take off!

"The only promotion for the Slanket had come from Graves, who posted a message about the Slanket on the website digg.com. The demand proved almost fatal to the young business. The Cleggs took the website down for almost a week as they focused on filling orders."

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Brain Cells and Silicon Combined in New 'Neuro-Chip'

The line between living organisms and machines has just become a whole lot blurrier. European researchers have developed "neuro-chips" in which living brain cells and silicon circuits are coupled together.

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40+ Suggestions for Better Desktop

Here is a collection of well thought out suggestions on improving the user experience. While the items are heavily focused on Gnome, many suggestions are applicable across all platforms.

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Google Maps + US Census Information = Analysis of your Area

This site combines Google Maps with information from the 2000 (not outdated, next is 2010) census information and gives you an analysis of the entered area. The average income is 75k within a 1 mile radius of my house! :(

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Last.FM your iPod.

If you don't listen to music alot on your computer but have an iPod and would like to keep track... well, here you go.

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VIDEO: Air Car. A car that runs on air

Motor Development International has developed a car that runs on air. It uses Compressed Air Technology to run the car. The tanks are made of carbon fiber. Great for city driving since it only has a range of 150km. Cold air is the only emission which can then run the A/C.

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Over 700 Web 2.0 Sites Reviewed by hand

These guys reviewed over 700 web 2.0 websites and then categorized 300 of them with rewards and so on. There are also great interviews with big names such as Craig Newmark from Craig's List.

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Apple's Mac Os X 10.5 Leopard Will Probably Run Windows!

Rumors have been brewing that Jobs and co. are taking steps toward allowing Windows apps to run on Macs. Now evidence has surfaced that Apple has begun the process toward doing just that! Is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's juggernaut 95% market share?

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March 26, 2006

30-inch Apple Cinema Display vs. Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP

CNet compares the two 30" monitors against each other. Excellent round-up.

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An Intro to RFID Technology

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags are showing up a lot in the news lately, especially as sources of security risks and privacy invasion. What follows is an introduction to what RFID (or arphids as they are colloquially known) tags are, what they are used for, and what security and privacy risks they present.

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Internet Explorer CSS Zen Garden Submission?!

Well, as a web designer I never thought i'd see the day. Microsoft has created a css zen garden layout to showcase IE7.

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Adobe Creative Suite 3 due in Q2 2007

Adobe today said that users can expect the release of Adobe Creative Suite 3 -- the first Mac Intel-native version of the professional graphics suite -- in the second quarter of 2007.

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Free Orb TV allows user to stream TV from home to 36,000 ft

Given my failures with Slingbox, I'm a little skeptical, but I'd still like to take this for a test drive...especially since it's free.

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