July 2008
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in·ter·punct
noun, punctuation mark used to separate words in classical Latin prior to the use of spaces. As seen in the Wall·E.
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WatchPresto, the Pixar short that accompanies Wall·E. I particularly like the closing credits. (via Brock Oliver)
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Telescopic Text →
Joe Davis with a fun little JavaScript experiment.
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“This is a good, practical solution for having real web typography, which...”
– Mark Wubben, one of the chief coders behind sIFR, throws his support behind Microsoft’s EOT format for enabling custom fonts in web pages. I’m in total agreement here: EOT in its present form may not get the go-ahead, but its approach of work interoperably while respecting typeface...
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WatchThe third season of Dexter premieres September 28. Jimmy Smits joining the cast, cannot wait… (via Aja West)
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TumblePhone →
The feedback on my recent iPhone interface for Tumblr was that it was difficult to set up, so I’ve made it easier. You can now direct users to an iPhone-optimised version of your Tumblr site using a URL like this:
http://tumblephone.com/<username>/
The core of the resulting site is the same as for the self-hosted version, with none of the hassle. If you use it, let me know.
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“When you’re winding up a piece of prose, metre is crucial. Can’t you...”
– Restaurant reviewer Giles Coren in response to the removal of a single indefinite article from the final sentence of a recent review, by his sub-editors at The Times. He’s spot on with his criticism of their heavy-handedness, but boy is he fired up. (via Marc Feustel)
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Tumblr MP3 Player →
Richard Dunlop-Walters:
One of the most frequently mentioned gripes with Tumblr’s audio post functionality is the lack of a continuous playlist of audio posts. Various people have attempted to hack workarounds (myself included, with limited success), but none come close to what Dan Kantor has managed.
Dan’s solution is powered by Streampad and appears as a narrow strip across the bottom...
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“They are a site dedicated to original, personal creations and they are willing...”
– Jack Shedd in support of Vimeo’s decision to ban gaming footage.
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Photoshop vs Fireworks →
Nathan Smith interviews eight interaction designers on the pros and cons of both apps. I’ve used Fireworks since version 1.0 and am only a quarter as productive in Photoshop, but many others find it difficult to grasp. Either way there’s some good advice here for users of both.
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“Those who have created thousands of accounts, posted thousands of the same link,...”
– Biz Stone describes Twitter’s ongoing battle with spammers, and recently imposed measures to detect and remove them from the service.
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“Oh Lord — Erik Jansson Remix” from...
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iPhone interface for Tumblr
Last week I was pointed, by Phil Howie, to the iUI framework. It’s the continuation of Joe Hewitt’s initial work to create an iPhone interface library for web apps that can be applied using CSS classes and JavaScript, and it works pretty nicely, mimicking the iPhone look and feel and replicating many common controls.
The mobile template provided by Tumblr is fairly plain, and, while...
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Tumblr template engine overhaul →
I’ve put my draft post on what’s missing from the custom theme engine on a shelf in light of this announcement from the Tumblr staff. By the looks of it, we’ll now be able to output more specific blocks of content, such as in this example code:
{block:Posts type="photo" tagged="spotlight" count="5"}
This request would output the five most recent photo posts that are tagged...
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WatchThe making of Groundskeeper Willie Van Gogh by Limpfish. (via Jarred Bishop)
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“I wasn’t expecting to see a young man in jeans and a summer shirt waiting...”
– From Vaughan Thomas’ short, chilling narrative for The Guardian, “Last Year I Killed A Man”. (via Jonic Linley)
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iUI →
Based on Joe Hewitt’s iPhone navigation work, iUI provides a framework for easily creating iPhone web apps that mimic Apple’s own interface cues. (via Phil Howie)
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“Each frame of the game is generated on the fly in JavaScript into a 16×16 canvas...”
– From the description of Defender of the Favicon, a JavaScript game created by Mathieu Henri in three nights. Opera or Firefox required. (via Kris Lane)
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“All five Summize engineers will move to San Francisco, CA and take jobs at...”
– Biz Stone on finding Twitter’s perfect match. Smart move.
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“When asked ‘what operating system should I use, Windows, Unix, or...”
– Astute advice from the appendix to Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years, by Peter Norvig. (via Rowan Simpson)
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“Now with rounded corners in web browsers that support the internet.”
– Marco with an Instapaper update. I’m making an effort to use it more, recently it’s been just another place where I put articles I never get around to reading.
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Unexpectedly Quit →
A catalogue of Adobe misfortune. (via Jason Santa Maria)
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“When designing, we look for a rhythm that elements will share; header,...”
– I’ve been trawling through Jack Shedd’s archives, and enjoyed his response to Jason Santa Maria’s call to arms, with which he’s mostly in agreement: “Don’t just design the site. Design the page.”
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“You have six visitors, and at least one of them is your mom. She’s gonna love...”
– Jack Shedd decries debris. I admire his minimalism.
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WatchThe first six minutes of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. Shot on a camcorder so the quality is rubbish, but I couldn’t help myself. (via Kris Lane)
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