Category Archives: General

Traffic Cone Monster!

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Chris

Joseph Carnevale snagged a few traffic cones and constructed this masterpiece which he then returned to the construction site. Unfortunately the police didn’t quite appreciate the work and arrested him.

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Does our language shape the way we think?

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Chris

A fascinating essay by Lera Boroditsky that explores how language shapes the way we think. Mandarin speakers talk about time vertically more often than English speakers do, so do Mandarin speakers think about time vertically more often than English speakers … Continue reading →

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AJAX

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Chris

All kinds of JavaScript XML goodness! prototype.js – the grandaddy of AJAX javascript libraries. RICO – An open source Javascript library for creating rich internet applications. Rico originated as work done in Sabre Airline Solutions and extends on the excellent … Continue reading →

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Overloaded Truck

Posted on January 12, 2006 by Chris

Check out the full size photo at photo.net

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More ways to play Monopoly

Posted on January 12, 2006 by Chris

Ever wonder about all the extra rules people come up with for Monopoly? For us, it was always the Free Parking Bonus, either a $500 bill from the bank to sit on the center of the board, all the taxes … Continue reading →

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Vanilla – Web Forums

Posted on July 25, 2005 by Chris

Just came across Vanilla, a nice, clean web forum software. GPL, XHTML & CSS, extensible and more. Also Filebrowser, a thumbnailer / web file browser.

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Capturing Creativity

Posted on July 17, 2005 by Chris

Interesting artcile from Psychology Today: LookSmart’s Capturing creativity. Robert Epstein (last to receive a Ph.D. from B.F. Skinner) lists four strategies for generating creative output. These are Capturing: The main thing that distinguishes “creative” people from the rest of us … Continue reading →

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Cross Browser PNG

Posted on July 12, 2005 by Chris

PNG’s nice compression and alpha channel make it a nice format but the Internet Explorer’s lack of support for this image format has proved problematic. One PNG, two browsers, no hacks and IE PNG Fix address the issue.

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