Cotton Pickin’ Candy, originally uploaded by Ezra F.
These are the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing‘s users (as of some point). As usual, bold what you have read, italicize those you started but couldn’t finish, and strike through what you couldn’t stand. Add an asterisk to those you’ve read more than once. Underline those on your to-read list.…
Inconsolata (tags: typography programming)
What sources do you count on for national news coverage? How about international and local news? I read the BBC World Service for international news. BBCWS, Newsweek, and NPR provide US national news. The Athens Banner-Herald and the Red and Black provide local news. As a computer geek, I follow about 150 different news sources…
Basic instincts | Review | Guardian Unlimited Books (tags: Psychology Evolution brain biology)
Yesterday, I bought new glasses. Its not much of a change, really. Black wire rims. The arms are thicker and more plastic. Its the same professional look I was sporting with the last pair, but the lenses are smaller and closer to my eyes. The nose pieces ride higher on my nose. I likey. As…
Previously I have seen usability describing ease of using a web site. These four essences of usability are interesting. I believe that to satisfy customers, a Web site must fulfill four distinct needs: Availability: A site that’s unreachable, for any reason, is useless. Responsiveness: Having reached the site, pages that download slowly are likely to…
Its football season. With football season come the remarks that I look like Franco Harris. I think they really are saying I am fat big…
Someone brought a baby. There are lots of strange noises from women making baby speak. The only thing I understood from all of that was, “Do we have a new employee?” Get ’em started young, I guess. Teach ’em to be good employees before they learn to talk back.