http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/ en-us Copyright 2006 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:48:28 -0500 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:06:34 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Okay, I’m going to move this site from MoveableType to WordPress. We’ll see how it goes. If you get your feeds from Feedburner you’ll be all fine. If you get them elsehow, please change to the new feed. This new... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/04/moving_time.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/04/moving_time.php Site Updates Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:48:28 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/04/moving_time.php#comments The Best of the Best 2006 is an international contest of logos, trademarks and corporate identities. 970 projects received from participants from 24 countries and approved by clients were engaged in the contest. I really like the logo for F... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/04/best_of_the_bes.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/04/best_of_the_bes.php Design Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:39:26 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/04/best_of_the_bes.php#comments The New York Times website has been redesigned, and my first impression is not a great one. I’m not loving it. Sure, I know it’s the first draft, but it just doesn’t quite work. The big square ad is bigger... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/04/new_york_times.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/04/new_york_times.php Design Mon, 03 Apr 2006 06:34:23 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/04/new_york_times.php#comments A bunch of design and development links for you today. The majority (90%?) of these links came from etc the past couple of months. Create really cool new windows using prototype. You can then use script.aculo.us to have the sexy... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/design_links.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/design_links.php Accessibility Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:03:32 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/design_links.php#comments Dave ran across this article about assigning function arguments default values. It’s a pretty neat idea. The script they came up with is not bad. Dave, not being one to leave well enough alone, wanted to “improve” on this idea... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/assigning_defau.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/assigning_defau.php Javascript Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:33:32 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/assigning_defau.php#comments There are many more excellent articles with a lot of great information on using em as a font-size unit. What is usually a hard concept to grasp is why it is the preferred method to use. After all, it is... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/styling_with_em.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/styling_with_em.php Design Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:51:46 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/styling_with_em.php#comments Was “Victoria” the season’s greatest prank? The San Francisco blog rangelife (named after the famed Pavement tune?) chronicled this incident from the USC-Cal game on March 10: Apparently, a few Cal students obtained Trojan guard Gabe Pruitt’s IM screen-name and... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/victoria.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/victoria.php Laughing Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:04:26 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/victoria.php#comments I was watching Caddyshack tonight, and realized something that I probably should have years ago. Sarah Holcomb was in both Caddyshack, as Maggie O’Hooligan, and in Animal House as Pinto’s Girlfriend (Clorette DePaso). Why I didn’t know this years ago,... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/things_we_did_n.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/things_we_did_n.php Cool Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:40:41 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/03/things_we_did_n.php#comments Slashlinks is quite interesting. It’s a Ruby on Rails program that mirrors your del.icio.us links. Not sucking down, but mirroring those links. I like the idea of hosting the links yourself. That’s why I keep my own link’s here, so... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/slashlinks.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/slashlinks.php Big Ideas Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:23:46 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/slashlinks.php#comments R.I.P. Barney Fife. This makes me quite sad. The Andy Griffith Show is one of my more favored television shows. He was a big reason for that.... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/what_sad_news.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/what_sad_news.php Misc Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:46:12 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/what_sad_news.php#comments Sitepoint has a nice article on using Prototype to make your javascripting go easier. Prototype is an object oriented Javascript library, written by Sam Stephenson. Prototype makes Javascript like Ruby. It creates extensions to the core of Javascript. Go through... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/making_javascri.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/making_javascri.php Javascript Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:15:43 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/making_javascri.php#comments First off, I LOVE the new VW “Fast” commercials. They’re brilliant. If the only commercials on TV right now were the Monster / Monkey commercials and the VW Fast, I’d be very happy. The “Fast” guy grabs hold of me.... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/vw_fast.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/vw_fast.php Fun Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:32:34 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/vw_fast.php#comments Brett’s Robot.txt Blog might be the most innovative blog I’ve seen in a long, long time. The design is just so smart. I LOVE it. The Making of Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer is a fun read on a TV... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/grab_bag_olinks_4.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/grab_bag_olinks_4.php Misc Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:25:08 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/grab_bag_olinks_4.php#comments The Top Ten Sci-Fi Films That Never Existed is a great read. I found myself completely captivated reading through each of the entries. It’s the commentary, and the reasons why each movie wasn’t made that make this so much fun.... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/ten_best_scifi.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/ten_best_scifi.php Cool Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:41:57 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/ten_best_scifi.php#comments Vertua Studios is a gorgeous site. Simple, yet evocative. The colors are great, nice and warm. The stretchy header is fun. The font-size is pleasing to the eye. The portfolio is good. All-in-all, a great site.... http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/vertua_studios.php http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/vertua_studios.php Look and Feel Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:04:42 -0500 http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2006/02/vertua_studios.php#comments