Need to show the same video on your site to people on an iPad as well as Firefox 3.6, IE7? Want to support HTML5 Video but don’t know where to start with which browser supports which video format and how to detect properly? If so I’d suggest taking a look at the solution by Camen [...]
Categories: Development,Professional
My friend Luke and his Portugese girlfriend will shortly be moving to start a new life and company in Brazil on a nice sunny beach somewhere. Because Luke is English though, he will need some help fitting in to the foreign culture. To that end Joana, his girlfriend, purchased the book “Live and Work in Brazil” I [...]
It’s an odd thing to say, but when my Chromium browser (the beta of Chrome) crashes, it atleast gives me a smile to see… I know mister tab, I’m sad you crashed too. But you tried your best, and that’s what counts. It’s nice to have a product that has a bit of personality to [...]
Categories: Design,Humor,Professional,User Experience
I find the style of this animation alone to be very beautiful, there’s something so wonderful about traditional media being composited digitally (when done lightly that is). The story is lovely and quirky and the music is great – by James Mark.
Categories: Animation
The new Non-English domain names set for approval by internet board pose new hazards to us web savvy folk and non-savvy people we know like mom, pop and friends. Best to spread the word now. The new characters can look exactly like those we know and trust in the standard english letters – however they [...]
Categories: Security
Living in London brings some challenge to pursuing amateur Astronomy, most notably due to the high light pollution that comes with being in the 19th largest city in the world. Because of this I was excited to go back to the more rural area of Ohio for Christmas as it provides a wonderful opportunity to [...]
Categories: ,Astronomy
Tagged: Astrophotography, Dark Sky, Stargazing
Forty years ago Apollo 11 set off on a mission and accomplished what man had dream of since he looked to the heavens, exploring the heavens and landing on the moon. I wasn’t alive when this amazing feat of engineering, determination and sheer courage took place, but despite this I have a healthy respect for [...]
Categories: Astronomy
Tagged: Apollo 11, Command/Service Module, Lunar Lander, Saturn V rocket
First, I’d like to set the mood with this excellent trailer for the movie “The Comedian”. What a lovely piss take on what has, in my mind, become an art form in and of itself. How many trailers have you seen that have just knocked your socks off, only to disappoint you when you see [...]
Categories: Humor
Tagged: Don LaFontaine, The Comedian, Time Bandits, Trailers
This year, 400 years ago Galileo Galilei first demonstrated his telescope, discovering the moons of Jupiter, and 40 years ago in 1969 the American NASA Mission Apollo 11 landed on the moon. It is now 2009 and this year has been designated the International Year of Astronomy and it couldn’t come at a better time. [...]
Categories: Astronomy
Recently I’ve had a renewed interest in Processing. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, the summary from their site is : Processing is a programming language, development environment, and online community that since 2001 has promoted software literacy within the visual arts. Initially created to serve as a software sketchbook and to [...]
Categories: Development,Inspiration