D40: Picturetown. (Via Blankenship.)
Anyone can start taking amazing digital pictures the minute you hand them the compact, easy-to-use Nikon D40. To prove it, we gave 200 to the people of Georgetown, South Carolina. What happened next was extraordinary.
I can’t decide if this makes me want the D40 more or less.
There is more out there then you could ever know., originally uploaded by Venatheous.
I’ve been demoing CSSEdit for the past few weeks, since version 2.5 was released. Every time I launch it I’m presented with a nag screen that says it’s in “tryout” mode, and reminds me to register it. I smile, and sometimes laugh, every time. Here’s why:
The IMAX Experience isn’t for modern browsers, apparently.
You may not be able to purchase tickets online if you are using a Mac; also if you are using Safari, Firefox, Opera, or Internet Explorer 7.
From a few years ago: Dotted-underline links that (mostly) work all over. (Via my Mint referral stats.)
Jeff Croft came up with a new way to serve up “dotted underline” links using a background image – I suggested a different solution, which he promptly added to the post. (Be sure to check out the props Veerle gave us in the comments! Woohoo!)
Selected comments from the keyboard waffle iron:
Drawn to Life Preview, a new DS game slated for release this summer.
Players will progress through levels using classic platformer controls, playing Drawn to Life like any other title before it. At times, however, you’ll hit areas where part of the world is missing. The game literally pulls you from the action and into the creation tool (which by the way, offers shading, drawing, brushes, zoom, and a ton of pretty complex stylus optoins), and prompts you to draw new assets for the game. This can be something as simple as a cloud, or as complex as a giant whale which will later act as a platform for an auto-scrolling level.
Choose your own [gaming] adventure returns. (Via Chuck, friend and game designer.)
What would it take for you to believe? A Newsvine op-ed article from an outspoken Christian member, including (at the time of this writing) over 130 comments in response. Very interesting.
CSS Float Theory: Things You Should Know (from Smashing Magazine). Found my reading material for this afternoon’s coffee break. (Via Cameron.)
I’ve currently got four working drafts for blog articles. I’m having a hard time being motivated to finish any of them. Which should I concentrate on and finish first?
Help keep accessibility and semantics in HTML. Roger is calling for standardists and web accessibility advocates to join the HTML Working Group. He says:
[…] unless things change, the next version of HTML will do nothing to improve the Web.
Yikes! We need to let them know that’s not okay; but we also need to be able to do so without actually joining the group – which seems to me like a difficult and tiring process.
We need a digg-user like uprising.
Yuck (ABC News redesigns). What were they thinking? Did Mike Davidson somehow sabotage them in order to drive (more) people to Newsvine or something?
Baselines and vertical rhythm roundup from Richard Rutter.
Stonebriar Community Church. Simply awesome redesign of this church website. (Via Nathan Smith.)
Newsvine Mobile. Yes.
… I could go on, but you get the idea. I think I’ve just found my new mobile news source.
Adobe CS3 replacement icons from the venerable Adam Betts.
Sporadic Nonsense goes ExpressionEngine. (Lots of linkage from the Sh-Ons lately, eh? I promise it’s not intentional.)
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