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Sun 8 Nov

YouTube Blog: Typophile User Inspires Favicon Change External link

An enterprising blogger at Typophile recently pointed out that our favicon was fairly unreadable in a post that caught our eye. We didn’t disagree with him and so we took him up on his suggestion, made a few extra tweaks and have now launched it on the site

Basically it’s just using sub-pixel rendering. Glad they didn’t go with the Typophile user’s version - it was far too yellow.

Sat 7 Nov
Remember The Milk | Bring your tasks to the desktop with geektool GeekTool is a handy utility for Mac OS X that allows you to embed all kinds of stuff (specifically files, images, or command output) on your Mac desktop. Seeking a way to show Remember The Milk tasks on the desktop, RTM user dws90 has written and shared a script for GeekTool to do just that

Remember The Milk | Bring your tasks to the desktop with geektool

GeekTool is a handy utility for Mac OS X that allows you to embed all kinds of stuff (specifically files, images, or command output) on your Mac desktop. Seeking a way to show Remember The Milk tasks on the desktop, RTM user dws90 has written and shared a script for GeekTool to do just that
Fri 6 Nov

Forbes.com | Review of Apple's Magic Mouse External link

BURLINGAME, Calif. — It’s a good thing Apple’s latest mouse is wireless. Because if it weren’t, frustrated users might actually try to hang themselves with it.

This review just cracked me up. Apple you make beautiful things, but they’re right you SUCK at mouses (yes, I meant “mouses”, but I was paranoid enough to check I was right. Yippee, I was!).

Thu 5 Nov

Testing new tweet notifications

Reblogged from Twitter Status:

twitterstatus:

We’re starting a limited test of notifications on twitter.com for when you have new tweets. So if one of the folks you follow has tweeted since you loaded your homepage, you’ll get a little notice saying “1 new tweet” that, when clicked, will display the new content.

We think it improves the tweet consumption experience and hope to roll it out to everyone as soon as we can.

Actual Album Cover Parodies Some albums are not just iconic, but their cover artwork is as well. Plenty of groups have released album covers with homages to more famous album covers. Sources for parody covers tend to be parody albums based on a performer (like Weird Al spoofing Nirvana), tribute albums, and sometimes the rip off is unintentional (designers with a limited design vocabulary). In some cases like the Clash’s “London Calling”, the copy becomes copied over time to the point where I’m sure some people aren’t even aware of the original anymore.

Actual Album Cover Parodies

Some albums are not just iconic, but their cover artwork is as well. Plenty of groups have released album covers with homages to more famous album covers. Sources for parody covers tend to be parody albums based on a performer (like Weird Al spoofing Nirvana), tribute albums, and sometimes the rip off is unintentional (designers with a limited design vocabulary). In some cases like the Clash’s “London Calling”, the copy becomes copied over time to the point where I’m sure some people aren’t even aware of the original anymore.
Wed 4 Nov

A Common Nomenclature for Lego Families by Giles Turnbull - The Morning News External link

Thousands of different Lego exist, yet when your seven-year-old asks for “a clippy bit,” you know exactly what to hand him. GILES TURNBULL surveys a caucus of children and determines a common nomenclature.

If this isn’t the best thing you’ve read today - you’re an idiot. (or you have a very groovy, far more interesting life) :P

Twitter Reveals More Lists Power With A Widget External link

The List Widget is exactly what you’d expect: A widget that you can place on your blog that displays a list of your choosing. One nice thing is that this can be a list you made or one any user has made (that is public). If you simply type in a user’s name, it will show their lists in a drop down menu. You then give the list a title, a caption, customize its look and feel, and you’re good to go.

Wonder how well it handles private accounts you’ve included in your public list?

List of auto-antonyms in English External link

This is a list of auto-antonyms in English — that is, words which in and of themselves have two or more generally accepted meanings in the English language that directly or generally contradict each other. Such words are also known as antagonyms, contronyms, and words having self-contradictions. Many such contradefinitions arise from slang usage. Others develop as a result of their frequent use in sarcasm.

Ah, now I’d often wondered about the roots of “awful”, that makes rather more sense now…