From a thankfully-brief history, to the current state, to options for implementation, A List Apart‘s article, Web Fonts at the Crossing, is a great wrap-up and prep-course all-in-one. We have no excuses now. Do we? So?? Happy fonting, Atg Top⇪
Today’s Readings
Are you kidding me? Pac Man is 30 years old???? O… M… G… At least I can play Pacman for hours and hours and hours at work now, forever! Thanks, Google!! Google TV. The merger between TV and PC has … Continue reading
Cross-Browser CSS3 (yes, even in IE6 and IE7), with a Little Help from MS Filters
What is the purpose of this article? To show how you can use (some) CSS3 styles right now, across all browsers, even IE6 and IE7, without the limitations and penalties of graphic headers and graphic backgrounds. Why is this important? … Continue reading
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions Videos
For all you aspiring astronauts out there (or any other space/science-fiction junkie such as m’self) comes a new Discovery Channel video series, When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions Videos. Watch video footage from all stages of the space program, … Continue reading
Hate Crowded Subway Platforms?
Me too! So, after joining a friend in Washington Heights to watch Iron Man 2, this subway platform sure was a welcome (if not strange, and maybe just a wee bit scary) site! The movie was sort of okay, felt … Continue reading
Adobe Makes a Statement About Staying in the HTML Game
With all the negative talk between Adobe and Apple and all the doom-saying about the death of Flash, Adobe made some bold statements at Google I/O regarding their future in the web business and their commitment to HTML5 with the … Continue reading
Testing WP-to-Twitter WordPress Plug-in
Testing WP-to-Twitter plug-in for WordPress. This should automatically post a Bitly-shortenend URL update to my Twitter account. And it looks like it worked pretty well! Atg Top⇪
Huge News! The Google Font API has Arrived!!
Paul Irish brings forth news of the Google Font API! Go to Google’s Getting Started page, check-out their Font Directory, and, if you prefer, take advantage of their WebFont Loader, akin to TypeKit‘s service! And be sure to play with … Continue reading
Global Warming, Coming to Continent Near You
Care at all about what’s going on with our planet? I just watched an interesting, if not completely and thoroughly depressing, Charlie Rose interview with Bill McKibben, author of many, many books about the environment, including Eaarth. Bill had much … Continue reading
How to Speed Up Your PC
At home I work on a 6+ year-old Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. Yeah, I know, but that’s how it is. Recently, the old bugger has been creeping to a near standstill. I used to laugh when my mother told me … Continue reading