November 2010
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gems from webdev forums
while searching for more info on a firefox/safari discrepancy, i found this great bit of wisdom. a lone CSS neophyte asks:
Hello I have two div, and I want one of them is always on top. Correctly work in all browser but Chrome and Safari does not work. how to fixed it?
thank god raju was there to grant all of us his wisdom:
HI, z-index works in chrome. try along with, position:relative; if...
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japanese masking tape
aka washi paper tape, these things are amazing. they’re transparent, you can layer shades and colors and they make awesome separators for journaling:
you can find tons of them on etsy, or shops like this, or at kate’s paperie in new york. (careful, your first time in that store can be financially devastating. be strong)
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“I’d rather have one person print out a little thing that I wrote and put it away...”
– Frank Chimero via brndnblog
aside from the fact that frank chimero ALWAYS says awesome things, this is particularly excellent. i share this sentiment. i think some of my recent unrest has been from a lack of art-making. i’ve been coding, crafting, organizing and drilling away… but i...
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they see me draftin'
did the real world thing with irc peoples this friday in the form of a draft (courtesy of joe)
i went for green and white, as usual. joe went for blue, as usual and apparently so did most everyone else.
most of the time was spent reading and selecting cards:
this set was heavy on infect and artifacts. some games lasted waaaay too long. but i now have mad sweet new cards :D
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the thorny thing: part one
the scared and scary thorny thing that will not let you into me, and will not miss you when you leave, may hold the final word, and then- will wander back with one less piece, sad and proud, while laughing to itself, alone and quietly
this has existed for a while. i have been working on other parts. the tempo is meant to be moderately fast and then slower towards the end.
i’ve also been...
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people, proximity, alone-ness... and sartre
so i recently stumbled upon a post in which someone briefly summarizes “sartre’s objectifying look of the other”:
by knowing you are being observed by another being — you become the object (you believe) the other sees you as. a forfeiture of your existence’s inherent subjectivity just from knowing (or even thinking) you’re in the eyes of the other…
as small as this piece...
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helvetica is not for body copy
i bet you think you’re slick when you set helvetica before arial as the default font for your website… even on the body tag. people probably even think you have a very sophisticated sense of web typography.
but guess what? you just look like an idiot. helvetica was made for PRINTING. and arial was made for DISPLAYS. helvetica is really only acceptable on a website at sizes of 16px or...
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design, prostitution and robotics
this cracked me the eff up last night. this guy rules:
There are many things to be said for working in the design industry but as they are mostly negative, especially those regarding clients, I would rather write about robots.
If I was a robot, programmed to serve people all day, I would throw myself off a cliff.
Working in the design industry is a lot like being a robot. A robot that curses...
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more crochet, more colors
i’ve leveled up a tiny bit…
moving into scarf territory. above and below images are debbie bliss eco aran cotton yarn. badass tshirt was made by the lovely zoya for the 2010 hype machine zeitgeist.
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“I just can’t imagine you ever having time for another thing other than...”
– - jess
while discussing the improbability of me having my very own child, jess summed it up kinda-perfectly. it’s not as harsh as it sounds- the time i have to myself is my most prized (and fleeting) possession.
when i think about like “have a baby” or “construct the...
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pale gray and light gray
clientsfromhell:
“The concrete in the images has to be pale grey not light grey. Please change it immediately.”
i don’t understand the problem with this request. aside from the blunt imperative, there is a world of difference between a pale gray and a light gray. saying “pale” implies color exists, so the client wanted either a barely-warm or barely-cold gray. the light...
walt ribeiro - awesome music lessons →
this guy fucking rules. he has tons of video clips explaining super simple and super complex things in music. (embellishments, time signatures, keys etc) he is PUMPED and ready to go, all the time and explains things really well! i love watching these :D
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princess peachnik
so out of the available 30 slutty girls costumes, and the 5 of those that had a chance of covering my ass, i picked this one. it wasn’t one of the final five, but it ended up being lots of fun once i made it ahem, weather appropriate.
added: additional skirt, vest, tights, legwarmers, crocheted gloves to put over the crappy gloves and question box (corkboard, hot glue and felt)