The Lost Pixels 
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My last.fm 5 Comments
As usual, I’m pretty late to the game. Finally, I have joined last.fm. The result can also be seen on my colophon.
Last.fm is a music statistics service that records in a database, what music you listen to. The kicker is the social aspect, where you can view “neighbor” playlists, add friends, view music compatability and even listen to a “recommended” radio. It’s great.
So, will you be my friend? Are we compatible?
Agnostic, Atheist, Antitheist 2 Comments
My good friend Brian chooses and elaborates on what he believes in, and why. Very well written, intelligent and most interesting. Personally, I share his reasoning, which once again makes us agree on a rather complex issue.
3rd Place: Opera Sings Out of Tune 9 Comments
Since trying out Opera 9, I’ve been slowly warming towards the browser. It’s really fast, it does most of what I need, and it does it all pretty well. There are some quirks and ifs here and there, but generally it’s rock-solid competition for Firefox.
This got me thinking. Why didn’t I even consider running Opera before? Why is the Opera browser share as low as 1.5%, when the browser is, in fact, more decent than that?
In this entry I’d like to touch upon some design issues, usability issues, interface design decisions and naming issues I personally think could use touch-ups or changes.
Driving Ecologically [Update] 13 Comments
Since mid-summer, I’ve been the proud owner of a Peugeot 306 (as seen here). It was a used car (1994) and an affordable buy. Like all older cars, the fuel economy is not up to par with recent cars, but it’s not terrible either.
Since I only got my drivers license some three months prior to getting the car, I’ve been trying to learn to drive ecologically / economically. I do not drive much, I only use the car for longer trips (parents, weekend getaways, IKEA). In the process I have picked up a few tricks which I’d like to bounce off of you, esteemed reader and/or more experienced driver than me.
Nintendo Wii: Plays Weird Games, DVDs? 22 Comments
Since I purchased a DS lite a while back, Nintendo has reinvigorated my interest in videogames. The last time I had any interest in videogames (as in not PC games) was a time when the best console was called “Super Nintendo”.
Enter the Wii. Point the remote control at where you want to go, make [...]
Fauna RC Released 5 Comments
The release I’m the most proud of yet: Fauna RC has been released. RC is for “Release Candidate”, which means it’s the second-last release before the big 1.0 final version.
Casino Royale: 100% Fresh Tomatoes 9 Comments
It looks like the next Bond movie, Casino Royale, is good news to Bond-fans. Although it has only gotten a handful reviews, those reviews are good; Rotten Tomatoes shows a full fresh tomatometer. In any case, Eva Green is reason enough to warrant a ticket for me.
Bye Bye Rumsfeld! 2 Comments
With Donald Rumsfeld on the way out (why now, why not twenty years ago?), Craig Ferguson of the Late Late Show presents a fitting goodbye-video.
Ted Haggard: Christian Conservative, Hypocrite [Update] 17 Comments
This last year, it’s become increasingly clear to just how much religion permeates the fabric of society. In my experience, for the worse. Ethical issues that require us to rise above our animal instincts of vendetta and fear have become religious and political questions of “moral values”. In the words of Karl Marx:
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
Transparent PNGs & Webdesign 6 Comments
During a left-hand webdesign project at work today, I was once again reminded how much time I would save if I was able to use transparent PNG graphics, not having to find all sorts of workarounds.
PNG, like GIF, is a graphics file format that supports transparency. The difference from GIF being that it supports semi-transparent pixels, so you could, for instance, create a soft drop-shadow over a tiled background.
Now that Internet Explorer 7, which supports transparent PNGs, is being pushed to consumers — the remaining browsers already supporting it — PNGs will eventually become viable for web use. I know some early adopters have already ditched IE6, and that’s fine for personal sites, but when can we convince clients that PNGs are great?
