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Thursday, February 28th, 2008

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Moss on a Tree

Moss on a Tree

Moss on a Tree by Robby Edwards

Feb 28
2008

Jon Hicks shares some sketches and other images for the icon he created for Clearleft’s secretive new project, Silverback.

Network Solutions sued for domain tasting

Network Solutions sued for domain tasting marco: It’s about time. Here’s how their scam works: ICANN allows a 5-day refund period for registered domains. Anyone can buy a domain, hold it for 5 days, and return it for a total cost of $0. This policy has been used by legitimate people approximately 0 times, since […]

marco: Why is Argentina completely empty on Google Maps?

Hex Silliness

Hex Silliness nostrich: Remember when you were young and got endless pleasure from typing 8008135 into your calculator? Here’s what hex values like #B00B1E and #101CA7 look like. Brilliant.

Thomas Hawk lists his top ten sites to photograph during a visit to San Francisco. If you check out my San Francisco collection on Flickr, you’ll notice that I made it to a few of these. I guess, I’ll have to save the others for my next visit.

Allow vs. Enable

To me, software which enables customers to do something leaves them in charge, whereas software which allows assumes that the developer is in charge.

—Nick Bradbury: Allow vs. Enable

Dwight Howard Superman Dunk

Shell Falls: Bighorn National Forest, September 2003 On our way to South Dakota from Yellowstone, we drove over the Bighorn Mountains on U.S. Highway 14, the Bighorn Scenic Byway. And was it ever scenic. My nickname for Rachelle is Chelle, so it was only natural for us to stop to admire the 120-foot Shell Falls.

A fantastic behind the scenes look at the making of a cable car. And here’s the related Flickr photoset.