Archive for February, 2010

Publishing Fail

Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by primatage

I guess the hint wasn’t good enough.
I’m sure this will be fixed in an hour or two, which may or may not break the link, but here it is anyway :)
Edit: They pulled the article about half an hour later.

That’s No Kitchen

Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by primatage

That’s a Sound System.
Image: lucyfrench123.

EndofWeb: Now on Alltop

Posted on February 18th, 2010 by primatage

If you haven’t noticed it already (by the badge sitting atop the sidebar to the right), EndofWeb is now on Alltop. If you’re ever cruising through the Tech section over there, look me up — I’ll likely be somewhere at the very bottom, but a listing’s a listing, right?
I’ve been listed on Technorati for quite [...]

Evolution of an Idea

Posted on February 17th, 2010 by primatage

This is how it’s done in Japan.
Image: Pixiv.

Captchas

Posted on February 13th, 2010 by primatage

It’s something like that.
Image: My Apokalips.

How to Get Your Name Verified with Google

Posted on February 11th, 2010 by primatage

A while ago (sometime last year that I don’t remember anymore) I came across a quick blurb in a now long-forgotten Google blog entry telling users exactly how to get their names verified for their Google Profile pages.
It’s really simple, and free — the whole thing’s furnished by Knol, which has itself become somewhat forgotten [...]

New Wordpress Imageblog Theme

Posted on February 9th, 2010 by primatage

"Left5" – A new Wordpress theme geared towards images.
I’ve been working for quite a while now to piece together an imageblog Wordpress theme that I like, and it hasn’t been easy. A while back, I lucked my way across a theme built entirely in simplified HTML 5, called H5. H5 is an extremely minimalistic theme, [...]

Retro Hot

Posted on February 7th, 2010 by primatage

I don’t generally have cause to praise LG for anything; they’re not a bad company, and they make some great stuff, they just don’t usually come through with anything I particularly need or want. That’s changed now, because they’ve put together a retro styled CRT television that makes all the snazzy flat-screens in the world [...]

Because Space Gets Old

Posted on February 4th, 2010 by primatage

The Snow Leopard Login Screen
Apple is good at designing things simply and beautifully enough that users generally make little to no changes to their UI — but let’s face it, that space background gets pretty old after the first thousand logins, and they really should have included the login screen aesthetics in the system prefs.
You [...]