Archive for August, 2007

When not to use Flash: A Critique

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

In the interest of full disclosure (oooh aren’t I a fancy-pants journalist), I should say that I’ve never been a big fan of Flash. This post isn’t intended to be a hitjob on Flash, just an honest critique of a site that would be better served with good old HTML/CSS instead of using Flash for […]

Vlogging from the Evanstonian power outage

Friday, August 24th, 2007

The power went out for almost 20 hours yesterday so I used some of my laptop charge to bring you this vlog live from the scene. Enjoy, it’s my first-ever video post.

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Don’t blog about how much you suck

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Hey readers! It’s been days since I’ve had time to sit down and write a post. I have a few in the queue that have been waiting to be posted for a while (months in some cases), but I’m not happy with any of them at the moment so I just let my blog sit […]

New iMacs vs. Dell desktops - speaks for itself!

Friday, August 17th, 2007

It’s a few weeks old but I think this pic speaks volumes about the Apple design aesthetic. The Dell in the picture reminds me of the hideous Lenovo laptop that NU’s powers that be “make” all the Medilldos buy before starting classes. I’ll stick with my Mac and take function and form, thank you.

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The CTA on the web, circa 1996

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Thanks to the wonders of the Internet Archive, we can get a look at the internet presence of Chicago’s favorite third-world transit system, the CTA.
The page is a little more modern these days (not by much!), but the service is even worse. A few things that veteran public transit riders will notice that will throw […]