Archive for July 3rd, 2007:
Double spaces, Jetpacks, and Kitchens of the Future
Just stop. Please.
It’s always been a slight pet peeve of mine. I understand that back in the days of mono-spaced fonts on typewriters it was necessary, and that some still have those old bad habits. But this, my friends, is the future. OK, we still don’t have jetpacks and kitchens of the future, but we do have variable width fonts that aren’t meant to have double spaces after periods (or full stops if you’re in other parts of the world).
I’m not one to cite style guides, but single spaces after punctuation is considered proper according to the MLA, APA, and the Chicago Manual of Style. So neener-neener.
Project Tracker – Apollo Application
Nifty and useful little Apollo-AIR-whatever you want to call it app.
http://www.withincode.com/ProjectTracker.air
logopond – Identity Inspiration
Great inspiration resource for logos and identity design
http://logopond.com/
Moock’s EAS3 Now Available
Colin Moock’s Essential Actionscript 3 is now available. You can order your copy here.
Script.aculo.us Effect.Tooltip
A pretty nice tooltip built on Script.aculo.us.
http://www.illustate.com/playground/scriptaculous/tooltip/
Example:
new Effect.Tooltip(element, content, {title : 'title', className: 'class', offset: {x:0, y:0}});
BSA offers $1 million to whistle blowers
The Business Software Alliance has just increased their reward for whistle blowers who report software piracy to $1 million. Although the initial campaign is target towards the U.S., it’s expected to expand internationally.
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