A really great CSS reference that you must keep it next to your finger tips.
It has everything from the general html elements and their attributes up to a detailed chapter about Cascade, Specificity, and Inheritance. So many times people asked me why different css definitions apply first and now there are really detailed example of how to calculate the specificity of elements!!!
Read more at SitePoint CSS Reference
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Moldable Mouse
The Play Doh lovers will enjoy this mouse. You can shape it any form you want. It is flexable, fun to use and you have now a reason to play with your mouse.
This mouse just won the red dot award: design concept 2007.
Made of lightweight modelling clay and covered with a nylon and polyurethane blend fabric, Moldable Mouse can be kneaded into shapes by users. By allowing a wide variety of hand positions when holding the mouse, it reduces repeated motions of the same posture, thereby minimising the chance of common mouse-related injuries such as the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The click buttons and touch-sensitive scroll pad of the mouse are stick-on parts with built-in RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device), which can be repositioned for maximum comfort.
I am expecting that a big market will start up for creating the shapes for the mouse. And the image shows that you put the button in the clay and it's a mouse!
Read more at http://www.red-dot.sg/Concept/porfolio/06/13pw/R094MM.htm
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
We - the outsiders
Dedication: For all my best friends not yet married... that makes exactly 2(and they used to be 5)
Everybody is getting married!
First it was the high-school marriage wave, now it's the university marriage wave! I have nothing against married people... But what about us - the rest? The unmarried 25 old generation?
We do exist! And we do not want to get married yet!... Because we didn't find mister right yet, because we don't quit want small monsters yet, we don't want to depend on somebody, we aren't prepared to the couple only talks, we can't give up to the single party-all-night-long life! Because we don't know what we want yet! ... Are we the next outsiders generation?
Are we still normal persons if we are not married yet? Do we still have marriage potential? Or are we destined to die with the cat, looking at used-to-be photos?
If everybody is getting married now, who will we find at 30 years old? The ever single guys? The mother-for-always guys? The afraid to commit guys? The workaholics? The old ones? Or, in the best case, the divorced ones? :) [thinking]
And where will we find them from now on? In general, couples start during high-school, university or friends' marriages! The high-school years... gone; the university-years... gone, the marriages done, next come the baby-showers (there are only couples)... So, what's next for us? The funerals? :))
And will the single status still be cool at 30 years old? Or does it sound better divorced? :))) ok, I need a divorced
PS: Any Bride bouquets for rent? :)
Everybody is getting married!
First it was the high-school marriage wave, now it's the university marriage wave! I have nothing against married people... But what about us - the rest? The unmarried 25 old generation?
We do exist! And we do not want to get married yet!... Because we didn't find mister right yet, because we don't quit want small monsters yet, we don't want to depend on somebody, we aren't prepared to the couple only talks, we can't give up to the single party-all-night-long life! Because we don't know what we want yet! ... Are we the next outsiders generation?
Are we still normal persons if we are not married yet? Do we still have marriage potential? Or are we destined to die with the cat, looking at used-to-be photos?
If everybody is getting married now, who will we find at 30 years old? The ever single guys? The mother-for-always guys? The afraid to commit guys? The workaholics? The old ones? Or, in the best case, the divorced ones? :) [thinking]
And where will we find them from now on? In general, couples start during high-school, university or friends' marriages! The high-school years... gone; the university-years... gone, the marriages done, next come the baby-showers (there are only couples)... So, what's next for us? The funerals? :))
And will the single status still be cool at 30 years old? Or does it sound better divorced? :))) ok, I need a divorced
PS: Any Bride bouquets for rent? :)
Monday, May 21, 2007
free monkeys
There is a zoo (http://www.apenheul.nl/ ), where monkeys are free: they can come to you and more they still your food. Look carefully in the below photos, and you will see a monkey stilling a child's candy. :)
How did they manage to let monkey free?! Well, people are not allowed to touch them and monkeys don't know how to swim!
How did they manage to let monkey free?! Well, people are not allowed to touch them and monkeys don't know how to swim!
Monday, May 14, 2007
contemporary art = idea ???
Last Saturday I've been to RAI Amsterdam Contemporary Art Gallery: www.kunstrai.nl
It was interesting for the 15 euro enterce paied! Or, in other words, really happy that we decided to go with the tour-for-dummies.
It's fascinating to see the country art differences: europe - fighting being childish paintings and game-computers screen desktops, japan - manga paintings, india - half yes, half no.
The guide-tour said that we must look behind the colours, to see the painting. Does this mean that we should always focus on the idea, and forget about the form? Does this mean that the normal brush-paintings are old-fashioned? Then why do we still find Rembrand canvases to be the greatest? (note: greatest and not expansive, as the comtemporary-work standard price is 3600 euro)
I saw one great idea: The Unknown Women = tens of photos of unknown women with the back-side full of information about famous women. Tens of photos of perhaps great women who had the misfortune to be born in a wrong century! I took a photo, I read it's back-side and wonder what impresses me most: the deep-concentrated face or the written lines about the woman who influenced YOGA...(Scary, I do not remember the name to none of them!)...
Note: below is such a photo. Click on it to see it clearly and part of the back-side text
There was still a young painter with superb old-fashioned-portrets! They were all already sold out! So, it's not always the idea! Even "aceiasi Marie cu alta palarie" can still be great (if the heat is on-fashion)!
Tring to find other amazing-art-works (didn't succed), I ended up looking after gays and trying to figure out who are the artists... Not too bad for 15 euros.
[P.S. Definition:] interesting art = hated it, but I feel non-contemporary-intelligent if I say it.
It was interesting for the 15 euro enterce paied! Or, in other words, really happy that we decided to go with the tour-for-dummies.
It's fascinating to see the country art differences: europe - fighting being childish paintings and game-computers screen desktops, japan - manga paintings, india - half yes, half no.
The guide-tour said that we must look behind the colours, to see the painting. Does this mean that we should always focus on the idea, and forget about the form? Does this mean that the normal brush-paintings are old-fashioned? Then why do we still find Rembrand canvases to be the greatest? (note: greatest and not expansive, as the comtemporary-work standard price is 3600 euro)
I saw one great idea: The Unknown Women = tens of photos of unknown women with the back-side full of information about famous women. Tens of photos of perhaps great women who had the misfortune to be born in a wrong century! I took a photo, I read it's back-side and wonder what impresses me most: the deep-concentrated face or the written lines about the woman who influenced YOGA...(Scary, I do not remember the name to none of them!)...
Note: below is such a photo. Click on it to see it clearly and part of the back-side text
There was still a young painter with superb old-fashioned-portrets! They were all already sold out! So, it's not always the idea! Even "aceiasi Marie cu alta palarie" can still be great (if the heat is on-fashion)!
Tring to find other amazing-art-works (didn't succed), I ended up looking after gays and trying to figure out who are the artists... Not too bad for 15 euros.
[P.S. Definition:] interesting art = hated it, but I feel non-contemporary-intelligent if I say it.
women in IT
Think about all the women working in IT. Some of them are really great: I know one who leads a team of almost 20 developers, one who is the best in her 15-developers team and they are great (and they are in fashion). But I also know the rest: who still wonder if this is the job that really make them happy?...
So, as a woman, is working in IT like Shrimps at lunch?... They are great in the Shrimps-cocktail! But not in a day by day meal. They have to be the frontdish or the desert, otherwise you'll die from hunger.
But still, suppose destiny (= parents, a high-school crush) wants us IT women, where do we actually end up? Well, you've got 2 answers: web-design or machine-things. Being in the web-design we still keep the feminine aura (fashion, design, colors, writing, intuition), but we are not in the "boiling area" of making the "IT move".
And if we decide to make the IT-world move (= dealing with servers, architecture decisions) do we look as if we lost your feminine side? Do the others start to see us as the work-body and therefor we start to become a woman-pants? Or were we actually a man-brain trapped in a woman body and never realized?
So, as a woman, is working in IT like Shrimps at lunch?... They are great in the Shrimps-cocktail! But not in a day by day meal. They have to be the frontdish or the desert, otherwise you'll die from hunger.
But still, suppose destiny (= parents, a high-school crush) wants us IT women, where do we actually end up? Well, you've got 2 answers: web-design or machine-things. Being in the web-design we still keep the feminine aura (fashion, design, colors, writing, intuition), but we are not in the "boiling area" of making the "IT move".
And if we decide to make the IT-world move (= dealing with servers, architecture decisions) do we look as if we lost your feminine side? Do the others start to see us as the work-body and therefor we start to become a woman-pants? Or were we actually a man-brain trapped in a woman body and never realized?
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Tulip Fields in Netherlands
The tulips fields near Lisse have just started to bloom. In Netherlands, before the summer green fields, appear the red fields.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Un vis urat
Ieri, am avut un vis urat de tot... se facea ca Pamantul avea sa dispara. Stiam ca in cateva ore nu vom mai exista: eram cu parintii mei si cu fratele meu si eram din nou mici copii. Si era bine ca eram impreuna, dar era ingrozitor gandindu-ne ca in 2 ore nu ne vom mai revedea. Am inceput sa plang in somn.
Un cosmar f urat: nu era infricosator faptul ca vom disparea cu totii, ci ca avem exact 2 ore de a ne vorbi, si apoi nimica (ciudat: am visat acel nimica: era ca un punct, ca o poveste care are un sfarsit inchis)
PS: poveste cu sfarsit inchis = poveste in care eroul moare si cititorul nu poate sa-si imagineze o continuare.
Un cosmar f urat: nu era infricosator faptul ca vom disparea cu totii, ci ca avem exact 2 ore de a ne vorbi, si apoi nimica (ciudat: am visat acel nimica: era ca un punct, ca o poveste care are un sfarsit inchis)
PS: poveste cu sfarsit inchis = poveste in care eroul moare si cititorul nu poate sa-si imagineze o continuare.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
My first painting
Sambata aceasta am pictat si asta dupa 10 ani! Prima data cand am pictat pe panza si folosind culori de ulei. Chiar a fost placut ... un sentiment pe care il uitasem demult. Ce am pictat? ... cum se vede mai sus... un mar (cum bate soarele din dreapta). Are 2 greseli destul de mari (in ochii mei), dar mi se pare o treaba bunicica pt inceput!
--- english ---
This Saturday I painted and this after 10 years! It's the first time when I use oil colors and real canvas. It was nicy ... a feeling that I have forgotten for a long time. What did I paint?! ... well look up... a small apple (with light and shadow). It does have 2 big mistakes, but I think it's a good work for the beginning!
--- dutch ---
Deze Zaterdag ik heb geschilderd en dit na 10 jaar! Het is de eerste keer dat waneer ik oliekleuren en op canvas geschildered. Het was leuke ... een gevoel dat ik voor een lange tijd heb vergeten. Wat heb ik geschilderd? ... kijk omhoog ... een klein apple (met licht en shaduw). Het heeft 2 grote fouten, maar ik denk dat het is een goed werk voor de begin!
Thursday, March 08, 2007
The 80/20 Rule
"40-60% of Yahoo!’s users have an empty cache experience and ~20% of all page views are done with an empty cache." - says a yahoo research.
This is a shocking conclusion: if ~20% views are done with empty cache then definitely we should pay more attention on not having to0 many HTTP round-trips in a page. Easy to say and... to do (if you think a bit more).
Ok, now let's assume you have structured your front-end in a maintenable way and more: using static includes, you've managed to have just a few HTTP request(1 html, 1 main.css - huge one (as it statically include other css files), 1 javascript - a bug one and 5 images) , but what do you do with the user experience? [trick situation, isn't it?]
If you have a nice roll-over horizontal menu (nicely created with lists and css), an end-user with a slow connection, will see first the menu ordered in a normal list and after a few milisec the list turns into a nice menu => not a nice user-experience!!! My 2 cents: load you menu.css first and then the main.css...
This is a shocking conclusion: if ~20% views are done with empty cache then definitely we should pay more attention on not having to0 many HTTP round-trips in a page. Easy to say and... to do (if you think a bit more).
Ok, now let's assume you have structured your front-end in a maintenable way and more: using static includes, you've managed to have just a few HTTP request(1 html, 1 main.css - huge one (as it statically include other css files), 1 javascript - a bug one and 5 images) , but what do you do with the user experience? [trick situation, isn't it?]
If you have a nice roll-over horizontal menu (nicely created with lists and css), an end-user with a slow connection, will see first the menu ordered in a normal list and after a few milisec the list turns into a nice menu => not a nice user-experience!!! My 2 cents: load you menu.css first and then the main.css...
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