The parade and people lining the streets were totally dressed up, a feast for the eyes. Photographer and friend Garrison Hoffman captured shots of several hundred parade-goers during Halloween, the more outrageous costumes a staple of NYC nightlife.
People frequently ask me what they’ll need to design their own site. Well, one of the things that I always suggest is to familiarize themselves with usability issues, that is designing a site with the user in mind. Check out Jakob Nielsen’s site (Nielsen is “the Guru of Web Page Usability” (New York Times), and you’ll find tons of interesting facts, stats and material. A must-read!
Webmonkey is one of the premier portals for comprehensive webdesign solutions. Peers review and comment on everything that is to know about webdesign, how-to’s etc. Visit Webmonkey.com…
Some people have way too much time on their hands: You can’t just light the things on fire, you know.
If you know what pebkac means, you’ll probably have a great time at this site. Tech support workers can unite once again as they read one man’s trials and tribulations as he answers Internet tech support calls. As is often the case with such werk, he gets his share of clueless newbies. An amusing read for the techheads in the audience.See for yourself…
This is one of these questions that I came across before settling with cable. If you want to get the lowdown, consult CNET’s guide to choosing the right broadband connection…
The Internet Archive, working with Alexa Internet, has created the Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine makes it possible to surf more than 10 billion pages stored in the Internet Archive’s web archive. The Wayback Machine was unveiled on October 24th, 2001 at U.C. Berkeley’s Bancroft Library. Check out Uli’s past …
In the “useful sites” category comes the Spot Removal website. While it may be boring to most, it’s the sort of site you might want to bookmark for later use. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to figure out how to get various stains out of my carpet. (Most recently pizza and Dr. Pepper, thanks to the gaming group). This site has solutions for most of your stain possibilities.
Today’s time suck (and don’t say I didn’t warn you). If you’ve been a fan of the stick figure death, stick figure Matrix parodies, and the first-person stick-person shooter, you will probably love (and spend much time) getting your kung-fu on with this little arcade game where you are the stick kung-fu boy (or girl, if you want to imagine it that way), providing justice to evil stick ninjas. Visit The Way of the Stick..
The Good Wife’s Guide, as published in Housekeeping Monthly in 1955. Oh, how far we have come. (”Be a little gay and interested in him… Have dinner ready on the table… Remember, he is the master of the house!”