Archive for the 'design' Category
Published on November 27, 2006
We have all been in the situation where you purchase an airline ticket and then find out that it becomes cheaper the next day or week. Now we don’t have to worry about that issue. Farecast.com is a great site to let you know the prices and trends of the trip you are trying to [...]
Published on June 26, 2006
American Express wanted to get crazy with their design and make it easier for people to use their Gold Card. Problem is, is that the easier it is to use, the less secure it is.
Published on June 6, 2006
Just like all the other Goolge products, Google Spreadsheet is going through a beta run. I just received my invite and I am using the online spreadsheet application. From what I can tell, it’s pretty much like Microsoft Excel, but I still haven’t quite found all of the cool features Google places in these things. [...]
Published on April 10, 2006
ESPN.com, every males favorite website +/- 2%, switched over to a Cascading Style Sheet to save gobs of internet bandwidth. A style sheet is a group of stylistic preferences a web designer can set to place text or images on a web page. It comes in handy when you use a web page editor and [...]
Published on February 13, 2006
As we approached the versions of the web applications, we are encountering new obstacles. This new version of web apps is dynamic and functional. I came across this great site that allows an instance of Instant Messenger in the web browser window. It allows the user to drag the window and minimize it and see [...]
Published on January 16, 2006
The new Macbooks are shipping in February and there are rumors swirling all over the web about XP running on the new Intel based Macs. Since the new Intel chipsets might possibly allow Windows to be installed, the
question is, Why would you want to do that? The reason why we bought a Mac is because [...]
Published on December 6, 2005
Designer Ena Macana has won an award for an alarm clock that will “take off” while the alarm is going off. It is a little ball shaped clock with a propeller on it that will buzz. She claims that this will give you motivation to get up in the morning. All I can say is [...]
Published on December 2, 2005
Nissan has developed a polymer based paint that will heal itself if it is scratched. They claim that the scratches will heal itself over a few days time. They are going to release this paint on a future SUV that they haven’t announced. This paint as compared to the regular paint on today’s cars will [...]
Published on November 15, 2005
Back in the 70’s there were 26” diameter hard drives and. They took up a lot of space and maybe even could have held a few MP3’s. But now we have a new use for these monsters, coffee tables. Joe Grand, who designed this table says that it’s one of a kind and will not [...]
Published on November 11, 2005
On the heels of the latest 160,000 Toyota Pri(i?) recall, Wired Magazine decided to write an article of the worst software bugs in history. The Toyota Prius had a problem with the check engine light and the car’s gasoline engine stalling unexpectedly. They soon figured out that it was an embedded software issue. Read the [...]