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November 29, 2005
cool!
I think this sounds really cool. but in that border-line terminator kind of way... which also happens to be the cogsci-kind of way... I think that the University in Uppsala (Sweden) is also working a lot on the idea of artificial hands.
Posted by lara at 09:17 AM | Comments (0)
a collection of quotes
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where
there is no path and leave a trail."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Don't fear death. Fear the unlived life."
~ Natalie Babbitt
...to be continued...
Posted by lara at 07:35 AM | Comments (0)
November 24, 2005
remember humble pie?
With time, anyone who fancies themselves a web designer will develop personal opinions and taste for what they feel is a good website design. That is all well and good - developing a critical eye takes seeing lots of pages, noticing frustrating elements, or succesfull elements - but as this article from ALA points out, it's still important to remember that it doesn't matter how much a designer likes a site, the customer has the final word. And even though making several versions of a website, and getting people (or even better, prospective end-users) to evaluate them, can take time, it just might be worth it in many cases. And since most of us are wonderfully proficient in separating content from design, making multiple designs is not an unmountable challenge.
Design Choices Can Cripple a Website
Posted by lara at 08:15 AM | Comments (0)
November 22, 2005
Movies in 15 minutes...
will make you laugh. or at least chuckle. or at the very least, crack a dimple just a teensy bit... for instance:
::Gryffindor Boys' Dormitory::
The boys eat candy, roar like wild animals, and have a pillow fight.
DEMENTOR FLOATING AROUND HOGWARTS: I think I saw a porno like this once.
or
PARVATI: *changes a snake into a GIANT SCARY CLOWN JACK-IN-THE BOX*
HARRY: Dude, you're not helping.
LUPIN: Go on, Harry! I'm sure none of the things you've witnessed in your life would give the other students heart attacks at all!
HARRY: *conjures a dementor*
LUPIN: AHHH! CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL!
These are both excerpts from
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Fifteen Minutes. more fun summaries can be found at: Movies in Fifteen Minutes - deemed by Slashdot to be not another "angst-fest" from Livejournal, but an example of using "the power of self-publishing to impressive ends". woohoo.
Posted by lara at 04:55 PM | Comments (0)
my futile tears
those hot droplets
streaming down my face
they don't do much
good
they don't bring you
to me
they don't make this
empty ache in me
go away
they don't bring answers
to the many questions
our future holds
but they do tell a story
loud and clear
unmistakable
to anyone who notices:
i am sad.
Posted by lara at 07:07 AM | Comments (0)
November 03, 2005
because keeping coffee and beer separate is apparently a bad idea...
ok, so Nestle has just patented a fermented coffee drink - a cross between coffee and beer. no alcohol, it just foams like beer. why would someone do this to coffee? ah well, perhaps i will refrain from condemning this too much at this point. either way, i'm going to make a real latte now.
Posted by lara at 05:43 AM | Comments (0)
