Audrey Guillemenot shared as favorite Stuff We Like: StairCASE Stepladder Bookcase (44)
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Conceptual designer Danny Kuo has prototyped an ingenious solution for getting to the topmost levels of a tall bookshelf with his StairCASE design. The bookshelf combines the functionality of drawers to make steps to reach the high shelves, as shown. For small apartments with high ceilings, this is a pretty ingenious space-saver. For similar storage as ladder, see how to turn your steps into drawers. The StairCASE doesn't appear to be available for purchase, but ...
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Derek said:
would be a nice addition to the invisible bookshelves
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Dave said:
Oh man, I LIKE this.
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Twitch said:
More things I want to build.
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Jonna said:
Finally, form AND function!
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Toby M said:
Creative and innovative use of furniture, especially for short people :)
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striatic said:
hm. i'd like this or something like it.
David Byrne and Brian Eno's kick ass new album in a million downloadable and physical formats (23)
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David Byrne and Brian Eno's new album "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" is up this week in a wide variety of formats, ranging from a free, DRM-free stream of the whole disc to a bunch of digital delivery options (320kbps MP3, Flac, or digital+CD) and a gorgeous little "deluxe package" with bonus tracks and a package designed by Stefan Sagmeister. Byrne is literally my favorite recording artist of all time. I own the whole ...
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aconbere said:
I'm really enjoying this album... repeat!
Pitfalls to Avoid When Designing Forms (57)
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Many web forms are broken, usability-wise. Knowing these problems can make you avoid them when you design your own web forms, so here are some recurring usability pitfalls. 1. The risky reset button. In most instances, the form reset button is not needed, though it can almost always do harm if users accidentally click it – because it will empty the form without any confirmation box (in popular browsers and popular form implementations, anyway). Take ...
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CD1 said:
dicas de como fazer bons formulários na Internet, que muito site por aí deveria usar...
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Rakesh said:
Sensible tips - most experienced developers know these or should know these but you would be surprised how many don't or just get lazy...
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Vish said:
and, when I make a mistake in filling your form, don't punish me by clearing the whole form.. please don't..
Juergen Teller, photographer, isn't sexy (7)
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I found this New York magazine profile of fashion photographer Juergen Teller pretty fascinating. For one thing, none of Teller's photos are retouched. But perhaps most rare for fashion photography, Teller's pictures are absolutely never retouched. "I'm interested in the person I photograph," he says. "The world is so beautiful as it is, there's so much going on which is sort of interesting. It's just so crazy, so why do I have to put some ...
Emacs and PHP: On-the-fly syntax checking with Flymake - sacha chua (2)
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The dreaded white screen of nothingness usually means that I've misplaced a quotation mark or brace somewhere in my PHP code. On-the-fly syntax checking in Eclipse helped me find those errors quickly because I could scan the right scrollbar for areas marked with red. I knew that shifting to Emacs wouldn't automatically cure me of the propensity to mismatch my parentheses. If I could get on-the-fly syntax checking working in Emacs, I'd save myself a ...
Algorithmic architecture (5)
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Here's a video detailing the algorithmic architectural technique used to design a hotel in New Zealand. The program spits out ~18,000 possible solutions, of which one is chosen. The video notes that the final solution is implausible but that improvement could be made by using the best solutions to generate better offspring. (via smashing telly) (link)
Homegrown Evolution blog on the ethics of raising chickens (4)
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On his blog, Erik Knutzen, co-author of the terrific self-sufficiency guidebook, The Urban Homestead, writes about the ethics of raising chickens in the backyard for eggs. Eric pointed to "Why I Farm," a Mother Earth News essay by Bryan Welch, with this provocative quote: I get a lot of laughs watching my animals figure out their lives and I get pretty sad when it’s time to kill them. I have a lot more death in ...
How to become a DIY strongman (2)
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Handy, but out of shape? Make your own exercise equipment—mostly out of PVC tubes, steel pipes, webbing, and the occasional mouse pad. Instructions (with lots of pictures) for making chinup/dip/pushup bars, various grips, isokentic devices, isometric devices, isotonic devices, and martial arts equipment from Grunt and Shen's workshop. (Warning: Angelfire hosted site)
Insta-Cake (1)
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A tasty chocolate cake you can make from scratch in five minutes. In the microwave. In a mug. Other 5-minute variations include peanut butter chocolate cake (picture), jello cake (picture), and spice cake
minor emacs wizardry: jao (3)
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As much as i try to avoid it, i always end up with lots of usernames and passwords to remember, not to mention a couple of bank accounts and a credit card number for on-line shopping. There’s no way i’m going to remember any of them—why, i even need to keep track of my telephone number. Time to write down a tidy nice little list, that is, time to look for and set up an ...
Sync and Back Up Your Data with Conduit for Linux [Syncing] (8)
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Admit it—even if your desk could be the cover shot for Organized Worker Monthly, your data is all over the place. Between desktop apps, online networks, and webapp tools, it's easy to lose track of data and duplicate tasks, simply because it's not all accessible, or it takes too much of your time to keep it all synced up and together. Conduit, an in-development program for the Linux desktop, makes it simple to link your ...
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Владимир Анохин said:
Неожиданно приятная штуковина, судя по описанию.
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bsag said:
Looks easy to use and flexible. I'd like something similar for Mac OS X.
Speckly Searches Multiple BitTorrent Trackers [BitTorrent] (2)
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Web site Speckly is a barebones BitTorrent search engine that scours multiple popular torrent trackers and returns the results in a simple interface. In fact, you'll notice the site's design is a direct knock-off of Google, but it has a few subtle tweaks for BitTorrent. Like previously mentioned torrent aggregator PizzaTorrent, Speckly also allows you to sort results by file type, and according to weblog Mashable, the ad-free site will remain ad-free—an accomplishment for the ...
Defender in a Favicon (3)
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DEFENDER of the Favicon implements the game of Defender using Javascript and the tinsy, teeny space afforded by a Favicon. Supposedly works in Firefox and Opera, though my Firefox just stalls on the splashscreen. Nevertheless: woah. 8-bit arcade game in a Favicon. Woah. Link (via Wonderland)
SpiderOak Offers 2GB of Free, Cross-Platform Backup [Featured Download] (4)
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Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): Online backup utility SpiderOak is notable for its true cross-platform availability, but it also offers (like Mozy) 2 GB of non-expiring free storage space and the ability to run in the background, making persistent backups as you change the contents of any folders you want to watch. The creators boast of a compression algorithm that speeds up both uploads and restoration, and unlimited bandwidth for paying customers, but its real value comes ...
Fugitoid on the run again (1)
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El-P, founder of Def Jux, is not your average rap artist. His themes and style are frequently lush and apocalyptic. While Deep Space 9mm launched 'El-Producto', cleverly futuristic works like Stepfather factory, Flyentology with Trent Reznor or the darker Tasmanian Pain Coaster are his hallmark. He recently released a new mixtape free online, along with the lyrics pdf for his album. He also recently remixed a song from MTV's TRL, warping it into a chaotic ...
3D renderings of the inner workings of human body (1)
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Fascinating 3D renderings of different processes inside of a human body. Yes, the style is quite similar to The Inner Life of The Cell, but this one is different. Dissolving of the pills was definitely entertaining. It would be great if a doctor could comment on the other processes that are displayed.
Anatomic model puzzles of surpassing loveliness (1)
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I just stumbled on Kikkerland's "Anatomic 3-D Puzzles" in a shop and was absolutely enthralled. These are snap-together models (calling them "puzzles" is a little weird, actually) showing the anatomy of various critters, from humans to cows, mammoths, and my favorites, beetles and snails. They're made out of plastic that feels just like the plastic they use for the anatomical models you had in senior biology class, with the same color schemes, but the sculpting ...
SimplyNoise Generates White Noise in Your Browser [Distraction] (6)
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Web application SimplyNoise provides a no-frills interface to configure relaxing white noise right in your browser. Just fire up the web site and adjust the sliding orb to the intensity of white noise that's your sweet spot. As the site points out, white noise can be helpful for everything from aiding sleep to blocking distraction, and SimplyNoise is a no-nonsense application that does just that. If you'd prefer a little more depth and customization from ...
Stross's new novel: Saturn's Children, a late Heinlein homage (1)
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Charlie Stross's new novel, Saturn's Children, is out -- this is Charlie's Heinlein tribute, and unlike everyone else who does classic, adventure -story Heinlein tributes, Charlie's written a novel in the style of the late, indulgent, sex-saturated Heinlein, from the period before a cutting-edge surgery fixed a problem with the blood-supply to his brain (seriously). Orbit, the book's UK publisher, has also put an excerpt online. Today is the two hundredth anniversary of the final ...
