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If you could recommend only one book (on graphic design) (3)
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Over the years I've read a lot of design books and I have recommended many of them here. But a lot of people have ask me if I would recommend just one book (proving again that the more choices you offer the harder it is to decide; the paradox of choice). It's difficult to recommend just one book for the non-designer interested in becoming more design mindful. But if you are looking to take a ...Contribute comment -
25 Years of Mac: From Boxy Beige to Silver Sleek (18)
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It's the 25th anniversary of the Apple Macintosh, but Steve Jobs' eyes are dry. At the company headquarters in Silicon Valley, where he was presenting a set of new laptops to the press last October, I mentioned the birthday to him. Jobs recoiled at any suggestion of nostalgia. "I don't think about that," he said. "When I got back here in 1997, I was looking for more room, and I found an archive of old ...Shared by Abhishek (17) al3x (43) Caleb Elston (40) Eric Silva (19) Frank (27) Gavin (30) janequigley (39) Jim Whitelaw (33) Justin Bardin Cooley (41) Matthew Bischoff (37) Michael Hanscom (2) Reaper (10) rey (12) Sean O'Steen (32) Sid (31) vergil66 (29) WickeD (29) Win (35)Contribute comment -
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H.M., a widely-studied patient on the topic of amnesia and memory, passed away in December 2008 and donated his brain to further study. The Brain Observatory at the University of California, San Diego will lead the research. Jacopo Annese, the Observatory's director, has announced that it will take an open approach to the research, including a blog for the project and Webcasts of the procedures. See the story from Science Friday. (Thanks to Bora Zivkovic.)Shared by Frank (27) Jay (39)Contribute comment -
6 New Web Technologies of 2008 You Need to Use Now (76)
onEvery year, we see scores of innovations trickle onto the web — everything from new browser features to cool web apps to entire programming languages. Some of these concepts just make us smile, then we move on. Some completely blow our minds with their utility and ingenuity — and become must-haves. For this list, we've compiled the most truly life-altering nuggets of brilliance to hit center stage in 2008: the ideas, products and enhancements to ...Shared by ~V~ (16) Ahmed Naguib (51) Ahsan Navid Hussain (36) Alan Levine (52) Alemsah (43) Amanda Clay Powers (15) Angel (369) Anton (49) Arren V (255) attacs (15) Bert DuMars (19) Brad Smith (31) Carl Grint (35) Cartwright Reed (29) Christian (39) D Hsiao (59) Daniel (62) Darren (40) deeped (73) Donovan Watts (23) dragoman (42) Erik J. Heels (44) Evert Stobbe (2) Fabio (153) Fatih Taşkıran (23) fernandop (6) Frank (27) George Bourazanas (8) Glenn Batuyong (31) ivanandersson (14) Jan Tißler (28) jeroendemiranda (29) Jim Wilkerson (10) Joefort Capistrano (7) Johan Martin (22) John Albright (23) John Samuel (54) Jorge Barba (159) Kol Tregaskes (168) Konstantin Klein (36) Leena (1231) lezer (38) Lorenz Lammens (52) LouCypher (73) Ludovic (43) Maelstrom (13) Marcelo Lee (64) Mark Wu (6) Marshall Kirkpatrick (44) Martinrstone (38) Matt (19) Matt McAlister (8) Maura (41) Miguel Lopez (774) Mithun (41) Muhammad Saleem (964) Nate (58) Necdet Terkeş (11) Ocracokewaves (14) p@r@noid (1187) pablojeffress (35) Paul Dunay (37) Peter Santesson-Wilson (32) Riku Vassinen (16) Rob (7) Rolf Schewe (38) Sean McColgan (224) Sharjeel Sayed (56) Simmons (20) Steve Woda (13) teleken (14) Thao Ly (158) Thomas Ho (2) yuanmai (303) zanipooh (23) 阿人 35.5℃ (180)Explore read four notes
- deeped said: HTML 5, Firefox, Chrome, lokalisering/geotagging mm. Wired förklarar vad som blir nästa års stora grejer.
- teleken said: May be obvious to some, but for the rest of you...
- Konstantin Klein said: Schön, festzustellen, dass man selbst zumindest einige der genannten Technologien schon nutzt, und sich so nicht ganz auf dem falschen Dampfer zu finden.
- Erik J. Heels said: 6 New Web Technologies of 2008 You Need to Use Now,from @Wired by Michael Calore.
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LimeWire Adds Private File Sharing (3)
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- Ted said: Normally I'm meh about this comic but they got me this time with "how is babby formed" - Palin is still the nations punching bag.
- Jeffrey Spehar said: Go Utah!
- Dedalus said: Oh, Alaska, Alaska.
- Jonathan Staryuk said: I hope those aren't true, but I think they probably are.
- Artem Boytsov said: We finally made it here :)
- Ed said: Make sure to read the image's alternate text too. :P
- Guru Panguji said: xkcd Rocks!!
- Chad said: The hover text is just disturbing.
- V said: I'm surprised it wasn't "Lincoln slash fiction"
- seano said: search term: "raptors on hoverboards". top city: "somerville, ma". wtf?
- Matthew said: Its because thats where Randell lives
- Shannon said: read the extra hover text - very wrong. but also very funny.
- Pizzo said: MEN KISSING
- Jordan Bouvier said: http://www.thatdorkjordan.com/2008/12/29/what-xkcd-can-do-to-search-trends/
- Todd said: "Raptors on Hoverboards"
- MAK said: OMG ESOTERIC METAFILTER REFERENCE ON XKCD!!! It must be Christmas!
- James Johnson said: the alt text is....wow.
- mernisse said: Best Alt Tag Ever? I think so.
- 狮子真好吃啊 said: 虽然有的我没看懂, 不过真的很损...
- Roshni said: Heh. How is Babby formed?
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