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Macromedia Purchases Clue
Looks like the folks at Macromedia have finally come around to the fact that Flash is getting a really bad usability rap. They have launched a token usability section on their site. I thought the four sites they picked as 'Usability examples' were very telling of their understanding of the issues. [via Flazoom]
posted by DragonBoy at 10:07 PM PST - 2 comments

Stockwell Day and his racist pals. No wonder the Canadian Alliance fields the kind of candidates who talk about an "asian invasion".
posted by will at 10:05 PM PST - 19 comments

A Modest Proposal for preventing the tongues of the American people from being a burden to their owners and country, as well as encouraging them to become more beneficial to the public interest. I still hate guns, but dear old Jon would have been proud.
posted by ZachsMind at 7:55 PM PST - 6 comments

nVidia GPU is seven times faster than NV20...the return of misleading headlines.
posted by hobbes at 6:52 PM PST - 4 comments

The Lizard King & The Klan: This is just wonderful - I'm quite certain that the remaining members of the Doors wouldn't want their music used to promote messages of hatred and intolerance.
posted by aladfar at 6:21 PM PST - 0 comments - Post a Comment

UK row as kids are told to adopt incorrect but 'international' spelling A row has broken out in the UK as the organisation in charge of school examinations told pupils to drop traditional spelling of scientific words in favour of Americanised (wrong) ones.
Surely Sulphur comes from a Greek word which involves the letter phi (not fi) and is therefore the correct spelling...
posted by nico at 4:50 PM PST - 30 comments

Furby finally hacked. Although it's not on the original processor, this isn't too bad.
posted by plinth at 4:23 PM PST - 2 comments

Melanie Griffith is my favorite weblogger. This merging of flowery, trashy romance novel-esque graphics and Melanie's first-hand tales of love, pain and addiction warms the heart. Not only am I going to sign her guestbook, I'm going to order oodles of products through her Godess Collection banner ad.
posted by sixfoot6 at 4:06 PM PST - 9 comments

Fuckwits. And we were arguing about unclear ballot papers and the inability to follow written instructions? The Palm Beach canvassing board sends its counters home for Thanksgiving, comes back on Friday to find an extra few thousand votes to go through, and can't get its numbers in on time, so Ms Harris disregards them. Really, the people in charge need horse-whipping.
posted by holgate at 3:07 PM PST - 1 comments

International Herald Tribune sets the new standard for online newspapers with a site that even the online design community appreciates. [Site of the week @ Three.Oh]
posted by riffola at 2:18 PM PST - 11 comments

Step aside MacEnroe, tennis has finally found a new crybaby
posted by ookamaka at 10:13 AM PST - 1 comments

How the Grinch Stole Election Day The Grinch hated voting! He thought it a bore. Now, please don't ask why. Could be Bush, could be Gore.
posted by fleener at 8:36 AM PST - 1 comments

Nothing quite like using a small child as political propaganda. Hopefully his parents will let him grow up with the ability to form his own opinions and beliefs..!
posted by sammy at 5:29 AM PST - 10 comments