Over at New Scientist’s Space section you can read about 13 things that still baffles scientists. An incredibly interesting read, especially for the scientifically inclined.
All posts for the month november, 2006
13 things that do not make sense
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on november 28, 2006
http://fuzzy76.net/135/13-things-that-do-not-make-sense/
Why Flash websites are a really, really bad idea
Just to state some basic facts… Flash doesn’t work _everywhere_, unlike normal HTML. My computer runs a 64-bit OS without 32bit emulation, and Adobe has yet to provide a Flash player for any 64-bit platform. Flash requires a proprietary plugin. Flash does not let users change font sizes or contrast settings using personalized stylesheets. A [...]
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on november 27, 2006
http://fuzzy76.net/134/why-flash-websites-are-a-really-really-bad-idea/
Why tables for layout is bad
Since I’m tired of Googling it up every time I need the link, I thought I’d just post it here. Seybold tells you why tables for layout is stupid.
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on november 27, 2006
http://fuzzy76.net/133/why-tables-for-layout-is-bad/
Google Homepage revisited
As some of my readers might know, I started using Horde webmail (and it’s addons) half a year ago. But after a while, I just had to cave in. Even when running against a local IMAP server on a computer with plenty of CPU-power and RAM left, it was very sluggish. On top of that [...]
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on november 20, 2006
http://fuzzy76.net/132/google-homepage-revisited/
The Top 10 Arguments Against DRM
Via Learn Out Loud you can read about why DRM is a bad, bad thing… And for the less technical of my readers, DRM is the copy protection on all music bought online from MSN (for your Zune player) or iTunes (for the iPod). This is a must read, the end of the article contains [...]
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on november 20, 2006
http://fuzzy76.net/131/the-top-10-arguments-against-drm/