technology

Recently I checked my blog stats and it looks like 80% of you are using Internet Explorer! Did you know it will look better in any other browser? IE is notorious among the web savy as the worst browser out there. There are many others that you can use. Personally I use Chrome and Firefox the most. Firefox for it’s sweet plug ins and Chrome for it’s css3 handling and speed.

Please try one of these:

Then open both browser and look at this post to see the differences.

Wow! This looks way less cool in IE

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I have posted about them before but not really in detail.

They post two new articles every two weeks and since I found the site I’ve read every single new article and some old ones. This month they have two extra interesting ones about rebranding yourself/your site, something I have played with a lot.

Erskine Design Redesign
Redesigning Your Own Site

I watched this last night, it is pretty nice. I wasn’t distracted by the special effects very much.

http://digitaldomain.com/benjamin_button_behind_the_scenes/

The skin and lighting on Benjamin’s CG head are flawless. It will be interesting to see Brad Pitt in forty years to see how close they came to guessing what he looks like at 90.

 

Sweet!

Sweet!

It looks so awesome from the outsite, a little like a Star Trek communicator.

I don’t love the inside, the green + red, but it is pretty neat that they are making a phone with so much personality.