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Monthly Archives: August 2005

changes

Monday, August 22, 2005

Not much to mumble/grumble about lately. The shortening days of summer (both in length and quantity) have taken precedence over logorrhea. Two families of raccoons have taken residence in the impenetrable thicket in the middle of my block: 2 mother and 2 litters, of 4 and 5. 11 raccoons is too many, but since we [...]

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user interface design follies

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

So who picked the 8-sided red shape and used it as a submit button? 10 years ago we saw a similar UI decision, to use a button labelled Start for everything — even shutting down.

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routing (the old kind)

Friday, August 12, 2005

Google maps plotted different routes for me to go from Mt Rainier to Olympia, based on whether I start inside the park or outside.

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