Nielsen’s Weblog Usability Design Mistakes
Jakob Nielsen just came out with his list of the Top 10 Design Mistakes for Weblogs. I have to admit that I’ve probably made most of these at one time or another, but I was surprised that I actually didn’t make some of them. However, I’m not sure I’m that concerned, since this [...]
Validation for my Refined Palate
I’m psyched! In the latest issue of Westword, Jason Sheehan, my favorite foodie writer, reviewed my favorite local sushi place, the Fontana Sushi in Littleton. And he loves it. (See this previous blog entry declaring my own love for the place.) I really had no idea that Fontana was serving such [...]
Annual Home Invasion
Another good thing about living in Colorado is the lack of insects. I’m constantly amazed when I visit some other part of the country and there’s a deafening wall of sound coming from somewhere that sounds like a metalworks factory has been plopped down in the middle of the backyard, only to have explained to [...]
Another Distraction
So… this video iPod thing. I don’t get it. Does anyone really want to watch TV shows on a 2.5″ handheld screen? I suppose it might be cool if you ride the bus to work every day and want to catch last night’s Daily Show, but I really don’t see that function [...]
Thar She Blows!
Enough time has passed and enough episodes watched for me to comment properly on the three new network “alien invasion” shows: NBC’s Surface, CBS’s Threshold, and ABC’s Invasion. There’s a clear winner among the three, at least for me.
Escaping the Past
This weekend I saw the latest comic-book-to-movie blockbuster, A History of Violence. (Yes, though they haven’t advertised it as such, it is based on a DC comic book, err… “graphic novel”.) It’s a taut little character study (of not just the main character, but his family as well) of the type that I [...]
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