Friday Review: OS X Leopard
Last Friday, Apple has unleashed their latest operating system, OS X Leopard, and from the general reactions and first reviews it appears to have been very well received. I’ve made the upgrade and...
View ArticleWhy Time Machine Works
Now, I’m sorry to disappoint you if you thought that I’d be talking about a real time travel machine, that unfortunately hasn’t been invented yet as far as I’m aware—however, I am going to give you my...
View ArticleUI = The Killer Feature
Many new electronics products and software have a bucket-load of new features. They try to incite you to make the purchase by flooding you with their extensive functionality and a million of things...
View ArticleNew Tutorial: Smooth Content Frame in Photoshop
If you’re new to web design and wondered how to make your content a little bit more attractive—how to create a simple, yet elegant, frame to put your content in—then I’ve got a little tutorial for you....
View ArticlePixelshell: #49 in “100 Best CSS Designs of 2007″
We’re pleased to announce that our Pixelshell site design was voted #49 in “Top 100 CSS Designs of 2007″ by NerdBusiness.com. You can check out our site among the other 100 designs here. We’re honored...
View ArticleApple’s Inverted Text Shadow
Recently, I’ve started noticing an interesting design change in Apple’s user interfaces, mainly on their site, but also a lot on the iPhone. The design item is an inverted shadow—that is, a shadow...
View ArticleIconize — Adding Icons to Textlinks with CSS
Just stumbled on a very interesting project from PoolieStudios called Iconize (which in turn was inspired by this post from Ask the CSS Guy). The concept is simple: CSS code that would add little...
View ArticleInternet Explorer 8 to debut as "Standards Compliant"— Web Designers Rejoice
It would appear that Microsoft had second doubts about their unwillingness to adopt Standards Compliancy in their forth-coming IE8 browser. On their IE Blog the new announcement apparently follows...
View ArticleMacBook Air Review
The MacBook Air is the latest laptop from Apple, and one that has caused a division of opinion from customers and experts alike. There is a lot of praise for this product and a lot of favorable...
View ArticleDowntime Notice
This is just a little note about the unexpected downtime some of you may have noticed this past week. We have had to move our website to a new host and everything is up and running again for most...
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