Acts of VolitionRecent Posts89 Tag Lines- June 24, 2008 The system that powers this weblog was recently upgraded with a new open-source weblog platform (because the world needed one more). What separates this weblog system from all of the others The clever name: Blrg. In the process of the upgrade, Ive retired the randomly rotating tag-linesub-title in the header of the site. Looking through the tag-lines in the old database, we accumulated 89 phrases. Most are insipid, however, I do think there are some flashes of accidental genius amongst the...http://www.actsofvolition.com/archive/2008/june/89taglines Having executives do foolish silly things on- June 22, 2008 Having executives do foolish silly things on stage is apparently key to the formula of having highly motivated employees. - Bill Gateshttp://www.actsofvolition.com/archive/2008/june/having If you're running Firefox 3, enter about:robots- June 20, 2008 If you're running Firefox 3, enter about:robots into the location bar and enjoy. Nerd.http://www.actsofvolition.com/archive/2008/june/ifyourerunning Sunset on Mars- June 3, 2008 Sunset on Marshttp://www.actsofvolition.com/archive/2008/june/sunsetonmars Seeing Through Google's New Icon- June 1, 2008 Google has a new favicon. If you don&8217;t know what a favicon is, rather than explain it, I&8217;ll suggest that you probably won&8217;t care about the rest of this post. If you&8217;re still with me, the new favicon is notable because the old one was a small but ubiquitous sign-post on the web. What I find more interesting, though, is a particular aspect of the implementation. The new favicon is a full RGBA color icon file with alpha transparency. What makes this noteworthy is that.http://www.actsofvolition.com/archive/2008/june/seeingthrough The Windows UI Taskforce is a delightful- June 1, 2008 The Windows UI Taskforce is a delightful collection of interface detail nit-picks. God's in there.http://www.actsofvolition.com/archive/2008/june/thewindowsui |