Jay Robinson

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  • MOON8

    MOON8 “Have you ever wondered what Dark Side of the Moon would sound like if Pink Floyd had written it for NES, instead of for a rock band?” I usually think 8bit music is lame junk but I connect to Dark Side on a deeply emotional level so I’m rocking it right now.

  • iPad Wireframe .EPS

    iPad Wireframe .EPS The beautiful & talented Sarah Parmenter: “To celebrate the launch of the iPad, and undoubtedly another fantastic platform to design for, I have designed an iPad Wireframe to help you with the design process for yourself and/or your clients.”

  • Andy Ihnatko: Rollup to iPad

    Andy Ihnatko: Rollup to iPad Apps like Autodesk SketchBook (my favorite drawing app) are fun even when you’re just using your fingers. But it’s a different experience when you have a stylus in your hand. The business end is thinner than a fingertip, so it’s much easier to see what you’re drawing. Plus, I stopped…

  • They’re Made Out of Meat

    They’re Made Out of Meat Very fun short story by Terry Bisson. Written entirely in dialogue.

  • The GIF Pronunciation Page

    The GIF Pronunciation Page Just in case you were unsure about how the creators of the GIF graphics file format intended for you to say it… it’s “jif”. “The GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), pronounced ‘JIF’, was designed by CompuServe and the official specification released in June of 1987.” I’ve always said “gif”, as in “gift”.

  • Sass 3 Beta Released

    Sass 3 Beta Released David Kaneda: If you’re a web developer and haven’t given Sass a try yet, get into it ASAP. It a Ruby gem that abstracts CSS — it empowers the CSS with functions and variables, saves a ton of development time, and even makes it easier to be more consistent with your designs.…

  • Why Stylesheet Abstraction Matters

    Why Stylesheet Abstraction Matters “I’ve seen a number of comments on blogs and twitter that amount to ‘You don’t need a new stylesheet syntax, CSS is simple and you’re a moron if you can’t do it.’ I agree, CSS is simple. You assign style primitives to elements and some of those primitives cascade down to…

  • CSS is Aspect-Oriented Programming

    CSS is Aspect-Oriented Programming A group of CSS rules is essentially a function. (They even use the same curly-brace and semicolon syntax.) … form h1 { font-size: 15px; color: blue; } Suddenly, all h1 tags inside forms have this behavior, even though none of them reference this “function”. Aspect-oriented programming is the most misunderstood programming…

  • Apple has posted new walkthrough videos for the iPad. Includes animations and interactions that we didn’t see before. This photo, above, for laying out your document margins in Pages is very nice. If you don’t feel like watching all the movies, MacStories.net has a thorough review post with large images.

  • How to prevent iTunes web previews from opening iTunes automatically

    How to prevent iTunes web previews from opening iTunes automatically Spoiler alert: involves a quick System Pref install, but works like a charm. Totally worth it.

  • When Do They Sleep?

    When Do They Sleep? When Do They Sleep? is a neat Twitter app that guesses hours of slumber by analyzing over 100 of your most recent tweets. Obviously more useful if you have Twitter diarrhea all your waking hours.

  • Sabbath Manifesto

    Sabbath Manifesto Now that I spend every waking hour in front of a warm, glowing screen, it’s all the more important to make room for digital downtime… just not today. The Sabbath Manifesto outlines a weekly day of rest. A few of their Ten Principles: Avoid technology. Connect with loved ones. Nurture your health. Get…

  • MCE OptiBay Hard Drive

    MCE OptiBay Hard Drive The new MCE OptiBay Hard Drive was created for users who want as much hard drive space as possible … The MCE OptiBay Hard Drive replaces your machine’s internal SuperDrive with a high performance SATA hard drive … Seriously considering replacing my MacBook Pro’s SuperDrive with an SSD. Read why.

  • Jay-Z has teamed up with director Danny Clinch and Absolut Vodka to document one of his recent performances at Madison Square Garden in NYC. View it online here: NY-Z.

  • David Desandro, designer extraordinaire, has recreated the Opera logo in pure CSS. Beautiful use of CSS3 border-radius and gradients. Works in the big three browsers: Firefox 3.6, Safari 4, or Chrome 5.