Web designers compete to impress visitors with distinctive and appealing visual elements. Background images are one of those visual elements that when designed well, can create an amazing atmosphere and convey the style the designer has chosen. In this post you will see how web designers carefully created background images to achieve their goals.
ballooner writes “A group of Cornell University graduate students are attempting to break the Amateur Radio Ballooning duration record this weekend. The project is a continuation from last year when some other Cornell grad students broke the altitude record. The progress of the team can be tracked via their Twitter feed or by monitoring their APRS beacons. For all the HAMs out there, downlinks are available on a 30m wavelength, too.”
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jefu writes “J.G. Ballard, an author (of science fiction and other fiction) has died. His works include some of the strangest and most compelling novels ever, including ‘The Crystal World,’ ‘Crash’ and ‘The Atrocity Exhibition.’ For a truly weird read, try his ‘Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race,” compared with Alfred Jarry’s “The Crucifixion Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race.'” Here is Ballard’s obituary at the BBC.
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Canadian, British, US vessels foil pirates in Gulf of Aden
CBC.ca A Canadian warship helped thwart a pirate attack as part of the NATO mission to keep vessels safely moving in the Gulf of Aden, officials said Sunday. New pirate attack thwarted in Gulf of Aden CNN International NATO warships foil pirate attack AFP CTV.ca – Bloomberg – Toronto Star – Christian Science Monitor all 1,528 news articles |
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Iranian President Asks Court to Reconsider Spy Case
New York Times By NAZILA FATHI TEHRAN – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a rare effort to intervene in the justice system, urged the national security court on Sunday to fairly examine the cases of an Iranian-American journalist and an Iranian-Canadian blogger. Video: Obama: US Journalist Jailed in Iran Not a Spy The Associated Press Iran president urges full defense for US reporter The Associated Press Voice of America – Reuters UK – PRESS TV – The Associated Press all 2,637 news articles |
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Obama defends greeting Hugo Chavez
Los Angeles Times The president says Americans want him to interact with foreign leaders and that the US has nothing to fear from Venezuela. By Peter Nicholas Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad And Tobago — Rebuffing criticism of the warm greetings he exchanged with Venezuelan … Video: Obama Sees Positive Signs From Venezuela, Cuba The Associated Press Obama Closes Summit with Broad New Agenda Washington Post Reuters – Xinhua – The Associated Press – Aljazeera.net all 4,167 news articles Langue : Français |
Reports say a mobile application for Hulu is on the way that will let users watch full TV shows and movies on their iPhone over 3G and Wi-Fi. It’s about time!
Although often used in the wrong context, the motif of ’70s Retro Rainbow designs seems to occur in many modern designs – from products designs to posters and web designs. The rainbow colors are particularly eye-catching and lively; they may provide the design with a dynamics and help to vividly convey the message of the graphic work.
The recently implemented IPRED legislation in Sweden makes it easier for copyright holders to identify and go after alleged illegal file-sharers. Up until now the same hasn’t been easy in Norway, but all that is set to change as the country’s telecoms regulator says that file-sharers identities can be given to copyright holders.
In a comment to one of my recent stories, someone said that they could run Windows 7 on an older PC, but not Linux. Yeah. Right. But, how slow can a PC go and still run desktop Linux? Here’s the answer.
