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Archive for March, 2009
Peanut checks into a Doggy Hotel
Natalie and I checked Peanut into a doggy day care center for the weekend in order to get a worry-free weekend all to ourselves. At the same time, Peanut got chance to socialize with some other pups. Seeing the facility with my own eyes and watching the dogs interact with one another brought me back to a time when I worked as a dog walker several years ago while freelancing and being in between jobs.
Falcon Devours Pigeon at Union Square
I’m not a bird watcher by any means, although I’m guilty of walking around the city with my camera and photographing anything that moves. I spotted this falcon atop a tree at Union Square in Manhattan, munching away on a freshly killed pigeon. A large group had gathered around the sight as people around me gasped and pointed at the bird.
Williamsburg Brooklyn I Miss You
Before moving to Hoboken about a year go, I lived in an industrial park section of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Even though my living conditions have vastly improved (I’m in a browstone now), I still miss my top floor corner-unit 2000 square foot loft. I’ve lived there for about 3 years, went through over a dozen roommates and decided to move on across the Hudson in order to have a more convenient commute to work.
Cross-Browser Compatibility for Designers
I’ve already written an article on my own frustration with Internet Explorer 6 as a designer / developer and posted a simple browser-sniffer script that redirects IE 6 users to a separate page on your site. This article focuses on testing your designs on other browsers, running on different operating systems. Besides testing your web layouts for discrepencies in your margins, paddings, font variations, other things to look for are transparency issues especially when working with transparent PNG files.
