Per Design

Mostly musings on design

Per Design

  • SVG: Where a good idea runs into the brick wall of browser implementation (or lack thereof)

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    Let’s say you want to create a nice, user friendly, device-agnostic, lightly interactive map. SVG immediately comes to mind as a good technology to use in such a case. Pretty good browser support now days and it doesn’t require plugins. For those who can’t use SVG, you can always provide fallback support as needed. Now…

  • In memory of Rebecca

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    Cancer is the emperor of all maladies. It has claimed another life – a child who had so much possibility stolen from a family with so much love. In her memory, I have changed the background colors of my site to her favorite color. 6.15.2014: We now return to our normal website appearance. 6.21.2014: CSS…

  • Happy songs

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    Spring is here (and awesome). Perusing the internet I ran across an Ars Technicha Lounge forum posting focused on “happy” songs and many members were contributing various songs. Of which The Mowgli’s “San Fransisco” was provided. Having heard the song before – 88.9 WDBM East Lansing – commercial-free, student run, alternative all the time –…