Archive for September, 2008

Zebra Stripes and Polka Dots

Ok, no dots. But anyone who’s ever worked with spreadsheets and tables has likely seen zebra stripes: where every other line is shaded to supposedly improve readability. A List Apart published the results of a study in May that found [...]


How to Win Friends and Influence People

1. Lure Them in with Gifts. Make them think you’re a nice, stable person. Buy them a good book or something. Maybe a lollipop. Everybody loves candy. (Timmy, I thought I told you to stay away from the black limousine [...]


Vacations

This past week has been great. Being back home without the day-in-day-out nightmare hell-hole life-drain that is Cape Cod has been amazing. Between the inordinate overtime doing what I changed my major from in the first place to my chauvanistic, [...]