Do you think the current copyright laws are fair, unfair?
Interesting scenarios, I hadn’t really thought about how copyright law hinders the “real” world. How does Weird Al Yankovich get away with it? Or what about the comics that display Amazon boxes? I suppose they got permission? I think the music industry needs to change [...]
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Copyright Considerations and Paid Placement Musings
Posted in Cios256 on November 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Who’s Using CSS?
Posted in Cios256 on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This unique black and white page is from the CSS Zen Garden site. I expected it to be perfect, of course. What a surprise to see multiple classes and the dreaded “span” everywhere! After the dire warning in Chapter 6, I figured I’d never see these two selectors.
In the source code there [...]
Exploring Fonts
Posted in Cios256 on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
CSS Zen Garden. Beautiful page to look at, but the text is nearly impossible to read. With two columns, using different text, size, and spacing makes it this page difficult to read. The columns narrow further as you scroll down. I gave up trying to read it.
http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/202/202.css&page=0
I find white text difficult to read add a [...]
Color Schemes
Posted in Cios256 on October 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The CSS Design Shack page (http://www.designshack.co.uk/gallery/all/) is a fabulous site. You can choose a color scheme and view websites using your chosen theme. I found most of my sites here, except triads.
Monochromatic: “one color and it varied values.”
Check this one out:http://www.forryktindustries.com/about/ it is truly awful. The author is begging for a [...]
Web 2.0 and Creating your own Avatars
Posted in Cios256 on October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Web 2.0, what is it and why is everyone so darn excited about it? An Ask.com query found this definition from Internet.com’s Webomedia
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Web_2_point_0.html
“Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. Web 2.0 basically [...]
What Librarians Can Do For YOU!
Posted in Cios256 on September 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Is that paper you are working on missing the important “a hah” conclusion? Trying to find that one elusive quote? Need to fill out your bibliography? Need help researching your family tree? Or just need help find resources? All these questions and more can be answered for FREE from your local reference librarian. Fairbanks knows [...]
First Class
Posted in Cios256 on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings,
Quick class, enjoyed learning some new shortcuts, I’m sure my teenage son would roll his eyes, that I don’t know all those cool cuts.
