A New Theme

September 25th, 2006

I’ve implemented a significantly revised theme here on Mokka mit Schlag. The main change was switching to a Holy Grail style of positioning. This works much better on Safari, and somewhat better on Firefox. However the big change was removing the Google adds from the sidebar. They likely will return at some point. However, the revelation that finally enabled me to fix the Safari problems was that it was precisely the AdSense iframe that was getting in my way.
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Changing Fonts

September 25th, 2006

I’ve decided to shift the preferred font on this site from Helvetica Neue to Jim Lyle’s Bitstream Vera Sans. If you don’t have that font installed, (though you really should, it’s pretty and free) you won’t notice any changes. If you do, please let me know what you think.
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Spicebush Swallowtail

September 24th, 2006

Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly

Prospect Park, 2006-09-24
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Chickweed Geometer

September 22nd, 2006

Chickweed Geometer moth, perched

Richard DeKorte Park, Meadowlands, 2006-09-17, late afternoon

User Interface Reviews: Cheap!

September 20th, 2006

Joel Spolsky has a really funny article about a cell phone Sprint sent him in the hopes he’d blog about it. Well he did, and the results weren’t pretty:
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Hummingbird Moth

September 20th, 2006

Hummingbird moth Hemaris thysbe

Hummingbird clearwing (Hemaris thysbe), Richard DeKorte Park, Meadowlands, New Jersey, 2006-09-17
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