Internet laptop things May 20, 13, 6:49 a.m.

Alright?

You know those netbook/Chromebook/small laptop things you can get these days – are they any good?

I quite fancy something with a proper keyboard that is portable that I can chuck in a messenger back that doesn't cost the earth.

I'm an Apple fan but blowing £1000+ on an Air or 13" MacBook is a little out of my budget these days so I don't mind sacrificing OS X if I'm only really using it for internet and basic document creation/editing.

What do you peeps say? Anyone got one?

Studio VS Agency VS Consultancy VS Firm May 20, 13, 9:59 a.m.

A question for everyone: How do you determine which noun is the proper semantic when describing you design/creative business?

To give some background - The company I currently work for is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a much larger company. We are a small group - about 15 employees, and are wondering what is the best term to describe this venture.

Studio - we feel studio might earmark us as 'too small' for our audience. Although our staff is relatively low we don't want to give the impression that we are just a couple of people in someones garage.

Agency - We feel this makes us appear larger than we are, although the term is not inaccurate. We just don't want to be mistaken for a really large agency.

Consultancy - this makes it sound like we don't actually do the work but rather simply 'consult' on it.

Firm - too boring?

Anyway, i'm curious to see what others think.

CSS WebKit image buttons? May 20, 13, 10:28 a.m.

Does anyone know how to turn the bottom ImageWipe into a button so it can link to another page when mouse over?

http://css-tricks.com/examples/I…

The main article is here
http://css-tricks.com/webkit-ima…

I've tried putting image links in but think i'm doing it wrong :S

Name this design style May 20, 13, 11:09 a.m.

I know it's kind of hipster-y but does it have a name? It reminds me of Delaunay Triangulation but that's more related to fracturing photographs.

Yahoo buying Tumblr May 20, 13, 12:21 p.m.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/techno…

Smart move? Or will they screw it up?

Ray Manzarek, RIP : / May 20, 13, 2:19 p.m.

Keyboardist of The Doors, passed away today, of bile duct cancer.

Flickr Redesign May 20, 13, 3:27 p.m.

1TB of free space.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/2…

A good Booking Calendar for WP? May 20, 13, 4:24 p.m.

I need a booking calendar for Wordpress that will display a calendar and highlight multi day events - and will accept booking though a form and via Paypal? Any good tips? I've been through a bunch and some have elements that are OK but nothing with the overall functionality I need...

I know someone posted recently about this and was given the link: http://demo.wp-events-plugin.com…

Any others?

Front-End Dev Los Angeles May 20, 13, 4:30 p.m.

Need someone who can work with designers on site in Culver City. Will be a few months of work on a site for a medium size tech company. Let me know if you're available.

 Apple Manufacturing May 20, 13, 11:57 p.m.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/busine…

Foxconn employs 800,000 workers worldwide.

It says it has had 25,000 patents granted worldwide.

The starting salary at its Shenzhen plant - which employs the bulk of its workers - is 1,800 yuan (293.51 US Dollar), compared with a minimum wage of 1,500 yuan in the city.

The monthly wage increases to 2,200 yuan after a probation period, and more if overtime is included.

Porn Face Tattoos. May 19, 13, 12:16 a.m.

http://www.vice.com/read/i-tatto…

dolphin of the day May 19, 13, 2:28 a.m.

Navy dolphins discover rare old torpedo off Coronado

http://www.latimes.com/news/loca…

Romanthony May 19, 13, 4:43 a.m.

:(

standalone flip through? May 19, 13, 7:09 a.m.

hi,

a client wants to email out his pdfs as standalone readers with page-flip / peel effects. it can be just attached, saved and played from hd. is there a decent solution?

Smatik Update 2013 May 19, 13, 7:32 a.m.

Dear QBN,

I recently updated my portfolio:
http://www.smatik.de

I would appreciate it if you take a look at it and share with me any creative thoughts or feedback. Thanks a lot

Best

Andre

what is hand made? May 19, 13, 8:22 a.m.

I guy who makes his own synth and sells on etsy gets shutdown and is attempting to prove his claim of hand made to no avail so far. fuck etsy.

http://wtfbyrne.tumblr.com/post/…

http://wtfbyrne.tumblr.com/post/…

http://wtfbyrne.tumblr.com/post/…

keynote/final cut question May 19, 13, 1:44 p.m.

hey guys... need some help.

making a presentation/video... using final cut x.

i export my keynote slides as images, synch to the audio and normally the text looks fine.

For some reason the text is looking all fucked up... like like back in the day with flash... how fonts looked all fucked up, same thing.

i tried exporting as png, then as tiffs but still having the same issue.

Anyone know how to fix this?

Edit facebook event date, help. May 19, 13, 3:10 p.m.

Does anyone know how to do this? I go into edit and I can edit everything except the date.

WTF Belvedere Vodka? May 18, 13, 9:04 a.m.

Is the serif custom or any of you cats know wf?

The Seasteading Institute May 18, 13, 7:43 p.m.

http://www.seasteading.org/

What do you think of this concept?