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Archive for July, 2008
The New Delicious.com
July 31st, 2008 noteworthyTags: del.icio.us, delicious.com
Delicious (aka del.icio.us) has finally launched the new version of their site! The first thing you’ll notice is the design is MUCH more pleasing to the eyes. Here’s an excerpt of some of the new features…
Speed: We’ve moved to a new infrastructure that makes every page faster. This new platform will enable us to keep up with traffic growth while ensuring Delicious is responsive and reliable. You may not have noticed, but the old back-end was getting creaky under the load of five million users.
Search: We’ve completely overhauled our search engine to make it faster and more powerful. Searches used to take ages to return results; now they’re very quick. The new search engine is also smarter, and more social: you can search within one of your tags, another user’s public bookmarks, or your social network. Now it’s easier to take advantage of the expertise and interests of your friends, not to mention the Delicious community at large.
Design: Finally, we’ve updated the user interface to improve usability and add a few often-requested features (such as selectable detail levels and alphabetical sorting of bookmarks). Our goal has been to keep the new design similar in spirit to the old one, so all of you veterans should be able to jump in without any confusion. At the same time, we’re hoping that newcomers to Delicious will find it easier to learn. Check out the What’s New page for an overview of the changes.
Electric MINI coming to U.S. in summer 2009
July 28th, 2008 Uncategorized
It’s about time! Electric MINIs will finally be here in the states by next summer.
[source] Engadget
He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died
July 27th, 2008 linkage, noteworthy, photography
This is pretty amazing. Trust me…click the link and read the post. It’s both inspiring and touching.
He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died [Mental Floss Blog]
Interactive Map of 1926 Chicago Gangland Activity
July 26th, 2008 linkageTags: Chicago
Being a life-long Chicagoan, I found this 1926 map of Gangland Chicago pretty interesting.
40+ Beautiful Hand Picked Fonts
July 24th, 2008 resourcesTags: Design&Art, fonts, free, resources
Design resource blog, Noupe.com has shuffled through the fonts on DeviantArt.com and selected over 40 of the best free fonts for you to download. Go take a look and be sure to check out the other great posts and features on the site!