Produtoras de cinema, estúdios de animação e grandes companhias discográfcas enviam constantemente pedidos de remoção de vídeos em violação dos seus direitos de autor para o YouTube. De forma a evitar ser inundada de inúmeros processos judiciais, os responsáveis do site desenvolveram uma tecnologia de software chamada YouTube Video Identification que identifica automaticamente todos os materiais potencialmente ilegais e notifica os seus proprietários. Estes podem em seguida remover os items assinalados.
]]>Here is another variation of the tilt-shirt, or bellows, lens for selective focus photography. Marcus was able to salvage the parts from a $5 camera and the final results were very good at a close range.
]]>Esta eu deveria ter escrito antes das festas de final de ano, mas sabe como é, não deu tempo. O Nielsen Normam Group liberou gratuitamente um relatório de boas práticas de usabilidade em um estudo feito com pessoas utilizando tecnologias assistivas. O relatório (em inglês) estimado no valor de US$124,00 foi liberado gratuitamente para download como presente de final de ano. E como eu não sei por mais quanto tempo o documento poderá ser baixado de graça, se eu fosse você fazia o download correndo.
]]>Sometimes when people first learn about Web accessibility they look for quick ways of improving the sites they build. This often leads to misuse or overuse of certain HTML features that are meant to aid accessibility, but when used wrongly have no effect and can actually have the opposite effect by making the page less accessible and less usable.
]]>Just in case you haven’t already read the companion articles Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8 and From Switches to Targets: A Standardista’s Journey at A List Apart, I suggest you do so now.
]]>You remember that scene where Neo discovers he can dodge bullets, and the whole world slows down and he just sort of waves his arms, leans back, and the bullets whiz by him?
]]>Boy, are we excited. We’ve spent every waking moment these last months cooped up in the Photojojo Labs, working tirelessly on what can only be our greatest experiment ever. We’ve finally done it. We’ve found the key to…
]]>These mash-ups of art history and geek culture are brilliant.
]]>This came in the mail, it looked good, they have no website. Maybe you need another reason to visit Brazil? Jetsetters check it out! Excellent work around the theme of homeless life - in a museum by Oscar Niemeyer! Runs through February 11th.
]]>We were delighted to discover a great place with a wide selection of reusable bags so conveniently named Reusablebags.com. In addition to shopping, grocery, tote, lunch, and other bags, they sell reusable bottles–a sustainbable way to stay hydrated on your trips to and from the market. We like these ACME bags made from recycled PET bottles (left) and durable, lightweight rip-stop nylon (right).
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