5th December 2003, the wee hours | Comments (15)
Getting your message across to the browsing-public is a tough job for web site owners: reading on-screen is far from optimal; connection speeds are still slow here in the UK; and with the average user’s attention span being smaller than my pen is (it's a very small pen), a web site owner has to work hard to retain a visitor beyond those first few seconds…
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A collection of miscellaneous links that don't merit a main blog posting, but which are interesting none-the-less.
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.— George W Bush (9)
Stuff from the intersection of design, culture and technology.(3)
A selection of blogs I read on a regular basis.
These are the current weather conditions at my parents’ house (in Dorset), and where I live (in San Francisco).
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Current conditions | Night, Mostly Cloudy |
| Local time | 2:13 AM |
| Sunrise and Sunset | 6:18 AM, 6:20 PM |
| Moon phase tonight | Waning crescent |
| Air temperature | 7.8°C (46°F) |
| Feels like | 5.6°C (42°F) |
| Humidity | 87% |
| Dew point | 6.1°C (43°F) |
| Pressure | 30.06 inches and ↓ falling |
| Wind | 8 mph from the South East |
| Visibility | 5.0 miles |
| Latitude and Longitude | 50.875056 N, -2.529427 W |
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Current conditions | Day, Partly Cloudy |
| Local time | 7:13 PM |
| Sunrise and Sunset | 7:18 AM, 7:20 PM |
| Moon phase tonight | Waning crescent |
| Air temperature | 15°C (59°F) |
| Feels like | 13.3°C (56°F) |
| Humidity | 64% |
| Dew point | 8.3°C (47°F) |
| UV index | 0, Low danger |
| Pressure | 30.05 inches and steady |
| Wind | 18 mph from the West |
| Visibility | 10.0 miles |
| Latitude and Longitude | 37.7600 N, -122.4181 W |