Resurfaced Capa Cache

An article in NY Times plots the story of lost Robert Capa negatives from the Spanish Civil War. The theory is that maybe we’ll find out if “The Falling Soldier” was actually staged & that it was taken by Gerda Taro, not Capa.

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CSS mastery

OK, I borrowed the title from Andy Budd but what else can you claim about this neat browser history timline by Eric Meyer?
Make sure you use your mouse to discover how hover effects work, then check out the source code. It’s a thing of beauty on its own. BTW don’t bother if you’re browsing with IE6.

Here’s how he did it

…and I guess I should go back to reading Bulletproof Web Design and Transcending CSS

Font effect in academic environment

Phil Renaud of Fadtastic posted an interesting anectode regarding the effect different fonts had on his essay grades.

Total Times New Roman styled essays: 11
Average Grade: A-

Total Trebuchet MS styled essays: 18
Average Grade: B-

Total Georgia styled essays: 23
Average Grade: A

The only thing I know for certain, is that I’d give a negative grade to any paper set in Comic Sans. Wouldn’t even bother reading it.

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