able to me: he wants the distinction between all applications to disappear. I agree with some of his observations, e.g. that it's confusing to have a text editor containing a simple graphics editor sitting next to a graphics editor containing a dumbed-down text editor. (I've often deplored the differences in behavior between Word and Excel, which sometimes seem to be from different planets, despite being sold together as a package deal!) But while we can hope that key productivity applications will eventually merge (and not in the way of the dreaded OpenOffice), I expect that there will always be a lively trade in applications that cater to special areas, be they games, instant messaging, or video editing. And, despite bearing a 2000 copyright, the book has remarkably little to say about web browsers and the interfaces we build using them. I'm looking forward to Jef's Humane Browser!Sweet delights from Austria of the highest quality - traditional company Kastner from Bad Leonfelden has been providing them for 449 years.
In the coming year, the traditional Upper Austrian company Kastner will celebrate its 450-year company anniversary. Kastner in Bad Leonfelden have been practising the art of gingerbread making for 449 years. Much has changed during this time - just one thing has remained exactly the same at Kastner: the exceptional quality. Kastner today is renowned far beyond Austria's borders as a symbol of original culinary delights of the most exquisite quality for its long-life pastries, gingerbread, waffles and confectionery.
The company already has a positive interim balance sheet for the current year. With a share of around 60%, exports are primarily responsible for good revenue growth of 9% against the last two years. The company currently exports to more than 20 countries worldwide.
In addition to the traditional gingerbread segment, the biscuit segment has enjoyed particular success, especially the wholemeal biscuits, organic biscuits and lattice biscuits. For the first time this year the company is also offering select dried fruits coated in the most exquisite chocolate. The well-known Rumba plums have been successful for years; their unique combination of fruit, liqueur and dark chocolate are ideal for anyone with a sweet tooth.Eric.
"I experienced both field work and research along with public education," Johnson said. "Some of the field work was conducted at night, which gave me the chance to spend days working in other areas or teaching classes.
"We looked at alligator sizes and numbers and deer numbers and gender. The population work we did directly affected management."
Johnson also was involved in trying to control the growth and spread of the invasive plant beach vitex, a ground cover that contributes to dune erosion.
"This internship gave me invaluable work experience that should make me more qualified to find a job," he said. "It definitely will help me after graduation."
One of Johnson's favorite parts of the internship was working with the sea turtles and conducting his independent research. "I helped with nesting and caging, as well as guiding the turtles to the ocean," he said. "I also had the opportunity to present my research to the public and to the conservancy board members."
The focus of Johnson's research was evaluating the effect of different scents on reducing sea turtle nest predation by foxes. "I wanted to see if there is an affordable, safe and effective method for nest protection," he said. "I used different types of scents around mock sea turtle nests to see if they had an effect on predators that are drawn to the scent of sea turtle eggs."
Instead of sea turtle eggs, Johnson used chicken eggs sprayed with the sea turtle egg scent for his mock nests. He sprayed scents such as Axe body spray, wildlife research cedar cover scent and Repels-All commercial repellant around the nests. Then he compared the predation rates at the different sites and analyzed the data for significance.
"With the data I accumulated, I realized that more research should be done with a larger sample size and more of the turtle egg scent. But based on the trends I saw during the experiment, I believe more research could reveal that employing certain scents is an effective way to protect sea turtle nests."
Johnson is considering attending graduate school in the future to study wildlife management and also will be testing the job market this summer after graduation.http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pdf_accessibility - regarding some of the myths around the inaccessibility of PDFs.
However, I am personally planning to steer people towards making games instructions HTML (basic web-site language) based. Can anyone recommend a good basic accessible web-page help page, providing people are in agreement with what I'm doing.
Link to "Alice Amazed" HTML instructions: http://www.michi.nu/alice/index.php - Very nice.Blog Maintenance And Updates
Hope everyone had a nice weekend. It finally got cold here in Chicago, so I’ve been busy practicing my hibernation skills these past few days.
As such, I wasn’t been able to perform maintenance/implement updates on Boom2Bust.com like I wanted to, so be prepared for some occasionally funny stuff taking place on the weblog night. Distractions should be minimal.
And before I forget, below you’ll find the “Weekend Video” that I was unable to post last Friday.
Even after all that’s been done to date, the financial system, and our faith in it, still seems to be broken.
Have a wonderful week.
Christopher E. Hill
Editor
Tift Merritt, “Broken” (2008)
YouTube Video LinkPixels and DPI: What Is The Difference?
When looking at images on a desktop or Internet browser, you may notice different figures alongside the image, displaying the screen resolution and the DPI. But what are these figures, what do they mean, and what is the difference between them?
Pixels are a very basic unit used to measure computer imagery, and have been a general term associated with computer systems and processes for a long time. It is present in every aspect of computing where an image is displayed, including pictures, and the screen itself, all measured in pixels.
The problem with pixels, though, is that it does not exist in the physical world and there is no direct correlation to any physical quantity. DPI, meanwhille, stands for dots per inch, and provides a link between the computer and physical world often trading quality for size or vice-versa.
The basic formula involved with these factors is that, increasing the number of pixels in the image while keeping the DPI the same would result in a much bigger image. When this theory is reversed, increasing the DPI count while keeping the resolution the same, would ‘shrink’ the image. The concept of pixel count and DPI are very apparent in two common devices, screens and cameras. This of course transfers to printed matter.
It has been common knowledge that in order to have a high quality image, you would need to have a very high resolution or a great number of pixels in the image in order to capture the maximum amount of data.
High resolution images don’t have much of a difference when printed in a small piece of media, but it allows you to scale the image to a much bigger media without noticeable degradation.
With screens, the difference can be seen in a similar manner to Standard Definition and High Definition TV sets. With TV sets of the same size, HD sets offer a better looking and more vibrant image than SD. This is because HD sets have more pixels in them and therefore, a higher dot per inch count. SD screens are forced to enlarge each pixel in order to fit it onto the larger screen. The bigger pixel size can then be easily distinguishable. The resulting picture from the SD would then be blocky and very unappealing.
Pixels cannot be easily added to images without deteriorating the final output; this makes it a priority to maximize the resolution of images when taking pictures. DPI can be easily changed in order to fit the desired size later on. This makes it less of a priority as long as the resolution is high enough.
To Summarise:
– Pixels are the unit of computer images, while DPI translates how big the image is in the real world
– As you increase the number of pixels the image size increases but as you increase the DPI count, the image size decreases
– To maintain the quality of the image, you would need to have a high DPI count which means that a higher pixel count is needed for larger images
Overall, this means that DPI can be easily increased, but the number of pixels can only be increased by a certain amount before the overall image quality deteriorates. It is important to know about this when preparing an image to send off to print, as the image may not turn out as expected if it is not properly considered.Michael Heller on Gridlock Abroad
Question: What are the implications for the American system of ownership
Michael Heller: I’m very pro-property. I’m a professor of property law. This is what I teach. I spent years working in the Soviet Union helping them create, move to become, when [the former Soviet Union] became Russia, I was with the World Bank, in there creating private property regime. I’ve worked all over the world creating private property systems. Private property is the basis for encouraging people to go out and create wealth and get rich and that’s what makes us a stronger, wealthier society. I think there’s a very strong link between democracy and property. But property isn’t self defining. What counts as a property right is always influx. This is one of the hardest points I