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Become colorblind!
As more than 5% of all males have some sort of colorblindness (see also my previous post about colorblindness and software specification), it is important to ensure that software is usable by that large group of users. Here comes Color Oracle, a freeware application that will let you test your software design against various sub-types…
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Special sleeping bag
After the socks with fingers, here comes the sleeping bag with arms and legs: Selk-bag.
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roumazeilles.net first on Technorati!
This is what was signaled recently on Technorati, as I have been informed. Unfortunately, I was unable to find the original page…
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Baby on board, more of the worst
If the usual “Baby on board” sign no longer satisfy you. Have a look at its best extension.
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Difference between DirectX 9 and DirectX 10? Not much
This is the sour conclusion the testers from NeoSeeker drew when they tested World in Conflict (a Real Time Strategy game) stratégie temps réél ou RTS) to compare the results in both Microsoft graphics modes. The conclusion is big: the difference is not, except that performance is more or less divided by two when you…
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I Was Gored by a Bull – Is my life in danger?
That is the very interesting question answered in this article from Slate. Whatever you think about corridas (Spanish bull fights) it may be interesting to look at the consequences of being gored by a bull, like it happens in the encierro of Pamplona (when they free the fighting bulls in the streets to have them…
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Micro-change in R.net
As the most attentive of the readers will have noticed, there was a minor change to the layout of the web site. It should improve slightly the overal performance and it will allow further evolutions that may be appreciated later. If you find some technical difficulties with your browser (it shouldn’t be the case, of…
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The astronauts were drunk
Accoridng to a recent report from NASA (or more precisely according to a single paragraph of that report), alcohol is circulating freely among the astronauts and most specifically during pre-flight. To the point that some worried that the state of the crew may endanger the mission itself. But local management did not seem as worried…
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Tough week on the Stock Exchange floor
The stock exchanges have been subjected to hard winds this week, as it was expected by nearly all the expert analysts. I find it quite interesting that so many observers who are also actors on the market were able to forecast accurately the crisis but were not able to anticipate it enough to avoid it.…