Heidi's Journal

02/19/2009 11:21 #47808

usability on mobile phones
Category: programming

I thought (e:jim) and (e:paul) and maybe others would find this article interesting, Mobile Web 2009=Desktop 1998

Summary:
Mobile phone users struggle mightily to use websites, even on high-end devices. To solve the problems, websites should provide special mobile versions.

paul - 02/19/09 13:42
That is why I always made the mobile site. I have had a smart phone since the first ones came out and honestly having a mobile site is easier. Most of the time on the go, you just want information, not all the features you have at the desktop.

Apple seems to be forcing that with native apps. The problem with native apps is that they are iphone specific and soon you need native apps for every phone type out there.

02/15/2009 23:04 #47758

Riverwalk pix
Category: photos

Bird Island Park, Broderick Park and Squaw Island

See googlemap:

Tiny Buffalo Rising article

Little more historical bit:

What is the "railroad swing bridge"? Is that the thing you go over from West Ferry across Niagara to the park? Is the railroad bridge between Canada & US still in use?

And one goofy photo from A's most recent gig...

james - 02/15/09 23:43
I love biking the whole riverwalk in the summer. It is crazy speeding along, dodging dozens of people fishing violently. I sincerely hope no one is eating what they catch.

paul - 02/15/09 23:40
I was trying to figure out where all the marble chunks were down by the water. I mean I knew there was some near the old Times beach but that was a crazy amount. Then I realized it was ice, lol.

02/14/2009 23:01 #47753

buffalo poodle
Category: pets

paul - 02/15/09 10:38
its so freakin cute.

tinypliny - 02/14/09 23:34
For some peculiar reason I was reminded of this hysterical clip -> :::link:::

Not that it has anything to do with this post.. but
LOL

:D

02/12/2009 21:54 #47735

tonight's dinner
Category: food

Lentil-potato-garlic soup over basmati rice with a little fresh cilantro. Tomato base.

tinypliny - 02/13/09 04:50
ooooh - looks great!

PS: Don't throw the stems! ;-)

02/10/2009 22:03 #47707

reading assignment quotes
Category: school

One of the persistent themes of English and American legal history is the continuous efforts of the rich to avoid taxes.

Dukeminier, Property p. 179

Jesus walked into a bar. He approached three sad-faced gentlemen at a table and greeted the first one: "What's troubling you, brother?" he said. "My eyes. I keep getting stronger and stronger glasses, and I still can't see." Jesus touched the man, who ran outside to tell the world about his now 20-20 vision. The next gentleman couldn't hear Jesus' question, so The Lord just touched his ears, restoring his hearing to perfection. This man, too, ran out the door, probably on the way to the audiologist to get a hearing-aid refund. The third man leapt from from his chiar and backed up against the wall, even before Jesus could greet him. "Don't you come near me, man! Don't touch me!" he screamed. "I'm on disability."

Marc Galanter, 50 DePaul L. Rev. 647, 659. Originally from Theodore Ernst, Laughter 43 (1925) A whole article of lawyer and malingerer jokes.

Dinner tonight - refried bean enchiladas.

paul - 02/13/09 10:24
I always wonder if some people are happily disabled.

drew - 02/13/09 08:36
Ask Janelle about her client who gave away a winning lottery ticket, so you wouldn't lose a social security benefit.

heidi - 02/12/09 21:55
I was surprised by the original publication date - 1925.

tinypliny - 02/10/09 22:07
Hahaha... Thanks for cheering me up with that! That is so cynically true. Heh