A Dragon in Sheep's Clothing http://www.dragonsheep.com Thoughts from a web designer, writer and cat lover. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:36:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Two lovely things http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/08/27/two-lovely-things/ http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/08/27/two-lovely-things/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:19:08 +0000 Heidi http://www.dragonsheep.com/?p=503 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Two lovely things", url: "http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/08/27/two-lovely-things/" }); ]]> Shirt
I haven’t broken down to spend $22+ on one t-shirt yet, but I probably will for this one. It’s quite appealing, even beyond the obvious reason. (For the wishlist, make it Baby blue, XL.) ;)

1976


Screensaver
Way cool screensaver that gives date and time in words. I like the design, it’s a fresh yet retro idea, and best of all you can choose the typography. For Windows, Mac and iPhone. Choose straight text or rotary style.

Download: Word Clock

Screenshots
regular Word Clock

rotary Word Clock

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It makes more intuitive sense to me the way IE has it arranged, a drop-down by the Back button for your browsing history and another drop-down by the Forward button to skip ahead (assuming you’ve used the back button to get where you are).

You could argue that getting to your “Recently visited pages” is a function of neither Back nor Forward. Even if this is the reason Firefox decided to use only one drop-down, they erred by visually joining the drop-down with the Forward button. I mentally stumble when I want to go back several pages and the drop-down is not where I intuitively expect it to be.

Firefox buttons Firefox buttons with drop-down

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]]> http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/08/27/firefox-3-interface-nitpick/feed/ Subtle butt http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/08/26/subtle-butt/ http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/08/26/subtle-butt/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:59:19 +0000 Heidi carbonfartfilterfunnyodorpadssmellstrangesubtle buttweird http://www.dragonsheep.com/?p=502 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Subtle butt", url: "http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/08/26/subtle-butt/" }); ]]> I was so amused, I thought this deserved its own post.:

Subtle Butt - Fart Pads

Subtle Butt Fart PadsA company called The Pond Inc. is now selling a product called “Subtle Butt”, billed as a fart neutralizer, to eliminate smelly flatulence.

It’s an activated carbon fabric pad, measuring 3.25″ x 3.25″ square, and adheres to the inside of your underwear with two self-adhesive strips.

Visit their post to view a demo video.

Via Strange New Products

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    ]]>     http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/08/24/links-for-2008-08-24/feed/     Fame finds four-eared feline http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/08/22/fame-finds-four-eared-feline/ http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/08/22/fame-finds-four-eared-feline/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:04:16 +0000 Heidi cagecatfelinefour earedgraykitten http://www.dragonsheep.com/?p=497 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Fame finds four-eared feline", url: "http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/08/22/fame-finds-four-eared-feline/" }); ]]> Yoda the cat
    Fame Pictures / FAME PICTURES

    Yoda’s extra ears give him a hint of a devilish appearance. The Rocks said they found him in 2006 while watching a Chicago Bears game at a Blue Island bar.

    Some in the bar were passing the then-eight-week old kitten around, making fun of his extra set of ears…. the Rocks felt sorry for the cat and offered to adopt the kitten from the bar’s owner, who kept the animal caged atop the bar for his customers’ amusement. >>

    Poor kitty! I would have adopted him too!

    Yoda the cat close-up

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