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Less is More: 18 Clever Logos Using Negative Space

Posted by horuskol 227 days ago in Art & Design (http://weburbanist.com)
Some of these logos are far too subtle - but there are some very clever ones in there as well.

What makes a logo really pop? Clever use of negative space. Using “whitespace” as an active part of the design doesn’t just create visual harmony – it can also produce optical illusions that elevate this vital element of brand identity from forgettable to iconic. Adept incorporation of negative space into a logo helps designers make the maximum visual impact with the simplest elements possible.
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Kill The Apostrophe

Posted by horuskol 227 days ago in Miscellaneous (http://www.killtheapostrophe.com)
This website is for those who want to remove the apostrophe from the English language, on the basis that it serves only to annoy those who know how it is supposed to be used and to confuse those who dont.
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THE RAPTURE – Fall 2009?

Posted by horuskol 231 days ago in Religion (http://home.flash.net)
It's coming! It's the rapture.. Now, I know I said it was happening before like 50 gazillion times, but this time I mean it! God spoke to me in a dream! ... Yes, just like those other times. What's your point?
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How To Explain To Clients That They Are Wrong - Smashing Magazine

Posted by horuskol 231 days ago in Programming & Development (http://www.smashingmagazine.com)
GIFs of spinning @s on the “Contact us” page. Common usability mistakes for the sake of visual appeal. Splash pages. Fancy search box. No whitespace. Music on page load. Home page banner of a jigsaw-puzzle globe with a piece missing. Sometimes you just know that what a client is requesting is wrong and that you have to find a way to tell them. But how?
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Man as Industrial Palace

Kids think Hitler was German football coach: poll - Yahoo! Canada News

Posted by horuskol 233 days ago in Civics (http://ca.news.yahoo.com)
Given a choice of answers, 77 percent of the children aged 9-15 recognised Hitler as leader of the Nazi party, but 13.5 percent thought he invented gravity in 1650 and seven percent thought he coached Germany's football team.
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Atheist Camel: "Where are all the people??": Young Earther's Classic Argument from Ignorance

Posted by horuskol 233 days ago in Religion (http://atheistcamel.blogspot.com)
One of the most inane arguments I ever heard for Young Earth Creationism is that the current population of the planet is just not large enough to support an old Earth “theory.”It's a fundamentalist apologetic predicated on the concept that if Man's appearance on Earth was very much older than the biblically calculated 6 -10,000 years the population of the planet would be monumentally larger than the 6.8 billion we currently have. Q.E.D the planet is only 6 – 10,000 yrs. old
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Arlington mayor fires at Obama online» The Commercial Appeal

Posted by horuskol 233 days ago in Religion (http://www.commercialappeal.com)
"Ok, so, this is total crap, we sit the kids down to watch 'The Charlie Brown Christmas Special' and our muslim president is there, what a load.....try to convince me that wasn't done on purpose. Ask the man if he believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and he will give you a 10 minute disertation (sic) about it....w...hen the answer should simply be 'yes'...."
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Google Goggles let users search with mobile phones | News.com.au

Posted by horuskol 234 days ago in Internet & Blogs (http://www.news.com.au)
GOOGLE search is getting eyes and ears, moving beyond typed keywords to let people scour the internet with mobile telephone cameras or spoken words in multiple languages.

Google yesterday unveiled "Goggles" - software that lets people search online using pictures taken with cameras in mobile phones based on its Android operating system.

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Strange facts about Charles Darwin

Posted by horuskol 234 days ago in Science & Technology (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com)
As a young man, Darwin made a list of pros and cons of marriage. Cons included loss of time and no reading in the evening. Pros included companionship (“better than a dog anyhow”) and kids. He concluded: “Marry — Marry Q.E.D.”
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