Danny Smith - blues music, training, design &c

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Wed, 15 May 2013 00:02:53 +0100

Tail wagging - Matt Gemmell

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:08:22 +0100

10 Years - CSS Zen Garden is Back

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:19:33 +0100

For all those people who were designing websites 10 years ago! I still had the book on my shelf until about six months ago.

Save bandwidth with webP – soon with fallback!

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:12:05 +0100

Save bandwidth with webP – soon with fallback!

FROONT - Responsive web design, the visual way

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:07:25 +0100

FROONT - Responsive web design, the visual way

Photo

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:53:18 +0100

"Participants rated their sexual orientation on a 10-point scale, ranging from gay to straight. Then..."

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:26:42 +0100

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Participants rated their sexual orientation on a 10-point scale, ranging from gay to straight. Then they took a computer-administered test designed to measure their implicit sexual orientation. In the test, the participants were shown images and words indicative of hetero- and homosexuality (pictures of same-sex and straight couples, words like “homosexual” and “gay”) and were asked to sort them into the appropriate category, gay or straight, as quickly as possible. The computer measured their reaction times.

The twist was that before each word and image appeared, the word “me” or “other” was flashed on the screen for 35 milliseconds — long enough for participants to subliminally process the word but short enough that they could not consciously see it. The theory here, known as semantic association, is that when “me” precedes words or images that reflect your sexual orientation (for example, heterosexual images for a straight person), you will sort these images into the correct category faster than when “me” precedes words or images that are incongruent with your sexual orientation (for example, homosexual images for a straight person). This technique, adapted from similar tests used to assess attitudes like subconscious racial bias, reliably distinguishes between self-identified straight individuals and those who self-identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual.

Using this methodology we identified a subgroup of participants who, despite self-identifying as highly straight, indicated some level of same-sex attraction (that is, they associated “me” with gay-related words and pictures faster than they associated “me” with straight-related words and pictures). Over 20 percent of self-described highly straight individuals showed this discrepancy.

Notably, these “discrepant” individuals were also significantly more likely than other participants to favor anti-gay policies; to be willing to assign significantly harsher punishments to perpetrators of petty crimes if they were presumed to be homosexual; and to express greater implicit hostility toward gay subjects (also measured with the help of subliminal priming). Thus our research suggests that some who oppose homosexuality do tacitly harbor same-sex attraction.

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- New study indicates homophobia is often a result of repressed homosexual feelings, validating what Freud posited in his concept of “reaction formation,” in which we lash out against others’ expressions of what we loathe in ourselves.

The Daleks have toilets here too.

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:13:20 +0100

The Daleks have toilets here too.

designersof: City Subways by Lastminute.com ————————get your...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:21:07 +0100

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City Subways by Lastminute.com

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Nice view out the window. (at RAF Cranwell)

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:57:53 +0100

Nice view out the window. (at RAF Cranwell)

Unbelievable Wingsuit Cave Flight! Batman Cave, Alexander Polli

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:30:46 +0100

Unbelievable Wingsuit Cave Flight! Batman Cave, Alexander Polli

Video

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:35:47 +0100

demo to explain chained transforms ✿

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:12:01 +0100

demo to explain chained transforms ✿

Photo

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:10:53 +0000

The weekend effect

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:43:19 +0000

The weekend effect:

Interesting effect on gov.uk traffic thanks, presumably, to the use of work machines running IE 8/9 and home machines running Chrome or iOS Safari.

I want to read all articles like this.

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:53:12 +0000

I want to read all articles like this.

Field Study: Stop Stealing My Style, Bro

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:35:00 +0000

Field Study: Stop Stealing My Style, Bro:

I’m guilty of quickly clicking when someone calls design theft. It’s the closest thing to soap-opera-esque drama that an industry full of type and color obsessed kern-wads will ever get to. When we see the fight, we come running like it’s a schoolyard brawl where we’re all secretly hoping for…

Jonathan Ive on Blue Peter

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:28:56 +0000

Jonathan Ive on Blue Peter

"I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest"

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:54:52 +0000

“I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest”

- Horatio Nelson

Group Captain at 24.

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:31:46 +0000

Group Captain at 24.