Graphic designer Jonathan Jarvis has created a really cool animated feature describing the current credit crisis.
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
While he doesn’t cover everything in the feature, such as the impact of AIG’s rescue, the video is quite informative and entertaining (in a scary way) for it’s 11 minute runtime.
Double-click the video to watch it in “HD” on the vimeo site.
via The Consumerist
Here’s a list of recent events:
Well, ignoring item number four, it looked like time for a new TV!
I picked up a Pioneer Kuro Elite PRO-111FD at my local Magnolia A/V, and am completely floored by the picture quality. I’ve never seen a better picture on any set, including the fabled Sony Qualia that I checked out in Tokyo a few years ago. Incredibly deep blacks, great color rendition, and a smooth film-like resolution. Absolutely amazing.
I almost bought the Pioneer Kuro PDP-5020 ![[B001AAPEDC]](http://www.mikeyp.com/css/external.gif)
instead. It’s cheaper than the Elite, with an identical screen, but missing the “Pro” picture tuning menu as well as an ambient light detector. It turns out that I use both features. The Pro menu lets me turn off several counter-productive picture “enhancement” settings. The light sensor lets me tune the TV for my normal nighttime theater settings, then auto-compensate during washed out daylight viewing. However, if I didn’t get a great deal on the Elite, I would certainly have opted for the 5020.
If you’re lucky enough to be able to buy a TV during these nasty economic times, check out the Pioneer Kuros. And get one while you still can.
Every time I visit the Big Island of Hawaii, I buy fresh Kona coffee. I love driving through Holualoa and Captain Cook, where you can buy freshly roasted coffee right from the coffee groves and roasting companies. There is a lot of good coffee to choose from in the Kona region, but my favorite coffee from a recent Big Island trip came from the Komo Store.
The Komo Store is a small, old, general store in Holualoa. It’s a Mom and Pop shop that has been there for around 100 years. Mom was manning the register there when we visited.
In the old days, they apparently accepted coffee beans as barter payment, but these days, they grow, roast, and sell their own “estate” coffee. Unlike most other coffee companies in the area, Komo Store has no tasting setup, no tour, no brochures, no pretense. They just roast and sell excellent coffee along side their general provisions. And the coffee is indeed excellent.
Highly recommended!
I just added dynamic source code syntax highlighting to this blog. I opted to use highlight.js instead of the more popular syntaxhighlighter. Both are nice, but I liked the simplicity of highlight.js. It uses a single JavaScript file, and the formatting is pure CSS. It’s compatible with wiki-style markup such as Tiki or Markdown, and best of all (in my opinion), it does a reasonably good job of auto-detecting the source language. You can also override the detection, if desired.
There is a download form on the highlight.js web site that will build an optimized JavaScript file for you. Copy it to your server, and add these lines to your page:
<!-- highlight.js -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.example.com/js/highlight.pack.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();
</script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.example.com/css/hl/sunburst.css" />
<!-- highlight.js -->Add some CSS:
/* code block */
pre code {
font-size:1em;
font-family:"Consolas","Monaco","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono","Courier New",courier,monospace;
line-height:1.1em;
display:block;
background: #333333;
width: 100%;
padding:0px;
overflow:auto;
overflow-y: hidden;
white-space:pre-wrap;
}And you’re good to go.
