Life is busy for a web developer! The last 2 weeks I’ve been working away on the following: Science of the Oil Spill Portal Page. As is usual in a newsroom, we start by writing a few articles on a current event, then we realize we should create a collections page with all our coverage (More…)
Yes, it’s April Fools’ day, which means I’ve procrastinated even more this morning than usual. So that I can get on with my life–but mostly so I can procrastinate more–let me share the best foolish tidbits I’ve seen so far. The morning begins with an announcement of Nature and Science‘s merger, into an open-access super-journal (More…)
On Friday morning, scientists will finally have an answer to a question that has plagued mankind for millenia: is the Moon made of cheese? Many experts say that finding the fermented dairy delicacy is the first pre-requisite to future colonization of Earth’s natural satellite. This is why NASA launched the LCHEESE mission, which will culminate (More…)
I couldn’t sleep last night, so I fired up GChat and Photoshop, and proceeded to compose an apotheosis to the summer-long, Google-fueled graphic design / web development crash course I’ve been giving myself. The goal? To redesign this site. This is only a little necessary–I’m accumulating some work experience IRL that could be showcased–but mostly, (More…)