Our days of potentially cheesy milk are over (probably, largely). Chris found a fridge in a box at the office. This isn’t as crazy as it sounds – here’s how big it is:
We think it may be possible to fit a whole litre carton in, and possibly 2 of them. Only time will tell…
Yet again, Web Designer mag has come up trumps – in an article about colour in web design, there is some info on how most web design has a heavy masculine bias and even if companies recognise that their target audience are girls, generally all they (know how to) do is change the colours. Navigation and graphics also play a part – apparently women like more links and men like groovy hi-res graphics. Not sure what that’s supposed to say about us all! Sadly, I haven’t been able to track down many examples or top tips on designing for women, but it looks like there are a few hours to be spent digging here. PLUS over 70% of web designers in this country are men (or male, at least). How’s that for a minority to be piling into?
I’ve also found some fab colour scheme sites, and have been inspired to re-do my personal site. Watch this space, although if it takes me less than several months I’ll be amazed!!
I saw a post on another blog recently which said that if you’re using a CRT monitor (ie. not flat screen) then looking at darker screens helps save energy because the tube uses less energy to make black than it does to make white. Sounds a bit like an old wives tale (and how many of them do we believe? Did fresh pineapple bring on *your* labour??!?) but it also sounds kind-of like it could be true. Apparently it’s been calculated that if google was on a black background instead of white, then loads of energy could be saved. The guy whose blog I saw this on has come up with an energy-saving colour palette – I’ll be swapping anything I can over… quite soon! Here’s the colour scheme on his page:
http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/01/emergy-c-low-wattage-palette.html