I design the web @Sencha.Tumblr (3.0; @jayrobinson)http://notes.jayrobinson.org/<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/16829453352/tumblr_lyohhebDbe1qz7fyb&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><em>Gymnopédie No. 1</em> by Erik Satie</p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Silence_Has_Lease">the final 20 minutes of his life</a>, Picard chooses to spend five of it listening to this beautiful piece, “Gynompédie No. 1”, composed by Erik Satie. You’re welcome.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16829453352http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16829453352Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:44:02 -0800musicstar trek<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyl3r9pfTm1qz7fybo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>To be honest, I’ve always thought the Enterprise-D was a pretty funny looking ship. Odd proportions.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16727299237http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16727299237Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:54:00 -0800photostar trek<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyhezvJvqF1qz7fybo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>If you’re not using <a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope">Xscope 3</a>’s new Golden Section feature to plan your designs, what kind of a designer are you?</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16604267067http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16604267067Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:07:00 -0800designphotogolden sectiontotally planned that<a href="http://murkavenue.tumblr.com/post/16553509655/i-found-ice-cubes-good-day">Murk Avenue: I Found Ice Cube’s “Good Day”</a>: <p>As in, “Today was a…” Some of the best pop-culture investagatory journalism ever via <a href="http://murkavenue.tumblr.com/post/16553509655/i-found-ice-cubes-good-day" class="tumblr_blog">Murk Avenue</a>.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16599343242http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16599343242Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:40:00 -0800linkhip-hop<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyh2ejutI71qz7fybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2><strong><a href="http://www.htmlandcssbook.com/">Learn HTML & CSS Book</a></strong></h2> <p>I am frequently asked what the best book is to learn HTML and CSS. I’ve usually recommended a book by Dan Cederholm, but even his material can presuppose an understanding of the basics of what makes a webpage work.</p> <p>This beautifully designed book by Jon Duckett looks like a perfect guide for a beginner to learn HTML and CSS.</p> <p>Seems like a steal at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1118008189/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">only $15 on Amazon</a>. I might even pick up one or two myself.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16589656804http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16589656804Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:35:00 -0800linkbookshtmlcss<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyh0lnmgLT1qz7fybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drawing of my childhood home, 3rd grade.</p> <p><em><strong>UPDATE</strong></em>: That’s my front lawn, not a pool.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16587984778http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16587984778Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:56:00 -0800<p>Holy shit, “The Last Outpost” is the worst/best episode of TNG I’ve ever seen.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16397970770http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16397970770Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:28:46 -0800“Extremely close examination of the impulse drive system schematic panel in Main Engineering might reveal that one of the components is labeled “Infinite Improbability Generation,” a tip of the hat to Douglas Adams’s <em>Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy</em>.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Mike Okuda, Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual.</p> <p>Apparently when the blu-ray disks come out, we’ll be able to see these panels, some with in-jokes never designed to be visible on television, in high definition.</p> <p>Read more from <a href="http://www.startrek.com/article/blu-rays-books-and-more-with-mike-and-denise-okuda-part-2">Mike in this interview from Star Trek.com</a>.</p></em>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16327165103http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16327165103Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:49:32 -0800quotestar trek<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly6il4Mmva1qz7fybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/15339375452/back-to-the-woods">Exhibit A</a>.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16265095336http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16265095336Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:51:04 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4buwKblD1qayuxao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://notes.sencha.com/post/16190378801/embed-css3-animations-in-an-ibook-using-sencha" class="tumblr_blog">Sencha</a>:</p> <blockquote><h2><a href="http://www.sencha.com/blog/how-to-embed-interactive-css3-animations-in-an-ibook/">Embed CSS3 Animations in an iBook using Sencha Animator and iBooks Author</a></h2> <p>Sencha Animator lead Arne Bech quickly figured out that you can embed Sencha Animator exported projects in the new HTML5-powered iBooks released yesterday by Apple. Check out our quick tutorial to learn how, then download the project files to start your own interactive iBook!</p></blockquote> <p>Check it out. You can download our example iBook to see embedded CSS3 animations. It will work on your device no prob.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16199700855http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16199700855Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:21:00 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4bfnbLqn1qz7fybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New Years Resolution: Design and develop an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCARS">LCARS</a> app.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16189874653http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16189874653Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:21:23 -0800photoresolutionsstar treklcars<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4bd09u0u1qz7fybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New Years Resolution: Take a drawing class.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16189788321http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16189788321Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:19:48 -0800photoresolutionsart<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/music_stars_in_upload_of_trouble_cpoHrLbEe7gr3Od5XcF9BL">Swizz Beatz Owns MegaUpload</a>: <p>I did not know this.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16148069182http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16148069182Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:59:59 -0800linkmusicswizzy!<a href="http://venomousporridge.com/post/16126436616/ibooks-author-eula-audacity">The Unprecedented Audacity of the iBooks Author EULA</a>: <p>Important dissection of the iBooks Author EULA by <a href="http://venomousporridge.com/post/16126436616/ibooks-author-eula-audacity">Dan Wineman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>PLEASE READ THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (“LICENSE”) CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE APPLE SOFTWARE. BY USING THE APPLE SOFTWARE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE, DO NOT INSTALL AND/OR USE THE SOFTWARE.</p> </blockquote> <p>But that language is in the EULA itself, a contract of adhesion which I was not required to sign (or even indicate my agreement to by clicking) before installing the software.</p> </blockquote> <p>Update: Should have noted this before, but this has an easy fix. Remove “do not install” from the last sentence as you must install from the Mac App Store which doesn’t present EULAs before purchase. Then, present the EULA at first run.</p> <p>Of course, everyone reads the terms before clicking agree, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HumancentiPad">right</a>?</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16133927632http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16133927632Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:06:00 -0800linkapple<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx1jxi05V81qiopa4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16051963831http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/16051963831Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:06:23 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt2dpI9Wk1qz7fybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nico is needing a haircut.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/15843051347http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/15843051347Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:32:13 -0800“Question everything generally thought to be obvious.”<br/><br/> - <em>Dieter Rams</em>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/15731566570http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/15731566570Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:15:19 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxp5y7S6AX1qz7fybo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If you’re looking for a book to buy me, you could do worse than <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000Z7C024/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter</a> by Theodore Roosevelt. What a badass.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/15728843301http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/15728843301Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:58:55 -0800photoleatherboundbooks<p>One of my New Years Resolutions in 2011 was to read two books a month. I didn’t quite hit my goal as I was often out enjoying the countryside during summer. However, I did succeed in making reading a daily habit.</p> <p>I enjoy balancing fiction with non-fiction. Non-fiction appeals to my left-brain and I feel I’m becoming learned. When I read fiction, I choose the classics.</p> <p>The book that had the most impact on me this year was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452011876/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Atlas Shrugged</a>. Maybe it’s because (at 1168 pages) it’s one of the longest novels in existence. Maybe it’s because Rand’s style is repetitious to drive her point home. Either way, it’s a great work that altered my view of the world. I only wish I’d read it sooner.</p> <h2>Fiction</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345487133/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Earth Abides</a> by George Stewart</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385333846/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Slaughterhouse-Five</a> by Kurt Vonnegut</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004QO50ZQ/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">1984</a> by George Orwell</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452011876/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Atlas Shrugged</a> by Ayn Rand</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060850523/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Brave New World</a> by Aldous Huxley (audiobook)</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1456407872/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">A Christmas Carol</a>, narrated by Patrick Stewart (audiobook)</li> </ul><h2>Non-Fiction</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1453606122/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005M4AJVY/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Return to the Little Kingdom</a> by Michael Moritz</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0143038583/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">The Omnivore’s Dilemma</a> by Michael Pollan</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1439193630/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">On Writing</a> by Stephen King</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400068924/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Decoded</a> by Jay-Z</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004MHZARA/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Where Good Ideas Come From</a> by Steven Johnson</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201379376/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">The Humane Interface</a> by Jef Raskin</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00342VEP6/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Free: The Future of a Radical Price</a> by Chris Anderson</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141035811/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Design as Art</a> by Bruno Munari</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321703537/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Ordering Disorder</a> by Khoi Vinh</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0613027825/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art</a> by Scott McCloud</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451648537/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Steve Jobs</a> by Walter Isaacson</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1619491958/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Walden</a> by Henry David Thoreau</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321804112/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Grouped</a> by Paul Adams</li> </ul><p>I’ve renewed this reading pace as a resolution for 2012 and I’ve got a stack of books I’m excited to read. I’ve also found I need to take time to reflect on my daily reading, otherwise the knowledge is not as firm in my mind. You should <a href="https://kindle.amazon.com/profile/Jay-Robinson/2773976">follow my Kindle account</a> to add me as a reading buddy.</p> <p>** Full disclosure: All of my links are Amazon Affliate links from now on. You pay the same exact price, not a penny more. I get a tiny commission. Thanks, and happy reading! **</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/15724940136http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/15724940136Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800reading<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxoz71xewC1qz7fybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Was thinking it would be cool to own a Polaroid camera, and I found this, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005ZSRBXQ/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">Polaroid Z340</a>. It prints 4x3 photos in under a minute, has room for 10 photo sheets, and you can buy 30-packs for $17.50 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004JKBVAA/ref=nosim&tag=jayrobi-20">on Amazon</a>). Bad news is the battery will die after taking and printing about 25 shots. Good news is there’s an SD card so you can keep the digital photos and get them printed again.</p> <p>This would make for a fun hour with some friends.</p>http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/15724169347http://notes.jayrobinson.org/post/15724169347Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:33:00 -0800photophotography