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Monthly Archives: June 2008

Mask On, Mask Off

Ah, yes… I just knew there had to be a use for those dang animated-alpha PNGs… Obviously this is how all web pages will be viewed in the future.
I’m sure you all immediately figured out how this craziness worked, but juuust in case, I’ll delve:
First an animated alpha PNG image is loaded on to the [...]

Animated PNGs for everyone!

Good news! After 20 years of us crying out for someone to listen… Firefox 3 will finally support animated alpha PNGs!

“Why would we want animated alpha PNGs?”
I hear you ask.
“I really don’t know.”
I answer.

Mr Speaker’s Law of Averageness

Over time, the internet becomes increasingly average: incorrect information cancels out factual information, wisdom cancels out opinion and user-generated-content cancels out content.

For a given web search you have a (correct things/(incorrect things + correct things)) x 100 percent chance of finding something correct.

Consider

Eventually the internet will represent the most average person in the world.
We rely [...]