Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA. Photo from Ars Technica.
I came across this article on Ars Technica this morning and was happy to hear that Microsoft has made a commitment to become carbon neutral at the start of their 2013 fiscal year this July. While I’m not the biggest fan of some of Microsoft’s products I think this move for them will help further the efforts of other tech companies.
Over the past year or so I’ve been collecting links to free UI elements, CSS frameworks, java script snippets, etc. Really anything that can be used to improve the user experience on a site. I’ll admit that I haven’t had a chance to try out all of these tools, but I thought it was worth posting either way.
Fair warning, several of these entries related to Bootstrap. If you haven’t taken a look at Bootstrap, please do. I’m really enjoying working with this CSS framework.
Given my tendency towards beach weather, I’m not sure that I could ever do this, but there is a group of people doing IT work at the South Pole supporting the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
I just discovered a new blog called Shoebox Dwelling and I’m loving the content so far. In digging back through old posts, I came across this video of a couple guys that converted an old garage located on a small side street in Bordeaux France into an amazing home. At just under 441 square feet of interior living you’ll be amazed at how they make great use of small space!
Read more: http://shoeboxdwelling.com/2011/09/19/old-parking-as-tiny-home/
Just came across this post from another WordPress blogger. I just might have to give this try, really great idea!
In most of my previous posts I reference content I’ve found on either Smashing Magazine or the Hacker newsletter. If neither site is really your style, but you’d still like some kind of newsletter to help you keep up to date, check out Smashing Magazine’s Newsletters Worth Subscribing To”. You may just find one that’s right up your alley.
I know lots of companies give money to charity for tax purposes if nothing else. But being that I am a general fan of Apple products and all of the great things Steve Jobs did for technology as we know it today, this one caught my eye.
Tim Cook: Apple donated $50 million to hospitals, $50 million to Project(RED)
