Archive for May, 2010

May 29, 2010 Off

Ze Parting Shots

By Simpixelated in Autos

I took Kyle, with his bag of photographic goodies, out and about in Austin with me just a few weeks ago. On his first ever car shoot, he took some great shots of the Z! Click on the first picture to see a whole set that I tweaked a little in Photohop. While the main [...]

May 16, 2010 Off

Party like its 1991!

By Simpixelated in Autos

I’m finally moving into the new millennium by buying a car built in it. I’m downgrading from two turbos to one, removing six cylinders and saying goodbye to two hundred horses in the process. But I’m also losing some weight and girth, and gaining a lot of “practicality”. Yes, I’m giving up the third pedal. [...]

May 15, 2010 Off

100% width text inputs

By Simpixelated in Web Development

I’ve always been frustrated by 100% width text inputs. As soon as you add padding (which is a must), they extend beyond the width of their parent, because the browser assumes that width = 100% + padding. In the past I’ve simply set a fixed width, which of course caused problems in different browsers and [...]