I would’ve thought that they ignore everything after the first page, but ReputationDefender says that according to a Cornell University Study [PDF], most Google users ignore everything after the first three results.
c|net cites an Evans Data report: “A recent report from Evans Data shows fewer than one in 10 software developers writing applications for Windows Vista this year. Eight percent. This is perhaps made even worse by the corresponding data that shows 49 percent of developers writing applications for Windows XP.” Here’s VentureBeat’s take on this report.
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3 CSS Image Tricks
Instant Fundas has an article featuring 3 useful image CSS tricks: 1. Make it so your images can’t be saved using the “save image” option in the context menu, 2. Label images with hovering text and 3. Making a background image clickable.
Smashing Magazine’s “Free Fonts of the Month” for this particular month are really, really, really, good. Grab ’em while they’re still up!
Here’s a sample of Anivers, a font created for Smashing Magazine’s first anniversary. It’s been updated for “extended language support, improved glyph shapes and improved metrics and kerning.” Note that only Anivers Regular is free:
Here’s Fresco Semi Bold, “just one member of a large and flexible type family by Dutch design legend Fred Smeijers:”
And finally, Gentium, designed by Victor Gaultney:
A sign that I may have woken up in a parallel universe: Paramount Pictures has snapped up the rights to make a film — tentatively titled Atari — about the life of Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. Leonardo DiCaprio will play the title role.
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Good Nerdy Listening
Normally, I listen to music while working, but lately, I’ve been listening to podcasts, namely You Look Nice Today, a “journal of emotional hygiene” featuring Merlin Mann and company talking about everything under the sun, and Stackoverflow.com with Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky talking about software development and other geek obsessions.