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Although this is not meant as a marketing scheme (we've had wireless for a very long time), I couldn't figure out what to title this as. At our library, such as many medium to large sized libraries (and even some smaller ones now) offer free wireless internet access for their patrons. However, this sometimes brings in the oddball PlayStation Portable (PSP) gamer, the "sit in my car outside the building with my laptop" internet surfer, and the creepy "oh sweet, porn!" people in to the library. Some of it isn't bad:

- Oh, I see you have a playstation portable. If you're interested, we have some game play strategy books for you.
- (While walking back from lunch break) Hey, nice laptop. You know, if you actually want to come inside the library, we do have a café with coffee, bagels, deserts, sandwiches... We also have some DIY books that show you how to extend the range of your computer's wireless signal.
- ....ok, so I can't think of anything for this guy except maybe pointing him towards the picture books of modern dance or realistic painters/sculptors, but then I'd be ever afraid to go near those books again. We usually kick them out anyway.

However, today, we had something a little different. Can you see what's odd in this picture?

Read on for a close up and explanation...

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Posted by Brendon Kozlowski

Although the advertisement itself falls a little short in terms of ... plot? ...a point? ...marketing reliability? ...it's still a really, really cool little computer animated spot.

Posted by Brendon Kozlowski

Yup, still doing design work - but I'm not dead to the world, especially the world wide web. Because of that, I have run across quite a few interesting links to share - some are web programming related, some are helpful day-to-day applications (written for the web), and some others are just interesting.

• Vista GUI style (Web) Navigation with CSS
• Tripoli: A Generic Standardized CSS "framework" (I use this loosely) to keep your CSS and markup clean, and cross-browser compatible
• Deliverables That Work: Design Description Documents
• LitmusApp - A new website app from Salted to check compatibility between browsers AND email clients
• How to Price Your Web Application
• Mint: Free Finance Tracking Tool

Notable links with similarities to those above:
Vista GUI with CSS
Paid-for Financial Tracking

Posted by Brendon Kozlowski