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nathos

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web dude from Rochester, NY, now in Brooklyn. more about me at http://nathos.com

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nathos··on Stop Using Small Font Sizes
Also, on Retina displays, OS X browsers automatically double pixel dimensions.

By default, something declared as 16px is actually rendered as 32px (but sharper).

nathos··on Stop Using Small Font Sizes
It depends on the font and the font size. 16pt Georgia looks great at 1.5em line-height, but 16pt Helvetica looks better at 1.3em.
nathos··on Elon Musk calls NYT review of the Tesla Model S ‘fake,’ citing vehicle log data
The batteries are huge and, in the case of the Model S, are built into the chassis of the car.

an image: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AnwyDQUET2I/T6dyawydsqI/AAAAAAAAAG...

nathos··on J.J. Abrams, Valve in talks for game and Half-Life or Portal film
I also like "Outside Aperture": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NorZUFfpvC0
nathos··on Redesigning Exec - Again
Keep in mind that embedding may not be allowed by your font license. An officially-licensed copy will come with the appropriate files (that are well hinted): http://www.fontspring.com/fonts/mark-simonson-studio/proxima...
nathos··on Why a CEO should champion Responsive Web Design
What broken mobile web browser are you using that can't scale and zoom a fixed-width page properly?
nathos··on Redesigning Exec - Again
Looks like it's an issue with the particular version of Proxima Nova that's being @font-face embedded.

I don't notice those problems with the version of Proxima Nova served up from TypeKit.

nathos··on When Will the Rest of Us Get Google Fiber?
http://stopthecap.com/2010/05/04/north-carolina-action-alert...

http://www.wilsontimes.com/greenlight/Story/Settlement-Gets-...

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2328116

nathos··on A Realistic Way to Eliminate the Federal Income Tax
The privacy concerns of the last part of this proposal are kinda scary.
nathos··on Show HN: An open source IRC client for your web browser
This reminds me: why is Subway still using a stolen logo?
nathos··on In a World Shaped by College Dropouts, Education is the Next Bubble
Not exactly what you're talking about, but you reminded me of this study I came across a few days ago: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/news/unseen_disadvantage...
nathos··on The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Sass
Ignoring Sass @extend is ignoring perhaps its most powerful feature:

http://sass-lang.com/docs/yardoc/file.SASS_REFERENCE.html#ex...

nathos··on The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Sass
Why should it? SCSS is already the default syntax, and all the Sass documentation is written in SCSS.

Think of Sass Indented Syntax as a power tool for advanced users. (Although I usually use indented, there are times where I prefer SCSS instead)

nathos··on MailChimp Annual Report
although if you look at the history, Proxima Sans (precursor to Nova) was released several years before Gotham: http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/proximanova.html
nathos··on Why Are College Textbooks So Absurdly Expensive?
I'm sure they would point to the market-distorting high availability of (government-backed) loans as a factor in inflated book prices (and tuition, etc.). And to some degree, they'd be correct.
nathos··on Google Effect
"Never memorize what you can look up in books." -- Albert Einstein
nathos··on Sucking at Retina
"classic" web sites work fine, but bitmapped elements are scaled and end up looking blurry (especially compared to vector elements like text, SVG)
nathos··on Should you use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on your message boxes?
Apple's Human Interface Guidelines continue to be a good resource:

Buttons & Labels: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/userex...

Alert Dialogs: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/userex...

edit: It's also cool to see how much has (and hasn't) changed over the years. Here's a 1995 version of the Macintosh HIG: http://dropbox.scripting.com/dave/misc/appleHumanInterfaceGu...

nathos··on Centurion - A SASS & CSS3 Responsive Web Framework That Scales With Your Device
FYI, it's "Sass" not "SASS".
nathos··on 23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M genotyped customers
In which case they could make it a "voluntary" check. Like the shady employers that demand candidates' Facebook credentials.
nathos··on Why We Get Fat
Compared to the average person, you're a bit of an outlier. If you're not racing 100 miles, why would you consume those carbs?

If you've read Taubes' writing, he doesn't say to eliminate all carbs. He does, however, demonize "white" carbs that have become a staple of the modern western diet.

Even Tim Ferriss' "slow-carb diet" features legumes heavily, but eliminates sweets, bread, and other high-glycemic calorie sources.

nathos··on Hacking Meat: Can technology make us eat fewer animals?
Also, it it truly sustainable? The demand for low-cost animal protein has in part led to increased factory farming, antibiotic use, growth hormone use, etc.

(I'm also a meat eater, but I eat less beef than I once did, largely because of cost & health concerns)

nathos··on Why Apple Got a "Made in U.S.A." Bug
Indeed. As Tim Cook stated in the interview w/ Brian Williams, even the "made in China" iPhone has an American-made System-on-a-Chip and Gorilla Glass.
nathos··on Steve Ballmer's Nightmare is Coming True
There's no office suite included with any iPad.

Perhaps you tried the iWork applications from Apple that they sell for $10/each?

nathos··on Wingman: Git + GitHub + OS X
Link: http://www.macbartender.com

I'm a big fan of the app, and the developer finally fixed some annoying bugs from the 1.0 release.

nathos··on Rise of the Tiger Nation: Asian-American Success
Relevant data from OKCupid: http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-...
nathos··on Humble eBook Bundle
You might want to consider adding "Add to Readmill" buttons to the post-checkout page: https://readmill.com/developers/send-to-readmill

(and no, I'm not affiliated with them, I just think they've built a great platform)

nathos··on Humble eBook Bundle
you should check out Readmill: http://readmill.com

It's quickly become my favorite book-reading app on the iPad, and their webapp is pretty awesome too. You can load any unprotected EPUB.

nathos··on Create a CSS Flipping Animation
If you're a Sass/Compass user, I implemented a similar effect as a mixin last year: http://nathos.github.com/flippy/
nathos··on Criticized for overpriced parts, company gives away 3d schematics instead
Reminds me of Cory Doctorow's "Printcrime": http://craphound.com/overclocked/Cory_Doctorow_-_Overclocked...
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