Per Design

Mostly musings on design

Per Design

  • Thoughts on the iPad

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    So here’s my thoughts on Apple’s new iPad. The name is not that great, Slate or Tablet would have been better although one could argue that these are too generic. Sorry to see no camera, and I think another USB port would have added to its functionality (more devices it could hook up to). And…

  • October Housekeeping

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    Just some light updates to the stylesheet for the blog, bringing it up to par with my portfolio site. They should look pretty much the same now in Firefox and Safari. I don’t test personal stuff against IE as I’m not particularly looking for tedious things to do with my life at the moment. I…

  • Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled

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    Published in 1967, Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled is a two volume set written by Joseph Buttinger. Written during the rising crescendo of the Vietnam conflict, Buttinger lucidly describes the modern history of Vietnam from the colonial conquest of the French, to poor French management and overzealous French colonialists, the effects of World War 2, the…