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First of all, These “Like our site? Please take a survey!” modals are a plague. They interrupt users, and usually at the worst possible time (like when I’m trying to find support for my broken HP printer).
You know what site surveys are? They’re a checkbox in a Microsoft.com site manager’s laundry list to be mindlessly checked off, regardless of how they effect the user experience. (via Screenshots of Doom: Microsoft.com Survey — UX Hero)
The pot and the hotplate would work via induction—meaning that the cooking surface remains cool to the touch, and heats only the pot. Meanwhile, all of the outside edges of the pot are heat resistant, and also cool. To adjust the temperature, there are Braille guides on the cooktop, and the settings are adjustable by simply turning the orientation of the pot—basically like a big dial. (via Making Cooking Safe for the Blind | Design & Innovation | Fast Company)
General Manager Shea Grandquest and News Director Wes Finley have been suspended, allegedly because of a “snafu” with one of the electronic billboards in town that showed a picture of anchors Greg Peterson and Kym Thurman and Chief Meteorologist Derek Beasley alongside the headline “3 Accused of Gang Rape in Monroeville.” The headline was under the header “Right Now on Twitter,” and clearly was aimed at promoting the station’s breaking news, but a photo of it has made its way to e-mails all over town and brought plenty of laughs. (via Lagniappe: WPMI GM, ND Suspended Over Billboard)
The recently released study evaluated data on 4,000 hospitals in the U.S over a four-year period and found that the immense cost of installing and running hospital IT systems is greater than any expected cost savings. And much of the software being written for use in clinics is aimed at administrators, not doctors, nurses and lab workers.
The problem “is mainly that computer systems are built for the accountants and managers and not built to help doctors, nurses and patients,” the report’s lead author, Dr. David Himmelstein, said in an interview with Computerworld.
an average of the flags of the 200-plus countries of the Old World (2009), weighted by population, levels-adjusted to improve contrast and reduce the preponderance of red: (via The Flag Of Pure Bliss « Weather Sealed)
The Boston Globe has a slideshow with a few examples from the now-declassified Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception.
via Kottke
They’re printed with thermochromic ink that changes color when the temperature of wearer’s breath increases. True, this smart wearable technology could lead to a very lonely corner on the subway for anyone suffering from a fever, but it would certainly help to curb the spread of deadly germs in a simple (and pretty) manner. (via Thermochromic Swine Flu Mask’s Colors are Fever Activated | Inhabitat)