July 2008 Blog Postings
2008 MLB Home Run Derby
Posted by Mike Scriber on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
So those of you who saw the Home Run Derby last night were treated to an unbelievable story and show.
In the first round Josh Hamilton broke the single-round record held by Bobby Abreu at 24 home runs which was set in 2005 in Detroit. Josh crushed 28 and three of them were over 500 yards. One of those plus 500 yards put him in third place for the longest ever hit.
Josh had everyone in Yankee Stadium standing on their feet and chanting his name. This is quite remarkable considering Yankee fans aren't easy to win over.
Josh wasn't able to pull it out in the finals against Morneau to win the Home Run Derby but he put on a great show and it'll go down as one of the best rounds in a Derby.
Form Design Patterns
Posted by Mike Scriber on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Last week I found two great articles from one of my favorite daily reads, which is Smashing Magazine.
They did some research on a hot topic for designers. The topic was Web Form Design Patterns: Sign Up Forms. Make sure you check out Part Two as well.
These articles include categories like Placement, Design and Functionality of the Forms. In each category they're a bunch of sub categories which include Form Title, Label Alignment, Alignment of the Submit Button and many more. I think you'll take a lot from these ar
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Posted by Mike Scriber on Thursday, July 24, 2008
Well the NFL season is about a month and a half way and football fans have been waiting for this day for months. The season kicks off with the defending Super Bowl Champions New York Giants taking on the Washington Redskins who have recently traded for Jason Taylor.
With this being said it's time for some predictions on who will win each division. Lets start in the AFC.
The AFC East has been dominated by the Patriots and will continue to be dominated by them. I see Buffalo taking second spot ahead of the Jets. To round out the division will be the Miami Dolphins who have a lot of work ahead of them to g
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Nathan is a Dim sum (Yum Cha) loving Ruby Hacker and an IT Consultant located in Toronto, Ontario.
