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Akiyoshis illusion page Akiyoshi's illusion pages Akiyoshi KITAOKA, Professor, Psychology, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan studying visual perception, visual illusion, optical illusion, trompe l'oeil, 3D, etc. Hormone levels predict attractiveness of women Feminine beauty, the subject of philosophical and artistic musings for millennia, can be predicted by something as basic as hormones - in women, but not men. Researchers at the University of St Andrews in Fife, UK, have found that women's facial attractiveness is directly related to their oestrogen levels. Miriam Law Smith and colleagues photographed 59 women, aged between 18 and 25, every week for six weeks. Monday Inspiration: Paper Strips Menus Advertisement The beauty of an excellent design lies in designer’s attention to smallest details. Conventions are our friends; however, to stand out, a design needs a creative spin, an elegant play of colors, some unique flavour — a small detail that would make a big difference. Where the boundaries between traditional solutions and unusual approaches become fuzzy, designers tend to get creative. However, to come up with unusual ideas isn’t that easy, particularly if you are dealing with some daily routine-tasks.
silicon.com - the who, what, when, where and why of ebusiness How to stop a zombie horde of botnets How to stop a zombie horde of botnets Of all the security threats that can impact network operations, the lowly botnet may prove to be the most damaging and hardest to eradicate. Here's how to stop, or at least minimize, the damage.
The Top 10 Myths about Girl Gamers The Top 10 Myths about Girl Gamers By Mercurial Girl gamers. Evidently, we’re difficult to figure out. Lucky for you, I’ve compiled this nifty little handbook to give you some hints. 65 Excellent Flash Designs Advertisement With Flash you can do more than just displaying videos. You can create stunning visual experience and offer your visitors incredible user interaction. Although Flash is definitely not the favourite medium for usability and accessibility advocates, it has its advantages and it empowers the Web with functionalities which make it an incredibly interactive medium. Japan panel wants women on throne Japan should change its succession laws to let women take the throne, a government panel has concluded. The 10-member panel has been debating the issue since January in response to a crisis facing the Imperial Household. Japan's 71-year-old ruling emperor, Akihito, has two sons and a daughter, but none of them have so far produced a male heir to ensure the succession.
The future of Web Services isn’t the Library website The last three weeks I’ve been thinking a great deal about the role of my department in fulfilling the Libraries mission and where the department needs to go in the next 3 years. Part of getting where we want to go has been this whole site redesign process. But not in the way most of the library thinks. Most of the library sees the redesign process as about “fixing” the current website so that it is more usable, up-to-date, and attractive. For me this isn’t really what the redesign is about.
Male birth control pill soon a reality SEATTLE, Oct. 1, 2003 — — Forty-year-old Scott Hardin says he’s glad that men may soon have a new choice when it comes to birth control. But, he adds, he would not even consider taking a male hormonal contraceptive. Hardin is like many men who are pleased to hear they may have a new option but are wary of taking any type of hormones. “I would rather rely on a solution that doesn’t involving medicating myself and the problems women have had with hormone therapy doesn’t make me anxious to want to sign on to taking a hormone-type therapy,” says Hardin, who is single and a college administrator. For the first time, a safe, effective and reversible hormonal male contraceptive appears to be within reach.
20+ Button & Badge Makers We can't all be great writers, perfect webmasters and fantastic designers. Luckily, this last part can be covered up with automated tools that help you do nice looking graphics with little or no Photoshop knowledge. We've gathered 20+ sites to help you generate buttons and badges. Enjoy! Don’t forget to check out our post where you can suggest future toolbox topics! (This list, for example, came from one of the suggestions.)
Quest to become 'UK's first female imam' The BBC World Service "I Challenge" series looks at individuals around the world who have challenged authority, traditions and beliefs in the face of enormous odds. Here, Salma Qureshi, a computer programmer and British Muslim, tells the BBC of her ambition to become one of the UK's first female imams. Like many young women in their thirties, computer programmer Salma likes shopping, aerobics and yoga.
HTML TOOLBOX: 30+ HTML Tools and Tutorials With PHP, CSS, Ruby On Rails and so on, it's easy to forget that HTML is where it all began. Even with its age, HTML is still essential for every wanna-be web developer, so we've gathered 30+ resources for you to learn, code, validate and more. Character Guides