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I’d like to think that computers are neutral, a tool like any other… But there is something in the system itself, in the formal logic of programs and data, that recreates the world in its own image. the computer is not really like us. It is a projection of a very slim part of ourselves: that portion devoted to logic, order, rule and clarity. We place this small projection of ourselves all around us, and we make ourselves reliant on it. the more we surround ourselves with a narrowed notion of existence, the more narrow existence becomes. We conform to the range of motion the system allows. We must be more orderly, more logical. Answer the question, Yes or No, OK or Cancel. We think we are creating the system, but the system is also creating us. We build the system, we live in its midst, and we are changed.

Ellen UllmanClose To The Machine

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Border-box mostly FTW

January 29, 2013

I’ve been a fan of box-sizing: border-box ever since reading Paul Irish’s article * { box-sizing: border-box } FTW

I use it on most projects, and find that it really speeds things up, and makes setting out grids much easier, especially when using Sass and Compass. In a few places, though, you need to be a bit careful.

It seems like later versions of jQuery play nicely with it, but as I’m mostly working on Drupal projects, I’m often stuck with an older version, which means that Google Maps popups and jScrollPane elements go awry.

Still, simple enough to override:

.view-locations .gmap div {
  box-sizing: content-box;
}