http://simonwillison.net/2016-10-13T22:34:00+00:00Simon Willison2016-10-13T22:34:00+00:002016-10-13T22:34:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2016/Oct/13/practical-gift-ideas-to-positively/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/301504/Practical-gift-ideas-to-positively-improve-a-friends-life-and-hobbies#4367888">Practical gift ideas to positively improve a friend’s life and hobbies</a> on Ask MetaFilter</em></p> <p>I'm a big fan of the Dorling Kindersley travel books, which are chock full of photos, maps, diagrams and illustrations. Thanks to the internet there's really not much point carting around a reference-style guidebook like Lonely Planet - TripAdvisor etc will always be more comprehensive and up-to-date. This makes guidebooks more important for general inspiration and browsing.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/art">art</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ask-metafilter">ask-metafilter</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drawing">drawing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/photography">photography</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/travel">travel</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gifts">gifts</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/biking">biking</a></p>

2008-03-16T16:24:38+00:002008-03-16T16:24:38+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Mar/16/dojox/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://archive.dojotoolkit.org/nightly/dojotoolkit/dojox/gfx/demos/">dojox.gfx demos</a></strong></p> Impressive demos of the Dojo 2D drawing APIs—these need to be linked from the dojo site, it took me quite a while to find them. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/2d">2d</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dojo">dojo</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dojox">dojox</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drawing">drawing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gfx">gfx</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a></p>

2006-12-20T00:42:30+00:002006-12-20T00:42:30+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2006/Dec/20/gfx/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/create-cross-browser-vector-graphics">Create cross browser vector graphics</a></strong></p> An accessible introduction to dojo.gfx, a powerful 2D drawing API built on SVG and VML. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/2d">2d</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dojo">dojo</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drawing">drawing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/svg">svg</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vml">vml</a></p>

2006-10-23T00:39:10+00:002006-10-23T00:39:10+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2006/Oct/23/dojo/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://dojo.jot.com/WikiHome/Release0Point4">Dojo 0.4 release notes</a></strong></p> GFX (a 2D drawing API) is awesome; dojo.html.metrics looks extremely useful, and onDomLoad is always nice. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://blog.dojotoolkit.org/2006/10/22/dojo-040-release-candidate">The Dojo Blog</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/2d">2d</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dojo">dojo</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drawing">drawing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a></p>