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Category: Fun

Pixelfari: Your Safari Web browser never looked so wonderfully 8-bit chunky

Make an 8-bit version of the Safari Web browser, of course. Or at least that’s what Panic’s Neven Mrgan has done. And now, you can experience yourself. With Pixelfari.

Now the folks at Portland-based Panic are known as a pretty creative bunch, churning out awesome Mac software that both delights and amazes folks on a regular basis. But when you have the opportunity do all that good work during your day job, what’s one to do with free time?

Make an 8-bit version of the Safari Web browser, of course. Or at least that’s what Panic’s Neven Mrgan has done. With Pixelfari. Read More

FlipFor.Us: Making coin tosses reliable again

Between the combination of slightly slow news days and slightly overwhelming client commitments, Silicon Florist has been a tad quiet, lately.

Too quiet.

To help break the silence ever so briefly, I give you FlipFor.Us, the unabashedly confident—“the sweetest virtual coin toss on the internets”—service from Keizer, Oregon based Elliot Swan.

According to Swan:

Decisions can be difficult, and sometimes you might be arguing with somebody over the internets and wish you could just flip a coin. Cheating is always a possibility, however, since they could always lie about it.

Next time you need to make a decision—or you have to settle a score with your sworn enemy—give FlipFor.Us a try.