It’s been a a few years since I purchased a first-generation pair of B&O ear-“pieces” at a pricey boutique in Greenwich, Connecticut. I paid too much for the privilege, but took the risk. I’ve not been disappointed. I still prefer the Bang & Olufsen Earphones to anything else I have tried since.

Deriving color palettes from found imagery is not a new idea, at least for most professional designers. So, what else is new? Technology assistance in color hunting is now just seconds away. Not too long ago, I posted Floor Tile Design - a very simple solution to discovering a useable palette using environmental observations, such as a photograph. Here’s a new twist…

Unfortunately, an ever-growing percentage of your readers are never going to see your code-wrangling handiwork, because they prefer to read articles through a feed reader like Google Reader or Bloglines. To make matters worse, you have almost no control over the way your posts will display across the various readers. You can’t use your in-site CSS styles, and – this is the biggest sin of all – images are often displayed inline with text.