For a long time, I resisted putting any images on the site. I felt that they were simply fluff, and not necessary. Little by little, my position changed. I remember at the time thinking that if most sites were text-only, the internet itself wouldn't have to increase in speed much to offer a rapidly better user experience.
As you may have noticed today, the background image has now changed, from a super-small ruscha-esque gradient to a much larger GRIN image. I expect I"ll rotate the image a bit, but not as often as I do the header image.
Why the super-large image? Well, simply put, on a large screen with a high resolution, it looks really amazing. So there.
If you're rich enough to own a computer with a high enough resolution and a large enough screen to see the entire image, you win a cookie. I'm not even halfway there....
Comments
Concerned... | dwight
Feels likes the 'Werkz is loading really slow today. Is it the image, or on my end...? Time will tell, but in my defense I'm on one of the sexy new iMacs, so I should have enough power to able to lunch a Space Shuttle (though only with U2 or The Black-Eyed Peas as background music, sadly) with no problems.
posted at: 2005-03-18 15:43:02intriguing | brad
my current res is 1920x1440 and i can see a lot of the x-15, but nothing below the calves of the three guys in a group. is there a lot below that?
posted at: 2005-03-18 16:32:38Yes | edward
There's a lot below that. Even on the super-cool mac display I saw at the Apple Store, you still couldn't see the entire image. (Just right-click and select "view background image" if you're in firefox to see the whole enchilada...it'll automatically scale it for you!)
posted at: 2005-03-21 10:06:16It's gotta go | forrest
I love experimental aircraft, but I'm on a hugely fast connection, and there's still lag time for the 'Werkz to load.
posted at: 2005-04-28 21:59:41