"A brief description of publication or production notes relevant to the edition, in modern books usually located at the reverse of the title page, but can also sometimes be located at the end of the book."
- Wikipedia
On the Internet the term colophon is frequently used as a way of acknowledging those shoulders upon which this web site stands on. It's a way of thanking, footnoting, referring, providing authority or perhaps even passing on the blame.
Here are few of the many shoulders this web site kneels on and why:
Blogger
- blogging service that charges no fee to host a domain or edit the style sheet or mask out any of its ugly bits
- procedural 3d-like graphics
Gapminder
- Dr Hans Rosling and Google Motion Charts
Irfanview
HighCharts
Hypercosm
- Thanks Abe
jsFiddle
Katalabs
- Thanks Henrik
LearningWebGl
Microsoft
Mothereffingtextshadow
Mozilla
Quantum4D
- Thanks Mike & Kurt
Three.js
Wikipedia
Yahoo Finance
More sites and more "why's" coming. Should we look at your site?
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2011-12-30