TIL about 障子 (shōji)

A presentation at Tech Talk @ Tagesspiegel in August 2025 in by Gunnar Bittersmann

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TIL about Foto: 663highland, CC BY 2.5 障 子

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TIL about shōji Foto: 663highland, CC BY 2.5 障 子

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I’ve been trying to lay out this page For what feels like an age But it still ain’t working I can see I’m feeling mighty vexed I’ve used web fonts for all of my text And that’s CSS3 There’s only one thing now that can save us A little bit of that old border radius To cover up my design’s inadequacy Like a Rounded Corner Bruce Lawson & The Standardettes Lyrics by Bruce Lawson (brucelawson.co.uk) to the tune of “Rhinestone Cowboy” by Larry Weiss Like a rounded corner Make it all less boxy Make it all shiny and new Like a rounded corner It’s HTML5 so it’s iOS ready for you Some CSS transitions there too

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My career’s on the rocks I’ve got shadows all over my box -webkit-’s the only vendor pre x I use I used to be in love with the Flash But I got hit by the great plug-in crash And that’s when I hit the booze And now style sheet masturbation Has replaced my imagination I got the #00008Bs, yeah I got the blues Like a Rounded Corner Bruce Lawson & The Standardettes fi Lyrics by Bruce Lawson (brucelawson.co.uk) to the tune of “Rhinestone Cowboy” by Larry Weiss Like a rounded corner Make it all less boxy Make it all shiny and new Like a rounded corner It’s HTML5 so it’s iOS ready for you Some keyframe animation there too