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23rd October 2007 - Link Blog

In rainbows. Dopplr generates a unique colour for each city using an MD5 hash. The colours are then used in subtle but intelligent ways throughout the design—right down to the favicon.

Posted 23rd October 2007 at 10:39 pm

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This is a link post by Simon Willison, posted on 23rd October 2007.

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