Ajax Hacks Tips & Tools for Creating Responsive Web Sites

By Bruce W. Perry
Book Price: $29.99 USD
£20.99 GBP
PDF Price: $23.99

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The image on the cover of Ajax Hacks is ping pong paddles. Ping pong originated in Victorian England, played in the homes of the upper class, who would use everyday household objects to create an indoor tennis "court." A row of books, for instance, would serve as a net, the top of a champagne cork as a ball, and cigar box tops as paddles. Looking to capitalize on the popularity of this "table tennis" game, manufacturers began selling small paddles constructed of wooden frames and parchment paper. The sound that this early equipment made gave table tennis the name ping pong, which was first trademarked in 1901. More innovations came in the early 1900s, when players began using the modern equipment of celluloid balls and wooden paddles covered in stippled rubber. Around the same time, organized tournaments began to spring up around England, and soon after that, the game spread throughout the world.

Ping pong was introduced as an Olympic game in 1988. The incredible speed and accuracy of modern players made the game difficult to follow on television. In an effort to make the game more watchable, in 2000, the International Table Tennis Association slowed down ping pong by introducing larger balls and shortened the length of the games by decreasing the winning score from 21 to 11.

The cover image is taken from http://www.gettyimages.com. The cover font is Adobe ITC Garamond. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Helvetica Neue Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed.

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