Man kills friend for drinking last beer. These are the kind of rednecks that give rednecks a bad name. “There was only two beers left, so I took one, and I told Willie not to take my last beer.” At least it happed in Texas, and not here in Alabama. Around here, people mostly shoot each other over arguments about the Alabama/Auburn football game.
The other day, I downloaded the latest version of Mozilla. In the past, I’ve fired it up from time to time just to check that my web design efforts look reasonably sane in it. But now I’m starting to use it as my primary browser. I normally surf the web with liberal use of “Open in new window”, and I typically have three separate browser windows opened to different pages. So with Mozilla, I’m all … Continue reading
I figured I’d better bookmark this before I forget. Chris Nott (c.f. Dithered)has a new Javascript API that ports the DOM2 events API to older versions of Internet Explorer. Mmmm…. Cross-browser goodness.
Joy. Zeldman points out: Whatever its failings, Netscape 4 made it easy to install digital certificates essential for encrypting sensitive data–which is one reason web pros in the cash-strapped public sector have been stuck with that browser since man first walked upright. Hark! Hope: CREN has partnered with Opera. Hence Opera 7 will include a group certificate signed by CREN, enabling libraries and universities to migrate from a 1997 browser to a modern one that … Continue reading
So I spent a few minutes modifying my template to give my blog better semantics. I use header elements for blog entry titles, the date & author are in a <cite> element, the menu uses lists and header elements. I cleaned up the CSS to the point that there aren’t even any warnings any more. So of course Netscape 4 didn’t see the styles anymore. Oh well. At least it saw a fairly well-structured document. … Continue reading
I’ve been practicing Structured Procrastination for years. I just never got around to inventing a name for it. But that was on my list of things to do….
Okay, a few changes here. Removed the javascript that would automatically open links in new windows. Removed BlogSnob ad box. Removed the Blogdex metalinker links. Removed the Google search term highlighting. Rewrote the HTML for the menus in the sidebar to be more semantically meaningful. Revalidated the XHTML and CSS. Added an RSS 2.0 feed (in addition to the 0.91 version). Added link to my FOAF file. Fixed MIME types served for RSS and FOAF … Continue reading
Dammit, this guy stole my idea…. Mike needs to be famous… and fast.
I found a link to this article on Geek Syndrome, AKA “Asperger’s Syndrome”, AKA “high-functioning autism”. The article includes a test to measure your “AQ”, with scores of around 16 being “normal”, and scores above 34 being “extreme”. My score was 31. Even discounting that there were a few questions I was wishy-washy on, that’s still, um, interesting…. [via Reflective Surface]
Mark Pilgrim is back from his hiatus, with lots of cool goodies to get the brain juices flowing. He never fails to bring something cool to my attention. His New Door project sent me off on a blog exploration trek that netted me several sites that will almost certainly become regular reading for me. And his efforts to improve his site’s standards compliance are interesting, as well. I’ve been meaning to clean the cobwebs out … Continue reading