If orangatans could program computers, what would their programming language of choice be like? Perhaps something like this?
Ook! Ook!
December 4th, 2001Virtual Slot Track Racing
November 30th, 2001When I was a kid, I loved those slot-track racers. You know, you have some plastic race track with these little electric cars that fly off the track when you go around the curves too fast? Now you can re-live that heady experience with RallyTrophy!
“Just where does he get those wonderful toys?”
November 30th, 2001A couple of cool gadgets spotted from slashdot: the Handspring Treo is a combination PDA and cell phone. There’s another PDA/phone combo called the HipTop, which runs Java and also has options for a camera and MIDI synth. Wow. And lastly, there’s a review at Tom’s Hardware of 3Com’s new NJ100 Network Jack — a wallplate jack with a built-in 4-port ethernet switch.
Are You an E-Bore?
November 29th, 2001A Message from Scott Adams
November 29th, 2001As a member of the DNRC, I occassionally receive the Dilbert Newsletter. Today’s had a thought from Dilbert creator Scott Adams that I liked:
My Holiday Message
I’ve written and rewritten this section a dozen times. My problem
is that no matter how much I write, I keep condensing it down to
the same thought: This holiday season, as we laugh and eat and shop
and enjoy friends and family, our soldiers are in Afghanistan
risking everything for us. Some of them won’t come back. The rest
will never be the same.Every one of them volunteered. They think we’re worth it.
Let’s prove them right.
Amen to that.
Dynamic Form Controls
November 28th, 2001Some time back, I was working on some code at work where we wanted to dynamically disable and re-enable certain form elements based on other user input. Internet Explorer adds a “disabled” property to form elements that makes this simple. But Netscape 4.x doesn’t.
I eventually came up with some Javascript code that more-or-less simulates the ability to disable form elements in NS4. If anybody is interested, feel free to use my code in your own projects.
Happy Holidays
November 26th, 2001Now that the Thanksgiving holidays are over, it’s time to get into the Christmas spirit. I hope you enjoy the Christmas theme for the site. But if it annoys you for some reason, you can choose to go back to the standard theme. Check the bottom of the menus. Kudos to Scott Andrew LePara for the theme switching code.
Wallpapers Galore
November 20th, 2001Looking for wallpaper images for your desktop? Wallpapers HQ can hook you up.
Random Stoopidness
November 19th, 2001On some days, you can just scoop up stupid links with nets….
