Archive for January 2008
links for 2008-02-01
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I’m chewing on one of the great “religious” debates of web design: fixed or elastic? for a new site design. The layout was done on a grid, and I think that helps the look. OTOH, I would love the accomplishment of a true elastic design.(tags: css)
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fun with shiny!(tags: design inspiration)
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(tags: intranet)
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“Out of 31 students, I am the only woman, and […] I have already taken this course so I am not really a part of this graduating class! The first time I took the class, I distinctly remember at least 5 chicas out of 30(ish) students.” sigh.
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“The FFIEC didn’t spell out what security improvements were needed, letting the banks decide for themselves. And so a thousand idiotic queries blossomed.” — no comment.
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I still need to get a regular headset.(tags: mda)
links for 2008-01-31
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nice & simple, with 2 different htc hacks
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“It doesn’t qualify as an error so I’m not going to add it to the errata but I sure wish I had known about this when I was writing the book.” — an update of sorts for my very favorite JS book.(tags: javascripty browsers)
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from Sitepoint. wow! also, dig the reference icons, lego-style. (could one of them plz be a grrl? kthxbye.)
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“credit unions need to look at their membership and potential membership, find out what they are looking for, and create products for them” (still haven’t seen the video, damn filtering.) this guy is absurdly articulate!(tags: creditunion)
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Lots of references to Terminator, Star Trek, and I, Robot in the comments, as one might imagine.
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2 ideas I want to try.(tags: email-newsletter)
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in the interests of completeness, I should probably try this in my cms research. (IIRC, Andrea is doing amazing things with EE @ HSU.)(tags: cms_research)
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in the comments: “the money you’d save by being a CU member might just PAY for an iPod” — somewhere in this there’s an honest-to-$DEITY advertising campaign.(tags: creditunion)
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tips for making breakfast bars (ala nutrigrain bars) - I’m always looking for better breakfasts.
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awesomely weird. Scott Adams invited his blog readers to make up a nonsense song. Some german band actually set it to music. And then this random woman turned it into a music video. It’s freakishly catchy, too!
links for 2008-01-30
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via Ron Shevlin — the description is misleading, tho. Think of it like a *private* Twitter.(tags: wordpress)
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more ideas — as if I needed them! — for what to do with a “Money Day”
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“The debate isn’t security versus privacy. It’s liberty versus control.”
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beautiful!
links for 2008-01-29
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“the 5W paperback-sized PC” - via C. it’s quite adorable, tho the RAM included is pretty meager.
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“Yes, I’ve come to a legitimate art museum to see a Photoshopped portrait of a television political satirist that’s hanging next to the restrooms. Not only that, but there’s a line of other people who are here for the same reason.”
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comment #2 hits the nail precisely on the head. also, Shelley’s extensive quoting of WaSP (etc) from 2000 captures, I think, why this is such an emotional topic. (so emotional that I needed an hour of IM time to keep from FREAKING OUT, as in, way beyond w
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I want to be a writer again.
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“It’s kind of hard to fly under the radar when you are applauded for innovation in Library Journal.” — I find the whole idea troubling; the same way it irks me that I can’t use TRL’s online audiobook setup on the pod.
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“Noblesse oblige. Since we know more and can do more and better things with web sites, more is expected of us.” oy. thanks a lot. ::rolls eyes::
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“Each new version of Windows introduces new APIs while attempting to maintain compatibility with old APIs, even to the point of mimicking buggy behavior.” - connects the IE8 thing to OS issues.
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Mark Pilgrim’s links. I find his tag name amusing.(tags: x-ua-bs)
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“What if this JS widget is designed for IE 7 and my page is designed for IE 6?” — oh, I hadn’t thought about that at all. Theoretically, that could be ugly. (also, check out the EOL dates in the comments! OMG!)
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“it’s time they started earning their money instead of letting Dreamweaver do their jobs” - never mind the rest of the article (not much new here), I just love that line.
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“It’s furry, and purrs quietly when you pet it.”
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I will almost certainly need this later.(tags: mac)
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stylin’! I’d like to see more home design that honestly incorporates the needs of pets.(tags: home)
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trippy. reminds me of adolescent dinners out with friends, in a very obscure way.
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“I’d hold a press conference and say that ONLY an atheist should be president, in the same way you want a eunuch to guard your harem.” - as usual, very very weird, and yet, quite funny, and also: shockingly true.
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from Dylan. this sounds freakin’ tasty. when I make chili, I start with a Jamie Oliver (yeah, I know) recipe. there are definitely some things to try here, especially with the spicing, which has given me trouble.
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hm.
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scary story at the bottom of the comments, which are also quite rich in other ideas.(tags: business)
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Huckabee wigs me out.
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“I think we could make Iraq a very peaceful country just by dumping a few plane-loads of cash all over it.” — I’ve actually been known to make this argument occasionally in serious conversation.
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sounds startlingly tasty.
PSA
Apparently this site will be down on Friday night/Saturday morning while Dreamhost moves some servers around. Of course, if you’re reading this site on a Friday night, then I don’t know what to say….
x-ua-bs
in which the author attempts to write about a tech thing that is also somehow an emotional thing.
