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Archive: July, 2003

July 31, 2003

Feeling content, seeing content, being content.

I’ve observed an interesting bit of my own online behaviour lately, and though I should mention it. As much as I’ve loved using NetNewsWire to pull together and display absolutely ludicrous amounts of aggregated news and bloggerisms in a single, unadorned window — I’ve found myself drifting back to my browser and my bookmark list. … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

July 29, 2003

Grumpy old men.

What the hell has crawled up some people’s butts? Please indulge me for a moment while I explain. My wife and I, along with our dog, were enjoying a warm summer evening in our back yard. As goes one of our stupid pet tricks, we were telling the dog to look for squirrels. When he … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

July 29, 2003

Domain name of the what?

What do you mean it’s supposed to be every week? Are you sure about that? I’ve slipped a cranial cog before, but this is downright embarrassing. Somehow I managed to get three weeks behind in adding new candidates to the Available Domain Name of the Week page. Egad, that’s rather sloppy of me. Let’s just … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

July 28, 2003

BlogThis! be back.

Another missing piece of the puzzle has been found. And it wasn’t stuck between the cushions on the couch either. Ev notes that a new version of BlogThis! has been unleashed. Not only does it finally work in Safari — my current workaday browser — but it’s also friendly towards pretty near every other modern … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

July 22, 2003

Photo of the day.

 Poster collage found on Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis.

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

July 22, 2003

That’s it then.

The suspicions of many have been confirmed and documented. Apparently, the internet is shit after all. Now, if you would all please move along. There’s nothing to see here.

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

July 21, 2003

Type(Re)Con.

Miss me? If you did, you may also be wondering what the heck was up with the recent radio silence. Well kids, I’ve been sans connectivity whilst tootling around the Twin Cities, being slightly overwhelmed by the heavy-duty typographic content and charmed by the friendly folks at TypeCon 2003. I’ll post a few of my … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

July 15, 2003

RSSexier.

First of all, I’d like to thank all those folks (who obviously have an enormous amount of extra cycles to burn) that took the time to tell me that the pages linked from my RSS feed looked — well — less than sexy. Last week, I explained the gruesome details of why the pages looking … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

July 14, 2003

Things stumbled upon.

The web seems to be chock full of tasty little gems today. Always one to share, I offer the following digital curios for your perusal. First up, here’s looking at you. The video conferencing capabilities of iChat AV may be all well and good, but I’m not quite ready to shell out for a new … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

July 11, 2003

Photo of the day.

 Painted utility access in alley. Southeast, Calgary.

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.