ISSN 1496-3221
June 16, 2003
Depending on the event being marked, an anniversary can be a time for reflection and celebration, or a sobering reminder of the past. Sometimes anniversaries travel down both lanes with equal momentum. Today is one of those bittersweet anniversaries. It was six months ago today that my mom had her aneurysm. Obviously, a lot of … More
June 14, 2003
What could some geek with a blog like me possibly have in common with bigger and shinier web types like Dave Shea of mezzoblue or the thunderously prolific Ben Hammersley? Why, a reasonably intelligent-sounding interview at zlog, of course. As always, the various opinions and insights of yours truly are guaranteed to alleviate any manner … More
June 9, 2003
I worked with someone a few years ago whose motto was along the lines of “…when something isn’t working, throw some more hardware at the problem.” I’ve been thinking about this statement during the last couple of weeks, and here’s why. As wonderful as most of my experience during the transition to OS X has … More
June 7, 2003
Seedling between concrete and asphalt. 5th Avenue Southwest, Calgary.
June 7, 2003
Thanks to a pleasant enough email from one Jason Miles Vanderhill, I’ve just found out that the old spiral logo critique is still getting way more mileage than it probably ever deserved. The page was apparently referenced in the latest issue of Emigre magazine. Yes, that Emigre magazine. In an article written by Shawn Wolfe … More
June 7, 2003
Beautifully simple things that make your Macintosh computing experience better can found over at Everyday Software, a site that I found — somewhat strangely enough — via Dan Cederholm’s SimpleBits. Simple. Everyday. What more could you possibly want? Well, maybe a supa kewl picture of Yoda.
June 6, 2003
Actually, no. I didn’t mean any of those things, but thanks for asking. Search results messaging takes a random stab at being sort of helpful on the Chapters Indigo site. Presumptive clarifications aside, they did have the book.
May 29, 2003
Cable raceway in parking lot. Southeast Calgary.
May 28, 2003
I made the correct assumption in thinking that it was Safari’s implementation of document.styleSheets that was causing the Toggle CSS favelet to fail. This was confirmed on a couple of sites, specifically in an amazingly indepth JavaScript tutorial written by Mark Wilton-Jones. From the tutorial: Konqueror and Safari [KHTML] incorrectly only populate the document.styleSheets collection … More
May 27, 2003
I’ve become used to using Tantek Celik’s dandy little Toggle CSS favelet during site testing and debugging. An invaluable bit of JavaScript if ever there was one. The only problem is that it doesn’t work in Safari and the noodling required to get it working in my new browser of choice is slightly past my … More