This is splorp.

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February 3, 2002

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Another week, another addition to extracurricular copia verborum. Yes, I’ve had yet another term published in the copiously indulgent Pseudodictionary. At my current rate of derivative linguistic deployment, I might just have to make this a regular feature.

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February 3, 2002

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What happens when talented people working for a brain-dead software company finally get up and leave? Cool shit happens, that’s what. Check out this teasingly tasty product description. Six Degrees is timefreeing technology that helps you work more efficiently and complete projects faster. Six Degrees continually makes connections between the messages you send, the files … More

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February 3, 2002

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After several days of the Go2Mac site being out to lunch with no call forwarding, a revamped O’Grady’s PowerPage has reappeared to take its place and its traffic. Ah, it’s just like the good old days… and backed up by the following blurb in the sidebar: “Welcome to the new (old) PowerPage. Six years, and … More

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February 2, 2002

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A well intentioned tidbit from the in box this morning… Subject: Rubber Sheet for Inflatable ProductsDate: 02/02/2002 09:14 PMFrom: 3Beni International Co., Inc., email hidden; JavaScript is required: email hidden; JavaScript is required Greetings,  May I ask where do you currently buy rubber sheets from for your inflatable products? Would you be interested in looking for … More

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February 1, 2002

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What on earth is the internet coming to? Let me assure you that it’s probably worse than the most disturbing thing you possibly imagine. Case in point, we now have to deal with sites offering visual depravity along the lines of Digital Data Porn. Those of you with weak constitutions would do well to turn … More

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February 1, 2002

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In case all you codeheads were buried up to your armpits in tags and missed it yesterday, BBEdit 6.5.2 has been delivered and is waiting your approval. Via dangerousmeta

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January 31, 2002

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Since this particular meme hasn’t quite died out yet, and I’m pretty sure that a great many of you out there are nearly beside yourselves with ardent curiosity anyway, I’ll be right up front and tell you that I’m a lightcycle, baby. End of line.

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January 30, 2002

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Well, it appears that I managed to get my entries for the BD4D + Foundation Skate Deck Design Competition submitted just in the nick of time. I’m in the clear, dear. Now what’s your excuse?

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January 30, 2002

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If you’re currently patching together or even considering using different style sheet iterations based on the ilk of browser, this short blurb by Scott Andrew regarding his experience with CSS-only design and Netscape 4.x may be of interest. It certainly started me to rethink a couple of previous site design considerations. Via glish

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January 29, 2002

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Live from the Adobe user to user forums, it’s a fine selection of InDesign 2.0 user interface quibbles. This just goes to prove that no matter how good a product is, or how positive the reviews are, you can always find something to complain about. Don’t you just love being an understanding, rational consumer these … More

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