ISSN 1496-3221
October 19, 2001
Parenting Tip #219: If you happen to find an unmarked Ziploc® bag in the fruit bowl on the kitchen counter, do not assume that it is a leftover from a lunch box. And for goodness sake, do not throw it away. It more than likely contains the very first baby tooth that has finally managed … More
October 19, 2001
Are nine year olds supposed to be able to use the term “sound-bite” in context?
October 19, 2001
With every single day that passes I become more thankful that I escaped from the village of the damned when I did. Case in point, I snagged the following graphic from the recently reskinned and semi-portalized gettyimages.com home page. I realize that this example is but one of several messages that cycle on the page, … More
October 18, 2001
A quick note to all those folks who rely on my cranky old server to host their digital piles of blandishment. I just upgraded the ftp server to a version which hopefully (should the claims in the documentation hold even a slightest bit of truth) will be a bit less tempermental in the connection department. … More
October 18, 2001
Hey, it’s only 7:00 pm. Of course I’m brewing a fresh pot of coffee. Paradiso Dark Swiss Water Decaf, as a matter of fact. Full bodied and tranquil, yet vital. Sort of like me. Gak.
October 18, 2001
What was up today you ask? How about an extended stint beta testing a VNC client on my Newton. Well, I guess you can’t beta test a piece of software that’s technical an alpha release, but that’s beside the point. And how geeky is that point? Let me illustrate with this screen dump. Oh yeah, … More
October 17, 2001
Sing praise to the higher being of your choice. Just when I needed something to take my mind off biologically worrisome current events, the fine folks over at Bare Bones Software had the good sense to release BBEdit 6.5, which among other things, finally adds integrated support for Cascading Style Sheets. Hot damn, I’m a … More
October 15, 2001
Top, right, bottom, left. Top, right, bottom, left. Top, right, bottom, left.
October 15, 2001
I think my previous employer is finally getting the hang of all this information technology. Through the magic of mail forwarding, I received the following automatonic note from their next-to-useless intranet server: Subject: Please update your oneplace profileDate: 10/10/2001 01:37 PMFrom: email hidden; JavaScript is required: Grant Hutchinson, email hidden; JavaScript is required Hello Grant, This email … More
October 14, 2001
Thanks, Howie.