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Archive: September, 2001

September 10, 2001

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And speaking of style sheet validation, I have but one word for you… Favelets. Anyone who isn’t using Tantek Çelik’s snarky little Toggle CSS toolbar widget, is quite frankly working without a net. Drag and drop, kids. Drag and drop. Via Zeldman

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September 10, 2001

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Heaven help us. I think I finally understand all this style sheet stuff that has been yanking my line for so long. I’m not entirely sure what clicked this afternoon, but everything I’ve tinkered with so far has worked the way it was intended to. Praise the lord and pass the validator.

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September 8, 2001

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Anyone who is a parent will more than likely be able to empathize with the following thought. You know how you love your kids? You know how you’d do just about anything for them or because of them? And you know how some days, at the same time that you are loving them with all … More

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September 7, 2001

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Google 2.0John Rhodes over at WebWord has once again bashed an irritating nail smack dab on its little round head. He offers some tantalizing food for thought on how a Google-based information retrieval client could help pry the latest user experience choke-hold away from Microsoft. I am particularly enamored with the concept of using Microsoft’s … More

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September 7, 2001

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Ooh, look. This site was listed in a sampling of odd pages of the Internet over at Designflea. I’m positively flush with emotion over this, really I am.

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September 7, 2001

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W3C Recommends New Graphics LanguageScalable Vector Graphics gnomes everywhere are probably giddy with delight, doing little happy dances in the hallways this morning. Everywhere that is, except Macromedia. Yes, people, it’s time to start adopting and implementing. Now.

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September 6, 2001

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A very productive day. Found Jane’s archives. Reinstalled some software that had been causing me grief. Ran a fresh batch server statistics. Installed new latches on the gates leading to the back yard. Located the updated platform files for the Newton Toolkit and got my project code to finally compile and execute correctly. Had some … More

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September 4, 2001

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Huzzah! Bryce finally figured out how to get images to display on his brand-spankin’ new site. Will wonders never cease? Yo, big boy… the invoice is in the mail.

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September 3, 2001

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Last night, we pulled out one of the many Atari 2600 game systems I have piled in the basement and hooked it up to show the kids. Both my daughters have been entranced by the Nintendo that one of their friends down the street has, and have been asking my wife and I about the … More

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September 1, 2001

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Code Red Cost Estimated at $2.6 BillionWouldn’t it be a nice gesture on the part of Microsoft to cough up a bit of spare cash to cover this tab? Maybe someone should send them a bill. And speaking of Bill… the lubricous Mr Gates, whose fine company is arguably responsible for all of this nonsense … More

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