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Archive: December, 2001

December 21, 2001

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For those of you wanting to get into the nitty gritty bits, Tantek Çelik posted a list of the specific CSS improvements made to Internet Explorer 5.1 Mac on the www-style mailing list. Via zeldman

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December 21, 2001

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In the past three days I’ve attended two multi-hour meetings which included sketching boxes and arrows on an electronic whiteboard and a requisite conference call. Amazing as it may seem, after eight months of going cold turkey, my brain didn’t start to ooze out of my ear even one little bit. I must be in … More

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December 20, 2001

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I know that it’s mentioned casually within the context of something far greater in scope and aptitude, but wise and generous? Why, thank you Mr Mango Pudding, sir.

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December 20, 2001

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Just in case you haven’t stumbled across the news anywhere else this afternoon, I’d like to point out that BBEdit 6.5.1 is now ready for your pleasure. Grab yourself a coffee and find out what’s new and improved. Codeheads out there will make a big messy pile of noise about the addition of stuff like … More

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December 20, 2001

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Speaking of debilitating annoyances. Help facilitate the elimination of all things Windows through the adoption of alternative operating systems by visiting this handy one stop shop run by an obviously fine fellow with a good heart and too much free time. Via webintosh.net

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December 20, 2001

A tale of triumph.

Once again our hero staves off a series of debilitating annoyances by waving his ever-present Reality Mallet™ over the heads of his enemies. Their arms flailing madly, the vanquished curs race back to their hovels. Flushed with recent victory, our smiling hero trundles off down the nearest path in search of a frothy decaf latte.

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December 18, 2001

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Damn.

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December 18, 2001

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Carefully, he advances towards the sleeping giant. Internet Explorer 5.1 for Classic Mac OS has been released today. According to the read me document included in the download, the new features are as follows: Interface Extras — The new Interface Extras preference panel provides greater control over the Internet Explorer user interface. NTLM Version 2 … More

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December 18, 2001

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Tousle-topped Howie is living high on the European hog for the next couple of weeks. Does that mean we’ll have to temporarily adjust to a crap-reduced lifestyle? Hell no. The indubitable Mr Craptastic is still managing to pinch out a comfortable stream of blogservations for us to be jealous about. During your stay, be sure … More

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December 17, 2001

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Cover your heads and stand clear everyone. I just finished writing my first bash shell script in over seven years. And go figure, it worked too.

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.