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Archive: March, 2002

March 7, 2002

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Brilliant. We all should consider using CSS instead of JavaScript for image rollovers. Via What Do I Know

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March 7, 2002

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My long time friend, afficionado of all things geek, and founding father of Webcore Labs, Bruce Livingstone has pinched out a concise bit of do-it-yourself wisdom over at Digital Web Magazine entitled A Designer’s Guide to Making Your Own Stock Photography (for non-photographers). Both photography and web design are dear to my heart, and Bruce … More

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March 7, 2002

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Now! See! Hear! This is exactly the reason why I keep one of absolutely everything. At some indeterminate digital rest stop down the road, someone is going to step up to me, introduce themselves as a soul with a problem, and ask if I have a whatzit that’ll read the thingme so they can get … More

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March 7, 2002

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 Heart chart and Luxo lamp in doctor’s office. Calgary.

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March 7, 2002

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I received my new business cards yesterday. New company. New phone number. Yet another new email address. And of course, a new title which inadequately describes my indescribable job and all those little things that I attempt to do here. It’s just a small piece of card stock (a nice quality, coated card stock, mind … More

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March 5, 2002

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If you ever find yourself fighting to resuscitate a malignant Jaz drive, here’s a tip. There’s nothing that can’t be fixed by applying several dozen healthy blasts from a can of compressed air, a well-intentioned drop onto the carpet from a height of about half a metre, and a carefully chosen curse.

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March 4, 2002

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If any of my friends or family feel they have the proof they need to refer to me as a geek, I’d like them to keep something in mind. In the grand scheme of things, I don’t even chart in the top 40. Especially when compared to folks like this. Of course, there’s always the … More

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March 4, 2002

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I’ve spent the last several months weaning myself away from an innate dependency on tables for my web designs. The level of understanding that I have gained in terms of using cascading style sheets almost exclusively for defining the layout of a page has surprised me. My ability to hand code valid structural markup from … More

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March 3, 2002

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 Self portrait with ByeWire t-shirt. Calgary. [ Update ] According to Daniel, I ” …look like a young and only mildly psychotic Jack Nicholson” in this shot. Young? Why, thank you.

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March 2, 2002

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When did 1996 start sounding like it happened so long ago?

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