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August 22, 2002
At some point this morning, my faithful Newton web server passed the 30,000 hit mark. Scoff if you must, but this number represents a year’s worth of traffic passing through the cabling to my slightly larger than pocket-sized friend. To be honest, it’s significantly more traffic than I ever expected to see. Not only did … More
August 22, 2002
Fading signage on brick building. 9th Avenue and 12th Street Southeast, Calgary.
August 21, 2002
If you know me even slightly, you are likely to be familiar with my fervent opinions regarding the creeping evil of HTML email and the sanctity of plain text messages. Well, sometimes you need to bend with the wind. Not only did I break down and agree to send out a HTML-formatted email to a … More
August 21, 2002
Paint spattered manhole. 5th Avenue Southwest, Calgary.
August 20, 2002
Think Secret is dishing dirt reporting that the next major OS X update will be code named Panther, blatantly akin to the feline persona tacked on to the recent version 10.2 Jaguar update. A disturbing trend is disclosing itself here. The code name selection process has apparently come under the jurisdiction of the marketing department, … More
August 20, 2002
Sorry. You caught me napping. I nearly forgot to post the past two weeks worth of available domain names. Ok, I was out of town for one of those weeks, so I think I’m entitled to a bit of slack being cut. Anywho, feast your hover property on these puppies. The domain names for this … More
August 20, 2002
See, you ask a simple question and someone, somewhere will oblige you with an explanation. To wit, Matthias Gutfeldt writes: The major issue for us techno-geeks is the incompatibility of XFORMS and XFRAMES with the HTML forms and frames model. But for the proverbial “Joanne Average”, the issue is something completely different: This new version … More
August 19, 2002
I’ve been aware that the W3C was cooking up a new edition of the XHTML recommendation for some time now, but I wasn’t entirely clear on the extent of the backwards compatibility issues brought up by this article on ZDNet. I’m assuming that the bulk of the problems being chatted about in the article could … More
August 19, 2002
Hi. I’m back. Miss me?
August 9, 2002
Since it pleases me so, I should mention the fact that the second Veer Visual Elements Catalog started landing in North American mail boxes this week. It’s a damn fine direct marketing vehicle for creative folks who consume vast quantities of digital content. Yes, I work at Veer and yes, this is a bit self-serving. … More