ISSN 1496-3221
October 7, 2002
Today is our thirteenth wedding anniversary. No needling, no reminding, no blatantly obvious hints were required. I remember our anniversaries. And to be sure, our anniversaries remind me of things as well. They remind me of how crisp autumn mornings don’t necessarily mean that the only thing coming is winter. They remind me of how … More
October 6, 2002
Remember all those faxes you thought you sent, but didn’t realize they hadn’t made it to their intended recipient until it was too late? Well, maybe it’s because this week’s available domain name is fauxmachine.com, or not.
October 6, 2002
The almost definitive online guide to Newton-related terms and definitions has finally been updated. Yes, I’m talking about the indispensable Newton Glossary. Now sporting over 700 terms for your perusal and subsequent enjoyment. I know it seems like forever since I updated the glossary, but hey, it hasn’t even been ten months yet. Yeesh. And … More
October 5, 2002
Hmmm…. Looks like something big is happening down in Seattle, kids. It appears that all Getty Images sites sport a similar message this afternoon. Are they finally consolidating the last of the brands under the circus tent roof of gettyimages.com? Maybe some of the “scheduled updates and maintenance” will address the browser issues discussed earlier. … More
October 5, 2002
A couple of additional notes regarding the Getty Images Creative site and their laughingly ineffective browser sniffing and compatibility. It’s obvious that the script being used on the site is aiming specifically at Netscape browsers, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to witness the obfuscation using iCab (view screen dump) either. Does this company test … More
October 5, 2002
A bunch of sites linked to this late in the week, but it’s just one of those wonderful things that merits as least one more mention. ColorMatch 5K takes the drudgery out of selecting, discovering, and iterating a decent web site color palette. Simple. Elegant. Useful. All that, and only 5k in size. Take it … More
October 4, 2002
Shopping carts and leaves in parking lot. Lake Bonavista Promenade, Calgary.
October 4, 2002
At one point in the not so distant past, I would have ripped a bloody strip off of any site that blocked or discouraged certain browsers or platforms. Lynx was the baseline for accessibility, as far as I was concerned. In fact, I distinctly remember giving the designers and developers of the gettyone.com site a … More
October 1, 2002
Weblogs have pedigrees and bloodlines? I hadn’t given the concept of relationships between blogs (or Weblog Genealogy as Stepan Riha calls it) much thought until I ran across BlogTree this week. I suppose it makes sense, seeing as many of the stalwart online journals that we know and love have inspired or begat other weblogs. … More