Monthly Archives: June 2004 - Page 2

windows sickies

Computer ‘sick’ days revealed

“Personal computers in Northern Ireland take more sick days than their owners”

I’m sure it applies elsewhere, and whilst an amusing idea (what’s the punishment ? a delayed RAM upgrade ?) it just shows how serious an O/S monoculture is, especially when backed up by ‘broken’ software.

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there’s still hope for the movie afterall

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — HHGG Interview with writer Karey KirkPatrick

I should have posted this a long time ago when I first read it, but with comments like this:

WHO THE H*#&! ARE YOU AND WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO MUCK AROUND WITH THIS TREASURED PIECE OF LITERATURE, YOU AMERICAN HOLLYWOOD HACK?

Ah. Good one. Yes, I can see why a lot of people might be wondering this.”

I might even start looking forward to seeing it.

Maybe.

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on safari

I’ve only recently found out about the CSS attribute text-shadow after visiting Binary Bonsai (in Safari) and thinking it looked pretty neat, and then showing it to Nicci (in Mozilla) and wondering where thre pretty text went. A quick Google later and I was looking at text-align.

I was so totally blown away by the combined translucency and shadow example that I decided that even if it was just for Safari users, I *had* to have shadows on my headlines and dates :)

I might try a few of the hacks I’ve seen mentioned (body and comments) but there’s no easy way to get the blur (without using IMG’s) which makes it look so nice…

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liquid layouts

http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/liquid/

Sort of how I work things through anyway but with some nice multi-browser comments

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a python take on child rearing

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1239688,00.html

Trust me, it is humorous, but only just, and only if you read the whole article…

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simplebits minitabs

http://www.simplebits.com/bits/minitabs.html

Hmm, love that effect. The second one that scales with the font size is simply great – dunno how to fit it into my site, but I’m feeling pretty magpie-ish about it :)

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