21 June 2007
I just had my longest run to date. I know this because Lance Armstrong told me. I’ve always had trouble motivating myself to exercise–especially when there are such [great][lggwg] [distractions][travian]. Yet somehow I’ve ran over [100 miles][] so far this year. This accomplishment is thanks to two things: good competition and a little gizmo. [100 [...]
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18 June 2007
Just a quick note. I threw up a test case for an ActionScript 3 Component Wmode bug. Apparently ninjas don’t like Windows Vista. When I write for The Book I always try to include the title of the target Web page in a link–either in the link text or its title. I also do this [...]
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5 June 2007
My friend Trek and I love to rant about a Microsoft. Usually our biggest complaints have nothing to do with their propensity for creating and leveraging illegal monopolies or their fondness for DRM, but instead on how their software creates a “Microsoft Way” of working. If you don’t work in a way that fits theirs, [...]
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8 May 2007
I work with people learning HTML and other Web languages a lot, and one of my biggest frustrations is when the teachers confuse their students with sloppy language. Yahoo! today unveiled a new scheme to [exclude parts of pages from search engines][yahoo], and while I have a lot of respect for the work Yahoo! is [...]
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23 April 2007
While I was trying to solve the most recent [Mac Heist][], I came upon a sight that truly frightened me. It requires a Mac with an iSight, so if you have one, try and [look beyond the red][lbthr]. I saw a Criminal Minds episode about this… [Mac Heist]: [lbthr]:
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