Year: 2004
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Many links
Ready? Set. Go! ShiftedLibrarian on My Yahoo’s RSS beta [via Scripting.com] CSS style competition [via Simple Bits] RSSAds.com – we’ll see. The Register on Declan and Dean. Not complimentary. [Via Lessig] Online version of the card game Spit – link to Flash file didn’t work for me in Safari, but I’m still curious. Doug Bowman…
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“Time is scarcer than money.”
Via Eliot, a Wall Street Journal article titled “Buddy, can you spare some time? [requires subscription, of course]. A few choice quotes… … The battle for Americans’ disposable time — among a vast proliferation of entertainment products and media channels — is becoming even more pitched than the battle for their disposable income. Indeed, in…
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More on the Mail.app crashes
Macintouch has three more reports of Mail.app problems. Two of the reports sound similar to mine (crashing related to marking mail as Junk, mostly). I’ve tried one (removing the LSMMap2 file), so now I’ll try the other (reset the Junk mail filters and re-train… thought I’d tried that already, but…). Still hoping. Maybe the new…
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Words come before looks, in…
Words come before looks in web design is a very short article from Gerry McGovern. When people come to your website, you have already got their attention. Bingo! Maybe it takes more, graphically, to get them there (still debatable), but once they are there, visually shouting is both an annoyance and a design hindrance. I…
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Making icons mean something
Ever had problems figuring out what level of ‘zoom’ you need at one of the online mapping sites? Victor Lombari did, and proposed a solution. I find it useful. I only wish someone at Yahoo Maps or Mapquest would emulate it, or improve upon it. Original link via Widgetopia.
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Happy Birthday, Samantha
Happy 25th birthday, Sam! See you soon.
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Great tips for HTML forms
Simon Willison article on SitePoint: Simple Tricks for More Usable Forms. Nice demo form linked to at bottom of essay.
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Just claimed my blog on…
Another badge for the bottom of the page, at least temporarily (Blogstreet.com).
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Turned comments off
Reasons: I don’t control the comments server, so I’ll lose them eventually. The comments server is occasionally slow, which slows the pages. Those reading this site usually know how to email me directly… or you can use the little envelope feature to do so. I like feedback, but prefer well-integrated public feedback or private feedback.…
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Happy Birthday, Laura & Isabel
Last night I told the boy that January 22 was your birthday, and that you were both turning 29. He asked “Is that old?” I said it depends. And he went back to drawing. Happy birthday to you both. Very happy we’re all connected, even cross-country. Blow out a candle or two (or more).