Year: 2005
Virginia, Spelled V-A-L-K-E-N-V-A-N-I-A
Ken Lammers demonstrates once again why I’m glad I’m a computer programmer, not a defense lawyer. I spent much of yesterday and today writing code. It was tricky, it used unfamiliar technology, and it involved a lot of thrashing around in frustration. But two days later I’m done and it works. Mission accomplished. Lammers, meanwhile,… Read more
Bad Movable Type!
Let’s take a look at a picture of Ripley: Ripley The HTML for that looks like this: <div class=”wpmt-photo-left”> <a href=”/wordpress/wp-content/legacy-mt/archives/2005/photos/20050401-IntroducingRipley.jpg” title=”Ripley”><img alt=”Ripley” src=”/wordpress/wp-content/legacy-mt/archives/2005/photos/20050401-IntroducingRipley-thumb.jpg” width=”400″ height=”300″ /> </a> <p>Ripley</p> </div> (I’ve simplified the HTML in these examples slightly for readability, so they may not work as shown.) That’s kind of messy, especially when I have… Read more
Buffy Napping
A return to catblogging. (Testing.) Buffy Naps Next to the Computer Read more
“You will be surprised to learn that there is a revenue angle.”
Heh. Jim Leitzel writes about Indian casinos and bingo machines. Read more
Deposit and Return
In the hope of encouraging more recycling, Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn is pushing a 5-cent deposit for beverage containers. Unclaimed deposits would be used for environmental programs. I think this is a terrific idea. It will save me a lot of work because I can now just toss this stuff out the car window… Read more