Author: Mark Draughn
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Buffy and Ripley
Buffy and Ripley Not the best picture I’ve ever taken, but I’ll bet my wife is going “Oooooh!” Read more
TSA Garage Sale
Ever wonder what happens to all those nail clippers they confiscate at the airport? Click here to find out. (Via Stupid Security.) Read more
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