• 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

  • Sally Goodrich

    Some people are amazing. Sally Goodrich, whose son died in the Sept. 11 attacks, kept a grip on her grief as she surveyed the foundations of the Afghan school being built with money she raised in the United States. … Goodrich, a native of Bennington, Vt., and an administrator for schools in nearby North Adams,… Read more