I first tried moving to a CSS-based layout a couple of years ago to shed my use of multiply-nested tables used for positioning. While I was ripping everything apart, I added some fancier stuff. The site looked great in Firefox, Safari and even Opera. My enthusiasm was folded, spindled and mutilated when I previewed the […]
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In a mobius loop of ads, Gmail is offering RSS headlines in the spam folder: Spam burritos seem so … wrong.
Today was the first day of a three-day industry trade show. This one is much tamer than ones I’ve done in the past, but I’m still thankful that being an exhibitor is not a major component of my job responsibilities. Past trade show gigs basically played out like this: Arrive at [random city] the day
Tredecillion talked about a horror of my current role: filling out compliance and regulatory forms. Requests for these come up about once a week, when my salespeople or I are working with a enormous company, government department, or research facility. The Bureau of Self-justification (BS for short), which has ensconced itself in the purchasing loop
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I’m the self-appointed team captain for the Bike to Work Commuter Challenge (BtWCC). It’s an offshoot of Bike to Work Day, realizing that if people try biking more than once, they’re more likely to stick with it. During the company meeting, someone asked how we were doing. I pulled some quick numbers and sent out
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On the surface, Windows XP’s automatic updates seems to be a good idea: your system is regularly patched, the updates are downloaded during off-hours, installation is painless. A problem with this is the implementation of the nag-you-until-you-capitulate-and-reboot option. For example, consider the dialog above. After installing the (snicker) Windows Installer Update Patch, I’m asked to
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Yesterday started as one of those days that made me rue thoroughly backing myself into a corner by fielding a team for the Bike to Work Commuter Challenge. When I woke up it was raining. Again. My stomach was reeling from the ill-effects of Tuesday evening’s “Asian food” potluck. And on top of that, I
I was having a perfectly good bike ride home in the rain yesterday. While I was waiting for the left-turn light, the car behind me started revving his engine. Though my moron detector had been set off (it works a lot like Spider Sense), I ignored it until the light turned. When it did, I
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