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although websense hasn't caught this yet, our slow network makes it un-viewable.

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 10:21 AM 0 Comments

Some things have changed since last I played.

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 7:34 AM 0 Comments

almost makes me with i was back east. via glassdog.

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 12:21 PM 0 Comments

When decided to kick down the extra $10 for this fan what I thought I was paying for was the thermostat control, which I have come to enjoy in a box fan that we have, but what I got was the most ass kicking volume of airflow from a household fan I've ever felt, and it's quite to boot.

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 3:30 PM 0 Comments

[T]he BitTorrent community needs to pull its collective head out of its socket and realize that real people want to accomplish real things with their little toy. And that can't happen until they stop playing with it, hose it off and put a pretty pink ribbon around its neck, so it's not so scary.

On my list of things to do once I get my office set up is install a bittorrent client. Sounds like it's gonna be lots of fun. Luckily I know people who know where there are good books on tape and such, so my learning curve won't be too bad. That said, why does open source software user experience have to suck so much? Are there no UE people willing to donate their time? Are there just so many fewer UE people out there that the community hasn't reached a critical mass where we work on projects together on the side? These are just brewing thoughts, maybe they'll distill, maybe they won't.

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 2:00 PM 0 Comments

Working on a required reading list for a new contractor starting soon here at work. Debating how much more context to give here. Let's just say it's really hard to find a front end developer who is technically qualified and available. In the end I chose the most articulate person that we interviewed, whom I see eye-to-eye with philosophically, but will require a little ramp up on the advanced JavaScript coding and CSS layout, which he was honest about, scoring big points for not just nodding his head and saying yes like a good little ______ (am i not a racist if i don't finish this statement, or is it the thought that counts against me?). In the end intelligence and willingness/ability to learn are the most important things to have in an employee, though damn do I miss having a mentor at work!

Required reading for Web Standards development:

• designing with web standards
• the first 3 chapters of Cascading Style Sheets 2.0 Programmer's Reference (with the rest as the best CSS reference out there)
• Separating behavior and structure
• Separating Behavior and Presentation

and getting more specific, at work we use these:

• Conditional comments
• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

and then of course there are some important resources:

• Explorer Exposed!
• JavaScript Lint
• and last but not least, QuirksMode.

What did I miss? Should the Meyer "On CSS" books be on there?

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 11:36 AM 3 Comments

i did something like this in college. didn't get nearly enough people to try it. don't remember what my variables were, didn't know so much about typography at the time.

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 8:30 AM 0 Comments

i did something like this in college. didn't get nearly enough people to try it. don't remember what my variables were, didn't know so much about typography at the time.

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 8:30 AM 0 Comments

best viewed at high resolution sitting well back from your monitor. CRAYONS! RAH!

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 8:13 AM 0 Comments

Alton Brown has a blog! via SimpleBits.

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 9:37 PM 0 Comments

a cross between that old game "tanks" and and Nightmare Before Christmas.

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 8:08 AM 0 Comments

I learned about this through Cybil's mom, who works as a project manager at FIDM. They are being sued for streaming media over their website. And it looks like they're just going to fork over the money. Fucking absurd. Does this mean they can just go after anyone who happens to stream a video, or music, on their website? Will they attack radio stations like KUSC that I listen to at work? What's next, attacking any site that uses Flash? Intellectual property law, intended to protect the rights of inventors, has been corrupted to the point where it's just another means for corrupt people to sick their lawyers on innocent bystanders.

Update: http://fightthepatent.com/

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 9:39 AM 0 Comments

I've been waiting for the next South Park movie, here we have it.

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 1:14 PM 0 Comments

How bad-ass is that new metal bat logo? And the new car kicks. Christian Bale has played in 3 of my all time favorite movies, Henry V, American Psycho and Equilibrium. The supporting cast are also phenominal serious actors, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Morgon Freeman, and the doppleganger Gary Oldman, who I never recognize because he never plays himself, he's always in the role. Kinda makes one wonder how they ended up stuck with Katie Holmes. Not to end on such a down note, check out the trailer (you'll have to un-block the popup). It's dark and clever, a nice departure from the crappy-campy direction the last couple installments took.

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 4:48 PM 0 Comments

this link's for josher (not jfred, but who knows, might be his thing too)

posted by Nils T. Devine  # 7:34 AM 0 Comments