Internet Explorer and the CSS box model via 456 Berea Street: very thorough explanation of IE6 deficiencies w/r/t/ the CSS box model and how to work in and around those deficiencies/limitations/quirks (…let’s start by going strict) (tags: CSS IE essay webdev todo)
After last weekend’s (perceived?) success getting Ortho up and running here, I was feeling pretty good. Got it loaded into Subversion and was off and running. Until I got my first look at it in IE6 today. Yuck. Even after switching to a strict doctype it is almost totally and completely illegible. Working on that. […]
I think I know what I’m doing for lunch today.
Cross country road trip and I’m bringing up the rear. Everyone else has already arrived at our destination, a Baltimore-style row house on a Barre-style hill. It isn’t so much that I’m late but I’m the one that got stuck driving solo without a map and without any additional means to contact everyone (unless you […]
Bruce Sterling in Belgrade YouTube link: Bruce Sterling in Belgrade on the future of cities (tags: design future video architecture research)
Yes, this appeared in my Flickr stream a few days ago and I’m just now getting around to cross-posting it here. Short version: Clearly the green of this fake license plate is supposed to be reminiscent of Vermont. But the "COMPUTE FREE OR DIE" is clearly a bastardization of New Hampshire’s motto. So… Yeah. You […]
Mephisto “The best blogging system ever” (Ruby-on-Rails blogging/CMS app; no plans to switch F_D to it at this time…) (tags: blog Rails Ruby mephisto research)
If you’ve navigated here via the link off B^2: welcome! Yes, our library rules. In addition to their awesome set of tools, they also have free wi-fi. You can see a panoramic shot of its College Street-facing side here. Thanks for stopping by.
Whither The Hard Stuff? via Futurismic: Norman Spinrad on “hard” sci-fi (tags: fiction literature scifi essay todo) Bluetooth Proximity Detection on OS X The Technocrat (via TUAW) — an intriguing hack w/r/t/ your Mac and Bluetooth… (tags: Mac OSX security Bluetooth essay todo hack)
The folks “at work” have created an RFID-like device that’s about the size of a flea. It can be sprinkled anywhere on a person’s body to transmit GPS-type coordinates, temperature, pressure and speed, and a bouquet of other data. They’re all excited about it and explain that it’s best installed in someone’s shoe (better for […]