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LGF Archives: February 2001

Wednesday, February 28, 2001

Dancing Paul

Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 12:05:19 pm PST

got some extra time you want to toss in the dumpster? then check out dancing paul. good clean dancing fun. (via /usr/bin/girl.)

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Dear Friends, It is with this letter that we, the Fans Of Real Music (FORM), officially denounce and protest the selection of Steely Dan "Two Against Nature" as the Grammy Award's Record Of The Year. We, the loving fans of Eminem, Madonna, Brittany Spears, Coolio, N'sync, Christina Aguilara, The Backstreet Boys, Dr. ...

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new evidence of life on mars

Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 10:09:26 am PST

NASA scientists have found "chains of single magnetite crystals" in a chunk of Martian meteoric material found in Antarctica, that could only have been formed by Martian bacteria. or so they say; it's far from conclusive right now. this article contains the first photo i've seen.

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Blogs

Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 9:35:51 am PST

It looks like blogs have made it into the newspaper here in SF. Check out the article in todays edition.

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Tuesday, February 27, 2001

What's Holding Blacks Back?

Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 3:54:06 pm PST

the city journal has an article titled "What's Holding Blacks Back?" and the discussion on plastic is also interesting reading.

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layer blending

Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 12:29:04 pm PST

there's a good tutorial about photoshop 6's new layer blending features over at the adobe site. there's a new feature of the site that's even more interesting (to me) than the tutorial, though; a little "opinion rating" popup that floats over the content in the lower right corner. tricky stuff. ...

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the bush pardons

Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 10:41:06 am PST

salon has a very enlightening article about the pardons George Bush Sr. granted when he left office. where was the outrage when he pardoned a Cuban terrorist and a Pakistani heroin dealer?

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css workshop

Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 10:08:40 am PST

the atmosphere continues to leak over LA. but this just in, from the Looking On The Bright Side Dept.: when the rain finally stops, at least we'll get a few days of crystal clear air. speaking of clearing the air, it's amazing how much crud can accumulate in one's CSS file. ...

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Monday, February 26, 2001

PETA

Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 11:27:27 am PST

the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) produced this TV public service ad to urge people to get their cats neutered. it was never shown. it's absolutely hilarious. i almost sprayed all over the curtains. (requires RealPlayer.)

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speedier

Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 9:45:41 am PST

our host has informed us that upgrades have taken place, and the performance of our site should be greatly improved now. and in fact, it does seem wonderfully speedy at the moment, after being so frustratingly sluggish all last week. i like it when things improve.

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code bitch

Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 9:28:18 am PST

over at MacEdition, the code bitch has written an article supporting the WaSP Browser Upgrade campaign.

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another precipitous day

Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 8:55:36 am PST

another rainy monday. another day with no cycling. i know if i were a real man i'd be out there riding anyway, splashing icy, muddy water all over myself, and having my fingers and toes go numb from the cold. if i were a real man, i would then gladly ...

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Sunday, February 25, 2001

dog

Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 11:50:20 pm PST

Do you ever find yourself wondering what Mr. Winkle is? Take a break from All Your Base and divert your eyes here.

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the oldest shipwreck

Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 8:08:47 pm PST

A Maryland deep-sea salvage company has discovered the deepest ancient shipwreck ever found: a 2,300-year-old Greek trading vessel sunk nearly 2 miles under the Mediterranean. more...

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interview with the creators of php

Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 7:46:14 pm PST

man, i am such a geek! this has been up there on webmonkey for a while but i just discovered it. and i was riveted by this fascinating interview with the creators of PHP. could i possibly wave my geek flag any higher?

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mono crafts

Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 5:45:06 pm PST

very imaginative flash work at japan's mono crafts. what do we call this sort of thing? is it art? is it a game/diversion? is it 99% bad?

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Machu Picchu

Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 12:23:54 pm PST

the Chicago Tribune has a wonderful article today (with photos!) about the mysterious Incan mountaintop city, Machu Picchu. The Chicago Tribune is one of the few online newspapers that doesn't require registration to read stories.

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MRML

Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 9:16:40 am PST

sure, you can create nice web pages with HTML, XML, and XHTML. but how can you really give your visitors what they want? after reading this article, i'm a convert to MRML.

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Saturday, February 24, 2001

all your base redux

Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 4:14:08 pm PST

the all your base craze is officially over, now that it's finally showed up in wired news.

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this is true

Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 9:04:29 am PST

if you're amused by the strange things those kooky human beings do, git yerself on over to This is True and sign up for the mailing list. great stuff this week that i can't quote here because it's copyrighted, but i gotta sum up one story because it's so funny ...

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Friday, February 23, 2001

Art Images

Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:29:51 pm PST

One of the best places to view works of art on the web. A great place to go if you need to spruce up your desktop with new images!

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disturbing auctions

Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:21:30 pm PST

some people have very weird ideas about what other people will buy. (i especially liked the scary clown lava lamp.)

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iMacs

Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 8:50:47 pm PST

still more on the new iMac colors.

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WaSP standards campaign

Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 8:25:44 pm PST

very thoughtful and (i think) well-reasoned article supporting the WaSP Browser Upgrades Campaign over in WebReview. There is no excuse at this point for any of us working at the professional designer or developer level to not have at least a working understanding of how to write decent markup. The information ...

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iMacs

Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 8:16:02 pm PST

Speaking of the new iMacs, (and a lot of people are) here's your chance to vote on the new colors. It looks like these iMacs will not be very popular machines. I think the "Blue Dalmatian" color is OK, but what the hell is that Flower Power sh*t?!? And, while ...

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LPSG

Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 5:08:43 pm PST

here's a site i wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. (gee thanks, metafilter.)

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table borders bookmarklet

Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 4:51:46 pm PST

here's a very cool bookmarklet that turns on table borders in the current page, letting you see exactly how a site is laid out. to use it, drag

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Thursday, February 22, 2001

The Scourge of Arial

Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 5:17:53 pm PST

i'm glad to see i'm not the only one who thinks the arial font is hideous. graphic designer Mark Simonson has written an article about the red-headed stepchild of the font world titled The Scourge of Arial. (via splorp.)

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flee! it's mahir!

Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 4:24:05 pm PST

i first discovered the genius that is mahir several years ago. well, the irrepressible turk has been busy. horribly, psychotically busy. in fact, he's become a bona fide "internet phonemenon." (via metafilter.)

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new imac

Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 4:09:40 pm PST

i've heard that some people can actually have acid flashbacks many years after dropping LSD. that's one possible explanation for the design of the new iMac...

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the chomskybot

Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 3:19:08 pm PST

all hail the chomskybot! (via anders at thraxil.org.) "Let us continue to suppose that a case of semigrammaticalness of a different sort does not readily tolerate a general convention regarding the forms of the grammar. By combining adjunctions and certain deformations, a subset of English sentences interesting on quite independent grounds ...

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greymatter 1.21b

Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 12:08:38 pm PST

just finished installing the latest version of greymatter, which fixes a few pesky little bugs.

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darwin was right!

Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 11:18:48 am PST

i'm sure this won't convince the kansas school board, or any true dyed-in-the-wool creationist (since creationists are remarkably impervious to logic), but hey! what do you know? it looks like that kook Darwin was right after all!

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Wednesday, February 21, 2001

Grammys

Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 11:38:51 pm PST

Who would have believed that Steely Dan would win album of the year? Sometimes music can still be heard...

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Opera part one

Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 7:47:11 pm PST

oh man. the "technology preview" release (where do they get these appellations?) of opera for the mac is playing havoc with the font sizes in my stylesheet. fonts look really small, even though they're specified in pixels. what the dilly-o?

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mishmashmedia

Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 12:18:42 pm PST

have you been wondering what the creators of Hard Drinkin' Lincoln have been up to since Icebox folded? then click on over to mishmash media. Papu, their new animated series, opens up with a look behind the scenes at Licebox.com...

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big active

Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 11:32:23 am PST

i guess i'm looting links from k10k today, but Big Active has some of the coolest photography i've come across recently, with a nice unobtrusive-but-stylish interface.

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design links

Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 11:25:45 am PST

another one for broadband users -- :::v-links:::. a cornucopia of design-oriented links, with thumbnail pics. took a while to get this page even with my cable modem. (via k10k.)

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the standard

Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 10:38:57 am PST

here's a very interesting article about weblogs in general and blogger in particular, in The Standard.

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the w3c likes us

Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 7:47:22 am PST

groovy! this page is now fully validated as HTML 4.01 transitional. and so is our stylesheet. time to party like psychotic ferrets.

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Tuesday, February 20, 2001

netscape 4 must die

Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 8:20:29 pm PST

well. this page is now almost fully valid according to W3C standards. if you're viewing this with netscape 4, you may notice that the margins no longer look right. that's because netscape 4.x is evil, and must die. but seriously folks, that's because netscape 4.x gets confused by simple CSS margin ...

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interview with w

Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 4:30:00 pm PST

if you're a fan of w, don't go watch this flash animation. you'll be offended, guaranteed.

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goo

Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 2:56:50 pm PST

this is important news, and i don't know how i missed it a few days ago. a mysterious goo is appearing on beaches in Florida. scientists are baffled. clergy are baffled. frankly, i'm baffled too.

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opera

Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 12:09:19 pm PST

one way that opera is going to affect us: i've already been reading that its CSS support and standards compliancy is very good. but that it's also pretty unforgiving about deprecated and unsupported HTML tags and attributes. this is why, when you view our home page with opera, the content ...

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zombo.com

Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 11:52:51 am PST

here's a hilarious flash page: ZOMBO. in the same vein as skipintro. humor for web design geeks. (ok, i laughed.) (via iblog and captain cursor.)

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Opera

Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:44:57 am PST

Opera is finally releasing a preview version of it's browser for the Mac platform this coming Thursday, in conjunction with Macworld Tokyo. This article has the details. I anxiously wait to see how this will affect the way we code pages...

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DW OS 9.1

Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:26:57 am PST

Macromedia responds to an allegation about their problems with Mac OS 9.1 - Still no 9.1 bug fixes "After several hundred posts Macromedia was still claiming they couldn't reproduce the problems and blaming Apple." Please don't misquote me; it's neither useful nor fun. Bad GIF palettes: MacOS 9.1's QuickDraw now assumes ...

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Opera for Mac

Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 9:37:03 am PST

cool! mac users will soon have Opera to kick around. (via zeldman.)

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go roger go

Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 9:26:33 am PST

hey, look what just happened in Hermosa Beach. must be nice to have a brother who hands out "get out of jail free" cards. but still, the urge to fuck up is just so great...

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Neil Finn

Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 8:15:41 am PST

just discovered the web site of one of my favorite musicians, Neil Finn. neil has created some of the most thoughtful, interesting, and fun music in the now mostly barren rock genre. movingly poetic lyrics set against challenging and unusual music, his last album "Try Whistling This" was a true ...

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Monday, February 19, 2001

no. not more rain.

Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 7:17:27 pm PST

dog blog it! raining again! at this rate the solvang century ride is turning into a dim soggy hope for this year. i had more than 50 messages in my in box this morning, mostly from the webdesign-L mailing list, about the WaSP Browser Upgrades campaign. i read all of 'em. ...

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Sunday, February 18, 2001

Katie Miranda

Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 5:01:07 pm PST

the optic nerve is Katie Miranda's portfolio site, a showcase for her incredible art. this site is a real beauty.

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fresh and supaphat yo

Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 4:54:34 pm PST

new look for the weblog. got up this morning, raining again, can't cycle, so what else can i do but redesign the weblog? the title graphic is actually drawn from the true story of the little green football, the story that is alluded to elsewhere on this site. see, we got ...

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Street terms

Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 8:08:24 am PST

make sure to bring your trupence bag to the tea party, 'cause we're going to take a cruise and get a texas shoeshine. what the hell am i talking about? (via magnetbox.)

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Saturday, February 17, 2001

bingo the clowno

Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 2:55:35 pm PST

whew, that was intense. those wacky folks at memepool dig up the weirdest stuff. stuff like bingo the clown. warning. do not watch this movie if you are susceptible to nightmares involving clowns. (26 megabyte mpeg file. broadband connection highly recommended.)

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espritdomain

Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 1:41:54 pm PST

espritdomain has been around for a while (there's a page that urges visitors to upgrade to Netscape 2) but the photography is still very impressive.

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Friday, February 16, 2001

Mozilla

Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 11:32:17 pm PST

Oh Mozilla - why is it that this browser still can't do simple things like remember the new name if you rename a link in your Bookmarks? It offers you the option to rename your links, and will show the new name while you have the program open, but as ...

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ALL YOUR BASE

Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 10:04:23 pm PST

if you haven't had enough of it yet, here's a different view of the latest web craze known as ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.

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Conflict Diamonds

Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 8:53:22 pm PST

Do you think that diamonds are beautiful in all aspects? Do you know where your diamonds come from? Try to find out and stop the madness!

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Web Lust

Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 8:45:23 pm PST

Ah, the good old days - remember when a site like this was cool? Careful, you're showing your digital age!

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reporting from mozilla land

Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 8:16:48 pm PST

i'm posting this with mozilla. hasn't crashed yet. but how come every time the cursor changes to a spinning beachball i get worried? the rough edges are still showing on this curious beast. too many things to even mention; everywhere i look i see stuff that seems unfinished or strange. my ...

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jon haddock

Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 6:26:28 pm PST

care to dig some art? then go look at Jon Haddock's isometric screenshots. historic moments envisioned as screenshots from a 3D computer game.

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mozilla 0.8

Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 5:47:31 pm PST

Mozilla 0.8 is available. the constant updating of mozilla does give me hope that it may be able to compete with IE one day. i've downloaded it but haven't even run it yet; i'll post more when i've had a chance to check it out.

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the hand is quicker than the i

Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 5:33:49 pm PST

pick a card, any card. yes, it's a dumb trick. but if you haven't seen it before, i'll bet it fools you. if you're stumped (shame on you!), look at the comments page to find out how it's done.

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YOU VILL USE A COMPLIANT BROWSER!

Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 11:17:13 am PST

well, the cat's out of zeldman's bag. the big secret project was an initiative to, basically, force users to upgrade to standards-compliant browsers. or at least strongly encourage them. i'm doing a lot of thinking about this issue, and one of my main concerns right now is that the viewpoint ...

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Thursday, February 15, 2001

The unridden realm

Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 9:38:59 pm PST

Here's a feature about Cortes Bank, an ocean floor anomaly about 100 miles off the coast of California. These huge waves have never been ridden before. Check out these photos, videos and flash sequences for a truly amazing perspective on surfing.

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The first bug

Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 8:25:45 pm PST

Here's a picture of the world's first computer bug. the moth that started it all.

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All your base are belong to us

Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 8:00:32 pm PST

"All Your Base Are Belong To Us." what more can i possibly add to this eloquent description?

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that bastard zeldman

Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 5:21:03 pm PST

that bastard zeldman. he's got me hooked with all this talk of secret projects. i hate to admit it, but i can't wait to find out what he's talking about...

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the Telharmonium/Dynamophone

Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 10:33:09 am PST

In 1897 Thaddeus Cahill patented (pat no 580,035) what was to become the "Telharmonium" or "Dynamophone" which can be considered the first significant electronic musical instrument... (link discovered on memepool.)

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rootkits

Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 10:07:23 am PST

am i the last one to find out about rootkits -- nefarious little packages of software planted by hackers on web servers?

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weather.com

Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 9:54:57 am PST

ok, universe. maybe you do care a little. maybe not. we'll see what happens next time. but at least weather.com is working again.

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colder than whatever

Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 8:14:14 am PST

i cry out to an unlistening, uncaring universe: why is it 37 degrees in LA? and why, oh uncaring universe, has weather.com redesigned their site in such a way as to crash my mac?

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Wednesday, February 14, 2001

Dinner menu

Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 8:10:57 pm PST

dinner this evening will be broiled salmon seasoned with olive oil, garlic, and Spike (the world's best all-purpose seasoning), served with teriyaki rice and steamed spinach. i just made myself drool. oh yes, and a couple of bottles of Fat Weasel Ale to make it just nice.

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Windows XP

Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 11:28:50 am PST

The much ballyhooed new version of Windows, Windows XP was unveiled in Seattle yesterday. Is it just me, or does the interface look like a cross between Mac OSX and Netscape 6? This quote is from a ZD Net report on the event. At least one developer who viewed Tuesday's presentation ...

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Tuesday, February 13, 2001

Rushdie is still in deep shit

Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 7:08:15 pm PST

Salman Rushdie is still in deep shit. poor guy. he writes one book, and the whole muslim world wants to kill him. forever.

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riding less, coding more...

Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 6:34:24 pm PST

what with the rain, the php, the sql, and the myriad other technologies i'm trying to stay up-to-date with...i haven't ridden my bike in a week. for someone who, at one point, was doing 70+ miles every day for three straight months, this is a big change. kinda started when ...

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The hatt is yours

Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 10:11:46 am PST

i posted the link to this severely disturbed Flash animation in the old blogger journal, but it's worth posting again because i just discovered the english translation of the lyrics. it's even weirder than i thought.

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Monday, February 12, 2001

Lance Armstrong - Tour de France

Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:41:24 am PST

it's been around for a while, but i just discovered Nike's terrific Flash-based Lance Armstrong documentary. very nicely done by Blast Radius.

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The world is grey

Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:05:43 am PST

grey world. grey water falls from sludgy sky. i'm using greymatter to post this. this page background is grey. hey hey, make way for mr. grey. (i'm not really sure, but i think i may have just posted my first poem. on second thought, no, i didn't.)

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Sunday, February 11, 2001

Burma- Grace Under Pressure

Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 7:42:11 pm PST

ok; you may have already found this link. it's so good i'm sure it's proliferating across the net like mutant kudzu. but just in case you haven't seen it yet, here's another link to Geoffrey Hiller's "Burma - Grace Under Pressure", an absolutely stunning Flash documentary about modern Burma that ...

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Top 10 Reasons the Apple Dock Sucks

Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 2:25:19 pm PST

according to Jakob Nielsen's partner Bruce Tognazzini, the Apple Dock sucks. i wouldn't know. with my upgrade-a-noia (def: fear of upgrading, caused by repeated bad experiences after upgrading critical software), i'll probably be seeing it on my computer in about, oh, 2007 or so...

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iStockphoto.com

Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 1:22:43 pm PST

how can you not love iStockphoto.com? high resolution, professional quality stock photographs, for free. no royalties. all you have to do is register. the only catch is that they limit the number of photos you can download in one day. why aren't you a member yet?

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New browser?

Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 7:37:25 am PST

i'm surprised i haven't seen anyone trying to guess what zeldman's top-secret announcement is going to be. from the hints he's dropping, it sure sounds like a new standards-compliant browser. omniweb, perhaps? or could it be a browser as yet unglimpsed?

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Saturday, February 10, 2001

Lego porn

Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 9:58:25 pm PST

if you're an aficionado of lego porn, you may have been feeling lonely and isolated, adrift in a friendless sea. But you're not alone.

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Wise words and pictures

Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 10:00:02 am PST

Did someone say they wanted hundreds of design-related links?

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Brand New School

Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 9:52:03 am PST

More yummy Flash eye candy at Brand New School.

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Icebox in deep freeze

Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 8:09:03 am PST

Icebox has joined the dot bombs. They closed up shop on Friday; the web site is now nothing but a list of links to archived shows, and their contact address is a Yahoo email account. Too bad. I really enjoyed some of their shows, although lately the quality had slipped ...

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Here comes the rain again

Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 6:46:07 am PST

That storm that's been threatening to move in for the last couple of days is here this morning. It's pouring. No cycling today. Sob! Well, on a rainy day, the compleat geek studies PHP and browses the weblogs of other geeks. And reads The Onion, whose top story today is "Clinton ...

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Friday, February 09, 2001

Comments are enabled

Fri, Feb 9, 2001 at 7:31:45 pm PST

Whew. It took all day, but the comments are working now. I ran up against Greymatter's limits trying to do this; there are still some paths and URLs hard-coded into the Perl scripts. Greymatter assumes that you'll use its templates to build pages, instead of having a master page that ...

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Zeldman speaks about N6

Fri, Feb 9, 2001 at 2:36:49 pm PST

Zeldman weighs in with some comments about Netscape 6. And he's been dropping maddening hints about "something big" that will be announced next week.

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Seoleuna.com

Fri, Feb 9, 2001 at 2:08:17 pm PST

Right after I say most Flash sites are boring piles of steaming excrement, I find two in one day that impress the hell out of me. Go have a glance at Glance.

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NS 6.01

Fri, Feb 9, 2001 at 10:23:25 am PST

Here's what Netscape has to say about it's current release (6.01) What's New in Version 6.01 * Enhanced stability. Netscape 6.01 includes improvements that make installing and using it much more reliable than version 6.0. * Fixes for many of the most frequently reported problems in version 6.0. These fixes address, among other things, ...

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Ward7

Fri, Feb 9, 2001 at 7:46:00 am PST

You see so many Flash sites these days. 99% of them are just mildly interesting, spinning text and canned sound effects. After a while you get jaded, and start to believe Flash is nothing but a weenie-enabler. Then you run across a site like Ward7, and discover that sense of ...

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Greymatter rocks

Fri, Feb 9, 2001 at 7:10:43 am PST

What can I say? Greymatter rocks! This weblog system is extremely flexible, with tons of configurable settings; and if we need to customize something that isn't in the settings -- hey! we have the code! Which means we can totally control every aspect of the log, right down to making ...

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Thursday, February 08, 2001

Are users stupid?

Thu, Feb 8, 2001 at 5:51:13 pm PST

Jakob asks the politically incorrect question, "Are Users Stupid?"

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factory512

Thu, Feb 8, 2001 at 3:28:30 pm PST

And yet another graphics tour-de-force here.

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floodgear

Thu, Feb 8, 2001 at 3:16:29 pm PST

Here's a graphics extravaganza fo' yo' ass: floodgear.com. Exceptional artwork!

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blogger archives

Thu, Feb 8, 2001 at 1:49:39 pm PST

Instead of messing around trying to convert the old blogger files into greymatter format, I hit on a quick 'n easy solution. If you look over in that left column, in the archives section you'll see a new section titled "blogger archives." Guess what? Those are the old blogger-generated pages, ...

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#2

Thu, Feb 8, 2001 at 10:16:32 am PST

i've gotten greymatter set up and configured to work the same way as blogger. it is very nice to have the whole system self-contained on our server, and greymatter has many more options and features than blogger. i'm starting to consider ways of importing the blogger logs into greymatter...

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Wednesday, February 07, 2001

First entry in Greymatter

Wed, Feb 7, 2001 at 8:04:00 pm PST

Still looking for alternatives to blogger, I've discovered Greymatter, a self-contained weblog system written in Perl. This is my first entry in the Greymatter weblog.

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