The Invisible Library catalogs books that do not exist except in other books (think Dune's Orange Catholic Bible). … [Read more...] about Books that never were
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Bleh.
Everyone else in town has the rest of the week off for spring break, and I'm giving a presentation in an all-day meeting. What's wrong with this picture? I did some interesting things with a photoblog at work yesterday – details to be posted after my meeting. … [Read more...] about Bleh.
PerversionTracker
PerversionTracker keeps track of really bad software. Switch is a simple application to download and view Apple Switch ads. Which, in my opinion, makes it as useless as a yodeling ferret on a boogie board in the Serengeti. (via Forwarding Address: OS X) … [Read more...] about PerversionTracker
Using the NeXT shelf in OS X
This may not be news to anyone but me and the person who was asking me about it, but Google turned up nothing on it for me a couple of weeks ago. A co-worker was asking me about Jaguar, and whether the shelf worked the same way it did in NeXT. I scratched my head and confessed I … [Read more...] about Using the NeXT shelf in OS X
On the Road
Camino is out! I deeply resent whoever made them change the name from Chimera, although no doubt fewer people have trouble pronouncing the new name. At any rate, Camino 0.7 is much snappier than 0.6 (which makes it pretty damn snappy indeed) and includes the bookmark export … [Read more...] about On the Road
CSS Primer
I found this in my files at work today. I don't know when or why I wrote it, but it might be of use to someone…. CSS is a badly named, very powerful tool for controlling the look of your site. CSS is good for making site-wide style definitions. You can replace a common … [Read more...] about CSS Primer
Semantic Decoration
Doug Bowman (of Wired News) has written a lovely article on how to use the background-image property to display text as images with full accessibility. (In other words, how to put your text in images without feeling guilty.) Great stuff. … [Read more...] about Semantic Decoration
Noooooooooooo!
Ebay is shutting down Half.com. Dammit! I, for one, have hated every change that Ebay has made to the original Half.com selling scheme, and I'll probably just stop using it when they switch. I loathe the Ebay interface. … [Read more...] about Noooooooooooo!
Happy Blog Fun
Sidebars in category pages working at last. Yay! Next I'll be making these pages look a little less like the default MT styles. … [Read more...] about Happy Blog Fun
Advice to Couples Who Are Considering Moving In Together
Twice the crap. Half the closet space. Do the math. … [Read more...] about Advice to Couples Who Are Considering Moving In Together
