Archive for June, 2003
Misererail redux
I’ve updated Miserere and Rail a bit. Miserere’s sped-up sound should now sync with the Latin text, and both pieces now have preload counters: a simple implementation of FlashMX’s getBytesLoaded() and getBytesTotal() functions.
Mobrownpau
I’ve been watching Moblogging.org for possible mobile solutions for my blog, since the Bloggerbot has been down for months now. My prepaid service with T-Mobile doesn’t seem to be able to handle SMS-to-email, so my only available data options are straight SMS, or AIM, neither of which present any immediately apparent solutions. Until such time [...]
Old-school blogging in miniature
Various webloggers have lately been making use of sidebar blogs as an alternative venue to peripherally collect links without interrupting the thematic flow of the main weblog. The links-only format harkens back to the original structure of the blog as web content filter, only in miniature format. Along those lines, I accepted an invitation from [...]
Quoniam nunc?
Latin phrases for all occasions. Quoniam nunc, vacca bruna?
Pastel Squares
Welcome to Layout 01. I admit I was strongly influenced by Clarissa’s design, combined with some of the boxy old look and feel. The new sidebar navigator (code adapted from the Z-Man’s vertical navbar) presents a more usable navigational scheme than the old horizontal “one-word sentences.”
Making Everything New
Some of the changes implemented: New Code: I’ve rewritten the code for the weblog and the common template from scratch, using more object-oriented code and consolidating functions and content into fewer files. Hopefully this should make for a faster and easier-to-update website. Rehashed Layouts: I had originally intended to just add minor revisions to the [...]
So long, IE/Mac
Looks like that’s it for IE/Mac. I can’t say I’m sad to see it go; while the compliance cabal once considered it the browser of choice in a standards-parched world, recent years have seen far more worthy contenders to the throne. Update: Tantek, Jimmy Grewal, and Craig Saila say goodbye. And Zeldman, of course. Update: [...]
Comments and Trackbacks and Thumbnails, oh my!
For later reference: Kalsey’s Simplecomments Generating Thumbnails with Image::GD PHP Thumbnails.
BuSHT
Presidents on Segways. President falling off Segway.
Storms and Froth
Nasty thunderstorms in the area affected the MARC, causing systemwide track signal outages on both Camden and Penn lines, along with fallen trees and at least one freight derailment. All that added up to a 3 hour commute home from Washington today, on a Camden Line train which limped along the darkened rails at scarcely [...]