I’ve spent the last few days trying to get the elements of a Web site to align themselves properly. Even with Cascading Style Sheets, I’m running into trouble. I haven’t given up yet, but it’s frustrating when I don’t understand why one browser displays things in a certain way – let alone trying to figure …
Microsoft has now developed mice with wheel buttons that tilt left and right, so not only can you scroll up and down but you can also scroll horizontally (with the appropriate drivers, I’ll assume). This is sort of cool. I’ve often wondered what, if anything, could ever replace the mouse (and keyboard) as the logical …
I’m not quite ready to open a cold bottle of beer after work, when Michelle gets home. Tonight, it’s going to be one of the bottles of red wine left over from the party. I think I can manage that. Tomorrow, I’ll try returning to the more dangerous elixir…
I did my best to make sure that the two mini-kegs (“bubbas”) of beer (Sleeman and Holsten – not Blue…) that we’d bought for our Labour Day Eve party were finished by the end of the night. I was even more determined than I would have been had the bulk of the people who’d said …
First Karen Lee Batten in the earlier rounds, then Toya Alexis, and now Jenny Gear. It’s a clear sign that the Canadian public isn’t voting on (just) the basis of talent (either classic or, in the case of Jenny, original). I don’t think that Karen should have made it to the end, but she should …
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Okay. As promised here is my more detailed outline of what happened a few days ago. Although my memory of the details have faded a little bit, so has my shock – so it all evens out. I’m also leaving out all of the really technical details, and explaining things in a fashion that, hopefully, …
The short story: I deleted a file on my Linux server responsible for part of a Web site I’ve been working on working on and I tried to “unerase” it. 24 hours later, due to an almost unbelievable series of technical hurdles, it still wasn’t unerased and I’d thought I’d lost every file on my …
I have a problem. I’m reading too quickly. I’m now reading a book every 2-3 days – and I’m not even concentrating on doing this, just picking it up everytime I’m not doing anything else. (I don’t want any smart comments about how this must mean I don’t do anything.) This wouldn’t be a problem …
I think I’ve been doing a good job with my Web site designs. I make sure that my code validates, that it looks the same in Mozilla/Netscape, IE6, and IE5, and that it scales appropriately to fit different screen resolutions. Unfortunately, I had a nasty shock the other day when, in spite of having taken …
Although, in the case of the Ontario Post Office, taking your credit card with you doesn’t do you much good. Yesterday I went through the process of having them deliver some business flyers for me. I’d already went there before to get the instructions and the list of drops per residential area, so Michelle and …