Archive for December, 2005

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Civilization IV

Wow

I’d forgotten how good it was. Having much fun as the English attempting to rule the world.

Just. one. more. turn….

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Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

The beginning of the end for google….

Well, after my last post, here is something completely different.

Google has purchased 5% of AOL for $1 Billion dollars…. allowing AOL to sell graphical ads into Google’s network.

So, that will be the end of Google. Sell your shares now!

If the cyclic nature of the net holds true, someone else will [...]

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Saturday, December 17th, 2005

GA = 7w 5d

Even though the calendar said 11 weeks, the gestational age measured only 7 weeks and 5 days.

So the baby we thought we were having on July 7 2006 won’t be coming after all, instead he or she arrived yesterday in a manner we never expected and did not want to consider.

Belinda is okay, the pains [...]

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Thursday, December 15th, 2005

The most depressing song in the world

The most depressing song in the universe has to be Janis Ian’s ‘At 17’. It should contain a medical warning, it’s bad enough sober, but after a few drinks it could be lethal, particularly if you have access to a firearm.

What’s remarkable about it, besides the subdued, don’t wake the neighbors or they will hate [...]

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Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

American Express - we laugh in the face of brower compatibility

On the subject of standards compliance, I logged on to American Express’s new online account service with Firefox and was stunned to find it barely worked!  Under Firefox it demonstrates some extremely odd layout issues such as drop boxes with ill fitting text and portions of the text obscured by colored boxes.

Its hard to believe that [...]

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Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

Valid schmalid - XHTML/CSS2 compliance

What is the only thing you can do with a computer that is more painful and less rewarding than a trip to the dentist – I suggest that its making your web pages pass CSS2/XHTML validation.  Or to requote the old stand by:

“Making my CSS/HTML pass W3 validation is like wetting your pants in a dark [...]

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Thursday, December 8th, 2005

Oh, the synergies are obvious…

Radiators and baby goods…. I mean, the synergies are obvious, its a brilliant idea.

???

Nordic baby goods and radiators

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Thursday, December 8th, 2005

Why do I play games?

Well, another 2 hours of my life killed thanks to Empire Earth II.

The house isn’t any cleaner, no more work has been done, no money earned, no dog’s played with, no bonding with the wife.

It didn’t even play fair in the game (I started with 2100AD tech, the other computer players started in 1400AD.)

So why [...]

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Friday, December 2nd, 2005

I can’t help it.

I still have a soft spot for Jennifer Love Hewitt

sob

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