July 2003
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Your 15 Minutes
Andy Warhol once said "every person will be world-famous for fifteen minutes". This phrase was truly prophetic. Some 20 years before The Real World, and 30 years before Survivor and Fear Factor, well before we ever heard of Darva Conger, Regis Philbin or Simon Cowell, this eccentric artist…
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More on Forms
As I was finishing up the initial release of the blog, I decided that I wanted to do something different with the "add a comment" function. While it was clear enough that you selected the "no" button to keep from saving your personal information, the information was removed…
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Too Much Information
Credit cards, checks and debit cards allow the tracking of our every movement. Many grocery stores have customer loyalty cards which exist more to track our purchases than offer us savings. Think about it – who would offer you discounts if they didn't get anything out of it?…
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Forms in XHTML 1.1
If you're looking for XHTML 1.1 compatibility, then only minor changes are needed to your default Movable Type templates. I had the most difficulty with the comments form on the individual entry archive….
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The Angler Fish
So the other night, my son asks me about this fish he saw in Finding Nemo. Normally I might not share such a tale, because it's probably only memorable to our family – but the answers found from this innocent question were pretty impressive indeed. You see, the…
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Advertising Overload
These days we see the selling of naming rights on sports venues, there are ads on the floors of supermarkets, athletes have fast food for their official restaurants, a computer geek can rent space on his chest, a film student can give away space on hers and people…
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Buttons without Images
I think the first time I noticed anything about making buttons out of CSS, it was at Chris Pirillo's blog. Unfortunately, I don't have the direct link, and I can't seem to find it anyplace. If you happen to have it, pass it along and I'll make sure…
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No Common Sense
Okay, folks, time for a pop quiz! You'd like to see a movie this weekend, but find out that all the theater is playing are PG-13 and R-rated movies. What do you do? What do you do? A. Skip the movie. You don't need to see such trash…
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A State Insect?
North Carolina has a state insect (it's the bumblebee). I'm all for state pride, but isn't there a point when we've gone too far? Apparently not, as we are soon to be adding a state wildflower to the mix (the Carolina lily). Not to be confused with the…
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Some BIG Numbers
Mentions of state budgets recently talk about deficits in the billions of dollars. Heard the other day on the radio that California alone is looking at a $38 billion shortfall. Airlines are losing billions of dollars a quarter. The US national debt is nearing $7 trillion. An article…