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Living Can Kill You From 2002
Posted on May
“Living Can Kill You” first appeared as a chapbook poems in 1994, before being the name used to describe a regular blog starting in June of 2000.
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Netscape 4 is five
My most favourite browser in the whole world is hitting its fifth birthday on June 11 as rediscovered thanks to Matt Haughey and as detailed in a Netscape press release from the time. That’s like 35 Internet years. -
Impressive online journalism
The big bugbear of this site is the current state of online journalism. Lest I give the impression all is lost, I thought I’d point you to some excellent examples. -
Showing your attribtues
New at saila.com and evolt.org: “Show your attributes!” The mini-tutorial explains how to use the DOM to access attributes, like title, and display them on a page -
Browser updates; bombs
Some browser updates for you: -
online journalism as photojournalism
Poynter’s online-news list has been debating the future of online-news industry for a while. But it was a recent posting by Clyde Bentley of the Missouri School of Journalism that crystallized an internal debate I’ve been having for a while. -
Netscape 7 coming
Well, looks like Netscape 6 will have one of the shortest shelf lives of any recent browser (Netscape 4.x, released in 1997, is still kicking): version 7 is now in pre-release. This appears to be based on Mozilla 1.0 RC2. -
Google talks
Though nearly impossible to get through right now, this is quite cool: Google is in the early stages of testing a voice-based search system. After phoning up the number, and speaking a search query, the results reportedly appear a Web browser after you click the relevant link. Laying aside the model’s apparent paradox, it could lead to some interesting applications (such as a cellphone-based search service). -
Mozilla-powered AOL
As long rumoured, AOL is making big moves toward ditching Internet Explorer in favour of its own Netscape browser. The latest Macintosh version of the software will be, according to Reuters, using Netscape-developed technology, i.e., the Gecko layout engine. -
Episode II; changes
So last night, I saw one of the first public screenings of Star Wars: Episode II after avoiding almost all the hype and comments about it. Although I do want to share some quick impressions about it, I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, so most people will be able to reveal my comments if they want. -
Speaking the unspoken
Here’s a new way to put words in your mouth: MIT has developed software that creates video of people saying words they have never spoken. While good for computer animation, it could become a powerful tool for propoganda, as the The Boston Globe briefly mentions in it’s overview of the technology. -
Blogging as journalism
A while back, I sketched out what was to be a piece for the Web Journalism section on “blogging as journalism.” -
Tables, djc leaves
When the Ontario Science Centre needed a new homepage fast, I, ironically, found myself resorting to a table-based layout. -
Conditional comments and Greenspon
Some conscientious readers alerted me to the fact IE 5 and 5.5 weren’t displaying the homepage properly. I’ve got a temporary fix in place, but it seems to stem from the same situation that was plaguing me with Opera: object support being reported as true despite the fact there its incomplete. IE 6 displayed the page fine. -
Netscape 4 layouts, Dreamweaver, and ethics
Updated the list of Netscape 4.x CSS templates with a bunch from the CSS Colouring Book. -
Fixing the site
Some observations about fixing the site after it’s redesign… -
Strike’s done
After 54 days, its over. Fifty-four days. This has not been something I would like to repeat anytime soon.
