Pointer to a totally excellent JavaScript library for creating popups: overLIB. I’ve been using it the last few days to put together a dynamic drop-down menu for a Web project at work. And I’ve used it before to create popup context menus and tooltips. It’s simply one of the best JavaScript tools out there that… Continue reading overLIB
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David Brin
Ugh, it looks like I’m taking a blogging vacation. Time to try to get back on track. Tonight, since I’m reading one of his latest books, I thought I’d provide some links and commentary on David Brin, one of my favorite science fiction authors. The book I’m reading is Kiln People, and it’s really good… Continue reading David Brin
The Google Platform
I’ve already seen several links to this today (the first from UtterlyBoring), and it’s too interesting not to point to. The post in question posits this: Google is a platform. Not a “platform,” used in the same sense that Amazon and eBay are platforms (custom Web applications that allow some programmatic user interfaces), but an… Continue reading The Google Platform
Portland Spring Beer Fest
From /dev/beer I just read about the Spring Beer & Wine Fest going on in Portland this next weekend, April 9 and 10. Over a 100 different beers to sample. Sounds like fun, I haven’t been to a brew fest in ages. Too bad it’s short notice, though. Damn.
Imperfect end to an imperfect week
I couldn’t even get myself to post yesterday, I was just done. This last week was the shit week for computer troubles. After spending the first half of the week struggling over my wife’s computer, and Thursday reformatting and reinstalling Windows on a coworker’s computer, Friday was the kicker. The hard drive in the boss’s… Continue reading Imperfect end to an imperfect week
Bend.com RSS
Just in case anyone missed it (and unless you’re an avid reader of comments to my blog, you probably missed it 🙂 ), Bend.com now has an RSS feed. Gentlemen, start your aggregators!
April Fool’s… Not
No, I don’t really care for April Fool’s Day on the Web. I find it amusing for exactly 90 seconds when the occasional, well-done, online April Fool’s prank shows up, but when sites like Slashdot and others have every other item an April Fool’s joke, it gets really old really fast.
Governator No More
Sadly, it appears that The Governator Ale is to be no more. Lawyers for Schwarzenegger basically issued a cease-and-desist. I mean, really. Where’s the harm? Arnold should’ve snatched up a bottle and gotten into the fun: like saying, “Hasta la vista, baby” and then drinking it, or, “I’ll be back… for more Governator Ale!”
Some nights I just hate computers…
God damn the computers are pissing me off tonight. All evening our broadband cable connection has just been running slower than molasses, so it takes forever to accomplish anything online. And then I’m trying to get my wife’s computer fixed up, it’s been running really slow lately and locking up a lot. So I rolled… Continue reading Some nights I just hate computers…
Deadwood
Only two episodes in and I’m already liking HBO‘s new series, “Deadwood,” quite a lot. It’s quite a bit different from any other Western series I’ve seen on TV; they’re certainly pulling no punches.