Archive for April, 2006
Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) image of a huge, handle-shaped prominence taken on Sept. 14,1999. Prominences are huge clouds of relatively cool dense plasma suspended in the Sun’s hot, thin corona. The hottest areas appear almost white, while the darker red areas indicate cooler temperatures.
After minimal consideration and a half-hearted attempt to fix the IE text colour bug, I’ve decided to ignore it. I’ve looked at this page in damn near every browser and they all display it the same way. Except for IE.
So, if you use IE, you’re gonna have a problem. Of course it’s your problem and not mine.
“I think it can now be safely said, in hindsight, that [tag]Microsoft[/tag]‘s entry into the [tag]browser[/tag] business and its subsequent linking of the browser into the [tag]Windows operating system[/tag] looks to be the worst decision and perhaps the biggest, most costly gaffe the company ever made. I call it the [tag]Great Microsoft Blunder[/tag]. ” —-John C. [tag]Dvorak[/tag]
Hell must have frozen over because Dvorak’s finally ranting about something which makes good sense.
[tag]Bugzilla[/tag] report for blog.sevenapril.ca v8.1
Summary: Text is not visable with outdated, POS [tag]Internet Explorer[/tag] browser
Description: Text colour is being inverted due to [tag]Microsoft[/tag] failing to conform to accepted [tag]W3C[/tag] standards.
Priority: Low, but I’ll have a look…
Submitted by: Biff Johansen
Comments: Mr. Johansen, thank you for taking the time to submit your bug report. The attached screenshots (in Microsoft [tag]Word[/tag] format no less) were quite compelling. I have however, adjusted your report to more accurately reflect the issue.
Try using a real browser. How about using [tag]Firefox[/tag] or [tag]Flock[/tag] or just about any other browser in the known world?
Sorry that you won’t be seeing this…
Time for another installment of [tag]My 5[/tag]; one of my least popular installments! This week, [tag]podcasts[/tag]. As always, these podcasts are not the best of the web, but they do put a smile on my face when I see them in my [tag]podcatcher[/tag].
With the formalities out of the way, let’s move on and get this over with…
[tag]Buzz Out Loud[/tag] – cNet’s podcast of indeterminate length. This one takes me to work everyday and has yet to disappoint me. A nice team and a good mix of daily tech news.
[tag]Formula Pod[/tag] – I don’t know of many F1 podacasts but Formula Pod has got to be the best. Cory and Brett cover [tag]F1[/tag] with coverage of the race weekends and semi-regular, mid-week news. They have great chemistry and a hilarious view of the circus which makes this a great listen for fans of Formula 1.
[tag]The MacCast[/tag] – I still like the MacCast though I admit the glow has come off a little. Adam is a bit of an Apple apologist which gets under my skin but it’s still the best for Apple tech news. It’d be nice if he were to grow a pair…
[tag]Norm Augustinus[/tag] – Norm’s podcasts are not for the parental units! I was listening to his latest on the way home from work and was biting my cheek so as not to laugh out loud as Norm told the storey of the ‘American punk’ tearing the headliner from his vintage Cadillac. He might not be for everyone but i like it.
[tag]The Web 2.0 Show[/tag] – A podcast about emerging technologies commonly referred to as “Web 2.0″. I could see this one getting old but I just found it and have been going through the archives. So far, so good. Interesting to hear them interview regular people who have used new tech to start a company.
Well, there you have it. I thank you if you are still reading at this point. Since I know that you’re not, I’ll close with a heartfelt bite me. Until next time…
