Category Archives: General

Things that aren’t cool enough to get their own category.

Read-only select elements in HTML

In HTML 4, form elements can be defined as “readonly” so that the user can’t modify the value. However, you’ll notice that select controls (the drop-down lists) do not support the readonly attribute, just input and textarea controls. Can anyone … Continue reading

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Using Google Talk to chat with other networks

You don’t have to wait for Google to “federate” with AOL before you can enjoy talking to people on the over-popular AIM network (and ICQ, Y!, MSN, IRC, Gadu-gadu, ….). The day that jabber opened up server-to-server communication on the … Continue reading

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The Beast

I just loaded up digg.com to see what was goin on in the world… I saw this: Coincedence? I don’t know… just sayin’

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Groundhog Day

This is so weird…. Every day when I wake up, it’s always Groundhog Day. Every day is the same… Phil always sees his shadow. Will winter never end? How can I escape this repetitive existence?

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Happy Leap Second

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Gizmo's Jabber server

Gizmoproject now has instant messaging using jabber. You can log in to your gizmo account with the jabber client of your choice, and they have server-to-server enabled, so you can talk to the rest of the jabber world. So, I … Continue reading

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Bouncing Cow

I don’t know why, but this guy really makes me chuckle. He’s my screensaver… “Bouncing Cow.” He basically just bounces around my screen as if there’s a trampoline down there somewhere. Every once in a while he does a flip. … Continue reading

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Violin? or Fiddle?

I play the violin. I have for about 15 years now and play for a couple of area orchestras and weddings and such. Every once in a while, I’ll mention to someone that I am a violinist as part of … Continue reading

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One thing I am going to eventually do is to buy a nice camera and learn how to take good pictures. And then I see a picture like this. This guy is really awesome, but something about this picture is … Continue reading

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Another Gmaps Hack

Here’s another gmaps hack that I find very cool. Double click on waypoints, and it will calculate the length of your route… Now, I know that it is precisely 5.053571127021144 miles from my house to the office. Nicely done.

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