Coffee on the Keyboard

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IMG_5860, originally uploaded by urbaneexistence.

I borrowed a nice Canon Rebel XTi and brought it with me to the final performance of a friend’s directing class’ projects. Hanging out with the actors before everything started, I got some good shots.

When “normal” people see a camera, you suddenly turn into one of the Untouchables. The actors, on the other hand, started doing things just hoping I’d get a good picture out of it, like this one.

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Skinning(/Leatherworking)

I’m (finally) working on the new theme. It’s obviously a work-in-progress, so just appreciate the effort for now.

I’m starting with the default WordPress theme by Michael Heilemann. I’m not going to lie: I really dislike this particular theme. Read the rest of this article »

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Winnie Cooper Answers Your Math Questions

Remember Winnie Cooper? From the Wonder Years? Yes you do.

This may be old news to you, but the actress, Danica McKellar, has a BS in Math (just like me!). What’s weirder is that she answers math questions on her site. (You have to click on “Mathematics” on the left. It’s in a frame, boo.)

That is awesome beyond words.

So far she’s done a good deal of high school calculus and algebra, some physics, and proved that sqrt(5) is irrational.

She also wrote a book, Math Doesn’t Suck, which may be heavily influenced by Cosmo. I don’t know, I haven’t read it.

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Microsoft Listened

We all complained, and Microsoft listened to the community: IE8 will now render in IE8-mode by default, and “developers who want their pages shown using IE8’s “IE7 Standards mode” will need to request that explicitly.”

Obviously, this is good news for all forward-looking, standards-aware, progressively-enhancing developers out there.

But even more important is the action from Microsoft: the community voiced an opinion and Microsoft listened and responded. To see any major corporation rethink their position because of community pressure is rare enough, but to see a complete reversal is truly an occasion to celebrate.

Hopefully this is indicative of a new attitude at Microsoft, one that supports or even embraces standards and the goals of progressive enhancement.

Now that we’ve seen what community outrage can do, we should turn our attention to the closed platforms of the iPhone and PSP. It’s a long shot but we can try!

Tags: 8, ie, microsoft, version targeting
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