Design Tweaks

Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 @ 9:59 pm
Filed Under CSS
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CSS is a mystery. It's like the bad old days, when each browser--and each version of Netscape--had quirks you needed to accommodate so folks could actually read your website. I'm trying to find a way to build this site so it looks passable in at least the most common browsers. At least for me, that means doing things by trial and error, then testing in two versions of Opera, two versions of Netscape, two versions of IE, two versions of Firebird. Such fun. I thought we were past this.

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Veterans Day

Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 @ 10:52 pm
Filed Under Army Career, Basic Training, Joel, Picture Show
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Like most vets, I consider November 11 to be uniquely my holiday.  Blessings to all....

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Bugs: some testing notes

Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2003 @ 12:01 am
Filed Under Code, Computing
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Where I work, testing sometimes leads to debates about law and policy. Except for that little thing, Joe's got the story nailed down tight. Only it ain't tight at all. It's chaos.

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Lamo: Doing Research

Posted on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 @ 8:35 pm
Filed Under BB Research Notes, Readings
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What struck me about these comments is that Lamo's research methods are much like mine--a combination of intention and accident, knowledge and inspiration. He sees something, it reminds him of something else. He sees another thing, and looks for something related. Suddenly the pieces fall together....

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Move: completed

Posted on Monday, November 3, 2003 @ 11:40 pm
Filed Under Dabbler
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This certainly wasn't how I intended to spend the weekend. Stuff happened.

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