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Entries from August 2004

I Give UP

August 27th, 2004 · Comments

I’m so sick of Internet Explorer! After lots and lots of work and tweaking, Nate and I had this site looking spiffy in all of my target browsers: IE6, Safari, Firefox/Mozilla. Basically, I made the decision to support only the currently-shipping browsers on the major platforms and damn the rest to viewing my [...]

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Tags: Geek

Like I Was Saying…

August 27th, 2004 · Comments

Like I was saying the other day:

In the old days when people studied traditional grammar, we could simply say, “The first person singular pronoun is “I” when it’s a subject and “me” when it’s an object,” but now few people know what that means. Let’s see if we can apply some common sense here. The [...]

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Tags: Grammar and Words

Browse Happy

August 25th, 2004 · Comments

I sure feel like I know the score now, because six nerdy white guys concur that you can use alternative browsers and still smile.
Personally, I switched to Mac OS X and use Safari and couldn’t be more pleased with my browsing experience. Unfortunately, my bank forces me to use IE. In fact, I [...]

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Tags: Geek

I’ve Been Remiss

August 18th, 2004 · Comments

I’ve been letting them build up a treasure trove of content before turning on the masses:
Armchair Media’s Blog
Add this to your daily read and you will undoubtedly be on the cutting edge of media, marketing and internet culture. Armchair Media is a high caliber design, content and digital media firm based in Atlanta, and [...]

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Tags: Weblogs

Steers

August 3rd, 2004 · Comments

For no other reason than to piss him off, I present for you a video clip of my friend Asheton (AKA Tone, Ashetonio Bandares, Ashetonium) getting bucked off of a mechanical bull:

Watch the action (392K 0:15)

Particularly charming is his little “dance of defeat.” I will not divulge my sources.

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Tags: Funny!

My Buddy Gareth Saxe

August 2nd, 2004 · Comments

I’ve always been in awe of those with the talent and drive to follow their dreams. When I was in college, several of my friends were pursuing academic courses in theater. One of my best friends, Gareth Saxe, along with a handful of others in the program, seemed to possess the skill, [...]

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Tags: New York