Monthly Archives: October 2007

Holy Magnolia! RoboZen is a Real Robot

Some guy actually invented a robotic Zen garden called RoboZen. I don’t know the status of the project but I will try to find out, and perhaps help with his Java project. (Holy magnolia!)

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Phishing Emails Should be Easy to Report

I appreciate how easy it is to report PayPal and Ebay phishing emails : just forward them to spoof@paypal.com or spoof@ebay.com. I assumed that all financial companies would have the sense to set up no-brainer email addresses to handle phishing concerns. But alas, my forwards to spoof@chase.com and spoof@bankofamerica.com bounced. Get a clue!

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I’m Online? Looking at a Website? No Shit!

There’s no hope for the web, is there? Most sites are poorly made and look like oatmeal on a baby bib. Others are developed cleanly by someone whose code doesn’t suck only to face another hurdle: the idiot copywriter.
The fun at this jewelry outfit begins with the domain name: steveclarkweb.com. I admit, it’s hard to [...]

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New Office, New Domain

Verdage has snagged an office in Stockholm’s trendy “SoFo” area (I know, I know *rolls eyes*). It’s next to a Harley Davidson repair shop, so I have no doubt that our assets are safe and sound here. Come visit us at Bondegatan 17 and receive a FREE cup of coffee!
Ah yes, and at long last, [...]

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Angry CSS Tip: Don’t Name Your Classes After Attributes

Name your classes something sensible! If I see another CSS class named “blueText” I will scream. YOU CAN TELL IT’S BLUE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, STUPIDS.
CSS was invented to make attributes easy to change. Say you want a blue message on all your pages. You sensibly label it with a CSS class ‘message’ and [...]

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Seeking God’s Gift to the CSS Community

I’m looking for someone to chop PSD files into clean, W3C-compliant CSS layouts. If you have a keen aesthetic sense, replete with Macbook and box frame glasses, great. However, I already know many talented designers who are shit coders. I don’t care if you think black looks good with orange, or if you can’t [...]

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