Author: DXO
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Fox for Vertical CSS Rollover Navigation (IE Adds Too Much Space)
ProblemUsing CSS for rollover navigation. Looks fine in Firefox, but has way too much space between characters on IE. FixGet rid of the hard returns between the <li>s. In other words, string all of the code in one line. Bad HTML, good user experience in IE. Screenshots PC IE 6 before the fix IE 6…
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Margene’s Blog
HBO always does a good job of putting extra content on their show websites. For Six Feet Under it was the obituaries of the intro-dead people. For Big Love it’s Margene’s Blog, a deeper look into her kind mind. Here’s a take: Until about three weeks ago, I thought Silicon Valley was where they made…
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The Twenty Percent of Us Who Need to Make Amends
It’s easy for people (like me) who have always disliked our current President to be gleeful at the current news that he has a a 31% approval rating. To me, though, it points out a gaping need for 20% of us to take action and make amends for a mistake made nearly 2 years ago.…
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Sublime 639-Year Performance and the Illusion of Maestroism
I love this recent story in the NYT: “John Cage’s Long Music Composition in Germany Changes a Note“, which explains the unfolding of a work by John Cage that challenges a dominant notion we have in art– that the maestro is paramount. We idolize the sole person corralling an orchestra, waving them into submission, standing…
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The Genius of Airplane!
Was watching Airplane! this afternoon while working on some stuff. Pure genius. Rumack: Mr. Striker, the passengers are getting worse. You must land soon. Ted Striker: Surely there must be something you can do. Rumack: I’m doing everything I can… and stop calling me Shirley. Dozens more quotes here.