Month: November 2005

  • Today’s Piece of Science

    Collective synchronisation:

    Collective synchronisation occurs in nature when crickets start chirping in unison. In some parts of the world, fireflies blink on and off in perfect synchrony like a Christmas tree. The monthly cycles of women living together have also been known to synchronize.

    I worked at an office staffed mostly by women and there was a particular time each month that simply behooved having a ready supply of chocolate. When Sarah gets a little older the boys and I are going to have to have a monthly camping trip. But anyhow, the article is about bridges.

  • Programming Constants

    Two constants in the world of programming: "Two weeks" and "Close of business"

    From the client’s perspective both of these mean "I have a commitment and I will take great pleasure in demeaning you when you miss them. I will dangle your check above you and belittle you."
    From the programmer’s perspective it means "shutup. I’m trying to work."

    Of course I’m not being serious. When I say two weeks or cob I mean it.

  • Future headlines we might see in Denver’s paper.

    Funny things that we might see in Denver‘s future headlines:

    • "We had a great school system and then the parents started forgetting to bring their kids to school."
    • "Violent crime waaay down man"
    • "Horticulturally related enterprises up"
    • "Homeland Security Investigates Sudden Rise of Fertilizer Sales in Colorado"
    • "Denver population increases from 554636 to ‘most of the US’ overnight"
    • "Denver tax revenues increase exponentially for some unknown reason"
    • "Denver tires of the Mile ‘High’ City joke"
    • "In today’s irony: Denver paper shortage prompts legalization of large hemp crops"
    • "Jay Leno fails to deliver coherent monologue because he was laughing so hysterically"
    • "Willie Nelson and Jimmy Buffett jointly open The 420 Karoke Bar and tell Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Willis ‘[they] can have the planet. We’ve got Denver!’"
  • World Usability Day

    Today is World Usability Day

    World Usability Day was created to help everyone know more about the ways to help create a better user experience of our world.

    we have collected
    stories about "everyday usability" – examples of the simple ways that technology is Making It Easy in this world.

    If you have ever come across a product that was confusing or just did not work as expected, you can print a usability violation form and let the manufacturer, software developer, or other business know.

  • Frustrating to Tears

    Apparently <iframe><iframe></iframe></iframe> doesn’t work particularly when the iframes are named the same. Basically the source of the iframe was dynamically including itself.. Come on Homer! Say "Doh!"

    I am trying to implement an IFRAME but with some content the iframe is showing the scrollbar full as if there is no content below the fold. The iframe is defined as:

    <iframe src="<?php echo $contentfile; ?>"
        name="viewportname"
        width="<?php echo $_SESSION['userwidth']-2; ?>"
        height="<?php echo $_SESSION['userheight']-201; /* 131 */ ?>"
        align="top"
        marginwidth="0"
        marginheight="0"
        scrolling="auto">
        <h2>Content requires iframe compatible browser</h2>
    </iframe>

    For presentation purposes it sits in this structure:

    <html>
    ...
       <body>
          <div>
          </div>
          <div>
             ...iframe here...
          </div>
          <div>
          </div>
       </body>
    </html>

    Anyone see anything glaringly wrong?

  • Of Grasshoppers

    Student: I’m ruined.
    Master: What next?

  • Restroom Decor

    Women’s restrooms may get couches but men’s restrooms are more fun (safe for work).

  • Of Grasshoppers

    Student: I am so tired.
    Master: In the end you will rest.

  • And homelessly they camped near Gods house until m…

    And homelessly they camped near Gods house until man took it away

  • Obviously an old farm

    Obviously an old farm

  • Things found in the woods

    Things found in the woods

  • Molly wants a suburban

    Molly wants a suburban