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On Craftsmen

Filed under: General,Technology,Web Design— arlen@ 1:42 pm

(Both Joshua Porter and Eric Meyer have been musing on this theme, and it struck a chord here, as well. This should not be construed as a rebuttal to either piece, just some musings their writings have spurred here.) In the beginning was the individual. If Og wanted something for his cave, he fashioned it […]

Bughunting Safari 3

Filed under: General,Web Design— arlen@ 1:19 am

Yes, Oliver there is a bug in Safari3. It’s a javascript issue, to be precise. And it’s annoying. I have a design relying on Inman Positioning. The javascript is supposed to execute at load time. Problem is, when it does execute, the CSS has not yet been applied to the columns, so it gets an […]

The Same, Only Moreso

Filed under: General,Technology,Web Design— arlen@ 9:06 am

Was at the Flex show last night over at WCTC. It was very apparent I’ve had my head inside Rails lately. Kevin Hoyt, the Adobe demo guy, did his database access schtick (writing just a few lines of code and — hey, presto! — a fuctioning CRUD db screen appears) and while the rest of […]

A Tragic Story

Filed under: General,Religion,Theology— arlen@ 1:29 pm

Joel Johnson writes a familiar but sad story. Malfeasance from a pastor drove him out of Christianity. He’s not alone; writer Sue Monk Kidd tells a tragically similar story. I’m absolutely certain the two are not alone in their experience. And they pose a conundrum, to believers and to those who have left because of […]

Animadversions on Targeting

Filed under: General,Web Design— arlen@ 7:53 pm

The current issue of A List Apart has an article by Aaron Gustafson, one of those brave articles that is sure to cause a storm of un- and mis-informed comment. It’s a real attempt to solve a problem, and one that shows more than a little bravery. Eric Meyer’s reply (published side-by-side in a point/not-quite-counterpoint […]

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