February 2003

Frame Frustration

In general, I’ve avoided the use of frames in the last few years, and I usually recommend others do the same if possible. In fact, I haven’t worked on a frame-based site since we stopped updating Cocktail many years ago. They often require additional maintenance and file management. And… continued

link 26 Feb 2003 in CSS, Web 1

In the Year of Our Lord

Based on recent experience with an indexing robot, I discovered a critical architecture flaw in the way I set up my calendar for viewing Log Entries by Day. Due to a bit of laziness, as well as intrigue of the cool-factor in going to any possible date between 1000… continued

link 18 Feb 2003 in Site, Technology

Blogger Highs and Woes

Thanks to the recent news and hype of Google’s Pyra acquisition, it seems Blogger has been quite bogged down recently. Lots of transfer errors. Connection problems. Most likely due to every Blogger user trying to post about the story. Unfortunately, for the past few days, on each post attempt,… continued

link 17 Feb 2003 in Site, Technology

Lingering Evidence

It didn’t take long for the person (or group) behind the website I mentioned on Friday to pull down or move the site to another address. Perhaps they were too embarrassed, or never intended the site to be seen — at least by my eyes. Since the site appeared… continued

link 16 Feb 2003 in Personal, Site

We’ve Been Here Before

Not sure how long this will be up once I link to it. Not sure of the intentions. Not sure if it will ever be publicly linked or promoted. Not sure who’s responsible. Not sure if it just happens to be the work-in-progress of someone who learns by deconstructing… continued

link 14 Feb 2003 in Personal, Site

A New Edge

Been wanting another shiny new example of tableless design that pushes CSS and web standards to their limits and doesn’t look back? Not just another personal site or weblog, but a good-size content site from a well-known company? We get a big fix with the redesign of Netscape DevEdge…. continued

link 13 Feb 2003 in CSS, Web

2-4-6-8

The second informal gathering in San Francisco, similar to the first one we pulled together last December, is happening this week. Rather than rephrase what he’s already written, I’ll just crib Tantek Çelik’s explanation and place it here: Douglas Bowman [that’s me] and I [that’s Tantek] will be holding… continued

link 3 Feb 2003 in CSS, Events…