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Matt made an interesting post about changing your USER_AGENT strings to include a nickname so you can leave behind a virtual calling card when you visit sites. Very cool.

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There seems to be only two things that anyone’s interested when it comes to the Academy Awards; who won, and what are they wearing?
And I think the only reason the fashion aspect is a part of it now is because awards shows themselves are so crap-ass boring.

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I’ve been noticing the emergence of what I hope isn’t the start of a new trend in the blogging world. People removing commenting from their sites. Alison, Ernie, and Derek have all removed the feature from their weblogs. They all have their reasons, and I’m not about to second guess them, or say that they [...]

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A nice couple of articles at ALA this week. One dealing with tweaking Dreamweaver for better XHTML compliance. The second, dealing with Web Accessibility, touches on what toolmakers like Macromedia, Adobe, and Microsoft are doing to make the designer/developer’s job easier.
Which brings me to yesterday.
I’d decided to go to the Web Accessibility Seminar offered by [...]

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“If you find yourself struggling with loneliness, you’re not alone. And yet you are alone. So very alone.”
“It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.”
They have just the kind of reminders I needed.

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I’m having a difficult time in controlling the typical male response of rating the rack of lovely images. I keep telling myself, “It’s just a portal. It’s just a portal.” But damn if kitty’s portals aren’t a 10+

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Red Towels.
Blood.Red.Towels
“We’re not getting red fucking bathroom towels”, she said.
“Why not?”, I asked.
“Because it’s ridiculous. Nobody has red towels.”
“Well someone must. They make them don’t they?” I was pressing the issue now.
“I don’t care. It’s fucking stupid, and I don’t want red towels in my bathroom.”
“What about for me? Get one set of red fucking [...]

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britneyunderground looks at some good old-fashioned NY-style vandalism, while trying to approach it from the perspective of public commentary on Britney’s oversexed popstar image.
While the comments in the forum can be an interesting read, I recommend avoiding that area unless you’re prepared for lots of cookies, pop-up ads, and some spy-ware installs. I found the [...]

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Currently making the rounds is the Ultimate Flash Face. If you haven’t seen it, and you have some time to play, I recommend it for the fun factor. Remember, you can save your faces in the database.

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I found the page in the previous link (in case you were wondering) by looking for these reenactments of masterpiece paintings using people. There’s a video overview and a couple of pictures once you make your way inside. The site uses frames (needlessly so, in my opinion), otherwise I’d have linked a bit deeper than [...]

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