BurningbirdIt seems that the bookshelves are inundated with books about building successful systems. “Build a successful business in 2 weeks or less”, or “How to go on the Web in 30 days”. To me, the real key to building successful systems, Web-based or not, is to understand the underlying causes of what makes a system […]
Copy found at Wayback Machine Archive. I upgraded my original cross-browser DHTML objects into the new X-Objects — with support for Mozilla and Navigator 6.0. To try out the new objects, I migrated 4 DHTML demos into using the new objects. These demos demonstrate different aspects of using Adobe PhotoShop’s photo filters and editors. I’ll […]
My “Parable of the Languages” has just been slashdotted. “Mean Dean” from Heal Your Church Web Site weblog was kind enough to submit me, and the floods just started. I’m taking odds when my server goes down… Update: The folks at Interland are keeping an eye on the server — luckily they know Slashdot. I am getting massively […]
Archived at Wayback Machine, including original comments If programming languages could speak, really speak, not just crunch bytes and stream bits, they would have much to say that is both wise and profound. After all, the original programmers were philosophers, and programming languages were philosopher tools… In Babble Meadow, in the twilight hours between day […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. It would seem that Google has changed its algorithms and webloggers no longer dominate. I checked my own name, Shelley, and found I’m an ignominious second pager now. Still, we webloggers are facing this algorithmic demotion in stride, with humor, and wit. However, the only way to know Google’s algorithmic change’s true effect, is […]