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Weblogging

Neighborhood news

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Like myself, Victor is moving. Unlike myself, Victor is moving with five kids. Five kids. Can you imagine the size of the moving van? Speaking of kids, time to send congratulations over to Gary Turner – he’s expecting his first baby in December. Congrats, Gary! Update Not that anything’s being announced or anything (*ahem*), but […]

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Standards Web

Issues of accessibility

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about Mark Pilgrim’s Thirty Days to a more Accessible Web. The series covers basic steps we can take to make sure our weblogs and web sites are accessible. His first tip is on DOCTYPES. I tested my weblog against the 508 […]

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Technology

A day in the life of a technical architect

Client: When can you tell me what you think of the software? Me: When do you need the evaluation? Client: Tomorrow. Me: Tomorrow? Client: Yes, we’re meeting with our clients tomorrow. -sigh- Me: Well, what’s the potential user load for the software Client: Half a million customers -pause- Me: At once? Client: Yes. What do […]

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Connecting

Wrap Up

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I found out this morning that one can still have ADSL without having phone service. My phone is disconnected but the ADSL is still active. Once the internet has you, it doesn’t want to let you go. This posting was previously titled The Untouchables. However, I removed the previous contents because […]

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Weblogging

Knock, knock! Who’s there?

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. My DSL connection is supposed to be down but was able to connect just now. Hmmm. I wonder if they’ll leave the connection on until the phone is disconnected? Oh well, gives me time to do a couple of additional posts before turning all of my attention to packing, packing, […]