Archive for the ‘Meanwhile’ Category

Typhoon Morakot

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Alton Thompson has a post on Typhoon Morakot disaster relief information. I highly recommend anyone looking for information on how to help to check out this post. Typhoon Morakot has really hammered Taiwan and at least one entire village appears to have been completely submerged in mud. Apparently the response has ...

The Hazel Wood

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

I went out to the hazel wood, Because a fire was in my head, And cut and peeled a hazel wand, And hooked a berry to a thread; And when white moths were on the wing, And moth-like stars were flickering out, I dropped the berry in a stream And ...

Pot, Kettle, Black

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Check out this headline: China says it opposes threatening Iran with war Now check this out: China renews Taiwan threat of war Or this: China Threatens War Escalation Over Bush Handshake Or this: China Threatens War With Taiwan by 2008 Maybe if China backs off on saber-rattling Taiwan then we can talk about your Iran concerns... UPDATE: It ...

Creating a TextMate Drag Command for xml-stylesheet

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Applying CSS to an XML file is easy, well supported in modern browsers, and can be quite handy at times. For instance, slap some lipstick on that RSS feed. Sick of the tag soup of HTML-land? Make the switch to pure XML web pages with xml-stylesheet! And now a quick tip ...

8 Random Things

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

I've been hit with a meme. I usually ignore these. It's like getting hit with a tax bill. Or a subpoena. But for a couple of reasons I'm following up on this one. First of all, it came about because of very special circumstances that are close to me - ...