Archive for November, 2004
Basketbrawl
Monday, November 22nd, 2004 | Sports | No Comments
I’m sure everybody’s seen it by now, the melee between the Indiana Pacers bench and Detriot fans. The 5′8″ detroit fan getting clocked by the 6′10″ Germaine O’Neal. If not, wait till my “Year In Review” flash movie comes out…I’ll have it in slo mo and looped to repeat 5-10 times.
I’m not defending any actions by the players, but some fans need to just chill and enjoy the game without getting physically or verbally abusive at visiting teams/players. Yeah, they’re supposed to be highly paid professionals and should be able to handle that sort of abuse, but in the heat of the moment sometimes anger and frustration can get the best of you, so don’t be surprised if your taunting escalates into something bigger.
Although, it’s always good to let cooler heads prevail, I say.
More social networking sites (Part Deux)
Friday, November 19th, 2004 | Tech News | 2 Comments
They’re all over the place.
I’ll Have A Caramel Macchiato
Thursday, November 11th, 2004 | What's New? | 2 Comments
Starbucks….deeelish.
[This entry is a test to accomodate Mike Lang, so that he may see the extent of Firefox's Live Bookmark feature in action.] See Mike? I told you, dude.
Vidiots Unite! (Call of Duty – United Offensive)
Wednesday, November 10th, 2004 | Gaming | No Comments
Alright, I admit it…I’m a vidiot! okay?!
It’s one of my guilty pleasures, but I’ve been gaming since the days of the Atari 2600 and the NES. So, naturally I’d progress through my adulthood still attached to some sort of video console, like a baby attached to its embilical chord. It’s been one of those pastimes I never gave up. There was no way of escaping video games back in the college days; where drinking 40’s while playing Street Fighter or Madden was the primer for a night of partying at the frat house or at the clubs.
Nowadays gaming has gotten very realistic, and some of the titles coming out have been so compelling that it’s hard to avoid playing at least once. Right now, I’m stuck on Call of Duty – United Offensive. I was never really a 1st person shooter type of gamer until I started playing this one. The graphics are nice and the action is intense. This is what I imagine war would have been like back in the days.
PEEK-A-BOO!
Of course, most of the time I play sniper, picking off players from a great distance, one by one and with a methodical precision. I’m the type of player that Rambo-like, spray and pray players hate, cause my game is completely opposite and most of the time they don’t know where I’m shooting from. But because of my vulnerability in close combat, I usually get the undignified death with the rifle butt upside the head.
"When I was a child, I walked like a child, I spoke like a child, I did childish things; but when I became a man, I put away my childish things — except my Call of Duty"
Arafat Dies at 75
Wednesday, November 10th, 2004 | What's New? | No Comments
I wonder what this means for the West Bank. Final peace? Increased hostilities? Or statas quo?
CSS Zen Garden: Serenity Now
Wednesday, November 10th, 2004 | CSS | No Comments
This has got to be like the greatest CSS site ever! Maybe. Possibly. If not, it’s waaaaay up there.
Its purpose is to demonstrate the power CSS has to successfully separate content from presentation. Using one and only one HTML file filled with content, designers have in effect wrapped their UI designs around it simply by modifying one external style sheet.
Check out some of the great designs they’ve come up with… www.csszengarden.com. I can only imagine some of these designs in my dreams, let alone create them.
If you want to check out even more designs associated with this project, check out www.mezzoblue.com.
Ignore Microsoft Internet Explorer compatibility and the fact that it isn’t fully CSS standards compliant, and life becomes so much easier.
Is Firefox 1.0 Better Than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer?
Tuesday, November 9th, 2004 | Tech News | No Comments
Firefox 1.0 production release is ready to go! Developed in Mountain View, with some help from Sun Microsystems, IBM and teams of engineers world-wide, Mozilla claims Firefox 1.0 to be faster and more secure than MSIE. That’s enough to get me curious.
See for yourself, and download it now at www.mozilla.org.
Conference Bike
Tuesday, November 9th, 2004 | What's New? | 1 Comment
I wonder how quickly I’ll be shot down if I propose this purchase for the company…
Dave Wannstedt Steps Down (Bad Feng Shui)
Monday, November 8th, 2004 | Sports | No Comments
1. Ricky Williams retires, goes to Asia and smokes a fat bowl.
2. David Boston tears knee (out for season).
3. Lamar Gordon goes on injured reserve (out for season).
4. Hurricane Ivan hits.
5. Hurricane Frances hits.
6. Hurricane Jeanne hits.
7. Fiedler, Feeley, Rosenfels all ineffective QB’s + no running game
In conclusion, Record = 1-8 and now jobless.
Ouch…somebody give the guy hug.
Full CSS Property Compatibility Chart
Monday, November 8th, 2004 | CSS | No Comments
Useful CSS site:
Middle of the Copyright Road (Creative Commons)
Monday, November 8th, 2004 | Tech News | No Comments
In the heat of the battle between copyright infringement versus fair use, WIRED magazine here in SF is introducing its Sample CD labeled “WIRED: Rip.Sample.Mash.Share.” along with the Creative Commons “Some Rights Reserved” mark. The CD has new tracks from artists such as the Beastie Boys, David Byrne from The Talking Heads, and many other talented artists. What’s so great about this CD is that all the artists have agreed to give up some rights to their songs so that they can be shared or sampled for use in other works, with the caveat that the work be used for non-commercial purposes only. So don’t be suprised if you hear some of these beats im my flash movies 
One benefit of this new project is to keep lawyers at bay, and to give creative artists some freedom to derive new work from other people’s creations.
Check out the November issue of WIRED to read about this in greater detail.
Here’s the WIRED CD track list for those interested…http://creativecommons.org/wired
Welcome and thanks for visiting Flashtut
Monday, November 8th, 2004 | CSS | 2 Comments
Thanks for visiting my site. I’ve had this domain name for several months now, but prior to developing it I had been parking it on Sedo.com. It’s a great temporary monetization service for domains that generate good traffic.
Anyways, I’ve decided to finally reserve some time in finally developing this site with content. So, stay tuned…