Archive for October, 2001

I just installed the now final version of IE 6 and

Wednesday, October 31st, 2001

I just installed the now final version of IE 6 and I found out all text appears centered on this page in this browser. Shit. I wasn’t planning on redesigning anything.

Hmm, the IE6 tweaking is still giving me trouble.

Wednesday, October 31st, 2001

Hmm, the IE6 tweaking is still giving me trouble. Some styles seem to propagate much further than in previous browser versions. Which means I have have to describe every subtle break from the overall style for every element on a page, for all pages on my site. The style for my scrollbars disappeared too btw, I solved this by assigning the scrollbar style to the html not the body tag. Thx to Evolt for that.

Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday that

Monday, October 29th, 2001

Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday that the hour new anti-terrorism legislation becomes law he will direct all U.S. prosecutors and FBI offices to immediately use their expanded powers to wiretap phones, monitor Internet traffic and apprehend suspects.
Ashcroft to speed Net search for terrorists
Ok, that would make me feel real safe if I was a republican christian with an American passport. Too bad I’m none of those.

America land of the free?

Sunday, October 28th, 2001

America land of the free?

Oh yeah, I went to the Crossing Border festival to

Sunday, October 28th, 2001

Oh yeah, I went to the Crossing Border festival today (night) and had a hell of a good time. tip: go see the movie how’s your news if you have the chance. And buy books from McSweeney’s while your at it.

Zork! online and with save games. wheee.

Sunday, October 28th, 2001

Zork! online and with save games. wheee.

The newest B3TA masterpiece:Stephen Hawking & Dr.

Saturday, October 27th, 2001

The newest B3TA masterpiece:
Stephen Hawking & Dr. Who’s Stavros: A love story

This is the best online game I’ve seen in quite a

Friday, October 26th, 2001

This is the best online game I’ve seen in quite a while, shoot your penguin into the space ship making clever use of the planets gravitational forces. Don’t get too excited though cause the high scores are down for maintenance [via alt0169]

What to do if business is not as usual? NetlinQ Fr

Wednesday, October 24th, 2001

What to do if business is not as usual? NetlinQ Framfab colleague Marloes has decided to spend some time on a real cool redesign of her personal site.

I templated the search results page which now look

Wednesday, October 24th, 2001

I templated the search results page which now looks like any old page on this site. Test it by typing your search in the search box on the left. All thanks to the truly powerful, and free! Atomz search engine.