Entries from November 2007 ↓

For the people, by the people. That’s what Web 2.0 is all about.

As much as Web 1.0 design was concerned with form aesthetics like color, shape, and layout, Web 2.0 is all about function: how the content is organized and delivered, how compatible it is across different browsers and devices, and how valid the code is according to established (yet constantly evolving) technical standards. To drop an overused buzzword, Web 2.0 is about synergy, where a Web site, while standing alone as its own thing, also functions as a cooperative participant in a larger system of other Web sites. Using technology like RSS, the pool of information on the Internet becomes more relevant, readily available, and useful. It’s what the Web was always meant to be in theory. =continued=

“Walking in the cold November rain.”
–Guns N’ Roses

After over a decade of planning, Andreas and I finally worked out the details with some friends and carved out a hang at the first annual Mammoth Film Festival a couple weeks ago. His brainchild. Looks like it’ll be a yearly tradition. Weekend before Thanksgiving, just before the Mammoth rush. A perfect time of year. Mark your calendar.

Funny world we live in these days. I consider Andreas one of my best bros, and yet I never would’ve recognized his voice on the phone. Our communication has been 100% electronic until now.

“So is her name Betty, or Betsy?”

“I think it’s Betsy. You know, short for Elizabeth.”

“Elizabeth? I’ve never met a Betsy that was short for Elizabeth.”

“All Betsys and Bettys are Elizabeths. Same with Beths. And Lizas. And, indirectly, perhaps even Lisas.” =continued=

Have you ever been stopped at a red light and you look over to the guy in the truck next to you who’s laughing hysterically to himself? And you wonder what in the world could be so funny as to cause him to laugh so hard with no visible influence?

That was me.

If I was a bird,
I wonder what I’d wish for
If I was human.

If half of us were a third as good as this guy’s old man, our world would a hundred times better.

If you’re returning to this site and it looks like it’s been hit by a medium-sized locomotive, you need to clear your browser’s cache. Here’s a handy list of how to do so, including step-by-step instructions for everything from Firefox and Internet Explorer to AOL and the iPhone.

Started dicking around with some widgets and CSS tonight, eventually sending myself on a tangent, building a whole new theme for jaced.com 2.0. Now I’m wrestling with some code, breaking a sweat, and shoehorning my own ideas into PHP files. It’s a real gas. Try it alone, with lots of beer.

Testes, one, two…three?

PS: If things look a little weird right now, you’re probably still using Internet Explorer 6 on Windows. Newsflash: INTERNET EXPLORER 6 IS DEAD. We don’t give a rat’s ass what things look like in IE6 anymore, so go get Firefox.

PPS: Still seeing blue? Clear your browser’s cache and refresh, refresh, refresh.

Just sat through this one via dooce. A battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and two crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa’s Kruger National Park while on safari. Business as usual. Awesome: