August 2001
for people who make websites: Evolving Client Content
Posted by on Thursday, August 30, 2001 - 8 comments
There's a great new article on A List Apart (for people who make websites) this week called Evolving Client Content - Content management systems (CMS) are only as good as the content they manage. The article is insightful and points to a wise and most likely a physically attractive author. • It …
quality spam
Posted by on Tuesday, August 28, 2001 - 8 comments
Everybody's favorite dictionary site has an amazing mailing list that is totally worth your 30 seconds every morning. In my quest to speak better English I have found Dictionary.com's Word of the Day to be very informative. • I read them every day Argus-eyed, and so should you, it's quite a …
one year of aov
Posted by on Saturday, August 25, 2001 in - 14 comments
In the wee hours of August 25, 2000, one year ago, Matt christened the newly formed actsofvolition.com with the inevitable inaugural post. Matt put it well: • “ • I realize the excitement of having ones own website is not one which extends very far beyond the proprietors of the website, but if …
google answers
Posted by on Friday, August 24, 2001 - 9 comments
Google offered a temporary service this week where for $3 they would research and answer a question for you. My co-worker Nick, being an early adopter and devout disciple of Google, was keen to try it out (it was he who first discovered that Google is indeed god). • Armed with a fine question …
sloan - pretty together
Posted by on Sunday, August 19, 2001 - 16 comments
Sloan's new album, Pretty Together will be released on October 9th. In the meantime enjoy the first single, If It Feels Good Do It (RealAudio). • From the URL of the new single (http://vikrecordings.com/sloan/) it looks as if Sloan is on a new record label.
Pimping, Yo.
Posted by on Friday, August 17, 2001 - 10 comments
Rough Riders and Other Canadian Icons on Forget. Because y'all need some education. • You should also be reading Alejandro Bustos' war on drugs series and Kent Bruyneel's Half-Arrow Straight. • New content at Fireland too.
reinvented.net reinvented
Posted by on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 10 comments
A fine redesign has gone down at Peter Rukavina's Reinvented.net. • The site is always a good read, but chilli-in-a-bread-bowl lovers will be particularly pleased with the recent rash of fine Tim Horton's coverage.
bring back the classic cut!
Posted by on Monday, August 13, 2001 - 28 comments
A fine young man handed this link off to me. I'm glad to see that other people agree that Subway's new way of cutting subs sucks. • Put your name on the line for something that matters.
We live in the shadow of Google
Posted by on Sunday, August 12, 2001 - 27 comments
Google is a fantastic system. Its principles are elegant in their simplicity and the technology actually works (few companies can claim both of these attributes simultaneously). • A co-worker of mine has a theory that Google is the new god. He points out that while god tends to be vague and …
MJF of the future
Posted by on Sunday, August 12, 2001 - 2 comments
Is Topher Grace the new Michael J. Fox?
inconsequential pet peeves
Posted by on Saturday, August 4, 2001 - 27 comments
Kellogg's Vector cereal lists vitamin B12 prominently on the back of the box implying (indirectly) that it is a source of B12. A closer look reveals that the cereal itself contains no B12, but if you have it with milk, your milk will have B12 in it. • When you log into Hotmail the first page you …