June 2003
Citrus-Flavoured Open Source
Posted by on Sunday, June 29, 2003 in - 1 comment
Having been long-time beneficiaries of open source software, silverorange (the web development firm that employs me) has posted a simple photo cropping tool on the silverorange labs site.
Video of Reboot conference presentations
Posted by on Sunday, June 29, 2003 in - 2 comments
Video of the presentations from the Reboot technology conference in Denmark is available for download. Presenters include Jason Fried (37signals and Signal vs. Noise) on contingency design and Cory Doctorow (author of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom) on digital rights management and copyright (a …
Always use the form Label tag
Posted by on Sunday, June 29, 2003 in - 7 comments
Late last year, a co-worker asked me why we weren’t using the <label> HTML form tag. I wasn’t sure, but it’s my job to know things like that. A little research revealed the answer: because I suck. From that point on, we’ve used the label tag wherever appropriate (some historical work hasn’t yet …
Hey New York, Thanks for the smog!
Posted by on Friday, June 27, 2003 - 8 comments
From all in Atlantic Canada, to all in the Eastern US: Thanks for the smog. • Today, in our small capital city of Charlottetown (population approx. 35,000), we have an “Air Quality and Health Advisory”. Apparently, a hot, humid air mass has moved in from the northeastern U.S. and brought with it …
Interview with HomeStarRunner.com Creators
Posted by on Monday, June 23, 2003 - 5 comments
Wired News interviews the creators of HomeStarRunner.com. Hearing the voice of Marzipan in a real interview is uncanny. If you haven’t seen HomeStarRunner.com, it’s an amazingly funny flash cartoon site run by a team of brothers. They live off of t-shirt sales and are way funnier than any …
Smart Chart from Toyota Canada
Posted by on Saturday, June 21, 2003 in - 4 comments
The Toyota Canada site pleasantly surprised me with this useful pricing chart showing the relative price range of most of their models. It might be even more useful if it were ordered by price rather than alphabetically, so I tried it out.
The silverorange Labs weblog
Posted by on Thursday, June 19, 2003 in
Regular readers will know that I work at the web development firm, silverorange. Several of us have weblogs of our own (Acts of Volition, CEOBlues.com, and newrecruit.org). We’ve now setup a weblog and site for our side-projects called silverorange labs. • As the introductory post explains, the …
Reminder: Weblog Night in Charlottetown
Posted by on Monday, June 16, 2003 - 2 comments
Tonight at 7:00PM at UPEI, Weblog Night in Charlottetown: a seminar introducing weblogs and personal web publishing. All welcome. Tune into CBC Radio PEI this afternoon to hear Peter Rukavina and Catherine Hennessey disussing their weblogs and the seminar. • Update: A good time was had by all …
The view from a Delta II Rocket
Posted by on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 9 comments
Regardless of your views on space exploration, the fact that we can send a rocket to Mars is amazing to the point of being difficult to fathom. This makes the video of Nasa’s recent launch of a Delta II rocket en route to Mars all the more striking. They streamed live video from a camera mounted … read more »
Weblog Night in Charlottetown
Posted by on Friday, June 6, 2003 - 3 comments
Peter Rukavina of Reinvented.net is organizing a Weblog Night in Charlottetown on Monday, June 16. The aim of the evening is to introduce people to the world of weblogging. I’ll be speaking about how and why I publish Acts of Volition. • Reinvented.net has all of the details: • “On Monday … read more »