Posted: August 16th, 2005 | Author: | Filed under: out of doughnuts ramblings | No Comments »
A lot of pages link to developer.netscape.com for Javascript documentation and XMLHttpRequest (Ajax) info.
I’m not sure when it happened, but that site no longer exists. The good news is that a lot of that info is now at the Devmo Alpha site. Unfortunately Mozilla’s own pages don’t all link to it for things like Javascript documentation.
You can find those on Devmo as well:
Core JavaScript 1.5 Reference
Core JavaScript 1.5 Guide
They’ve also got a nice topic page for Ajax, which is a great ad-free aggregation of some of the better sites, and posts about Ajax development.
So long developer.netscape.com, hello Devmo
Posted: August 13th, 2005 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
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It was entertaining, but I didn’t feel like it was as deep as Hyperion. I’m not sure if Simmons will ever turn out a book that I enjoyed as much as Hyperion.
Ilium is a good read though, but the constant references to Homer’s Iliad wore my eyes out. I think I would have enjoyed the last quarter of the book better if I was familiar with Shakespeare’s Tempest. Unfortunately for me, I’m sure I’m missing out on a lot. As usual Simmons ability to bring together diverse concepts and references to classical literature add so much to the story that it seems unfair to call it Science Fiction. I’d recommend this book for fans of Simmons.
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Posted: August 8th, 2005 | Author: | Filed under: out of doughnuts ramblings | No Comments »
My laptop is burning my leg.
I’ve been trying to find a notebook cooler that works while you have the computer on your lap. So far I’ve only found ones that are meant for a desk.
Posted: August 5th, 2005 | Author: | Filed under: out of doughnuts ramblings | No Comments »
Judge: Improper use of horn?
Lady: Yes, I was honking at a police officer because he was in my way
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Judge: You have tickets for no license, no registration, no plates on a car. How do you plead?
Crazed Lady: I’m sorry but I need to get my license back. They took my car away. (she then continues to ramble)
Judge: You aren’t understanding me, listen. Do you plead guilty or not guilty?
Crazed Lady: I plead guilty (rambles some more)
Judge: Do you know what you are pleading guilty to?
Crazed Lady: Yes, well… no. I mean there weren’t plates on the car.
Judge: Your tickets are for driving without-
Crazed Lady: No I wasn’t driving
Judge: What? You weren’t driving?
Crazed Lady: No I wasn’t driving because I had treatment on my eyes back then and I couldn’t have been driving.
Judge: Well, police officers don’t write tickets for driving violations to the passenger.
Crazed Lady: I wasn’t driving.
Judge: Are you sure you weren’t driving? Who was driving?
Crazed Lady: It wasn’t me… it was someone, someone else. I.. uh… don’t really remember who
Judge: Why did the office write the ticket to you? This is your name isn’t it?
Crazed Lady: Yes, but I wasn’t driving.
Judge: So do you want to plead not guilty?
Crazed Lady: Yes (then she rambles about disability, and how they
took her car)
Judge: Alright, we’ll set up a court date to see who was driving. In the mean time, try to come up with whomever was driving that day.
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Clerk: Sir, if you pay $10 for the fine then your daughter doesn’t have to come to court and there is nothing else to do.
Man: No, I want a court date. She’s not guilty.
Clerk: Ok well the soonest we have is in Sept.
Man: You are just trying to make this inconvenient. My daughter is going to college at the end of this month. I can’t believe you. Can she go to court in San Diego?
Clerk: No, we can’t transfer tickets to San Diego.
Man: Well then how is she suppossed to contest this? You see what you are doing? You are trying to get all these people to say they are guilty and pay fine, but they do not believe they are guilty! You give them no chance by making it hard for them to come to court. So they pay fine.
Clerk: Would you like a court date or would you like to pay the ten dollars?
Man: I want an extension. Give me an extension
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